Artician Labs

Just a small update on some load time improvements...

Some of you may have noticed at times when browsing the site, specifically when viewing a userpage or a submission page, there could be a good 12-20 second delay for the page loaded. This is due to the Friends of Friends functionality that is better known as your "Creative Network".

The bottom line is, the amount of data that was needed to be processed when either you add or remove a friend, and even if your friends add or remove a friend, was quite significant. This was something that was really starting to get on our nerves, and probably many of you have noticed...

Thanks to Brandon (aka knightar), this has been fixed (and hopefully will continue to scale) as the site grows... Enjoy smooth browsing!