This forum remains one of my most hated things about SOE. It is pathetic. Unfortunately i have to run it on IE at work which just makes it worse. The only saving grace is the massive connection speeds we have.
That normally happens when they have any hiccups with the billing server, which is where the forums look to see if you are subscribed. (and there just happened to be a hiccup last night)
So even though I'd like to blame the forums as well... they actually are working correctly when that happens.