This site is a bit sluggish and I have seen several duplicate posts. Tommy here managed to post five times within a minute which shouldn't be possible. /1/1/64e137a8161861504495322f
The sysop should check this out. I suspect high server load.
Moderator5 has been notified about the situation.
I assumed it's related to the new pop-up ads they introduced. Problem started about the same time they introduced them.
shareI have ads blocked and this site is still slow, but this info will help the sysop to solve the problem.
I just checked. It took 20 seconds to load just the front page html code so the slowness is definitely caused by the MC server/network.
I do too, but their new ads have a different type of invasive coding. I don't see the ads, but I can tell it's trying to load on my phone.
Meanwhile, on my laptop (no ad blocker) the ads are loading on the bottom and running havoc with the web pages. At least 1-2 weeks with me.
MC is a very simplistic site with very fast load times before they introduced the pop-up ads. I had to get an ad blocker because their ads wouldn't allow me normal access on my phone anymore.
Coding causing internal conflict with servers, too?
MC loads ads, tracking code and who knows what else from 100+ domains. Loading and executing all that extra code and files slows the browser down. The front page and some movie page connected to these domains.
https://pastebin.ai/s5jegnacda
It’s brutal how bad the site has become with the popups and slow loading
shareIt’s brutal how bad the site has become with the popups and slow loading
shareDid you click the "add reply" button more than once? If you did, then it's pretty clear what happened.
shareI guess so but it’s because when I first pressed it, the site froze with no indication it had recognized the reply. So apparently I tapped the button again and the duplicates ultimately posted when the site unfroze
shareThis is how you end up with multiple posts. Hit the button once and wait.
Signed, million man.
Normally when you press the form submit button the browser uses an existing connection or opens a new one to the server, sends the form data, waits for a reply (the URL of your new post) from the server and loads the URL. End of transaction. While waiting for a reply, the browser displays the busy indicator and the submit button is inactive.
During the slowdown, the server reads the form data and keeps the connection open but doesn't send anything to the browser. Then after a while either the browser or the server closes the connection, the busy indicator stops being busy and the submit button is activated. The form data has been entered into the database but the only indication of this is the tiny busy indicator. The user thinks nothing happened and clicks that enticing yellow button again ... and again.
I wonder why browsers don't display an error message in this situation. "Server closed connection" or "Timeout while waiting for a reply" would be helpful.
Have you tried clearing your cache?
shareI have a super old PC running Windows XP that had no problem quickly loading this site prior to the recent pop-ups. I'll have to test this site now to see what happens now.
shareThat list can be pasted into the hosts file to block ads here. No need for apps or extensions which frees even more RAM and CPU cycles for browsing. It really makes this site faster on older computers. Tested it on a 10 years old laptop. May break other sites. Meaning, later some site demands "Disable your ad blocker to enter" and you forgot all about the hosts file 😵💫 If that's OK, then proceed to edit this system file.
wikihow.com/Edit-the-Hosts-File-on-Windows
Linux & macOS: sudo nano /etc/hosts
It's happened to me a few times. I just let it load and open a second tab.
shareIt literally happened with this post.
shareI keep getting full page ads for somewhere called Amelia Island and Huggys Pampers that block ANY access and won’t go away…so weird and annoying. It started a couple months ago.
shareAmelia Island in northern Florida? I had a work related conference there at the Ritz Carleton in the 90s and it is beautiful there.
shareI am noticing slow loading times this week, too, and am constantly having to X out of ads.
shareUse the Tools feature of your Browser, and look into extensions for ad-blockers. The two I use at the moment are Privacy Badger, and uBlock Origin (my brother's a tech geek and advised me to get those). I used Ghostery for years, but the people running it stopped updating, unfortunately.
shareThank you!
shareYep lately the site has been super slow. Just glad to know it is a general issue and not just me.
shareIt's ok once I'm on here, but when I open the tab on my phone, it's just stuck on the loading screen for about 10 seconds.
shareIt's ok once I'm on here, but when I open the tab on my phone, it's just stuck on the loading screen for about 10 seconds.
Edit... whilst trying to post this reply, it froze. Pressing the MC ticket didn't work either. Had to leave and come back, then I pressed GD and waited for another 10 seconds before getting back here. And they looking into the cause of this?
Yes, it has been sluggish for the past few days. Slow to load pages and slow to post.
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Still a bit sluggish.