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EDITING BUG!!! And other bugs!
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Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen
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Dec 20, 2023 07:20PM
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Phrynne wrote: "Is anyone else getting inundated with "I am not a robot" messages? The horrible one with pictures of traffic lights etc.It started for me this week and is becoming very irritating."
Not here ... yet.
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Phrynne wrote: "Oh dear. Now I feel that someone is picking on me! What have I done?"Is this on the web on your laptop?
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Is this on the web on your laptop?"
Just Goodreads and on my laptop. It seems to have stopped again. At least I didn't get any yesterday.
Phrynne wrote: "Oh dear. Now I feel that someone is picking on me! What have I done?"They've decided a person couldn't possibly read that many books, so you must be a bot 🤖🤖🤖
Luckily the robots need good book recommendations for Xmas
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They've decided a person couldn't possibly read that many books, so you must be a bot 🤖🤖🤖
Luckily the robots ..."
Lol!!!
Phrynne wrote: "Is anyone else getting inundated with "I am not a robot" messages? The horrible one with pictures of traffic lights etc.It started for me this week and is becoming very irritating."
Yes - drives me crazy!
Phrynne wrote: "Sorry I am no help Tr1sha. I hardly use my iPad these days - moving data around is much easier on my laptop."No problem. It seems to be an issue with the volume of data, so on my iPad I now copy a section at a time instead of a whole document - it’s irritating but it works! It isn’t always worth setting up my laptop unless I have several things to do.
(Sorry, I should have replied much sooner.)
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Brenda wrote: "Is anyone else having trouble with GR this morning? Excruciatingly slow, error messages, "there was a problem saving your post", "page unavailable" - I've resorted to saving everything before tryin..."I'm also having similar issues Brenda!! Slow to load, pages unavailable, and when I'm on the home page (laptop), looking at my "Currently reading" section, the "Update Progress" button under the book I'm reading has disappeared! I've tried refreshing Goodreads, opening a new tab, re-launching my normal browser (Firefox), and opening the page in a new browser (Chrome), and none of it is working to bring that button back!
Yes Brenda! Annoying as I don't have a lot of time to be on the laptop and trying to do everything at once. I end up arrowing back and it eventually works. It happens viewing friend requests, opening up my groups, posting reviews. It seems you have to try to do things multiple times but it eventually works. I thought the slowness may have been just me as I am hot spotting off a phone but it looks like Amazon can't seem to run a website efficiently!!!!!!!!!!
Brenda wrote: "Is anyone else having trouble with GR this morning? Excruciatingly slow, error messages, "there was a problem saving your post", "page unavailable" - I've resorted to saving everything before tryin..."I formally apologize to my cellphone provider.
I was blaming them for the drops, freezing, error messages, etc., as I tried to add the books I just finished.
Apparently not only is it not a failure of that cell phone/data provider's service, it's not even just an issue on this continent.
So frustrating, time consuming and expensive.
Suz wrote: "it looks like Amazon can't seem to run a website efficiently!!!!!!!!!!..."Amen Suz!!
I read e-books from my public library that are delivered through the Amazon site. I use the library's internet either in the library or in the parking lot to transfer/download the ebooks.
I was averaging 40 seconds a book from the "send this book" command to access on my Kindle.
It is now taking over 5 minutes per book and some have to be sent several times.
I have experimented with 3 Kindles and two library systems.
There is not doubt that this is 100% an Amazon issue.
Also having issues here. Good to know I'm not alone. Thought I had lost all progress with my current read.
Yes, it’s terribly slow this morning, lots of pages not loading at all and I’m just trying to read overnight comments!
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Niamh wrote: "when I'm on the home page (laptop), looking at my "Currently reading" section, the "Update Progress" button under the book I'm reading has disappeared! I've tried refreshing Goodreads, opening a new tab, re-launching my normal browser (Firefox), and opening the page in a new browser (Chrome), and none of it is working to bring that button back!..."I have this problem with no Update Progress button 🤨
GR had a big night and it's not even the end of the year yet...
You can update progress on the app still (the first time I’ve used the app in ages!)
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I’m in the UK & had the same problem last night (about 8 or 9 hours ago). GR ran very slowly for a while, then crashed. I used other websites without any problems around the same time.In another of my groups, people are discussing the same issue. But someone has commented that this usually happens at the end of the year when everyone is updating plus setting up new challenges. But she also said it resolves fairly quickly.
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In another ..."
I hope that happens this year/next year then Tr1sha :)
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"We’ve temporarily disabled reading progress updates on our homepage due to a high volume of traffic to Goodreads. You can still update your reading progress by visiting any book page, scrolling down to My Activity, and updating your page number or percentage next to Progress. Please visit Goodreads Help for more information."
Brenda wrote: "Here's a note from support which I've picked up from another group"We’ve temporarily disabled reading progress updates on our homepage due to a high volume of traffic to Goodreads. You can still ..."
Thanks for that, Brenda. This whole system of reading communities is actually quite magic, so I guess we shouldn't complain when there are glitches - but, human nature being what it is, we will anyway! 🤣
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Mine seems all over the place today! I seem to recall Goodreads doing something similar around the same time last year.Happy new year everyone!
Brenda wrote: "Here's a note from support which I've picked up from another group"We’ve temporarily disabled reading progress updates on our homepage due to a high volume of traffic to Goodreads. You can still ..."
Can't even find a "progress" button under the book page to update. Maybe I'll come back to it in February.
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"We’ve temporarily disabled reading progress updates on our homepage due to a high volume of traffic to Goodreads...."
See Brenda's message 824 Alex:)
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Thanks for that, Brenda. This whole system of reading communities is actually quite magic, so I guess we shouldn't complain when there are glitches - but, human nature being what it is, we will anyway! 🤣...."Every other social media doesn't have "we are broken due to too many users"
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Brenda wrote: "You can still update your reading progress by visiting any book page, scrolling down to My Activity, and updating your page number or percentage next to Progress ..."I tried doing this to update my progress but it only has a list of my past progress. I'm using desktop view
Alex wrote: "Can't even find a "progress" button under the book page to update. Maybe I'll come back to it in February..."
Good idea Alex 🤣🤣
I just updated one on the APP, but it gave a date of 31 Dec 2023. Went to update that on the website, and 2024 isn't on the drop down list to select. Y2K-24??? Maybe we just have to wait for the the whole world to make it to 2024.
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Got a decent lag this morning, suspected it was due to traffic so good to come here and have my suspicions confirmed! I wonder how many are new to GR and how many just popping back after hiatus.
Have a serious lag too, Krystal. Worse than the past few days.Hopefully Amazon sees this huge influx of traffic as a sign that Goodreads is worth investing more time and money in - and improve some of these regular issues.
My Goodreads is so slow to do anything at the moment I hope it improves soon
I'm having trouble updating & saving reviews. Grrr!"1 error prohibited this review from being saved:
Review failed Please try again later."
It's been a couple of hours now.
Catsalive wrote: "I'm having trouble updating & saving reviews. Grrr!"I copied what I'd written in the review form (just in case) and refreshed the page. Then I had to sign in again, but when I did, everything I'd already written was still saved online.
I do recommend copying first if you haven't written a review in a different form somewhere else.
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I copied what I'd written in the review form (just in case) and refreshed the page. Then I had to sign in again, but when I d..."It is unusual, when I go back into edit my review is still there but it can't be viewed, & it will not keep the date. I've tried logging off/on to no avail.
Catsalive wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I copied what I'd written in the review form (just in case) and refreshed the page. Then I had to sign in again, but when I d..."It is unusual, when I go back into edit m..."
Go read a good book and wait until tomorrow! 📚🥂
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Phrynne wrote: "I was not online most of the day but it seems okay now,"I still can't save a review for Seduction in Death & view it afterwards. It says it should be here but there's no content https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., yet if I edit it, the words are there.
Can you see it?
I have removed the book completely from my shelf & started from scratch with no luck, although it's accepting the date now so I guess that's progress.
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Well, it's working now. Whether it resolved itself or was fixed in response to the help request I put in, I don't know, but I finally managed to edit the damned book!
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Catsalive wrote: "Well, it's working now. Whether it resolved itself or was fixed in response to the help request I put in, I don't know, but I finally managed to edit the damned book!"GREAT! 🥳
Is there any way of notifying Goodreads about email addresses that constantly need to be verified? I seem to be reverifying my email nearly every month. I do use my laptop all over the place, and hotspot from cafes when I'm writing, but it seems to be more random that that.
I usually figure it out when my email notifications slow and then drop off. They don't seem to all cease at once.
Have (once again) reverified my email address. Sigh...
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