It Appears we have a bigger problem with some viewers not able to read posts, than I thought. I received this email last night.
Dear Holy Editor,
Re: HYS comments missing again this morning
As one of your many avid but unregistered readers, I have been blighted by this egregious glitch for 6 days and through my tears of fusdration I notice a pattern has clearly emerged.
For what it’s worth, I humbly submit my observations in case it helps solve the issue for you – whom I have followed from your flightlessbird blog days – and all the other sufferers not getting their ysb fix (excuse tactless pun):
Only Have Your Say comments seem to be affected.
None of the HYS comments are visible until a job lot miraculously appears between 2.30 pm and 3.00 pm every day. Except today. Today’s job lot of comments (248) didn’t come through until about 4.45 pm which is unusually late.
All further comments, made after the time the batch of comments has appeared, are invisible for the rest of the day/night.
The following day, all those remaining comments are now visible.
This may or may not coincide with uploading the new day’s Have Your Say.
Uploading a new article during the day does not seem to fix the problem though.
I don’t have a problem viewing comments on other sites or blogs anywhere, here or abroad.
FYI I am using Safari with DuckDuckGo on the iPad and iPhone with latest iOS 14.4 update. The Mac has Safari and Google and the comments don’t show up on that either. Broadband is wifi as we are rural. Good speeds though.
At first I, too, thought it was just me so went through my settings, turning my iPad on and off etc, etc just like some of the YSBers did. Very fusdrading. I was so relieved to read I was not the only one having problems and now I’m hoping you can find a Holy fix – not the lawnmower kind.
Finally, thank you for all that is YSB. I could wax lyrical but I’ll keep you no longer. Suffice to say YSB is simply the best. It reaches the parts other blogs cannot reach.
Kind – sorry, I see no kinds allowed today but can ‘t find the crossing out tool – regards,
FYI: I have a MacBook Air, use Vivaldi and I haven’t noticed any changes to YSB. HYS loads every time I refresh. Good luck in your hunting out the problem.
I use a desktop PC and an older ipad. (Using Chrome and Safari ) Both work OK.
Macbook Pro with Firefox. No current issues with YSB.
That analysis is very good from the correspondent
I noticed the problem on my laptop on Saturday
HP Probook Win 10
But on my HP Probook Win 7 that Saturday it was not a problem
Then on Sunday 28th last – this reversed
It has been intermittent
With working on one or the other PC I can access.
However I seldom use the phone but now with wait times outside shops in Akl I have used it.
5-10 min wait so quick update on YSB
Or I could read RNZ or Stuff for ‘news’.
Just kidding
This occurred 2 days ago the phone Android O/S 8.1
Google Chr browser
And this morning while waiting
I could read all yesterday’s posts at 9.30 am Friday
I could see the header for HYS Friday
It said to log in but that is auto saved login on my PCs so cant remember it
The other posts – three of them – like ‘Not everyone loves the Swedish meatball’ – just do not appear at all
There is Book club fixed at top then HYS.
Same as 2 days ago.
Those are the symptoms
On my HP Probook Win10 right now I can see all up to NOW
I have just restarted the phone – flush out memory – but it is the same
Prior days posts visible
Only HYS header for today
Also the spell check was pretty crappy anyway but has got noticeably worse
It is auto changing words
Even if prepared in another document and copy/posted to YSB some words change upon posting.
Older words that passed previously are now underlined as spelling error
Simple things like ‘si’ is not even suggested as ‘is’
It is like it is spelling things how Ardoom speaks – nuttier than a snickers bar
Perhaps an order to GCSB but I do not know if they are that competent
Ooops, a challenge there!!
I have I pad ,apple desktop,HP laptop and samsung note ,Have had problems at K B in the past never on YSB.
Use firefox and the fox does it well.
Not had a problem and I use 3 or 4 different computers.
seems like you guys need to get a better brouzer.
Having same problems .
HP Probook and same as for Howitis.
Just happened again
There was too much activity in Google chrome
I closed then re-opened it to clear RAM.
12.40 pm
Back to header only for HYS
no posts visible
No other articles/threads today
Cleared chrome history (cache)
Closed again.
Reopened
logged in again
The posts are there but problem not really gone away.
HP Probook Win 10
I thought it was Jacinda or a piss take.
‘of fusdration I notice a pattern has clearly emerged.’
At a library wifi on laptop.
Can bing in,, see HYS, so click on it today’s post, but it does not show comments.
Logged in, then all comments showed, & to confirm can post, as by this post.
If I’m logged in, I can read, if I’m not logged in I can’t.
Keep up the good work, this blog keeps me sane
From a shitty samsung phone its fine both logged in or out can still see all comments, refresh adds any new comments
Samsun S5E, android 10. All good mate!
No probs here. Laptop and Samsung J7 phone.
Looks like it might be a Chrome browser problem. I am using Vivaldi on a macbook pro with no issues.
I don’t think the YSB website is to blame, but need you to keep me informed.
I know the issue is worse for those who are not registered as users. Maybe those of you who are lurkers need to become users, join in and Have Your Say.
I’m using Chrome Win 10 on a desktop, and have had intermittent issues as well holy man. Similar to Howitis – several days when I logged on machine there were no comments well into the day, than came back later and there was a pile of them. One day I went to post, hoping to wake up the loyal followers, but it would not let me do so.
Can you try another browser to confirm my suspicions about chrome please?
I have had no issues with chrome.