For the last few weeks, I have experienced this site, particularly the forum area, to be very slow when loading any page - whether just reading posts, using < backpage arrow or previewing a post (this post took 20 seconds to load a preview as I checked it) or for submitting etc. Any of these actions can take over a minute
Importantly, it is only this web site that goes slow, not others.
As there seems to be fewer posts I am wondering if others are not posting because of this? I have been discouraged from contributing recently as it takes so long to review and edit.
I tried changing browser from Safari to Firefox to Google Chrome; Firefox is only slightly better for this site but all are slow - none are regularly loading as quickly as normal. Especially after I've clicked through one or two links or pages, it seems to logjam and is grindingly slow.
I am noticing as I experiment that some older pages are not being found - "not available” - on first attempt, then will come up later.
As it happens on all browsers and only for this site - I must assume that it’s neither the browser nor the OS. ( I have a decent internet service, better than what I had a year ago)
It maybe there is some background ”junk” - but after a "cache empty" or a full "system scan and clean”, any improvement disappears after a couple of clicks and it’s back to the slowness.
It may be an issue at the servers ( I had an issue last year for some commercial sites I look after and had my ”host" make changes - eg servers will host multiple sites, and if it includes a banned site, the whole server is affected)
it may be some kind of surveillance or filtering here in Australia or internationally (by who knows whom) or something else.
Hence the request for feedback.
Please readers - post a quick reply - does it all seem to be as usual for you, or has anyone found it noticeably slower in the last few weeks?
Importantly, it is only this web site that goes slow, not others.
As there seems to be fewer posts I am wondering if others are not posting because of this? I have been discouraged from contributing recently as it takes so long to review and edit.
I tried changing browser from Safari to Firefox to Google Chrome; Firefox is only slightly better for this site but all are slow - none are regularly loading as quickly as normal. Especially after I've clicked through one or two links or pages, it seems to logjam and is grindingly slow.
I am noticing as I experiment that some older pages are not being found - "not available” - on first attempt, then will come up later.
As it happens on all browsers and only for this site - I must assume that it’s neither the browser nor the OS. ( I have a decent internet service, better than what I had a year ago)
It maybe there is some background ”junk” - but after a "cache empty" or a full "system scan and clean”, any improvement disappears after a couple of clicks and it’s back to the slowness.
It may be an issue at the servers ( I had an issue last year for some commercial sites I look after and had my ”host" make changes - eg servers will host multiple sites, and if it includes a banned site, the whole server is affected)
it may be some kind of surveillance or filtering here in Australia or internationally (by who knows whom) or something else.
Hence the request for feedback.
Please readers - post a quick reply - does it all seem to be as usual for you, or has anyone found it noticeably slower in the last few weeks?