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NEOH

(242 posts) Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:26 PM Monday

Posting Issues

After I post something, I get a time out message and I have to re-enter my post title and post again.

The second post is successful. However this second post turns out to be a duplicate which I have to delete.

I was having this issue frequently during the first couple of months of this year, but it went away. Now, over the past few days, it’s back in earnest.

Can anyone help me work around this? Thanks!! NEOH

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Posting Issues (Original Post) NEOH Monday OP

Exact same thing happened to me once today. applegrove Monday #1

Same here Bayard Monday #2

Happens all the time when there's a network hiccup or maybe the server is overloaded. usonian Monday #3

If it's a short or modest post, I just do Control A Control C to select all and copy to clipboard, before previewing or progree Monday #4

applegrove

(126,401 posts)

1. Exact same thing happened to me once today.

Reply to NEOH (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:28 PM

Monday

Bayard

(25,626 posts)

2. Same here

Reply to NEOH (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 02:46 PM

Monday

It went away for awhile, but now its back.

usonian

(18,567 posts)

3. Happens all the time when there's a network hiccup or maybe the server is overloaded.

Reply to NEOH (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 03:26 PM

Monday

Can't do anything to cure it.

On the desktop system, I use an extension (Safari and Firefox) called GhostText that mirrors my typing in a text editor.
It is not easy to set up.The text editor NEVER loses its content.

On the phone and tablet, I simply copy my typing to the Notes app (a text editor) before previewing or submitting.
It is clunky to do, but it has a big advantage. When I want to copy a post, or even part of it, the normal procedure is to go to that original post, "Options -- Edit Post" and then copy what I want to use elsewhere. This is a big nuisance.

By saving the text in the Notes app, I can just go there and copy what I need and paste into a new post.

I even copy the title, so that when I paste, I cut the title from the text and paste it into the title bar.

That's the best I can recommend. Anything beats losing text AND title when the network seems to vanish.
Usually, the main post can come back, but the title is always lost.

"The internet is one tough town" ......... Usonian

progree

(12,024 posts)

4. If it's a short or modest post, I just do Control A Control C to select all and copy to clipboard, before previewing or

Reply to NEOH (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 05:18 PM

Monday

posting. If a DU glitch loses it, I've still got it on the clipboard.

If it's a longer one, or starts to get to be a long one, then I usually compose and edit it in a Notepad text file.

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