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Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 423 Listening Ear
edited September 11 in Help Desk
The general chitchat thread is broken for me. I can only see comments from page 1045 but we're on 1048 now . It was like it a couple hours ago but I left it to see will it fix itself but its still broke. @Chloe234 said it happened on the counting thread for them so I don't think it's just the chitchat thread. Every other thread works for me though

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also, don't drafts automatically save anymore? I really liked that feature it was so helpful and I liked to write stuff and never post it lol but they arent saving for me automatically anymore. It was good for when you accidentally click off the page. Saves you writing it all back out.

MOD EDIT:
JustV wrote: »
Hello everyone! I come bearing tidings of great joy (tech updates)

Draft autosave: Something has broken here so the techies that maintain the software we use are investigating and will let us know of any new developments. We could fix it by switching the type of text editor we use, but that would come with accessibility drawbacks, so for now we're going to stick with BBCode until the issue resolves. We'll keep you all posted on that.

Timeout errors: These were related to a bug that has now been fixed, so you should see less of these. Some timeout errors are inevitable with any website so don't worry too much unless you're seeing them a lot more than usual.

Thread pages are empty: Turns out this is because the 'true' number of comments in the thread is higher than the amount you guys can see.

For a bunch of different reasons, sometimes posts are hidden from view. For short threads, that doesn't really matter because it's usually only one or two. However, for big threads like Count To 10k, the amount of hidden posts is high enough that it covers multiple pages. That's because the thread covers so much time and so many different accounts, so the hidden posts mount up.

That means you're seeing the 'true' number of pages for the discussion, but a much lower post count, which results in empty pages being shown at the end of the thread.

BUT, the most recent posts you can see are actually the most recent posts.

--

Thanks for keeping us on our toes, as always!

🏃
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  • Rose113Rose113 Community Champion Posts: 2,463 Boards Champion
    @Slinky the threads stay at where u we’re at before so the pages after are messages you haven’t seen if that makes sense, it just sticks you at the place you last was instead of the very last page
    Want to hurt me… go ahead
    Wish to bully me…I’m used to it
    Want to talk crap about me…go on then
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 423 Listening Ear
    Ohh.. I think I understand. But even when I click on pages 1046,1047, 1048 it doesn’t show the comments / discussion it just shows me like above , two of the page numbers 😂 so I can only see the old discussion
  • AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 2,382 Boards Champion
    It’s like that for me too
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 423 Listening Ear
    edited August 30
    Ohh hopefully it’s just the boards being dodgy and it will fix itself 😂 im gonna be gutted if we lose the auto save draft feature lol
  • sinead276sinead276 Posts: 1,647 Extreme Poster
    i think i might have had a similar issue the other day in terms of pages with one of the counting threads - and to be honest i think i just assumed it was being glitchy
  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 9,030 Supreme Poster
    Boards have been really glitchy in general recently, lots of timeout type errors too
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • AoifeAoife Community Manager Posts: 3,228 Boards Guru
    Thanks for letting us know about these bugs! We'll get in touch with the tech team and see if we can get them fixed :)
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  • AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 2,382 Boards Champion
    It’s like that for me too
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    I’m still having this issue where I can’t see comments
  • eylaheylah Posts: 4,761 The Mix Elder
    It’s like that for me too
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    I’m still having this issue where I can’t see comments

    you have to go back to through the numbers to find the chat unfortunately lol.
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  • sinead276sinead276 Posts: 1,647 Extreme Poster
    i also have this issue still - but only in the 'count to 10,000' thread

    it's not something that majorly bothers me but just thought i'd let you know too
  • AnonymousToeAnonymousToe Posts: 2,382 Boards Champion
    sinead276 wrote: »
    i also have this issue still - but only in the 'count to 10,000' thread

    it's not something that majorly bothers me but just thought i'd let you know too

    Yep, both the count to 10,000 and general chit chat threads are like it for me
  • eylaheylah Posts: 4,761 The Mix Elder
    mine looks like this chit chat 10,000 to.
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    keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. 🤍
  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 9,030 Supreme Poster
    I’ve just worked out what you guys are all on about. Yes I’m having this issue on the general chat thread. The page is there but there’s no comments on it
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • sinead276sinead276 Posts: 1,647 Extreme Poster
    i just had a look at the general chat one (as i don't use it as often) and i've got the same glitch on there too - who knows whats wrong with it 🤷‍♀️😂
  • Millie2787Millie2787 Community Champion Posts: 5,194 Part of The Furniture
    1046 is the current page number for General Chat thread ;) .... ive got the same glitch to
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  • TheNightmareTheNightmare Posts: 2,376 Boards Champion
    Same here 3xf16q5t0tpi.jpg
  • AoifeAoife Community Manager Posts: 3,228 Boards Guru
    edited September 6
    Hey everyone, thank you for letting us know :)

    We've heard back from our tech team and they think it's to do with too many comments on the threads but they are looking to fix this very soon for us!

    They are also fixing the drafts bug too :)
    Maybe somethings don't get better, but we do. We get stronger. We learn to live with our situations as messy and ugly as they are. We fix what we can and we adapt to what we can't. Maybe some of us will never fully be okay, but at least we're here. We're still trying. We're doing the best we can. That's worth celebrating too ❤
  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 9,030 Supreme Poster
    I know on other forums I am on threads get full. Is that maybe the case here? There's so many comments the tech gets a bit confused?
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 4,805 The Mix Elder
    I also have been having the issues because I have been recently commenting on the thread but I can't see anything or anyone's posts on the general discussion at all. It might be the case that there is a limit on how many posts we can do on there?.
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  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 9,030 Supreme Poster
    Amy22 wrote: »
    I also have been having the issues because I have been recently commenting on the thread but I can't see anything or anyone's posts on the general discussion at all. It might be the case that there is a limit on how many posts we can do on there?.

    You need to go back a couple of pages to see the recent comments @Amy22, I think it’s page 1046. Tbf that is a lot of posts for a single thread, there’s 30 per page so that’s over 31,000 posts. In one thread!!!
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
  • Amy22Amy22 Posts: 4,805 The Mix Elder
    Ah thank you @independent_ I thought the thread was broken for a sec :lol:. Yeah there's been tons of posts on there especially as it's one of the most popular threads here as well. I do use it a lot when the gc isn't on or if sc isn't on either.
    Just a person who likes pop culture and films
  • JustVJustV Community Manager Posts: 5,579 Part of The Furniture
    Hello everyone! I come bearing tidings of great joy (tech updates)

    Draft autosave: Something has broken here so the techies that maintain the software we use are investigating and will let us know of any new developments. We could fix it by switching the type of text editor we use, but that would come with accessibility drawbacks, so for now we're going to stick with BBCode until the issue resolves. We'll keep you all posted on that.

    Timeout errors: These were related to a bug that has now been fixed, so you should see less of these. Some timeout errors are inevitable with any website so don't worry too much unless you're seeing them a lot more than usual.

    Thread pages are empty: Turns out this is because the 'true' number of comments in the thread is higher than the amount you guys can see.

    For a bunch of different reasons, sometimes posts are hidden from view. For short threads, that doesn't really matter because it's usually only one or two. However, for big threads like Count To 10k, the amount of hidden posts is high enough that it covers multiple pages. That's because the thread covers so much time and so many different accounts, so the hidden posts mount up.

    That means you're seeing the 'true' number of pages for the discussion, but a much lower post count, which results in empty pages being shown at the end of the thread.

    BUT, the most recent posts you can see are actually the most recent posts.

    --

    Thanks for keeping us on our toes, as always!

    🏃
    All behaviour is a need trying to be met.
    The truth resists simplicity.
  • JustVJustV Community Manager Posts: 5,579 Part of The Furniture
    PS if I missed anything there or if you have any follow up questions feel free to ask :)
    All behaviour is a need trying to be met.
    The truth resists simplicity.
  • independent_independent_ Community Champion Posts: 9,030 Supreme Poster
    Ooh, so it's baso deleted posts, that's really interesting as I never thought of that. So we're stuck with it pretty much?
    “Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.”
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