Dear Beoworlders,
For certain members on Beoworld, namely the ones with a high post count (like me), posting
in the Beoworld forum has become quite difficult and troublesome.
The problem is that whenever a post has been written and the Post button is clicked, the forum
server goes into orbit. The poster has to wait until the server times out and the Beoworld
forum help page is shown. Then, the poster has to go back and retype the post
(or re-paste for us that have come to the conclusion that writing everything in a text editor first and then
copy/paste it to not lose every written word, is necessary) and then add whatever photos etc. were in
the post and then click Post again.
Sometimes it works the second time, often after some waiting, other times a message is shown to
the effect of eliminating double posts, that is in the case where the database actually acknowledged the
first post attempt but the server still managed to time out.
(The technical terms above may not be 100% accurate but the experience and effect is).
It has been like this for a long time and, initially, I didn't think it would be a huge problem for me and I decided
that I could live with it but it has turned out to be quite time consuming and frustrating in the long run.
I have found that I simply cannot be bothered to post as much as I did previously. Choosing what to
comment on and what not to, based simply on what I can be bothered to wait for, is not my preferred way
of doing things and, as of tonight, I am no longer willing to waste time on this.
The above mentioned issue does not seem to affect PMs though, so members wanting to contact
me, please use the PM system or send me an email.
I really hope the issue will be fixed very soon but until that, I will post no more in the forum.
Martin
