Forum Topics Posts being submitted into thin air?
pubenvelope
Added 10 months ago

I just spent 30 minutes typing up a straw for MSV based on today's releases before bed and upon submitting, seemed to vanish. I have seen other people have this issue, is it a common occurrence? The invisible dog ate my homework miss, I swear! What a pain haha.

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Strawman
Added 10 months ago

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.

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lowway
Added 10 months ago

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!!


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RogueTrader
Added 10 months ago

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 :)

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pubenvelope
Added 10 months ago

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).

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