Muchly confused

Since last Friday (8th November 2024), I have been unable to sign into my 'Sporadic Sparkly account without seeing this (see image below), which spans the width of the page.

 

There is an 'X' I can click on to get rid of it, which is helpful, but my experience so far is that as soon as I navigate my way around this site to do other things, it reappears.

Early yesterday morning I had signed into this account to establish if I could actually post anything without it automatically ending up in Room 101. After clicking on the 'X' to get rid of the highly distracting notification banner, I noticed something new (see image below).

 

Feeling curious, I thought, "Oh, what's this?" and promptly clicked on it. This resulted in the appearance of the following menu (see image below).

 

I then clicked on 'System Notifications' and saw this (see image below). It was hard for me not to roll my eyes and think, "Tell me something I don't already know!" Rolling eyes

 

Before it is suggested I e-mail the Community Manager, I already have and it is apparently being investigated by the IT team.

In the event that this post doesn't end up being automatically placed under review, I am curious to find out if all the images I have uploaded will be visible in this post. In editing mode, I can only see 1 of the 4 images. This is not a new issue (for me), as it's one I experienced pre-upgrade.