List of forum faults part 2

twice today I have written a lenghy reply to a post and when I press the reply button it dissapears.

In this situation it looks like the internet connection had dopped so that was the root cause, but is there any way to get back the long reply I made?

I would hope it would check for connectivity before choosing to just dump my message into the ether.

I have had this happen before, more than once. In each case, I guessed correctly that the posts had gone to the moderation queue, but without showing any alert to me to indicate that's what had happened. I advised the community manager accordingly, by email.

Perhaps that's not the same reason in your case, particularly given that more maintenance has just taken place, but I wouldn't personally count on it. You might find that at least one of the original versions also appears in due course. 

I have had this happen before, more than once. In each case, I guessed correctly that the posts had gone to the moderation queue, but without showing any alert to me to indicate that's what had happened. I advised the community manager accordingly, by email.

Perhaps that's not the same reason in your case, particularly given that more maintenance has just taken place, but I wouldn't personally count on it. You might find that at least one of the original versions also appears in due course. 

Bunny said:

I was just trying to help by  making you aware that this is also a possible explanation.

I appreciate this.

From a technical perspective I believe it is a failing of the code that it makes no connectivity check before accepting the click and thus the post is never actually sent, resulting in it never even reaching the spam filter.

It will be part of the background coding of the site rather than anything NAS can edit I expect, but we can always hope.

Bunny said:

I have sometimes noticed a faint cloud-style icon to the bottom right hand corner of the screen. When there is a line through it, it means there isn't currently a connection. You could perhaps keep an eye out for this.

For me it is a globe symbol but it often drops out for a few seconds here and there on the busy network here (millions of users in a few square miles in the city center).

I do need to get better at checking but after so long on a broadband connection I have gotten into lazy habits.

Thanks for the tips.

I'm familiar with the red-flagged alert. The point I hoped to make is that I have experienced posts going to moderation, but without receiving that accompanying alert. I was just trying to help by  making you aware that this is also a possible explanation.

Iain said:

I would prefer if they could add a connectivity check before accepting the Reply button being pushed.

When using my phone and/or tablet (I can't immediately say for sure whether it's one on, the other or both), I have sometimes noticed a faint cloud-style icon to the bottom right hand corner of the screen. When there is a line through it, it means there isn't currently a connection. You could perhaps keep an eye out for this.

I normally get a red message flash up saying the post is being moderated but I have noticed for a long time now (even before the big upgrade) that if I go offline when posting it just dissapears and never is received.

I would prefer if they could add a connectivity check before accepting the Reply button being pushed.

It is one drawbacks of relying on mobine phone connectivity for long periods of time when working here.