Eh, well I'm not sure but I think this is an isolated occurrence, very rarely do people have issues connecting with the site, and we have people from all over the world, even from countries that you would think would have net issues because of their political/economic situations (underdeveloped, war-torn, government censorship, etc).
It could be something on your end, maybe a virus on your machine. I can't tell you but I do know your situation is not normal.
Try starting a help thread in the WP support forum, or PM Alex (site founder and admin) or one of the moderators (anyone on the forum with the title "Moderator" under their Avatar). The moderators can edit posts and move/lock topics, etc, they don't have full backend access but they DO have a direct line to Alex who does have that clearance.
That said, sorry you had issues, hopefully they'll get resolved soon. Welcome.
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