The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86368   Message #1605629
Posted By: Cluin
15-Nov-05 - 12:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who else has never opened THAT thread?
Subject: RE: BS: Who else has never opened THAT thread?
That's `cause they're ALL slow then.

There's a big difference with my cable connection.

The forum is a database of posts. That's why it's searchable. It's not sitting on the server in the form it appears in your web browser. The server has to search and compile the posts according to the thread title fields. The longer the thread (and the older it is) the more time it takes to do this. Add pagination and it increases the time needed. While the server is doing this, it's not doing something else. That's why I say it adds to the slowdown around here at times.