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very good post my friend..

I had that issue yesterday too when steemit was experiencing problems.
I have learned, from being an online writer for years, to copy and save what you have before hitting send, post, etc. I have lost WAY too many articles when I didn't have a back-up.

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Thanks for the heads up. I haven't experienced that, but glad to know it could happen before it surprises me.

That's a good point about comment replies. I save the drafts for my posts, but I should do that for my replies as well. Usually I am replying as soon as I read the piece when my thoughts on it are fresh.

Sometimes if I am composing a lengthy piece on my phone I will draft in a text editor app first to avoid a) prematurely submitting my piece or comment, and b) so I can better proofread my work before submitting.

And so I just followed that process for this comment so as to get in the habit of doing that for this site as well.

Thanks, @lexiconical.

I immediately backup my post after reading this lol. Yesterday I had problems with powering up. It took forever, so I just had to cancel it. Also, I thought I was the only one who had his comments disappear. 

I am not sure what's up, but I hope this won't continue. 

I am going to copy this comment now, lets hope it reaches you with one try :D

EDIT: it did :)

i like you posts dude <3

Sorry to hear that you are having these issues... For what it's worth, I now write all my posts in Pages (the mac equivalent to Word) and then copy + paste them into the steemit post form.

That way if a post disappears into the ether (which has only ever happened once to me) - I won't have any problem. I can just post it again.

steemit seems to be running like windows 3.1 on dialup
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Delighted to hear that I am not the only one who was having problems! The whole site was under the DOS attack.

Please don't tell me you are actually writing your posts in the steemit editor!  no... wait... I just took a deep breath and realize you were making the point.

I'm glad to see it's not just me having these problems. I was having problems signing on to Netflix and my bank account so first I thought it was my computer but go figure the POLONIEX Site  was running as smooth as could be.

_**This was in my 'when Steemit gets up and running' file. So, it's a bit out-of-time; but timely just the same.**_

Ahhhh @lexiconical…You have a way of posting that makes one lol…*literally*!

I’m reminded that I had to do a snapshot of two of my posts that went into the infinitely looping swirl…lol…smh…

Thankfully, I was able to repost and remind self to write in Word, and cut/paste.

I’ve been off sight for ~40 hours; and can say I, as well as many Steemians, empathize with your frustration. 

On learning of the assault on the site, I was instantly mindful of people who earn a decent living on this platform; and how, for many this was just a reason to focus attention on something else; but for others, a hit on their bottom line. 

It’s a few hours since your post; and, hopefully things are getting better. 

It’s good that they see the holes in the site early on; but, the fact that they were attacked lets everyone know, *someone* sees Steemit as a force to be reckoned with!

@lexiconical I know it may not be your goal; but, your tone in writing makes me laugh; and, I can ALWAYS appreciate a non-hateful reason to laugh.

**good day to take it a little slower on Steemit**

I thought about that, too. In fact, I think most people have applied the ‘know when to fold ‘em’ rule for the day.

Peace.

I experience this a lot. Just even trying to give you an upvote just now took some time. I believe I spoke about the Steemit platform's future. Definitely would like to see this interface progress. Still in my JAVA class, trying to be more proactive in things like these.

Wonderful and spot on post. 

In the face of this, I'll advise you to use external markdown editors for composing your posts. 
Various online and offline markdown editors exist out there which offers more features than steemit editor - you can Google about them. 

As for the other issues that the site is experiencing, some are browser based. I believe all this issues will be sorted out by the programmers sooner or later. As we know, steemit is becoming better more than what was obtainable last year. 

I pray this community keeps growing wider and better 

**Happy Steeming**