# Exasperation **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 1, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235 "2019-12-01T14:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Webfoot75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@Webfoot75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Webfoot75)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/1 "2019-12-01T14:05:54Z")
I have tried three times to put in my two pennyworth to a thread. Only one worked. Firstly it told me that I wasn’t logged in when I was, so I logged in again and my post had disappeared. Secondly, I opened a new tab to check on some facts, and when I returned my post had disappeared again, and then it told me that I wasn’t logged in when I was, so I logged in again and my post had disappeared. I must be doing something wrong, but what? ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/2 "2019-12-01T14:12:59Z")
This board runs on really old software. Best thing to do is type your posts in a Word doc then copy paste. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/3 "2019-12-01T16:35:11Z")
Do you tick the ‘Remember Me’ box when you log in? Are you perhaps in ‘Incognito Mode’ if you are using Google Chrome? It might be relevant to post the browser/device you’re using to read the board. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/4 "2019-12-01T16:37:29Z")
It also may help to clear your browser’s cache. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/5 "2019-12-01T19:24:47Z")
> [@Unreconstructed\_Man](#): > > This board runs on really old software. Best thing to do is type your posts in a Word doc then copy paste. Anything longer and its almost a must. Sometimes I have been able to back-arrow and save a reply but mostly its: 1 write something terrific 2 get bumped off 3 write it again in something like Word 4 log in and post. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/6 "2019-12-01T19:34:44Z")
> [@Unreconstructed\_Man](#): > > This board runs on really old software. Best thing to do is type your posts in a Word doc then copy paste. Also, scroll to the bottom of the page and look at the left side of the blue line (below “Forum Rules”). If you see Sultantheme there, change it to Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/7 "2019-12-01T22:36:07Z")
You might also check that you are using https, not http. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/8 "2019-12-02T00:16:24Z")
And a lot of things that people credit/blame webpages for is actually the browser’s doing. Like, if you have something typed in a text box, go to another page, and then go back to the page with the text box, whether your text is still there or not depends on the browser, not on the web page. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exasperation/844235/9 "2019-12-02T02:37:47Z")
I’ve lost posts here too before. It’s frustrating. I agree, if you’re writing something long and especially if you need to swap tabs a lot while doing it, write it in something else (Word, Notepad, something similar) then paste it into the forum.