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Why does MN keep freezing?

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educatingarti · 16/03/2015 13:08

I'm accessing MN from a laptop using Chrome browser. For the last couple of days MN is being very slow to upload threads with lots of messages and keeps freezing after I've clicked on a few threads (no response to any mouse clicks except to close the page). I've guessed that MN have been spying on how much I've been time wasting when I should be working on the boards and have decided to help me by freezing things after so many minutes but please - how do I stop this! I need to feed my MN addiction!

OP posts:
cardoon · 17/03/2015 14:28

Me to, so slow and annoying.

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educatingarti · 17/03/2015 09:57

Glad it isn't just me!

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BowiesJumper · 16/03/2015 22:43

It's not loading longer threads for me either and if it's not just freezing and crashing it's coming up with an error message. Not very usable!

TheSpottedZebra · 16/03/2015 21:16

Me too, also on chrome. Long threads are just not loading. It's literally taking well over 5 mins to load pages.
Tbh it's getting to the point where I can't be bothered with MN much any more.

Perfectlypurple · 16/03/2015 17:34

There's an article in the daily mail about the wee in Pringles tube thread. Maybe there is higher traffic do that's why?

ThisIsntFunnyDean · 16/03/2015 17:32

Same issue here as OP using chrome on iPhone. Page will freeze for up to a minute while scrolling through a thread. Assumed it was a problem on my end but maybe not?! Thanks

catbite · 16/03/2015 17:27

I've been having lots of problems over the last few days too. Not sure if they're all connected but ....

  1. Using Firefox when I try to log in or navigate around the site I keep getting this error "The page isn't redirecting properly: Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies". Needless to say I haven't made any recent changes to my cookie settings. They have always been set up to refuse third party cookies, but not cookies from sites visited. So, I have abandoned Firefox for now.
  1. Using IE I keep getting freezes and a message to say that this is due to a "long running script" ... it gives me the option to cancel the script, which usually resolves it.
  1. When I go to add a message, my username isn't automatically appearing in the Username field like it normally does. I have to add it manually.
  1. Using both IE and the browser on my HTC phone I keep getting little notifications of Mumsnet web-chats coming up in orange at the bottom of the screen, and even when I dismiss them they keep coming back. They are very annoying!

Problems 1,2 and 3 started happening around the same time as problem 4, so perhaps there is a connection - maybe something to do with your cookies?

Original poster
educatingarti · 16/03/2015 15:33

Thanks

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MNHQ
BeccaMumsnet · 16/03/2015 14:57

Hi there educatingarti - we have instigated a new system which monitors your usage. When you go over a certain level, this sort of thing will start to happen...

Only joking Grin - this sounds very annoying. We like people to use Mumsnet more, not less!

We will see if anyone else is having similar trouble and then flag it to Tech.