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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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[–] 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