Comments and the possibility that they have in some way become unhelpful…

Apparently quite a few people are having problems posting comments – I don’t know if that’s just for my blog, or for Blogger in general. If you’ve had trouble, would you mind letting me know at simondavidthomas[at]yahoo.co.uk, just so I know the scale of the issue! And if there are any comments you’d like to make, and can’t, I’ll post them on your behalf :)

10 thoughts on “Comments and the possibility that they have in some way become unhelpful…

  • November 21, 2011 at 8:52 pm
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    I think it's a blogger-wide issue, as I've recently received a few e-mails from people who are having the same issue at my blog : I really hope they fix it soon.

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  • November 21, 2011 at 8:57 pm
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    Thanks! Annoying, but at least I don't have to try and fix it… Blogger do go through these patches all too often!

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  • November 21, 2011 at 9:48 pm
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    Hi Si

    the only problem I have is that the word for the word verification doesn't always appear.

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  • November 21, 2011 at 10:16 pm
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    I support Nymeth's theory. I've heard of problems on another Blogger-based site.

    An alternate theory is that it's realted to the individual's browser and perhaps they need to clear their cache, history, and/or cookies?

    I haven't experienced the problem myself.

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  • November 21, 2011 at 11:08 pm
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    I've noticed a few comments about not being able to leave comments, but I'm signing in with WordPress and no problems.

    I was actually wondering if there was a problem the other way, because you took me by surrprise leaving a comment from a wordpress account a day or two ago.

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  • November 22, 2011 at 9:05 am
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    As OV says, for me the verification word almost never appears until I publish, when of course it complains and correctly refreshes so that I can see the next autogenerated word. Other than that it's been faultless (like the prose).

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  • November 22, 2011 at 3:26 pm
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    I think this might just be a problem for those that do not use Google Chrome? It is nothing to do with blogger!

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  • November 23, 2011 at 2:29 am
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    As with OV, the word verification doesn't always appear – in fact, it never appears for me. But I figured out that if I just clicked on "Publish" anyway – I'm alerted then that I did not do the word verification and a 'new' one is there for my use. It just makes it a two-step process.

    I see now that the mssg. I get is:
    "The characters you entered didn't match the word verification. Please try again."

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  • November 23, 2011 at 1:15 pm
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    Try ctrl F5 if you're using a pc and can't see the verification word. It may help in some cases. It seems to force a refresh when any website isn't playing. (My technical advisor isn't at hand to explain in more detail…)

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  • November 23, 2011 at 8:43 pm
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    As "LindyLouMac in Italy" suggests, the problem disappears in other browsers. I'm testing with Chrome 15.0.874.121 and the verification word is clearly displayed.

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