AAARRRRGGHHHH!

[bk_forever]

Is anyone else finding it impossible to access their Friends Page?

I click on mine, see if for a few seconds, then it goes straight to my Recent Entries page. It's driving me NUTS!

If anyone has a new post up, sorry, but short of going through all my f-list's journals one by one, which I don't have time to do, it looks like I won't be seeing anything, at least for today =(

Just what has LJ mucked up now?

*wanders away grumbling*

ETA: It's worse than I thought! it won't let me look at an individual post, OR let me look at the comments to a post, which rules out participating at comment_fic until LJ fixes this, since I can't see any of the prompts. I don't know yet if I'll be able to leave comments either. So far the only good thing is that I can still post. Bloody LJ. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

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[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

How annoying!
The mobile version seems to be working ok...

[bk_forever]

It's probably just anyone using windows internet explorer or something - which of course is what I use. =(

Everything seems to be conspiring against me at the moment *sigh*

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

It appears to be working fine over here. A case of being a different server? Or maybe they fixed it?

At any rate, I know how frustrating that is and hope you get back in soon!

*HUGS*

[bk_forever]

I think it's the server. I stick with windows internet explorer because I can download as text files which I can't with Chrome (great for episode transcripts and stuff), but then things stop working for reasons and I can' t do the things I want to =(

Technology is only good when it works the way I want it to.

Have you tw100 is back? YAY! Now maybe someone other than me will write some Torchwood fic. The fandom is getting a bit lonely, almost everyone seems to have gone somewhere else.

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

It might well have been an IE problem them. I use Firefox, and everything was fine over here. I hope things got straightened out for you without too much trouble.

Technology should ALWAYS do what we want it to, when we want it to. Otherwise what's the point? :-p

I saw a new co-mod stepped up at tw100, yes! That's good news, and hope it helps inspire some muses. I feel a bit guilty, being one of those that drifted away. We had fun Torchwood renaissance going on there for awhile! Unfortunately I just stopped being able to think of anything fresh to write for it after awhile. Meeting GDL and going to Cardiff helped keep my love of Torchwood going a bit longer, but eventually I had to conclude that I was done. I still feel sad about it. sense. :(

You've been doing a great job keeping the vibe alive! I'm sure there are a lot of readers out there that appreciate it. :)

[bk_forever]

If it's an IE problem, it's back again. I can't access LJ through IE at all again. Lost it for a day and a half, got it back for half a day, this morning it won't connect again. I hate using Chrome for this.

Can you download as text files with Firefox? Can't with Chrome, as far as I can tell, so it's no help to me for certain things.

Nearly all Torchwood writers on LJ have vanished, which makes me very sad. There are still readers around but too often I feel like the lone hold-out, clinging to my fandom. I have seemingly endless ideas of things to write and not enough time to write them. And now I don't watch the things you write for, so I hardly seem to talk to you, which makes me sad too. Feels like my friends are all growing up and moving away, even though I'm older than most of them, lol

Even I have other fandoms I'm writing now, though that's mostly because there aren't many Torchwood prompts at fic_promptly do I have to find other things to write during Challenge and Contest weeks. My other main fandom, FAKE, has even less writers than Torchwood and not much more in the way of a readership. The only prompts for that are the ones I leave so I can fill them myself later =(

[tardisjournal.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can't believe the problems are back! Well, actually I *can* believe it. Every suggestion I had (like uninstalling recent updates) someone else already suggested, so I'll just be outraged on your behalf! *Glares daggers at LJ*

I... actually don't know about text files and Firefox. I thought that was a function of the word processing program, not the browser? If I want to make a text file I download a file and save it as it's formatted, then open it and re-save it as a text file. And I hardly ever do that. So maybe I'm not the best person to ask about this!

I miss talking to you too! That does sound really lonely, to be so into writing but have no fellow writers to commiserate with. :( I think it's a natural evolution of fandom--people get into it for awhile but then fall away for different reasons--but that doesn't mean we have to like it.

I didn't go looking for a new fandom but one found me at the beginning of this year. It's funny though--even though the Sherlock fandom is, obviously, much bigger and more active than TW's, it's actually pretty lonely there too. I've not been able to make many connections with other writers, even though I joined a bunch of communities, and used to comment enthusiastically on things that I read on LJ and AO3 that I really liked. I might get a "thanks" back but no one seems interesting in furthering the discussion or expanding it into other things.

I wonder if it's a generational thing--it seems like Sherlock fans tend to be younger and a lot activity takes place at Tumblr, which I tried and just don't "get" at all. Very manip-heavy and no way to comment personally to someone without reposting their entry to your feed (as far as I can tell), with all the comments chaining below it in a way that's hard to follow!

So yeah, I'm feeling pretty old too. :-p This must be how Jack feels when the world changes around him and he stays the same all the time!

*HUGS*

Sorry for the multiple edits. It's time to get ready for bed and my eyes are shot!

[bk_forever]

Oh, I know that feeling, where I have to edit my edits because my fingers can't find the right keys... I try to check as I go, but typos still get through...

People are too used to clicking 'like' these days, they don't seem to want to bother with typing comments. As often as not, I'll comment on something but they don't even bother to say thank you. At least you get that much. Maybe Sherlock fandom attracts a large percentage of introverts...

I've never even bothered looking at tumblr. LJ is about as complex as I can handle, tech wise, lol!

I guess my problem is that I don't adjust well to change so if I find something I like, I stick with it come hell or high water, because it's my comfort zone. Other people find other things to be enthusiastic about but I'm just "But I'm comfy here, it's nice, why would I want to go somewhere else?" One of these days, I might be the last active writer in the Torchwood fandom. Scary thought!

I'll try your method and see if it'll work when I have to use google. LJ is back on Internet Explorer this morning, but how long that will last is anyone's guess. I save things as text files because they take up less room, I can delete all the unwanted stuff that you get on a web page and just have the important stuff. I've been downloading Buffy and Torchwood Transcripts to make it easier to look up what I need when I'm writing episode based fics. I should do the same with Doctor Who, I've only got the Mummy on the Orient Express one so far.

Good luck with your writing, talk to you again soon!

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Did your computer do windows updates recently? It might have installed the latest version of explorer which is really flakey with some websites.
To check this go to help on the toolbar and click about internet explorer. If it says explorer 11 that might be the problem. (if the toolbar with help, file edit etc isn't showing right click on empty space up in the toolbar and chose menu bar) If you have version 11 you can try using chrome or downgrading to version 9 which is more stable.

[bk_forever]

Thanks, but it's not that, I've blocked explorer 10 long ago because it crashed my computer, now I'm set to choose which updates to accept and I don't accept explorer updates at all. I figured if 10 wasn't compatible with this computer, 11 wouldn't be either. I think they expect people to buy a new computer every time the update explorer so it will actually work. *rolls eyes* I'm staying with 9, it actually works. Mostly. I use Google Chrome for my emails because that doesn't keep logging me out.

[silver_sun]

It looks like the friends page is working again. Hoping it stays that way. It looks like comments are fixed too :)

[bk_forever]

That would be nice! It was still out the last time I checked, but I'll go try again, thanks for the update! =)

[bk_forever]

Darn, still doesn't seem to be working for me! Hopefully by tomorrow...

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

I haven't had any trouble at all. Have you submitted a trouble ticket to LJ yet? It might be something they aren't aware of yet.

[bk_forever]

I haven't but a lot of other people did. It finally seems to be working, but it's taken most of the day to get fixed. According to another of my lovely f-listers, it was affecting a lot of people. I think it must have been anyone using windows explorer. *sigh*

[milady-dragon.livejournal.com]

Makes me glad I use Firefox...of course I say that while it's working. Just wait until something happens...

[bk_forever]

Technology is our friend - as long as it does what we want it to. When it doesn't, we reserve the right to bitch about it, lol!

[awieatti.livejournal.com]

This always happens to me when I go on LJ with my smartphone. The trick is to stop your device from loading when you see that it tries to load a new page (there should be a cross in the top left corner when it's loading). If you click it quick enough, you should stay on the friends page. At least that works for me :P

[bk_forever]

I'll try to remember that if it does it again. I think it might have been restricted to people using windows explorer rather than other browsers. It seems to have been sorted out, at least for now, thank goodness!

[debmommy22.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things finally got straightened out for you on here. I'm sorry I have not been around. Life is still hard and now very busy. I want to catch up with you some day soon. :)

~Your adopted Sis

[bk_forever]

*hugs* Life's being a bit of a b***h here too, Sis *hugs tight*

We'll catch up at some point, don't worry about it, I'm not planning on going anywhere.

LJ was just being a pain, so that's nothing new. It's fixed, at least until the next some it goes wrong. It was a nuisance more than anything, not anywhere near as bad as getting locked out of all my sites by a security programme I wasn't even aware of that wasn't even turned on at my end. Had to call my internet provider to get that one sorted out!

Hope you and Alex are well

Love always, J XXXX

[excentric397.livejournal.com]

I couldn't access LJ at all yesterday. All better today. Down For Everyone said it was just me, not an LJ downage. Weird.

[bk_forever]

I think it's suffering intermittent glitches, whether they admit it or not. For no reason at all, it disappeared on me today, only for a few minutes, but I have no idea what that was about. No other site was affected.

Still, as long as it's fixed (for now) we're okay.