a whole post lost!
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14741)
San Jose, California
April 26, 2017 3:14pm CST
I was in the middle of typing a rather lengthy post, when suddenly my browser crashed! All that typing done in vain!
I wish there was a way to autosave a draft on here, but no such luck. This isn't the first time it's happened to me either. It's not MyLot's fault, it's just a browser or internet issue on my end... but it sure is disappointing when it happens.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Apr 17
I do this all on my phone. I type everything in Quicknotes and cut and paste, just for that very reason. I've lost stuff too.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Apr 17
I try to do it too saving all posts in word @teamfreak16.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Apr 17
@spiderdust - I started doing it after the page took it upon itself to reload one day, right in the middle of typing my discussion.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
27 Apr 17
Ah, that's an idea! I could type them up in Evernote and copy/paste.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
26 Apr 17
I had that problem years ago when I lived in a place where the internet wasn't very stable. I would write my posts in a Word document (or you can use "notepad") and save it every few sentences. Then I'd copy/paste onto myLot.
I still do that if I have a long post or I want to write a long email. It is so frustrating to lose your work because you may be able to reproduce most of it but you're certain to leave some stuff out that you had before. And the time lost is also frustrating!
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
26 Apr 17
I use a Chromebook, so a Word document isn't an option for me. I think there might be something called "Scratchpad" which is similar to Notepad and will work even when I'm not online. I need to poke around and see if that will work for me.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Apr 17
That was a very nice and wise idea , @dragon54u
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@egdcltd (12060)
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27 Apr 17
@spiderdust There might be another method, but I do find it's a good idea to save posts somewhere different to the site you're posting them on.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
26 Apr 17
I'm using a Chromebook, so that's a little trickier for me.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Apr 17
i know the feeling as i am quite sure it has happened many times to all of us
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
28 Apr 17
I have had that happen to me to. It is really annoying.
