# why is the message board often painfully slow? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 5, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291 "2001-07-05T02:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/1 "2001-07-05T02:58:38Z")
I have a DSL, and 9 times out of 10 if a site is slow the problems on the other end. Why is the SD message board so often slow as Christmas? Cant you guys afford a decent server? I though you were, you know, famous and stuff! RK ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/2 "2001-07-05T03:24:11Z")
Yeah, but we’re 'umble, too. Hey! Your name is “Nick Danger” spelled backwards! ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/3 "2001-07-05T04:15:57Z")
Notice the lack of any sort of earnest attempt to make money around here? It’s free, and there’s like one ad on the main Straight Dope page. Not enough to support a server that can scream at peak traffic around here. We’re a victim of our own success. ---
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/4 "2001-07-05T23:01:57Z")
Yes, it is Nick Danger spelled backwards. Its the way I read it while listening to the endless staccato of raindrops on my desktop. This server is embarassingly slow I would think. Its one of the slowest Ive experienced. And money or no, this is the message board for the website of the worlds smartest human being if Im not mistaken. Theres something not right here. ND ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/5 "2001-07-06T00:38:52Z")
Because it’s the best damn message board there is. And thus incredibly popular. Popularity breeds sloth. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/6 "2001-07-06T02:18:26Z")
I’m afraid all our friends are correct – we’re a victim of our own success. Your best bet is to try to sign on when it’s not so busy. At the worst of it, I was setting an alarm and getting up in the middle of the night. Hopefully you won’t have to do that. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![jally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@jally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jally)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/7 "2001-07-06T21:58:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*Because it’s the best damn message board there is. And thus incredibly popular. Popularity breeds sloth. \*\* aimless off-topic clutter also breeds sloth ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/8 "2001-07-07T00:19:09Z")
…as indeed does double posting. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/9 "2001-07-07T01:59:25Z")
I removed the extra post. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/10 "2001-07-07T17:51:20Z")
But left the aimless, off-topic clutter… Crap, now I’ve added to it. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/11 "2001-07-07T18:17:56Z")
I dunno. I’ve found it to be running as fast as a hen with its backside on fire(courtesy of Dan Rather)lately. Is it different becasue i am on a public library computer? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/12 "2001-07-07T18:37:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jally \* > > aimless off-topic clutter also breeds sloth male and female sloths also breed sloth ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/13 "2001-07-07T19:57:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*I’ve found it to be running as fast as a hen with its backside on fire(courtesy of Dan Rather)lately. > > Is it different becasue i am on a public library computer? \*\* No, it’s because it’s Saturday. You’ll find the board works very quickly on Sundays, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/14 "2001-07-09T01:00:04Z")
It’s because the SDMB server is powered by a seventy-four year old man riding a bicycle in an underground, dirt-walled tunnel in the jungle about fifty clicks north of Saigon. ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-message-board-often-painfully-slow/71291/15 "2001-07-09T16:37:34Z")
Actually, it’s not quite off topic, is it? This board is popular. A lot of people come here, and each takes up his/her own bandwidth. It goes slower because of the traffic. _shrugs_ Just my $.02