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zippythepinhead

(374 posts) Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:55 PM Dec 2016

Yesterday my whole post vanished

I spent a hard hour on it. It was one of the most ambitious posts I had ever made.

When I clicked the post button, poof, a message appeared saying, "you did not enter a subject" I had forgotten to do this.

I could not return to op.

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Yesterday my whole post vanished (Original Post) zippythepinhead Dec 2016 OP

Backarrow should return you to to your OP when that happens pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #1

I've also found that "previewing" a post locks it in from disappearing. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #2

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. Backarrow should return you to to your OP when that happens

Reply to zippythepinhead (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 07:54 PM

Dec 2016

For the future, it's a good idea to type your post in a text program like Notebook, then copy and paste to DU. Whatever happens, what you've written is preserved in your notes.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,325 posts)

2. I've also found that "previewing" a post locks it in from disappearing.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 12:45 PM

Dec 2016

It's very frustrating to type a long post and view another open window then come back to a blank post.

I don't know if it's an iPad thing but sometimes the page refreshes and wipes the intended post.

Preview helps with this annoyance

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