A Couple of Identical Discussions

By ARM
India
December 3, 2018 3:34am CST
I have grown used to writing discussionsfor mylot on my smartphone. However it isn't as comfortable as typing it out on my computer. In the past few days while typing out a discussion and hitting the "start discussion "button,the circle goes on rotating and finally comes up with a screen full of incomprehensible writing with an error number "Oh dear," I say and start to type out the discussion again.(In the computer I would have saved the writing and merely pasted it again). The same thing happens and there is the page full of information that makes no sense to me. I give up now and turn to read other people's discussions only to find to my surprise both my discussions are there on the site like a pair of identical (or nearly) twins. In fact there have even been a couple of responses to the post on on top. Suddenly it strikes me that my pictures must be too big as the picture didn't load. Thoroughly embarrased I delete one. I resize my picture and edit. All is good now. I know this has happened to @sofssu too because of faulty wi_fi. Have you ever faced anything like this?
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 18
I only use my desktop computer because it is the only way I feel comfortable, with a real keyboard. This never happened to me.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 18
@responsiveme A phone is very small, I cannot work using a phone.
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• India
3 Dec 18
That is the problem if I use the phone...Can work in only one window.
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• India
3 Dec 18
@LadyDuck the fingers type the wrong letter and there is that auto correct
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@sofssu (23662)
3 Dec 18
I believe we need a automatic warning to say that the post is duplicate.. That will help reduce duplicate posts.. also its not a nice thing to delete a discussion when someone has already posted comments.. it not fair to them at all..
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@sofssu (23662)
3 Dec 18
@responsiveme Thanks too you i could delete that before someone responded to it.
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• India
3 Dec 18
@sofssu glad I saw it in time
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• India
3 Dec 18
That is why it was so embarrassing for me. Thankfully the ones I deleted didn't have responses
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@xFiacre (12599)
• Ireland
3 Dec 18
@responsiveme I had this happen to me and my article appeared 5 times without the picture. It happens.
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• India
3 Dec 18
Quintuplets It was so embarrasing for me with just the twins appearing
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@DianneN (246905)
• United States
5 Dec 18
I heard this is happening to many people on all forms of technology. Must be a glitch.
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@DianneN (246905)
• United States
10 Dec 18
@responsiveme It’s happening right now!
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• India
10 Dec 18
@DianneN the server seems slow here too
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• India
5 Dec 18
Must be...Some say due to slow server
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@just4him (306354)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Dec 18
Yes, I have. When I get the error, I check to see if the discussion went through before doing it again. I'll also resize the picture.
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@just4him (306354)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Dec 18
@responsiveme Yes, it's occurred a few times since I started blogging. It always seemed to happen on the other blog site I started with before myLot. It's no longer a site.
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• India
4 Dec 18
So you know about this. I didn't. I thought error message meant I need to start again
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• India
5 Dec 18
@just4him Do you blog elsewhere?
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@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
3 Dec 18
it seems like it never happened to me, and in my opinion there must be an automatic notification that can tell us that the post is a duplicate
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• India
3 Dec 18
It happened to some others
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• India
3 Dec 18
@leny34 yes that is what I have written
@leny34 (8506)
• Sidoarjo, Indonesia
3 Dec 18
@responsiveme but have you ever experienced that?
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@snowy22315 (170011)
• United States
4 Dec 18
I think I have posted things twice a couple of times.
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• India
4 Dec 18
I get that now...I thought there was something wrong with my phone
@anil02 (24688)
• India
3 Dec 18
I am not using smart phone for on line jobs. I am using laptop for it. Typing on mobile is tough for me. Some time I also face problem of slow connection.
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• India
3 Dec 18
Sometimes it is good especially when one is travelling. I agree typing is difficult...Lots of errors
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
4 Dec 18
@responsiveme Yes mobile is useful in travelling. Some peoples are perfect in typing with mobile, but I am not good in typing with mobile.
@suni51 (3429)
• India
4 Dec 18
I haven't faced it yet but maybe I am not posting too many discussions for last couple of years. I used to post 4-6 discussions per month in my previous avatar but not as many ever since I created my current account a couple of years back. Let me see what happens when I post my next.... see yah.
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• India
4 Dec 18
Quite a lot of people have faced it
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec 18
I think this happens occasionally to a great many of us. I have certainly done it several times.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec 18
@responsiveme I always feel so much better when I learn that I'm not the only one to have had something happen.
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• India
3 Dec 18
@JudyEv Me too Though that phrase assumes deep meaning niw
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• India
3 Dec 18
Okay..Getting to see that it is commonpkace
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@shubhu3 (36464)
• New Delhi, India
3 Dec 18
Loading error happens with me too a lot of times.
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@shubhu3 (36464)
• New Delhi, India
4 Dec 18
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• India
3 Dec 18
Now I find it is common
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
3 Dec 18
@responsiveme I am not good at typing on my phone and prefer my computer. I have tried to upload pictures and go in and fix them up and they would not upload at all.
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
3 Dec 18
@responsiveme I feel that way.
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• India
3 Dec 18
I think a computer is better
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
4 Dec 18
I also use mylot and post discussions from smartphone.. smartphone is not as comfortable as desktop .but it's in handy to use anywhere ..I never faced any problems in posting so far.
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• India
5 Dec 18
Yes we can use it while waiting in public places
@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Dec 18
I tried on my phone and it is not as good as my laptop.
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• India
5 Dec 18
I agree it's more comfortable on a laptop
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
3 Dec 18
Yes that has happened to me a few times as well.
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• India
4 Dec 18
That's what I am getting to know from the responses
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
3 Dec 18
I experienced it with my desktop too due to poor connection, I repeatedly posted my replies and later I find it out my reply post 4-5 times. Embarrassing indeed but we are innocent too. Just deleted the repeated ones.
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• India
3 Dec 18
Yes, did that.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
Oh yes, I too experienced that. Since, I am using my phone and can't edit to resize it , it always says error. So, I know it was the picture's size so I stopped and decided not to post anymore but just comment. WHen I opened My Discussions to see if there were still uncommented back comments, I noticed that it was posted after all.
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• India
3 Dec 18
I can see now that it has happened to other people too
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
3 Dec 18
Oh so sorry this is happening on your phone. I never use my phone for myLot. I would be useless
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• India
4 Dec 18
Others faced this on their desktops too...So I think it's a connection problem
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