What's Going On?

[Khandro]

Now another harmless thread, Advice Please (I Think I'm Right In My Decision) is without an answer box.- the second today!

 

I just wrote a longish sympathetic reply to jourdain for nothing.

Who is responsible?

[Neveracrossword]

Khandro, this also happened on a crossword thread yesterday or the day before.  The OP started a new thread, and the original one was reopened.  It seems to be happening a lot these days!

[ToraToraTora]

They have a problem with the close thread button being too easy to hit by mistake on a touch screen. It should have a confirm but changes rarely get done.

I always write long threads in word first and cut and paste them.

[Prudie]

Yes we hear about that accidentally closed by a mod becasuse of some button with unacceptable frequency these days. Check the thread and look for a mod on it....

[ToraToraTora]

Frankly I don't know how anyone uses the site on a phone anyway. I tried it once, completely unusable.

[tomus42]

//Who is responsible?//

The deep state woke conspiracy. They're cancelling free speech and controlling the weather.

[Buenchico]

It's rather too easy for a moderator to close a thread by mistake, in my opinion.  (If we remove a post, or an entire thread, we have to fill in a box to give a reason.  To close a thread we just need to click on a button and the answer box disappears.  That button is right next to the search box, so a moderator who's trying to put their cursor into that box can easily click the 'Close' button by mistake).

However I'm also mystified by the much-increased frequency of such events lately.  I've re-opened several threads today, all of which seem to have been closed in error.  (e.g. I had to re-open a thread about the Financial Ombudsman before I could post on it).  I've now re-opened Jourdain2's thread as well.

[Khandro]

Chris; I'm pleased jourdain's thread has been reopened, it is though a sensitive, personal, subject & having taken time to write a careful, measured response & sending it to find it hasn't transmitted, & worse the thread has closed & the text is lost, you can imagining how maddening that is.

BTW, I have two adjacent keys on my German keyboard which it is easy to make a mistake with & I have inserted a small piece of card between them which stands 3mm proud.

[naomi24]

Chris, I think the reason this is happening more often is because more people are using phones now rather than laptops and desktops where a definite 'click' on the button is needed to close a thread.  Scrolling down the sensitive touch screen on phones is the culprit.  The slightest touch on the button does it.  No clicking required. 

[gulliver1]

 Does this mean that Mods are actually checking Ab on their phones and cancelling threads while they are out shopping or even at work. .They are obsessed with their power.