Please, someone help me out with this. Sometimes I have to think awhile, get up and tend to a household chore, etc.-then come back and finish my post. If it takes several minutes to finish the post it disappears. I don’t log off. My post just goes away and a blank posting area comes up as if I had never typed a word. This is maddening. After I have spent some time composing a thoughtful post, for it to just go away is very frustrating. Why is it anyone’s business how long it takes me to compose a post? I never type overly long compositions so I don’t think length is the problem. It appears that I just take too long to finish.

Could your computers screen saver be causing it?

I don’t really have a screen-saver, only a desktop background. No one seems to understand what I mean. Nothing on the Politics site goes away. I stay ON the site but after I’m finished with the post, if it takes--say 15 minutes, I hit “submit” and instead of posting, the thing comes up as if I’d never typed anything. I’d have to start all over. What I’d like to know is- do we have a limited time to type what we want to post and if it takes longer our post just won’t “take”? There’s no clue that what I’m typing isn’t going to appear on the forum but if it takes a few minutes I can forget it.

Twitt - 12 April 2008 04:09 PM

I don’t really have a screen-saver, only a desktop background. No one seems to understand what I mean. Nothing on the Politics site goes away. I stay ON the site but after I’m finished with the post, if it takes--say 15 minutes, I hit “submit” and instead of posting, the thing comes up as if I’d never typed anything. I’d have to start all over. What I’d like to know is- do we have a limited time to type what we want to post and if it takes longer our post just won’t “take”? There’s no clue that what I’m typing isn’t going to appear on the forum but if it takes a few minutes I can forget it.

I know exactly what you’re talking about.  While I’m writing a post, somebody calls.  I answer the phone, talk for a while, and go back to the post.  Then when I submit, it’s gone and I have to start over.  The site seems to “erase” our typing after five or ten minutes if we don’t hit something like “preview post” or “check spelling” to let it know we’re still here.  My solution, when I know it’s been five or ten minutes since I started writing in the “post a new reply” box, is to highlight the entire post and copy it before hitting “submit.” If it does disappear, I can just hit reply again and then paste the response back in the box.

Bobby Jindal - 12 April 2008 04:34 PM

Twitt - 12 April 2008 04:09 PM

I don’t really have a screen-saver, only a desktop background. No one seems to understand what I mean. Nothing on the Politics site goes away. I stay ON the site but after I’m finished with the post, if it takes--say 15 minutes, I hit “submit” and instead of posting, the thing comes up as if I’d never typed anything. I’d have to start all over. What I’d like to know is- do we have a limited time to type what we want to post and if it takes longer our post just won’t “take”? There’s no clue that what I’m typing isn’t going to appear on the forum but if it takes a few minutes I can forget it.

I know exactly what you’re talking about.  While I’m writing a post, somebody calls.  I answer the phone, talk for a while, and go back to the post.  Then when I submit, it’s gone and I have to start over.  The site seems to “erase” our typing after five or ten minutes if we don’t hit something like “preview post” or “check spelling” to let it know we’re still here.  My solution, when I know it’s been five or ten minutes since I started writing in the “post a new reply” box, is to highlight the entire post and copy it before hitting “submit.” If it does disappear, I can just hit reply again and then paste the response back in the box.

Finally....someone knows what I’m talking about with this problem.  Thanks! I’d gotten to feeling downright depressed about it and thought the whole site was somehow screening me out. I’ve seen many a “brilliant and thoughtful” post go out into space unread and I was too aggravated to type it all over. I’m going to make note of your solution.

I guess it wasn’t just me.  I thought maybe I deleted the post and didn’t recall doing so.