First test in new forum in new category
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.
Less than 3s to publish. That's 10x faster than a post in Chit-chat. Would a new forum in the same category as Chit-chat see the same improvement or is it the nearly empty Category that makes the difference?
The new forum in the old category performed no faster than the old forum. Moving 80% of the posts from the old forum (#1) to this new one (#3) had negligible effect on publishing speed in the old one. Has the speed in this new one been diminished by its increased population?
Yes that took about 16s vs 3s when first tested but it's faster than posting to #1. Confounded though by time of day and different device but why would there be any difference between forums - they are all in the same tables.
Edit: this one took about 22s to publish.