I am so mad right now, all my effort and my reply is lost!

@dragon54u (31636)
United States
February 17, 2009 11:14am CST
I took the time to make a thoughtful and detailed reply to one of my friends and when I hit the submit button I got a page load error because myLot took too long to respond!! GRRRR!!! Now I'll have to try to remember all that I typed and try to make the reply again. From now on I'm going to copy my replies before I hit the submit button. I'm also concerned that this place may be having some software problems, a lot of people have been having trouble lately. Have you had trouble posting discussions or replies lately?
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21 responses
• India
18 Feb 09
hiii dragon54u..Nice o meet you here once again..Yeah i had also faced the same problem once..But right now i haven't faced..Once i written my fulll response wich worth 5 lines..and hit the post response and i takes a minute to load and atlast it came as load error in mylot...And then i lost it..I feel sad and then i had written again it...But i think that this is not the problem of mylot..This is problem of our net..any way right now i am good..Gud posting...happy mylotting...
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@vicky30 (4766)
• India
18 Feb 09
Yes i too have troubles posting replies lately.I am also having network problems in my home.Because of that i cannot post often in mylot.I have to always copy the message i type and later post it.Good we both have crossed the five hundred post mark to get the copy paste feature.Think of the people below 500 posts.They will be stuck.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I hope your network problems are solved soon. This place is a lot of fun and I hope that you'll be able to post more soon.
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
19 Feb 09
Yes its solved now and i am not having any problems.Happy mylotting.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
17 Feb 09
I am sorry about that, I know that had to be annoying for you to have thought of that long response, and then have it go away because of mylot. Sometimes it will still post if it takes too long and you have to refresh. I am not sure about if the error message comes up though. I haven't noticed anything except for the payout a few days ago but now I know to expect it between midnight, and midnight. I am not sure if that is how they did it before or not, but that's what I am paying attention to now.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
17 Feb 09
I've never had that happen before on this site. In fact, this site has been blessedly free of burps and bumps until this past week or so. I hope it won't make a habit of it!
@kellyjeanne (1576)
• United States
1 Mar 09
This has also happened to me in MyLot, but, it was mainly my fault. Thank goodness my reply wasn't as wordy as yours. I know that on some websites you can hit Control Z and what you previously had typed up will show again. Because of the way MyLot is set up this may not work for this particular website. Yea, now that I'm able to copy and paste (544 posts! Yay!) I will also make a concerted effort to do so each time I post a discussion and/or response. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
1 Mar 09
I didn't know about CtlZ, thank you! I was never one for shortcuts, never bothered learning any and I don't know why. It just seemed more effort to memorize them than to do the function by hand. This one will be convenient, thanks!
• United States
7 Mar 09
I'm glad I could help you a bit, but, remember, Ctrl Z may not work in myLot because of the unique way it's set up. You can always give it a go and see what happens. If it does work then great! Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija
@busibee (187)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Yes, I have had MANY slow or disconnected replies lately (just this and last week). I'm glad I read your post, because I thought it was just my computer (even though I haven't had any other problems with it). Maybe when you are having problems it is due to a high volume of members on Mylot at one time. Maybe they need to update or add faster and larger servers.... hmmmmmm.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
The population here keeps growing so I know it's a heavily trafficked site and that could cause some delays. I hope it's solved soon.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
18 Feb 09
Its really to bad and I share your anger with you as I have been a victim of similar circumstances. Just the other day, I typed along response and it was very serious and difficult too as it took a lot of my time but happily when I went to submit it was with its snail's pace and lo! the page failed to upload and my content was gone. Ho! I am mad. Felt like crying. But I had no option. Switched the computer off and went down the hill on my bike to refresh. Yes do that when it is relatively long and serious thing copy it in the words and in case of loss do it paste. But what to my fate? I can not do it now for I have not reached the magical figure of 500. lol.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
You understand perfectly what I was trying to say! I really put a lot of feeling in that response and to lose it just ruined the whole tone of the re-written piece. You're nearly halfway to 500! That's pretty good for only having been here for 3 weeks!! I think you're going to do very well here at myLot.
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@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
18 Feb 09
Thank you very much, but I was taken aback this evening when I saw my red star turning yellow. Why this happened? May be some people are knowingly negative rating me. I do not know but this is too depressing.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
19 Feb 09
No, I haven't had too much trouble lately, dragon. But then again I tend to use the copy and paste feature every time I participate on here so that I don't have this problem to begin with. I have had the same thing happen to me a few times before in the past when I was under 500 posts and needless to say I was mad too, especially when I put so much effort into what I had said. It's definitely an experience that I don't want to have to go through ever again, so I try to be more careful now when I mylot.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
19 Feb 09
I usually forget to copy/paste and that's why that happened to me. Someone told me that this happens a lot when this place is upgrading so maybe we'll get some more goodies soon!
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I have had this happen in the past and it drives me crazy! I hate to lose all of the work that I have put into a discussion and then it takes me double the time to get the post here. I wonder if they have been having software problems too as it seems that there have been some problems with the site lately. I am sure that it will work out and we will be fine. We just have to bear with things right now.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Someone mentioned that every time they upgrade, things like this happen for awhile. So maybe we'll be getting some new features soon! In the meantime, I'll copy everything I do just in case!
@satyakam (1112)
• India
18 Feb 09
Yes i know how it feels when you type something but after submitting receive the page load error in mylot back arrow cache system not there,so what i do everytime i type something first copy the lines then go for submit button.You better follow this,
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I will definitely copy from now on! You mentioned the back arrow cache system, so that is why we can't go back to our message! I did not think of that reason, thank you!
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
17 Feb 09
I just did! Right now! uufffffaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I too will be copying everything before hitting the submit button. It just doesn't come out the same when I have to retype it a second time Maybe myLot has too much traffic at certain times now?
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
17 Feb 09
Well, our population has increased a lot so maybe traffic is the answer. It's never the same when I have to do something over. I lose the spontaneity of my reply and I can't say it in exactly the same way-there's something about doing it over that discourages me and makes me not want to put the quality into it that I did before. Thank you for your reply, it made me feel better!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
17 Feb 09
Something wrong here though.... You got wronged and I got wronged and we both got wronged together ok, that's fine so far BUT two wrongs don't make a right so they has to be something done just the same tostop it happening so frequently. p.s. all that was just to make you feel even more better and to test to see if it happens again
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Ohhh, I know that is so aggrevating when that happens! I know exactly how you feel dragon54u! That has happened to me before but not lately... thank goodness. I always tell myself after that happens that I am going to copy my replies before hitting the submit button too. But, then after awhile I forget because it doesn't happen to me that frequently... & then, it happens again! Grrrr
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
It's very frustrating, especially when we forget to copy our replies or discussions then lose them. You're getting close to being able to copy/paste so if you can remember to copy, you won't lose stuff anymore after you reach 500 posts!
@koalatbs (2229)
• United States
24 Feb 09
Woo hoo! I CAN'T WAIT to be able to copy and paste here on myLot! You said at 500 posts I'll be able to do that... thank goodness! I didn't know when it was but I was hoping it'd be really soon! :)
@mammamuh (582)
• Sweden
18 Feb 09
It has happend to me as well - but even if I should have copied the stuff I would have to write it all over again (I so much long for that 500 mark) I guess it might me myLot some times, but most of the times it has to do with loosing connection for a short period of time. I would not care much if it wasn't for all the other things as well - like getting from a rating 9 (87/100) to a 6 (55/100) in a day and not even have one respons or discussion done the day before and things like that - getting the raking in all subjects get much lower and so on. Perhaps till will be back to normal soon!
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
Well, I "+" everyone that replies to my discussions unless they're rude so your star will increase a bit. There are people that run through this site giving people a "-" just because they're mean. You'll get to 500 soon and be able to copy and paste!
• India
19 Feb 09
hello there,....a similar thing has happened to me a few days back.,.....i was so frustrated that i started a discussion about it.......and now i see you're in the same situation.. but its good that you can copy your responses and paste in case they are very long..........i don't have that option yet...:-) happy mylotting....and have a nice day.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
19 Feb 09
You're halfway to copy/paste! I remember when I hit 500 and it was like a milestone, I could finally do a few extra things. I didn't see your discussion, the search engine here isn't very good so there are many duplicate subjects. I'm told that they may be upgrading because this happens when they do that.
• India
19 Feb 09
hello......ya....i am waiting for that 500 posts mark..........being able to copy and paste will be an advantage... hmm.....yes, the search engine here isn't very good......but, if you are interested, you might find it in the discussions i have started......anyways, i have a very few discussions.....so, you'll find it.. happy mylotting..
@Nancy312 (282)
• China
18 Feb 09
I met such trouble for many times,each time it shows a page load error,just the same as you.And i always classify such troubles into the reason that the computer is too old and too slow.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
No, I don't think it's your computer. There's a lot of traffic here and it can slow down the server. Maybe they'll upgrade soon.
• United States
18 Feb 09
Every now and then I have that problem, but instead of getting mad, I just begin to come up with something else.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
That's a very positive reaction! I was upset because the person I was responding to had a very tough personal problem with a friend and I didn't want to shortchange them by making a lesser reply when I lost the first. I'll copy from now on!
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
18 Feb 09
It rarely happens... but it does happen. The problem has always been there. I lost my second post when I joined mylot over two years ago. These days I copy every post I make before hitting the submit button. That way when it fail... all I have to do is paste it in a new post.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I guess I've been spoiled. I've been here a year and never had a glitch! I think that's pretty good for a place with as much traffic as this one! I do copy/paste now, though, just in case.
@sameroad (3179)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I have had that happen to me a couple of times. it really sucks! and it's so annoying... anytime I notice or think that its going to do that to me. i will quickly copy my reply so i don't lose i and sometimes i do it anyway if it's a long one just to be on the safe side. ya never know when that might happen...and when it does i'm ready for it now lol hate having to re-type out something i've already typed out once.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I can never get the same tone when I have to do it over, so I'm beginning to copy my replies. I try to make quality replies with at least 3-5 sentences and when I have to do it over again I'm not as motivated!
@mjmlagat (3170)
• Philippines
18 Feb 09
When mylot changed its features, I really had terrible times posting discussions and responses to the extent of thinking to leave the site! It was really terrible because everytime I posted longer discussions, the system suddenly hung and deleted such attempt! It was really bad!
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
So, maybe they are adding new features? That should be interesting! I didn't like it last time they changed things but I eventually got used to it. I'm an old fuddy-duddy, I like things to stay the same!
@Veriteigh (126)
• Canada
18 Feb 09
That hasn't happened to me on MyLot yet. However, I've made epic messages that I had to retype before. DANG COMPUTERS GWAR!
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
That will definitely drive you crazy and with me it's a very short drive!
• China
18 Feb 09
although I did not encounter it before, i can understand you.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I see you are new here, welcome to myLot! I hope you have fun here and earn some money as well as make lots of friends and learn about the world.