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I don't know if this is a site bug, but one of the authors I reviewed from the free group told me they couldn't read or respond to an in-line review.
My understanding is only premium members can ie free members are limited to regular reviews.
dagnee wrote:I don't know if this is a site bug, but one of the authors I reviewed from the free group told me they couldn't read or respond to an in-line review.
My understanding is only premium members can ie free members are limited to regular reviews.
Thanks Janet. I'll remember that when I review free members. 
Sol,
I got an automated mail saying my subscription has expired and I can renew. On the old site I had selected to be renewed automatically. Do I need to do anything, or do I need to subscribe again? I am a founding premium member.
Thanks,
Ernie
Sol,
I got an automated mail saying my subscription has expired and I can renew. On the old site I had selected to be renewed automatically. Do I need to do anything, or do I need to subscribe again? I am a founding premium member.
Thanks,
Ernie
Hi Ernie,
Ignore it. It's from the old site and shouldn't have gone out. It looks like your Premium Membership expires on Feb 6, 2015. At that point, you'll have to reenter your billing info because we moved to a new system. You can choose to have the account auto-renew at that time if you want.
Sol
The recent flurry of new posts in the forums only pointed out the need for this: Can we please have the links on our home page to new posts take us to the first new post? At the moment, the links dump us at post #1 and it is up to us to find where the last post we read is located. I find myself scanning through pages of posts to find the spot I want. In one of my forums, there is a underlined link to the first post and a small button to the left of that which will take you to the last unread post. Maybe something like that could be set up here.
Tom
The recent flurry of new posts in the forums only pointed out the need for this: Can we please have the links on our home page to new posts take us to the first new post? At the moment, the links dump us at post #1 and it is up to us to find where the last post we read is located. I find myself scanning through pages of posts to find the spot I want. In one of my forums, there is a underlined link to the first post and a small button to the left of that which will take you to the last unread post. Maybe something like that could be set up here.
Tom
Mentioned this before, but something like the "My Posts" link which we had before would be perfect for me - it showed all posts we had made with the last one first all the way back to our first entry; VERY USEFUL to get back to where we left off and in searching for past topics which come back around. Take care. Vern
I know that it is sometimes tedious to wade through several comments to a thread, but at the same time, it might behoove each person to at least scan previous comments in order to preclude repeated or very similar thoughts (unless feeling the need to reiterate). This would also MAYBE put a stop to comments that become argumentative. Give and take is a great part of this site, but when the thread takes on the guise of bickering, I cannot see its usefulness.
I am deleting all my comments off topic after this. But since this one was actually on the topic Vern & Tom mentioned, I'm leaving it.
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I'm with JTP here. Not reading previous comments may help to make fresh reviews, but when discussing or advocating policy it keeps discussions cycling around first impressions rather than developing better positions and suggestions.
A perfect example of what happens when someone butts into a thread with an OT "mother hen" post. The whole thread unravels and disintegrates into chaos....Thanks A tip for you that is far more important than reading every comment in the thread. Read the Topic of the post. SITE BUGS (not BUGS SITE)
Oh, for newcomers, Janet Reid and Janet Taylor-Perry are two different people. I am a former English teacher, and, yes, I tend to guide when I give feedback. However, I have never been accused of being a mother hen--maybe a hawk that would devour the mother hen.
I know you are different people, but you both share the same predilection for stirring pots that are simmering quite nicely. It's a common disorder. I read about it an online psychology magazine when I was doing some research for a character in my book. There was a clique who thought it was genetic, but their research was eventually debunked. They think they've pinned it down simply to overcompensating for insecurities. I can give you the link if you like—they do offer some non-invasive treatment therapies, mostly counseling though, and they require you to tightly restricted use of social media and ban forum use altogether. ;-)
Having a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Masters in education, I can't help but smile. I'm starting a new thread in the writing tips forum if anyone would like to visit there.
Let's hope your smile was at understanding the sarcasm and not merely out of smugness. Unlike you, I am ordinary. I was born in a mud hut in central China, yet I too can't help but laugh: at people who sling around their degrees as if they believe they have some meaning or might impress others. You know, we simple folk used corncobs instead of toilet paper in our village, but we generally tossed them out when we were done, as they got a little uncomfy, if you know what I mean.
Temple, serious question, meant sincerely, and asked against my better judgement. Are you here to write and learn? Because you're borderline to ticking all the boxes of an internet troll at the rate you're going in these forums. Nothing personal, not saying you can or can't give an opinion, I'm really just curious. If you could keep your reply, if you do reply that is, civilised and polite, that would be really nice of you and much appreciated. Cheers Janet R
Why, Hi, other Janet. Good evening. So happy you asked. Let me clear that up for you. I am here to critique and have my work critiqued. I've been here not quite two months and I have ten chapters posted. I have done 35 reviews in that time, all in line reviews, and thorough to the best of my ability. Now, tell me, Janet—and asking with my best judgment and sincerest interest—would you say your efforts in the last two months as far as posting your work here and doing reviews is any match to that? Because, unless I am mistaken, it looks like to me you have posted, well, nothing in the last, well, four months? But I have noticed you've been quite active on the forums.
I sometimes also participate in Forum discussions. These generally go pretty well until either some know-it-all steps into the middle of the discussions and throws the thread off kilter, or when some mysoginist (who might have the initials CB) decides to vent his hate. I am not a troll. I simply don't like mother hens in the Forum. So, here's what you can take to the bank, Ms. Reid. Next time you feel the need to get bossy with me on the Forums, don't. And I promise you that you will NEVER have to deal with me again. However, should you feel compelled to do that again, you can rest assured I will take a break from my busy writing and critiquing to set you on the right path. Is that clear enough for you?
I have a suggestion for you. How about you back out of my grille and go back to posting on topic, or whatever it is that you do and we just end this here before you embarrass yourself further.
Cheers yourself.
The fellow who relates how he walked ten miles to school every day, in the snow, uphill--both ways--is establishing his own authority. But shouldn't we be more concerned with the quality of ideas? And don't good ideas, well-expressed, establish a reputation here better than any life history could?
Now that's a quality idea, NJC. And as soon as I get rid of these Site Bugs that are irritating me, I'm going to post a quality idea myself. ;-)
Sol,
I have an iPad issue for you. When I am doing an in-line comment, if I make a mistake on selecting the text, or I decide not to make the comment, I hit that X in the upper right of the comment box to close it. Sometimes I have to hit that X many times, a half-dozen sometimes, before I can get it to close. This doesn't seem to be an accuracy problem, as I only have it that specific condition. Often times, I can't get it to close and all and I have to refresh the screen. Have you seen this with your iPad testing?
It's also a problem on my Android, but TNBW is not the only offender.
This has probably already been mentioned, but in case it hasn't, when I double-click a word while giving inline feedback, it usually selects two. Just a nit, but an annoying one.
Thanks.
Dirk
Double clicking a word in an in-line review takes me right out of the posting. I have to swipe, not click. Very annoying.
My friend has this problem with his iPad. Since I don't have one, so I have no suggestions. This is a case where the problem needs to be reiterated several time because it is obviously a concern for many.
Janet Taylor-Perry wrote:Having a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Masters in education, I can't help but smile. I'm starting a new thread in the writing tips forum if anyone would like to visit there.
Let's hope your smile was at understanding the sarcasm and not merely out of smugness. Unlike you, I am ordinary. I was born in a mud hut in central China, yet I too can't help but laugh: at people who sling around their degrees as if they believe they have some meaning or might impress others. You know, we simple folk used corncobs instead of toilet paper in our village, but we generally tossed them out when we were done, as they got a little uncomfy, if you know what I mean.
Hell girl, we used corn cobs in the communal outhouse in the Ozarks. The cobs, after being used for a month or two, where collected by the youngest in our clan, and then Big Daddy "Buck" Smithers would turn them into corncob pipes for Ma and the rest of us kids and grand kids. I still smoke one to this day as I skim the centipedes and scorpions out of my salt-water pool (cement pond) over looking Maui and the vast Pacific Ocean. On a clear day I can see Saigon... dang, it's a small world after all.
BTW- I never found them uncomfy, if you know what I mean.
Come listen to a story 'bout a man named Max,
Knows about life and he'll give ya all the facts ...
Max, you are a riot! Gotta love ya!
I have an iPad issue for you. When I am doing an in-line comment, if I make a mistake on selecting the text, or I decide not to make the comment, I hit that X in the upper right of the comment box to close it. Sometimes I have to hit that X many times, a half-dozen sometimes, before I can get it to close. This doesn't seem to be an accuracy problem, as I only have it that specific condition. Often times, I can't get it to close and all and I have to refresh the screen. Have you seen this with your iPad testing?
I haven't seen the problem but that doesn't mean it's not there. I'll talk to the development team and see what we can do.
This has probably already been mentioned, but in case it hasn't, when I double-click a word while giving inline feedback, it usually selects two. Just a nit, but an annoying one.
Is this from computer or from tablet?
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