Quick update: We’re aware of the lag issues and are working on them. Yesterday, we tried a server reset, but that did not appear to be a lasting solution—ditto reenabling caching. The next step is to make sure it isn’t a PHP issue. Provided that update doesn’t work, I’ll move on to testing our plugins.
If it reaches plugin testing, the site will probably appear unusual for a while. So if things look weird–no need to panic. Or, if you do have to panic or want to test things, here’s the post comment thread for you to let loose in.
[AM Update] I’ve also discovered there are some core server updates that need to be run, so that will be slowing things down for a bit as well.
[PM Update] We are now running for the next few hours with no plugins activated to see if that will correct the issue we have seen. We’re off the map and things will be weird. Note that some usual commenting features will not be accessible for a bit. Once things are stable, I’ll start adding them back in.
