(* this message is only a public service announcement, and will be deleted after an undetermined amount of time *)
If you have a paid/permanent LJ account, and are getting frustrated with the slow service today, delete the cookie named “ljfastserver” (if your browser supports this) and things will speed up a bit for the time being. Do not attempt to logout and then log back in while checking the “don’t use fast servers” box. While this normally would achieve the same task, in this case it will not. The login pages automatically push users to the fast servers (to, usually, ensure that they are readily available for paid users), and the process that actually logs a user in is not responding with cookies. This means that if you log out you will not be able to log in again. If you don’t get a lot of friends-only posts on your friends list, and therefore don’t really NEED to be logged in, then just logging out of LJ (and staying logged out) should speed things up a bit for you.
No. That will not do anything to correct the fact that LJ is currently not notifying users via email of any new comments places on their posts or in response to other comments you have left.
Now please stop asking me why LJ is broke. Thanks.