Why is the site so slow?

Could this be part of the problem? When I click on my profile picture and then “My Profile” from the drop down menu, I get this:

Is there someone I can contact directly? This, “Problems should be reported through the Support system, accessible through your Profile menu," does not exist due to the profile menu issue I'm experiencing.

MarkS said:
Could this be part of the problem? When I click on my profile picture and then “My Profile” from the drop down menu, I get this:

This might be a problem with your profile (I get normally my profile with latest activity, etc.).

MarkS said:
However, the site is painfully slow. Any internal link takes seconds to load. This is the only site that I have this problem with and it's not a cookie or cache issue, again, since I haven't been active in over a decade.

It took 131 requests to load this, 2.3 MB transferred (total 14.0 MB resources), loading in about 1.66s. Not great, not terrible. If I'm not mistaken - the upkeep and development is done in free time. I believe you can send message to @khawk directly - I have a feeling he is in charge of development (or doing some/most of it). I might be wrong though.

Underscore to the rescue.

MarkK. said:

Underscore to the rescue.

Huh?

It's okay. I understand.

Keep your head down. It's about to get ugly.

MarkK. said:

It's okay. I understand.

Keep your head down. It's about to get ugly.

What what now?

Tom Sloper said:

MarkK. said:

It's okay. I understand.

Keep your head down. It's about to get ugly.

What what now?

MarkK. said:

It's okay. I understand.

Keep your head down. It's about to get ugly.

Tom Sloper said:
What what now?

There is already a user named MarkS_ and it gets shortened to MarkS in user profiles so there are 2 MarkS.

I have long thought it possible to use this “feature” to hack someones account. Maybe SOMEONE is thinking the same thing or has already figured it out.

Also notice that the old account “MarkS_” is in the recommend list now.

So [something] is about to get ugly??

Hmmm… That could be a problem.

Actually, from site data the 2 accounts appear to be the same person, but there once was a time we allowed multiple users to have the same username - a problem of 20+ years of legacy systems and data conversions missing special cases that I didn't even know was possible. Either way, semi-resolved for now until a more permanent solution can be determined.

1.5s is bad enough already, I raise you

And that was a faster load.

The site code is shit, simple as that.

[something] trickles in.

The resilience theory is being tested.
I especially like it when the “Not connected to a network" page comes up and I have to refresh IP to wiggle past the gate.
The bright side is the excuses have always been entertaining.

Reminder: The topic is "Why Is The Site So Slow".
I have my theories that lean towards an attempt to auto regulate spam postings.
And/or overused admin controls directed towards IP aspects and a LOT of if/else type constructs.

↓↓↓ Bwahahaha…Can't wait to hear how this makes any difference regarding site speed for the rest of us.

I have a very vague memory of having a problem logging in many years ago and created another account to log in and ask for help. “MarkS_” may, in fact, be me.

It's a joke of course but MarkS_ had hundreds of posts here and I'm sure you would remember if that was you.

ED: Just great, timestamped videos are broken. Anyway, go to the 2 minute mark.

On the other hand, Quayle won.

@Gnollrunner Bush won.