# Trouble posting **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 27, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-posting/358489 "2006-05-27T21:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-posting/358489/1 "2006-05-27T21:32:00Z")
I have tried to respond to several posts. On numerous occasions the reply I am posting just disappears and I get the original thread. All my carefull worded prose is in the bit bucket, gone forever. I am using XP and Firefox. It seems to happen only after a long reply, and when starting a sentence. Is there some hot key combo like accidentally hitting the control key or the function key and a letter that does this? Is there a way to get my text back? ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-posting/358489/2 "2006-05-27T21:49:58Z")
Cheating but you could compose your post in a text editor then copy and paste it into a reply box, then at least you can have another go if it should dissapear. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-posting/358489/3 "2006-05-27T22:32:25Z")
Sometimes I get a “no can do” screen when I hit the Post Reply button, especially if I took a while writing a long post. However, before clicking the button, if I highlight the whole post, then right-click and copy it, I can retry if I have to without having to retype it. There are times of day when a multitude of people have a few minutes to peruse the SDMB. Within a few minutes of 11:30am, noon, 12:30, 3:30pm, and 5:00pm, I stand a good chance of getting spit out by the system.