# Why is SDMB the slowest site on Internet? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 18, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846 "2006-03-18T00:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/21 "2006-03-19T03:01:27Z")
Hell, I think that the SDMB needs to switch to the newest version of VBull! The stated reasons for not doing so don’t hold water, in my opinion. The idea that the SDMB has too many custom hacks that would be a pain to transfer to the new version is kind of odd. Of the VBulletin boards I go to, this one has the least hacks. Seriously, what custom stuff has been installed here? I’ve had the wonderful experience of going to the forum home page, clicking on, say, Cafe Society, and then waiting for 15-20 minutes until the page deigns to load. Of course, after that time, all posts with new threads have been marked as read, thus annoying me greatly. (The same thing happens if I read a multi-page thread straight through, of course) The new version of VBulletin fixes this problem… ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/22 "2006-03-19T04:24:49Z")
> [@Abbie Normal](#): > > I have screen video recorded the various times I get no response/slow as hell response. And as soon as I get it organized I will post the information. It seems to be during around 11AM through 4PM EST the most delays, page not found errors. Which coincides with lunch breaks in the USA. But those are not the only times. I frequently have delays and page not founds when browsing from work, which is normally during the peak period noted above and over a network with a heavy internal traffic load. I rarely have problems at home on weekends or in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/23 "2006-03-19T05:41:44Z")
> [@dmatsch](#): > > It’s gpt even slower since it became a pay-to-post site, and even slower since I became a non-lurker (read: paying member). No it hasn’t. It was much worse at some points long before it went PTP. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/24 "2006-03-19T18:37:22Z")
This past week has been particularly bad for me in the U.K. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/25 "2006-03-20T00:12:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > No it hasn’t. It was much worse at some points long before it went PTP. Definitely. I used to have complete time-outs all over the place before PTP but I can’t recall more than maybe one or two since. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/26 "2006-03-20T00:21:13Z")
And then, showing that this board is acutely susceptible to irony, it nearly ate my post just now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/27 "2006-03-20T00:31:16Z")
Any wagers as to how long until a staff post reminding us that if we don’t like it we can go bugger ourselves? ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846/28 "2006-03-20T12:13:22Z")
My experience is that it was much worse a couple of years ago. Delays & time outs were common place then. Now they are only occasional. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-sdmb-the-slowest-site-on-internet/348846.md?page=1)