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Though having a community obsessed with speed, optimisation and scale, HN is the slowest site in my bookmarks, by FAR, not to mention the times when it's not wo

by Nux 13y ago

Though having a community obsessed with speed, optimisation and scale, HN is the slowest site in my bookmarks, by FAR, not to mention the times when it's not working at all, sending people to a twitter page (happens every day). I hope this issue will get addressed, too.

DanBC 13y ago
I have a lousy connection and HN is pretty snappy for me. (Chrome on iOS on iPhone 4) http://imgur.com/o8HOoDX http://imgur.com/o8HOoDX Image is proof of lousy connection.
ypodeswa 13y ago
It's actually pretty fast for me.
jedberg 13y ago
> HN is the slowest site in my bookmarks, by FAR You must not use reddit. (I'm allowed to say that since it's partly my fault reddit is slow)
riffraff 13y ago
funny, for me HN is fast enough that is the first thing I try to load of something seems broken with my connection. Gmail, twitter, facebook, kongregate etc will fail miserably but the tiny table-based HN code will load 99%& of the time.
- kshay 13y ago
  This may just be the cache headers. Most sites have caching that tells browsers either "never cache this site" or "cache for a short time, but after that you must fetch a fresh version and can't use the cached version." HN's say "always try to fetch a fresh version, but if that fails, it's fine to show the user the cached version." So if your connection is actually down (vs. just slow), your browser's old cache of HN may still display, unlike most other sites.
corresation 13y ago
Log out and you'll be surprised how speedy the site is. Log in...12 seconds to return 6KB of data, at least in my case. Have I been capriciously slowbanned to encourage me to lose interest and get lost, or is the process of counting up the user karma a cause of significant slowdowns? Are certain accounts more costly than others? The "fun" of Hacker News is that you never can tell... It is interesting that the top post in this story is someone lauding the moderation of someone whose moderation they, presumably, have no ability to view. While the assignment of hellbans and slowbans may be completely just and deserved, it might also have a profoundly corrupting influence, steering conversation exactly where it serves certain purposes best. Have I mentioned how fantastic the current crop of YC companies are‽
- Nux 13y ago
  Yes! Browsing the site logged out is much faster! I gather they use less caching for logged in users etc. It takes 2-3 seconds to load my profile page and another 2-3 if not more to load my comments page..
  - corresation 13y ago
    I'm currently pushing 13 seconds a page load (for just the HTML), clearly caught in a super-clever (albeit comically cowardly and childish) slowbanning. I've said absolutely nothing controversial or mean-spirited, aside from perhaps questioning Paul Graham's dubious "hidden until approved" moderation scheme. Truth be told I've derived little value from the site for quite some time, so as Cartman so oft said: "Screw You Guys, I'm going home!". Or at least to Slashdot or something. Cheers.

by Nux 13y ago

DanBC 13y ago

I have a lousy connection and HN is pretty snappy for me. (Chrome on iOS on iPhone 4) http://imgur.com/o8HOoDX http://imgur.com/o8HOoDX Image is proof of lousy connection.

ypodeswa 13y ago

It's actually pretty fast for me.

jedberg 13y ago

> HN is the slowest site in my bookmarks, by FAR You must not use reddit. (I'm allowed to say that since it's partly my fault reddit is slow)

riffraff 13y ago

funny, for me HN is fast enough that is the first thing I try to load of something seems broken with my connection. Gmail, twitter, facebook, kongregate etc will fail miserably but the tiny table-based HN code will load 99%& of the time.

kshay 13y ago
This may just be the cache headers. Most sites have caching that tells browsers either "never cache this site" or "cache for a short time, but after that you must fetch a fresh version and can't use the cached version." HN's say "always try to fetch a fresh version, but if that fails, it's fine to show the user the cached version." So if your connection is actually down (vs. just slow), your browser's old cache of HN may still display, unlike most other sites.

corresation 13y ago

Log out and you'll be surprised how speedy the site is. Log in...12 seconds to return 6KB of data, at least in my case. Have I been capriciously slowbanned to encourage me to lose interest and get lost, or is the process of counting up the user karma a cause of significant slowdowns? Are certain accounts more costly than others? The "fun" of Hacker News is that you never can tell... It is interesting that the top post in this story is someone lauding the moderation of someone whose moderation they, presumably, have no ability to view. While the assignment of hellbans and slowbans may be completely just and deserved, it might also have a profoundly corrupting influence, steering conversation exactly where it serves certain purposes best. Have I mentioned how fantastic the current crop of YC companies are‽

Nux 13y ago
Yes! Browsing the site logged out is much faster! I gather they use less caching for logged in users etc. It takes 2-3 seconds to load my profile page and another 2-3 if not more to load my comments page..
- corresation 13y ago
  I'm currently pushing 13 seconds a page load (for just the HTML), clearly caught in a super-clever (albeit comically cowardly and childish) slowbanning. I've said absolutely nothing controversial or mean-spirited, aside from perhaps questioning Paul Graham's dubious "hidden until approved" moderation scheme. Truth be told I've derived little value from the site for quite some time, so as Cartman so oft said: "Screw You Guys, I'm going home!". Or at least to Slashdot or something. Cheers.