# Quick Reply broken?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 22, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220 "2002-07-22T14:27:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/1 "2002-07-22T14:27:43Z")

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I have just had two separate replies to posts in **GD** disappear into the æther when I clicked submit.

One time I can believe I clicked the wrong button. Twice and I’m pretty sure the software is acting up.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/2 "2002-07-22T14:33:59Z")

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testing

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/3 "2002-07-22T14:36:02Z")

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So it works, here.  
::: sigh :::

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/4 "2002-07-22T16:33:22Z")

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This has happened to me twice too.

Odd thing is that my posts appear on the threads but when I log on later they have gone.

???

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/5 "2002-07-22T17:15:57Z")

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tomndebb, I think you meant æthernet. Perhaps your problems were caused, once again, by the overworked server?  
casdave, what threads did at one time contain your posts?

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**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:** [July 23, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/6 "2002-07-23T22:07:39Z")

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Way to go, Tom! Here, I thought I was the only one to bring up Charmap (or the keyboard equivalent) for the sake of proper spelling!

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/7 "2002-07-23T22:12:07Z")

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The scary thing is, Tom probably know the keystrokes _without_ using Charmap.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-reply-broken/120220/8 "2002-07-23T22:54:25Z")

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æ

Ha ha. I did know the proper escape code without looking it up. I think that æ is pretty intuitive.