As you guys have undoubtedly noticed, the site is crawling today. And as traffic grows in anticipation of the NH primary, it's bound to get worse.
We were hoping to have the new dKos server online by tomorrow, but it didn't happen. It probably won't go online for another week or so. So we'll have to get creative to take the load of the server.
One of those "creative" tactics is turning off "recent diaries" when the site gets too hot. They are a serious drain on the server's processor and will be the first thing turned off if necessary to keep the site running. You can still click on "Diaries" to check out the diaries page. Headlines just won't scroll on the homepage.
Hopefully we can get them back up, but if it's a choice between the site crashing and having the recent diaries box up, it's not a tough choice.
Know that we are on top of things. dKos is receiving unprecedented levels of traffic, and we have to make our adjustments to keep things flowing smoothly until server reinforcements arrive. Thanks for your patience.