Everyone please be aware that the service we used to use that provided tickers went down and doesnt plan to go back up.. This unfortunately slows down the default theme.
As such I switched the default theme to the no-ticket theme and this works just fine. However im not sure it will help for people already signed up on the server.
To fix the problem please go intto your preferences and change the theme to the no-ticket theme.
@admitsWrongIfProven yea any theme without a ticker should work.. I dont recall which have tickers and which dont off hand but i am pretty sure the dark theme doesnt have one.
@freemo Oh, the themes offered in the browser are quite clear on "i have a ticker", if that is what is meant: the list features "Mastodon instance ticker-x [...]" entries en masse, and then there are several that don't have "ticker" in their name and the "quoto no ticker" theme, which confused me.