Just a Quick Request

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It would seem that WordPress has been at it again … trying to ‘fix’ that which was already working just fine.  About half the time now we are asked to ‘log in’ when trying to comment on a post, or even just click the ‘like’ button.  This, even though we are already logged in.  The process also frequently asks us to provide our passwords, which I find concerning, to say the least.  On the flip side, some comments are being posted without giving the person the opportunity to provide a screen name or to ‘log in’, which results in comments showing up as “Anonymous” or “Someone”.  I hope that WordPress will address and repair this issue soon, but meanwhile, if you see that your comment is anonymous, I would ask that you let me know who you are at the end of your comment, like Keith always does.  While I can sometimes figure out who wrote the comment by tone-of-voice or a key word, I am not a mind reader, so I’m asking you to please let me know, even if you just put your initials, first name, nickname, or some identifying note.  I apologize on behalf of WordPress and the “Happiness Engineers” who haven’t brought much happiness lately, and I thank you in advance for your help!

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87 thoughts on “Just a Quick Request”

  2. I believe the box a few people have shown here is the problem. I have read several blogs that won’t even recognize my signin anymore and just wrote a post about it too. Too much work fighting the bots! 😦 xx

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  3. Jill, this is not anonymous, it’s Larry from Florida. Whenever I try to access my blog WP says I do not have a site, would I like to open one. I want to scream at the idiot ‘happiness engineers’ but unfortunately, they can’t hear and do not provide a phone number to scream at a human. Yet WP has no difficulty in accessing my credit card annually to pay the subscription.

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    • Hello Larry from Florida! It’s so good to see you … I’ve missed you!!! Sounds like WordPress is really raining on your parade! I’d just cancel the account, maybe start fresh with a new one if you want to!

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      • Heck yeah, if I could access it, I would do that but when I try to sign in, WP says I have no account to cancel. The robots neither understand English nor sailor talk. I need to write a scathing letter to the CEO of the parent company…..may I use a few words I learned aboard ship?

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        • That is absolutely ridiculous!!! You can contact your bank and tell them to stop payment on any charges from WordPress … I think I’d do that now, before they hit you for something you aren’t getting! Heck yes, feel free … and if you need them, I have many more words that should get their attention!

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          • Thanks Jill. I contacted the credit card. Surprisingly, after a lengthy robot menu, I got a human. He said he could not stop payment but I should contact WP. Duuuuh.

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            • Looks like the ONLY option left is, as you said in the beginning, to cancel the credit card! I’ve always been able to contact my bank and they would stop or even reverse payments at my request!

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  4. Earlier this year, I discovered that I could not post a comment without having to sign-in although I was signed-in. Even now, there are times I cannot click “like” on the blog but have to do so through the Reader. I did discover that part of my issue was using Firefox. It stops “pop-ups” so I have to give it permission to always trust pop-ups on WordPress blogs.

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    • I had never run into that problem until just about a week ago! But now, it’s driving me crazy and making me less inclined to leave a comment on blogs, which is kind of sad. Really … Firefox might be the problem? Sheesh … I don’t use Opera for my blogging, because it doesn’t allow me to see comments on the dashboard. I’m just not a big fan of Chrome, so I only rarely use that. However, perhaps I’ll switch to Chrome for commenting, at any rate. Meanwhile, I have about 20 comments that are from “someone” … a variety of “someone”s. Sigh. Good to see you, my friend! Hope all is well with you!

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      • 15 years!!! I just passed11yrs, but have not been really active since 2018. You are amazing! Yes, it’s really a downer to post something or administrate and find that Word Press has changed the wheel. I felt that way when they changed to block texts.

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  5. Incidentally, if you do the login refresh to make the incidentals go away. Do this before you type comment as it will be lost. I’ve seen this at three other blogs and once you’ve done the login it appears you’re logged back in at that blog … it’s not uniform or universal, it appears to be ‘site specific’. Once you’re logged in here though, it seems to carry forward

    Picking up the previous conversation: it does have a robust editor in spite of these update glitches, which you’re just not going to find at other hosts. They actually kind of have us by the nosehairs ,,,

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    • It shouldn’t have to be this confusing! I want to spend my time researching and writing, not trying to figure out how to use a program I’ve been using for 15 years now!

      Yes, they do, don’t they?

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  6. Um…it’s acflory and I’m getting ‘Log in to leave a reply. (optional)’ What’s optional? Logging in or replying? Oh and even once you’re ‘logged in’ the cursor doesn’t show over the Reply button so I’m never quite sure whether it will work or not.
    The happiness engineers really are little monsters, aren’t they?

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  9. Astonishingly, I‘m spared the treatment this time, or must I say, so far…. But I guess you‘d nearly always know when it‘s Kiki from Switzerland who‘s writing, right Jill? And if it‘s only my three or many dots at the end of a sentence…. 🙂

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    • Today is much better … of 83 comments I have so far, none have shown up as ‘anonymous’ or ‘someone’ … perhaps, fingers crossed, they fixed the problem? Yes, I’ll keep an eye out for your three dots! 😊

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  10. Another on a list of things that has me more than concerned: I’m looking for a new host!

    I’ve been using WordPress for seventeen years; my concerns began when I noticed the calendar in the scheduling window had been changed to reflect Sunday as the seventh day, other little things have piled up since

    Someone made a bad joke about Musk buying it. This could be worse …

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    • You’ve got me beat … I’ve only been blogging here for about 15 years! Still, it does seem as if it’s going downhill. I considered looking for a new host, but the few friends who have done so rather faded into obscurity, never gaining the readership they had here. So … sigh … I guess I’ll stick with it for now. But now … if Musk were to buy it, I’m OUT OF HERE! I left Twitter and I could leave WP too!

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  11. Despite the glitches piling up, they seem to have sorted the issue of me being able to see your posts. I can now click on the email notification, and it takes me to your post. That is one bright light in the ‘glitchyverse’ at least. 🙂
    Best wishes, Pete. (beetleypete)

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    • That’s GREAT news!!! They also sorted my problem with my posts not getting on to Reader until 12-24 hours after I posted them. I have a thought … perhaps they intentionally BREAK things so they have something to do, so they prove their worth and get to keep their jobs!

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  15. There was some change made I the way WordPress handles some comments. As I’m writing this comment, WordPress opened up a box that said, “ Log in to leave a reply (optional). Then it shows me three icons: WordPress, Facebook, and mail. Of course, I AM logged in already on my iPhone via the iOS app. I’m going to tap the WordPress icon and let you know in the next comment, what happens….

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    • I haven’t had (touch wood) that issue with a box covering up my comment yet … how annoying that must be!!! Yesterday, I had to ‘log in’ no less than 8 times just to comment on people’s blogs, and one of those times was to respond to a comment on my own blog! What the heck is WordPress doing????

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  19. Yes, why they keep messing wtih things trying to make them better and instead making them worse I don’t know!! It is frustrating. Pour yourself a glass of wine and send Betsy to straighten them out! 🙂

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    • As a disgruntled WP user, I can assure you there is no human “help staff” available to speak to….only robotic ai happiness engineers. My sites became immediately frozen soon as they tapped my credit card for payment. The only recourse I see is to report my credit card lost thus keeping WP from stealing my money again.

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      • I believe you’re right, Larry! Some of the responses I’ve received from the “Happiness Engineers” have been so stilted that they are obviously NOT written by a human! Like you, I pay for my account, but this is so frustrating that I’ve considered switching. Only trouble is that a few friends have gone to other platforms but their blogs are seldom read and they aren’t getting the readership they had on WP.

        Good to see you, my friend! Hope all is well with you and yours?

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    • Oh yes, I’ve been in touch with them and they tell me they are “looking into it”. But just as when I had the problem with my posts not going to Reader a few weeks ago, their responses are not prompt nor helpful. Happiness Engineers, indeed! HAH!!!

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