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Vanity | 12/23/2016 | Vanity

Posted on 12/23/2016 6:21:40 AM PST by Mr. Douglas

I've been having problems loading pages on Freerepublic for over a week. I thought it was just my connection (I live in the sticks and use a my-fi ATT hotspot for all my internet.

However, I have the exact same problem at my work computer in downtown Louisville on a high speed corporate network.

The problem manifests itself at least two ways: 1. Pages take so long to load that they timeout and I get a "page reset" message. 2. A partial page loads (often just the first line or two) and then eventually the rest starts showing up in chunks.

Nothing else on the internet in either location hs having any such (or similar) problem.

On a side note. If I log out and just view anonymously, I get to see the first part of the article under the title. But when I log in, I only see titles. This became the default a couple of months ago and when I go to the page to change my settings, no option is given to do so. Just a bunch of darkly colored horizontal bars that look like "partially loaded" buttons with no label.

Anybody else having these problems


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To: Mr. Douglas

It started about a week ago when FR had a hardware failure.


21 posted on 12/23/2016 6:32:16 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: BenLurkin

You ARE da’ man!
BTW: You owe me a monitor...


22 posted on 12/23/2016 6:32:19 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

At 6:00 Saturday morning?

Note: I had to get through two “connection reset” messages to get to post this.

I’ve been here since 1998. I hit a LOT of sites on a regular basis. This is unusual and it is not a temporary quirk. That’s what I thought it was at first.

And then there is the issue of how the forum shows up (titles only and the page to change the view shows nothing.


23 posted on 12/23/2016 6:32:37 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: BipolarBob

Two separate computers on two separate networks. Doing it at the same time.


24 posted on 12/23/2016 6:33:29 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Mr. Douglas

I’ve noticed some page load issues since the big outage last weekend.

They may have changed some of the timing tolerances internally.

Sometimes a partial page displays a few lines then pauses then finishes refreshing.

I think FR’s infrastructure is in a large part home grown. It doesn’t work like a lot of the more commercial sites. That’s not a complaint but just an observation. Considering the overall response time and the volume of information and history it’s quite an accomplishment.


25 posted on 12/23/2016 6:34:13 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Mr. Douglas
"Free Republic is currently broken"

That's #RussianHackers to you, Mr. Podesta. /sarc>

Merry Christmas, btw!

26 posted on 12/23/2016 6:34:21 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: BenLurkin

Lol!


27 posted on 12/23/2016 6:34:57 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Mr. Douglas; PJ-Comix

It’s all part of the “Skinner Shut-down”.

Hillary lost so all of FReeper-dom must pay!
...to Chipotle
...for a burrito


28 posted on 12/23/2016 6:35:10 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Yeah the page loading has been a little wonky for a few days.

I presumed it was some sort of a glitch out at the server farm.


29 posted on 12/23/2016 6:35:45 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BobNative

Me either, at least right now.


30 posted on 12/23/2016 6:35:52 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Paladin2

I’m trying that. I saw it at the far right of the page. Once it loads (waiting in another tab) I’ll try it. That must be a new feature. I used to go to the settings pages to do it.

Ha! as I finished typing above, the rest of this page finally showed up (Post button, etc.)


31 posted on 12/23/2016 6:36:16 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Mr. Douglas

#porn_reference
Not going down that road, bruh.


32 posted on 12/23/2016 6:36:42 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Yes, FR has been a little sloggy here also but not bad and the pages eventually load with perhaps a 10-15 second delay.

I can, I think, help you with this: “when I log in, I only see titles”

At the top of the main forum page where there are the three tabs, “Articles,” “Activity,” and “Comments,” you are probably clicked on articles if you’re seeing the article titles. Now note just below those tabs you will see

Brevity: Headers | « Text »

You want to make sure “Text” is selected. Otherwise you will only see the titles. which appears to be one of your complaints.


33 posted on 12/23/2016 6:36:47 AM PST by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Free republic working perfectly here.


34 posted on 12/23/2016 6:37:20 AM PST by bankwalker (groupthink is dangerous ...)
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To: Mr. Douglas

No problems here. Have AT&T also which can be like dial up at times.


35 posted on 12/23/2016 6:38:00 AM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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To: grobdriver
It has been like this for me since the site went down a few weeks ago. Been the same for me just since the site came back up. I suspect it's not fully "up".

Yes, me too. The forum page is slow to load, and very slow to load the right-hand sidebar. It has been since that night when the server went down a few weeks ago.

36 posted on 12/23/2016 6:38:17 AM PST by Old_Grouch (69 and AARP-free. Monthly FR contributor.)
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To: Mr. Douglas

I have the same problem on two different home pcs.


37 posted on 12/23/2016 6:38:25 AM PST by fision
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To: Mr. Douglas
Ever since I plugged in my Christmas tree lights, my screen looks like this:


38 posted on 12/23/2016 6:39:03 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Paladin2
This probably explains it. Looks like this is an issue being worked on and just not resolved yet.
39 posted on 12/23/2016 6:39:10 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: Mr. Douglas

No slowdowns here using iPhone6 on 3G or LTE connection.


40 posted on 12/23/2016 6:40:07 AM PST by Kudsman (Trump or bust 2016!)
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