Site Topics - Part II

[sugarbutch]

If it happens again can you screenshot what ads are loaded on the page before it happens?

There is no warning. It just loads immediately.

 

[edinatlanta]

Great ad program guys

 

[SixOhNine]

Great ad program guys

I love it. That company is just setting their ad budget on fire. Makes me chuckle every time I see right wingers trying to make a sale here.

 

[Jr Mouse]

Has SF been dog-slow for anyone else lately?

 

[mhip]

Has SF been dog-slow for anyone else lately?

I was JUST yelling at the screen right now. It's continuing from yesterday...

 

[ppk]

I was JUST yelling at the screen right now. It's continuing from yesterday...

Yes. I have never had any trouble with the site, but it's become super slow recently.

 

[otc]

Slow AF today

 

[zippyh]

Has SF been dog-slow for anyone else lately?

Yes

 

[Jr Mouse]

@LA Guy you are summoned.

 

[Numbernine]

I figured it was a just retrofit over the holiday weekend that ran over estimate. Been there, done that.

 

[zippyh]

Site performance seems back to normal today.

 

[LA Guy]

Site performance seems back to normal today.

We've been working to make all the moving parts fit. Probably, if the site is slow for you, the best thing is to start a conversation with @admin, and include your IP and time. There are so many parties involved and so many moving parts that all that information helps us track down the problem and yell at people if need be.

 

[sugarbutch]

We've been working to make all the moving parts fit. Probably, if the site is slow for you, the best thing is to start a conversation with @admin, and include your IP and time. There are so many parties involved and so many moving parts that all that information helps us track down the problem and yell at people if need be.

I mostly use the site in a desktop browser, and the delayed ad loading frequently means that I go to click on something and it shifts position because another ad loads. I can tolerate it on desktop, but I had to start using an ad blocker for mobile because it became flatly unusable. I would happily stop using the blocker if y'all can resolve this.

 

[LA Guy]

I mostly use the site in a desktop browser, and the delayed ad loading frequently means that I go to click on something and it shifts position because another ad loads. I can tolerate it on desktop, but I had to start using an ad blocker for mobile because it became flatly unusable. I would happily stop using the blocker if y'all can resolve this.

Hmm… this is the “benefit” of lazy load, in which content loads before ads. However, the technology was designed for a time in which dynamic ad sizing was not a thing, much less standard practice. Let’s see if we can get this fixed somehow. It could possibly be a server speed issue as well. I long for the days when this technology was simpler.

 

[brokencycle]

Hmm… this is the “benefit” of lazy load, in which content loads before ads. However, the technology was designed for a time in which dynamic ad sizing was not a thing, much less standard practice. Let’s see if we can get this fixed somehow. It could possibly be a server speed issue as well. I long for the days when this technology was simpler.

And the stack wasn't so brittle?