Why Does the General Discussion Tab Load Slowly on PF?

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In summary, users have been experiencing slow loading times for the general discussion tab on the mainpage. This issue has been happening frequently and sometimes the page does not load at all. It has been noticed that the number of people viewing the tab may affect the loading speed. Some users have also encountered unexpected issues, such as the page opening in a different program.
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Loading the mainpage is not slow, but clicking the general discussion tab always takes soooooo long to load. Whats going on, is it just me or does anyone else load so slow too? :confused:
 
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It's been painfully slow for me...to the point of often NOT loading at all many times this week. I don't even know if I can get a reply to post right now...tried once already, but it got "stuck."
 
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Seems good now.
 
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I've noticed there seems to be a correlation between the number of people viewing GD and how slow it loads. The other day I wasn't able to get it to load and noticed that it said there were forty some odd people viewing it.
 
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Moonbear said:
It's been painfully slow for me...to the point of often NOT loading at all many times this week. I don't even know if I can get a reply to post right now...tried once already, but it got "stuck."


I've had this problem sporadically. And when it happens firefox decides to open forumdisplay.php in bluefish. Not that I mind viewing PF source, but I wasn't planning on it.
 
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franznietzsche said:
I've had this problem sporadically. And when it happens firefox decides to open forumdisplay.php in bluefish. Not that I mind viewing PF source, but I wasn't planning on it.
yep, I get that one too
 

FAQ: Why Does the General Discussion Tab Load Slowly on PF?

Why is PF loading slowly lately?

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Has there been any recent changes that could be causing the slow load times?

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Is there anything I can do to make PF load faster?

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How can I report this issue to the PF team?

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