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I dont think facebook have much to do with the posting problem

everything else is fine

so what happened in the process of a post being submitted

what processes are called

also noticed this on another board with same problem

http://community.inv...-2#entry2326029

edit 2: these posted and edited and reposted very fast

Processes called after post has been added to the database (which happens pretty quick)

Insert post into database

Post queued? Insert post into queue

Update forum stats

Update topic view counter

Count number of replies

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Replying to a thread using fast reply takes about ten seconds.

Switching between pages takes about five seconds.

Going from thread view into advanced reply view takes about ten seconds.

Sometimes the site loads so slowly I give up and go do something else!

No issues on other sites, and I visit sites hosted all around the world. Can even stream videos from foreign soil without buffering.

Edit:

Just noticed my status bar gets stuck at "Waiting for eu.projectsunblock.com ..." - slow advert maybe?

Replying to a thread using fast reply takes about ten seconds.

Switching between pages takes about five seconds.

Going from thread view into advanced reply view takes about ten seconds.

Sometimes the site loads so slowly I give up and go do something else!

No issues on other sites, and I visit sites hosted all around the world. Can even stream videos from foreign soil without buffering.

Sounds like an issue on your end tbh.. do a tracert? Here's mine (modified the first few addresses).

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]

© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Steven>tracert neowin.net

Tracing route to neowin.net [74.204.71.245]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms [10.0.0.138]

2 21 ms 20 ms 20 ms

3 21 ms 20 ms 20 ms

4 21 ms 22 ms 20 ms

5 21 ms 20 ms 20 ms 10gigabitethernet3-3.core1.ams1.he.net [216.66.84.57]

6 32 ms 28 ms 29 ms 10gigabitethernet1-4.core1.lon1.he.net [72.52.92.81]

7 96 ms 96 ms 97 ms 10gigabitethernet7-4.core1.nyc4.he.net [72.52.92.241]

8 124 ms 124 ms 124 ms 10gigabitethernet8-3.core1.chi1.he.net [72.52.92.178]

9 115 ms 116 ms 117 ms us-signal-company-llc.10gigabitethernet1-2.core1.chi1.he.net [216.66.74.230]

10 126 ms 125 ms 126 ms host-109-130-34-70.ussignalcom.net [70.34.130.109]

11 127 ms 126 ms 126 ms te7-0-0.pe01.grr.ussignalcom.net [70.34.130.29]

12 126 ms 125 ms 125 ms te7-0-0.pe02.grr.ussignalcom.net [64.186.63.206]

13 148 ms 127 ms 128 ms te1-0-0.pe01.dtw.ussignalcom.net [74.204.127.254]

14 128 ms 127 ms 127 ms host-51-131-141-64.ussignalcom.net [64.141.131.51]

15 127 ms 127 ms 127 ms 245.71.204.74.in-addr.arpa [74.204.71.245]

Trace complete.

Just a question, but does anyone use multiple tabs? I'm only asking because I don't really notice any slow down on Neowin, but at the same time I select a link that may interest me, then switch to another tab to do something else while the page loads. Same for posting, I will hit the "post" button and switch to another tab to do something else while it goes ahead with posting. So far any slow down I've noticed I've been able to figure out that it's been on my end, not on the site's end.

Replying to a thread using fast reply takes about ten seconds.

Switching between pages takes about five seconds.

Going from thread view into advanced reply view takes about ten seconds.

Sometimes the site loads so slowly I give up and go do something else!

No issues on other sites, and I visit sites hosted all around the world. Can even stream videos from foreign soil without buffering.

Happens on my side too

Sounds like an issue on your end tbh.. do a tracert? Here's mine (modified the first few addresses).

Naw man, this happens on my side too, though randomly, it happens at my work connection (8Mb doown / 2up) and at home which is 10mbit down... It does happen randomly in the sense that it's not all the time, but lately, posting/replying is so annoying that it just deters me from doing so.

I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but this is really killing the forums, read around, there are several people complaining about the same issue, so it's obviously not on "our end", based on very different scenarios.

Sounds like an issue on your end tbh.. do a tracert? Here's mine (modified the first few addresses).

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms

2 6 ms 7 ms 7 ms

3 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms

4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms

5 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms

6 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms

7 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms

8 98 ms 107 ms 120 ms 10gigabitethernet7-4.core1.nyc4.he.net [72.52.92

.241]

9 118 ms 118 ms 116 ms 10gigabitethernet8-3.core1.chi1.he.net [72.52.92

.178]

10 113 ms 113 ms 115 ms us-signal-company-llc.10gigabitethernet1-2.core1

.chi1.he.net [216.66.74.230]

11 127 ms 124 ms 129 ms host-109-130-34-70.ussignalcom.net [70.34.130.10

9]

12 114 ms 113 ms 113 ms te7-0-0.pe01.grr.ussignalcom.net [70.34.130.29]

13 162 ms 204 ms 205 ms te7-0-0.pe02.grr.ussignalcom.net [64.186.63.206]

14 116 ms 115 ms 116 ms te1-0-0.pe01.dtw.ussignalcom.net [74.204.127.254

]

15 115 ms 118 ms 115 ms host-51-131-141-64.ussignalcom.net [64.141.131.5

1]

16 116 ms 114 ms 115 ms 247.71.204.74.in-addr.arpa [74.204.71.247]

Trace complete.

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Did you see my edit? Nearly every time I load a thread it waits for that same site.

Just a question, but does anyone use multiple tabs? I'm only asking because I don't really notice any slow down on Neowin, but at the same time I select a link that may interest me, then switch to another tab to do something else while the page loads. Same for posting, I will hit the "post" button and switch to another tab to do something else while it goes ahead with posting. So far any slow down I've noticed I've been able to figure out that it's been on my end, not on the site's end.

I do the same.

This is to do with the staff-bar, I've been trying to get someone to fix this for 2yrs :p

Staff bar? I see this too when "saving post" or saving edit... it takes so long I just close the window even IF the post didn't go through, it's that annoying (having to wait more than 2-3 seconds, let alone more than 10).

Slow for some and not for others couldn't be down to which theme is being used could it ?

This could be placebo, but I just switched to Pegasus and it seems a lot faster. Was previously using Darkside.

Posting is pretty slow still, but navigation seems quicker.

This could be placebo, but I just switched to Pegasus and it seems a lot faster. Was previously using Darkside.

Posting is pretty slow still, but navigation seems quicker.

Ive been using Pegasus for a while and I do get some slowdowns but nothing like others are reporting

This could be placebo, but I just switched to Pegasus and it seems a lot faster. Was previously using Darkside.

Posting is pretty slow still, but navigation seems quicker.

Nope, def not placebo, darkside theme is not supported and is based off an old "bloated" version of the skin.

Nope, def not placebo, darkside theme is not supported and is based off an old "bloated" version of the skin.

Well fix Darkside, I just tried Pegasus and my eyes are burning :-P Back to Darkside for me.

Nope, def not placebo, darkside theme is not supported and is based off an old "bloated" version of the skin.

I just had a hang on page loading and FF said it was waiting for 'secure.gravatar' or something close to that url incase that helps

secure.gravatar is avatar images (you make an account and use it with any compatible site and it'll use the picture on the profile for it). Secure implies you're on neowin via https :s.

Also gravatar shouldn't slow it down.

secure.gravatar is avatar images (you make an account and use it with any compatible site and it'll use the picture on the profile for it). Secure implies you're on neowin via https :s. Also gravatar shouldn't slow it down.

It was just what FF said it was waiting for while the loading circle was stuck spinning, once it stopped saying it was waiting for that url the loading circle stopped and the page finished loading

Just posting what I find to help the mystery :)

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