There have been some general network issues that may be contributing to this. I do know tech is trying to resolve the problem, and they've been making some progress, happily. Just for grins and giggles, if some of you IE users would try the mobile view of the forums, and let me know if it works better....That might help us see what issues are causing this. It's down on the lower left of the main page. If you switch to the default mobile view, you'll get a much lighter weight version of BF. It was set up for iPad, iPhone and Android, but it renders well on a laptop or PC screen as well, and loads faster. I use it with my aircard, because it has a slow connectivity speed. It makes it much easier for me to view and use the forums securely when not at home.
Mobile View Screenshot below
Try it and let me know how it does for the IE issue.