It seems that LJ has written me off :-(

Dec 28, 2016 10:30

Suddenly, somehow, overnight my friends-feed has gone blank. Completely blank - empty page, no sign of anything or anybody anywhere ( Read more... )

rl, tech devastation

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halotolerant December 28 2016, 10:54:56 UTC
Oh no! They do seem to have been having issues so hopefully this is a temporary issue. FWIW I can see what looks like a normal full profile (with bio etc) on your profile page. Perhaps if you clear cookies and empty cache and relaunch browser? (I suggest like I know what I'm saying, but literally that is my only fix for the technical issue known as 'the internet is somehow weird')

*hugs*

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heliophile_oxon December 28 2016, 17:13:59 UTC
Clearing cookies and cache may have done the trick, thank you!
The internet is somehow weird AND IT'S BEHAVING WEIRDLY, as I think Wallace and Gromit might have said.

Tentative yay!!!! Perhaps it's all right again!

Thank you for the advice, it's several levels above-my-pay-grade as far as t'internet stuffs are concerned! *g*

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halotolerant December 29 2016, 15:12:26 UTC
I maintain that tech fixes (for most of us, me included) remain essentially the equivalents of 'placate the idol god with rituals until ONE OF THEM fixes it'... or in other words, yes, any time I can offer a hopeful incantation I am glad! Hooray that something or other has fixed it for now, here's hoping it stays fixed. *hugs*

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heliophile_oxon December 29 2016, 15:55:33 UTC
Damn deities, always with the placating ;-)

Obviously a top-notch incantation, though, thank you!!!! And yes - hoping it stays fixed :-) It's funny, I hadn't even been able to look at LJ as much as I'd like to the last few weeks, but the moment I couldn't it was a huge absence! I guess I really rather rely on it to have even a vague notion of what's going on, you know?

And in other surprises, WHY DID I NOT KNOW YOU WROTE NEW BLOOD?????? EH????? :-)))))))))))))))))))))) (they are such fun, those two. Is there going to be another series, do you know? It was so clearly set up for there to be one, but I haven't caught any news.)

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unbelievable2 December 28 2016, 11:04:11 UTC
Oh noes!!!! That's really weird! Like halotolerant said, LJ have been having a torrid time. They just gave me an extra 2 weeks' worth paid account because of recent problems over access. It might be a lingering problem with that admin work they did a few days ago.

If you are usually permanently signed in, why not sign out, close everything down, and go in again on the new sign-in? See what that does! :-/

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heliophile_oxon December 28 2016, 17:19:04 UTC
Thank you! I actually did BOTH what halo suggested and what you said; I don't know exactly which bit did the magic (or if it was the combo) but for now at least my friends-page seems to be back - hooray!

I saw on the LJ open queries page that quite a few people had what looked like the same problem, so at least it's not just [all down to] me :-s

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unbelievable2 December 28 2016, 20:42:56 UTC

Yay! Sometimes, technology just = bollox
;)

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byslantedlight December 28 2016, 11:14:40 UTC
Oh no - you and krisserci5 both having major issues this morning. If it helps, there's at least one other person having this problem (via the lj support requests):
As of since today, my own profile page as well as the profile page of any other journal or community show up incomplete. It doesn't show my bio, my friends, my communities, nothing. Only the V-gifts are accessible. Is this an error or have you moved the above data somewhere else? If yes, would you kindly tell me where to find them?
Hang in there - we'll get you back! *goes to email*

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heliophile_oxon December 28 2016, 17:25:40 UTC
Hey there, and thank you for that info - I then went and had a look too, and there seem to be a few of us!

Clearing my cache and SOME SELECT cookies seems to have helped, while logging out and then back in.

Fingers x'd!

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heliophile_oxon December 28 2016, 17:43:26 UTC
PS I just emailed krisser, and said what seems to have worked for me - fingers extra firmly x'd that it (or the browser-appropriate equivalent) works for krisser too!

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msmoat December 28 2016, 11:19:40 UTC
Well, that is a 'tech devastation'! I've been, er, relying on LJ and DW these days, given the hideousness of the real world just at the moment. So, we must get you back amongst us as quickly as possible! *clings to you*

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heliophile_oxon December 28 2016, 17:41:54 UTC
Yes! LJ and a couple of other places are all that's keeping me from the slough of despond, honestly :-\

Thank goodness for smart Pros fans, I tried the simple-to-most-but-nothing-is-simple-when-you're-a-klutz-like-me steps kindly noted by halo and unbelievable (looks up-screen) and fingers x'd it seems to have done the trick - for now, at least! *g*

::clings firmly to fandom and to lovely fellow-fans::

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gilda_elise December 28 2016, 11:57:21 UTC
My problem is that, when I try to post, none of the button work. I can't change my icon, or add a link, or any of that. I sent in a report, but no response so far.

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heliophile_oxon December 28 2016, 17:52:51 UTC
They haven't responded to me yet, and I saw on their page that some queries seem to have gone for a very long time without any response :-(

It sounds like your problem might be different, but would it be worth trying the same things that were suggested to me (by the others right here in this post, up-screen, I mean), just in case? I mean clearing your cache and/or relevant cookies, in case there's some LJ-glitch messing with them?

I know less than nothing about this stuff, alas, so I just tried those suggestions because they seemed like a good idea - and hopefully they were for my problem, at least :-s

I hope you are able to get sorted! I do hate it when LJ won't let us talk to each other!

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gilda_elise December 29 2016, 11:42:48 UTC
Things seem to be working fine now. Whatever the problem was, they seemed to have fixed it up proper. :-)

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