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Kbin's "Log in" bug is discouraging me from participating (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Tetra@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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Every time I try to upvote or boost something, there's a solid 20% chance it'll link to an Error page titled "Log in". That percentage seems to increase the longer I've had my Kbin tab open without refreshing it.

Even more annoyingly, it regularily logs me off completely, forcing me to input my information again. It's especially annoying on mobile since it won't even remember my password for some reason, which was randomly generated, meaning it's a pain to re-enter it every time.

The effect is that it's making me interact with Kbin less and less, I end up just scrolling without upvoting or commenting or anything, and ultimately I also just use the site less overall.

I like it here otherwise, but this one bug is making Kbin a real chore to use, and I know a lot more people have been experiencing it for a while now.

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[–] Potatomache@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm having the same issues too. I've even had the scenario of writing a long comment on a thread and getting error-ed away once I hit "Add comment". I don't know why it happened, but it certainly made me stop using kbin for the rest of the day. 😅

It hasn't fully discouraged me though. I remind myself that it's early days so it's going to have a bunch of hiccups along the way.

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Just went to upvote this: Error.

[–] Tetra@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah that does happen too, in fact it didn't work the first time when I tried posting this very thread.
I used to browse some unstable forums back in the day so I've made a habit of copying any long comment I make, just in case, but that's definitely annoying too.

I'm not giving up on Kbin either of course, but this one bug is definitely making it a challenge, and it's been a thing since I got here.

[–] density@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here is a post I made about a plugin to work around the problem of lost comments: How to automatically save posts & comments as draft (firefox/chrome plugin)

I have had it installed for a couple years but haven't got so much use out of it as in the last month on kbin!

@Tetra @Potatomache

[–] JWBananas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully that can be integrated into kbin Enhancement Suite.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it didn't work the first time when I tried posting this very thread.

Maybe you have the same behavior I do? When I write a long comment or reply, the first time I hit Submit it seems to just refresh the page, but it removes the other comments surrounding the text entry box. Then, I can hit Submit again, and it gets posted like nothing happened. Seems to happen more on the microblog side of things than the thread side, but it's happened to both.

When I get the page that just says "Error" and nothing else, it's usually when I try to up/down vote or boost. I usually have to hit Back, then Refresh the page, and then I can interact again. Some folks have said those workarounds don't always work for them, but they may work for you?

[–] Tetra@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's exactly it, yup!
And those workarounds do work, they just make participating kind of a chore, when I have to keep refreshing all the Kbin tabs I have open.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I feel you lol