Most days I experience some sort of slowness on Snort, but at that point I'm sort of used to it. I recognize it and just refresh or go to do something else, or check my phone instead (Damus). Sometimes everything crawls to a complete stop and I have to clear all cache to do anything.
If it's frustrating for me as a regular user, I can't imagine what someone new might think. I don't think they'll have the patience to tolerate it.