Strange Things Happening

@jennyze (7029)
Indonesia
April 7, 2011 9:18pm CST
Yesterday afternoon at around 4pm my time, strange things happened with my account in mylot. I could not post any responses however I changed and revised the wordings and even wrote only one sentence without any emoticon and a full stop as the only punctuation. I do talk to myself and often forgot that I was in public before I smile remembering a funny or happy event. It still showed: unable to post content. please modify your text to only include letters, numbers, and standard punctuation. I could not even send a PM nor logout of my account till I left for the office. Could someone tell me what happened? Could it be someone was hacking my account at the time? Did any of you also experience this? Now, I am really worried Note: I am not sure if this discussion is against the rule. Please respond at your own risk.
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10 responses
@dpk262006 (58673)
• Delhi, India
8 Apr 11
Hi jen! It happened with me also. I immediately other mylotter on email to check whether she is also facing the same problem. When she confirmed it, I took a sigh of relief. Apparently, there was some technical glitch and mylot did not work for few hours. Have a nice day!
@allknowing (130088)
• India
8 Apr 11
dpk Instead of panicking like that and sending email to other mylotters all that you had to do was to check 'recent' discussions where the timing of the discussion topic is given and if you found that the timing was way behind then it was an indication that it was a general complaint. That is what I did!
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 11
Ah, thanks allknowing. I guess Deepak can email me next time and we both can go checking the "recent discussions".
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 11
Yes Deepak, I notice some of us experience it here. I should really send you an email yesterday so I would realize the problem sooner and not starting this discussion. Thanks anyway.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
8 Apr 11
Same thing happened with me yesterday, Jenny. I could not post the whole day. It showed "unable to post, please try again..!!" Again, and i kept doing that for two to four times and it just won't post ! I thought some of you might also be facing the same thing ? I had started two discussions yesterday and i was not able to reply.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
8 Apr 11
Nothing is going to separate us, Love.
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@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 11
Thanks God.Muahhhhh....
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@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 11
This morning while login I was nervous, afraid that yesterday situation was permanent. So, I tried to reply one of a friend's discussion and it goes right, normal just as the previous days. It's a relief.
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@GardenGerty (157047)
• United States
8 Apr 11
I did not have that problem with this site, but I had problems with another site today. I have seen three or four other posts that are talking about these problems today. I have responded to all of them. Any place that relies on computers is liable to have a glitch. It all seems to be alright now.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 11
You are right. I've just responded on a similar discussion to this one So, it happened to several of us here. You are also right for there will always be a glitch here and there; now and then; with technology.
• United States
12 Apr 11
On the same day, you posted this discussion I had the same issue. And, after dealing with Mylot for a couple hours trying to log out, I finally gave up and asked a friend to come over to Mylot to check it out. Turns out others were going through the same issue. It seems to be something a lot of people went through.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
13 Apr 11
Yes beautyqueen, many of us experienced the same. It happened several times already, I think. Now, I don't feel panic when it happens, though...
@AKRao24 (27427)
• India
9 Apr 11
Hi Dear Jennyze! I too faced the similar problem like you had! Rather it was the exactly the same where I got a message on the top of my answering box in red letters stating 'Unable to post content.Please modify your text to only include letters, numbers and standard punctuation'. I try to post my discussions two to three times and having seen that this thing was repeatedly appearing, I copied the content and saved in separate file which I posted say after three hours or so successfully! I think there was some thing wrong with the site only other wise how can we both had the similar problem? Thanks for getting this problem into the light, so that it would be known to others and they can be prepared for this! Thanks !
@AKRao24 (27427)
• India
9 Apr 11
Today afternoon also I faced this problem and today I have not wasted any time on retrying to post the discussions! I simply closed the site and rejoined it in the evening and lo, now it is working normally again! Thanks !
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 11
Yes Akrao, the next time we face this kind of problem we know and would not panic and would just logout and hope it will be better the next day. Some people did not experience it. Or maybe they were not online at those times when the site was down.
@Sreekala (34314)
• India
8 Apr 11
Hello Jenny, We all faced that problem. I have started (my recent) topic then it gone well after that I tried to post replies to my friends, I also got the same message, before somebody told me that this problem is going on. I got some mails in personal id asking about the glitch in mylot. Fortunately in evening, the problem solved. Your topic is still there. I entered in my risk.
@Sreekala (34314)
• India
13 Apr 11
Jenny, the problem was there till yesterday, and time zone is 12 noon to 5 PM (Indian time). I could not post anything in between and my free time falls on this time. I could not complete my topic and all left without my comments due to the glitch.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 11
Sreekala, it was when I was about to respond on your new discussion about talking to ourselves in public that I encountered the problem. Are you sure it was gone? I will try to look for it later and respond.
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@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
14 Apr 11
I found that discussion I was about to respond. Next time, you can save the discussion and post it later.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
8 Apr 11
hello jennyze! it's been a long time since we last seen each other here, don't you think? I'm happy i heard from you again. well, i am not that activce in here anymore. anyways, about your topic, that was strange huh? i had experienced not making a post which you have encountered like typing then the computer or the site itself can't accept what you are typing. but i have logged out and refreshed my pc that time. what happened to you is strange. maybe the computer don't like what you have stated, is that?
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
4 May 11
I missed you too my friend! Yes, there are times I find it hard to get connection and I am as well busy taking care of my niece. she's now having summer class before joining her first schooling in kindergarten by june. So much things to do that's why I find it hard to find time being in here. When I also have free time I can't connect,too bad isn't it? Take care always dear!
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
5 May 11
Wow, you are experiencing a very bad connection as well. That's okay, anytime you come back here friends will always be happy to welcome you... Take care of your niece and be happy...
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 11
Hi Annavi, it is you who were not active here. Miss you... How was school? Well, the proble was experieced by most of the members, especially from Philippines, Indonesia and India. Those that I know about. It's fixed now, and no worries.
• India
12 Apr 11
This is nothing new with mylot. In all the time that I’ve been here, this has happened quite a few times. I do remember the first time this happened with me, I panicked like you. I was a newbie and had a few genuine friends whom I could email for help or assurance…I was sure that I had inadvertently done something and that my account was gone LOL…I was in a grumpy mood for the entire day and it was only much later when I logged again and saw similar discussions, I understood that it was a glitch from mylot’s side. This time when it happened again, I was not alarmed but irritated.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
12 Apr 11
You are right Sudipta, the second time it happened yesterday, I just close it and end the day responding... I had just sent you a friend request, as you are not in my list, yet.
@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
8 Apr 11
hi jennyze, I am also stressed yesterday and I want to have some form of relaxation. I thought of signing in to mylot and participating to the different discussions here. Unlike you, I was not even able to open my account. I keep on signing and typing my password for many times but I just couldn't get in. Then, there comes out the message "Run Time Error". I thought I was just having some problems with my connection but when I go to other site, it was okay. I tried to use other browser but I still got same message. I gave up finally and just decided to switch to facebook and youtube.
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 11
Hi Annierose, it's quite some times since I saw you last time. And when you were about to have fun here you could not even login. That must be so distressing to you. I was able to respond and comment before 4pm our time, but soon after it was no go. o, I left last night without logout. It's good now that everything back to normal.
• United States
8 Apr 11
There was definitely an issue and no one could respond and or start discussions. We are both in different times zones so it was early morning here when it happened and it lasted about 4 hours before the issue was fixed. I had to be some sort of script issues because we could log in but no way of participating to anything. Am glad it did get resolved because it was quite a boring time. lol
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 11
Yes, don;t we all glad that the problem was fixed? I think many of us are nearing our payment limit here and were a little bit worried if the problem would disreupt the counting...
@neenie (343)
• United States
8 Apr 11
I haven't had any problems, but I know a lot of people have been posting that they have. Most people had problems like your's or they couldn't post or reply. It's probably just something going on with the site.. I don't think you were being hacked :) It's always good to ask though!
@jennyze (7029)
• Indonesia
11 Apr 11
Thanks, Neenie. Yes, it was not a hacker, just a site problem. I had my computer checked by my technician and he could not fix it either. So, I surrendered...