That's happened to me too @pubenvelope, and it's incredibly frustrating. Sorry for the hassle.

We've looked at it before but obviously it's still something that happens occasionally. We'll have another go at fixing it.

One suggestion in the meantime is to draft any big post in notepad or something first. Or, hit ctrl-A, ctrl-C to save the text to your clipboard before posting.

I feel your pain @pubenvelope as it has happened to me a couple of times. Like @Strawman, I prefer to type a post externally (I'm Android, so usually use my mobile word app) then cut and paste into the Strawman area. Short replies like this one I type in directly.

The other reason for uing an external app is pinch and expand doesn't work on the Strawman text box, so my old eyes struggle!!

Yes the mantra to follow when writing electronically is "save soon and save often!". I also would recommend Word to create a lengthy piece of writing, but (as mentioned by Strawman) at the very least training myself to use Ctrl-A to Select All, then Ctrl-C to copy to Clipboard before posting on forums has spared my 'deathless prose' from ascending to Bit Heaven on more than a few occasions :)

Thanks team, I appreciate the follow up. It was a little frustrating yes, but all good, what can you do!.. (well yes, copy and paste into a word doc haha).