Mamapedia Tech Comment

Updated on March 23, 2015
A.J. asks from Norristown, PA
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I'm a long time user of this site. I have to say though, I'm about to give up due to the massive glitches. I thought they would be temporary. Between the lost posts and the trouble loading pages. UGH!!! My biggest frustration is when I can't send flowers. Sometimes I hit the flower send link like five times and then give up when I want to commend a good post.
My computer works fine and I don't have problems with any other site.
Does anyone else wish the site worked better technically?

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H.W.

answers from Portland on

I find that restarting my computer often really helps. I close up all of the windows and go from there. That usually helps.

I don't have AdBlock... it's on the Honey-do list (I don't even know how to install it, husband is the IT wiz) but a lower priority. Then there's also the "it's a signal from the universe that I need to be doing something else" mentality that I tend to have and that's fairly correct most of the time anyway. :)

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B.C.

answers from Norfolk on

AdBlock is wonderful.
I haven't had the issues you are having.

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M.P.

answers from Asheville on

I think your problems with performance would be solved in the most part with a good ad blocking add-on installed. I use the Firefox add-on AdBlock Plus. It does a great job of blocking those ads which causes most of the performance problems.
I wish they would get with the 21st century and either make a mobile version or make the site responsive. It's almost impossible to get on this site with a mobile device.

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A.V.

answers from Washington DC on

IMO, it's all the ads. I realize you get what you pay for, but 99% of the time if the site isn't loading or working right, it's trying to load an ad, some javascript failed (says "void" when I try to post) or some flash script died and I need to reload the page. Sometimes I DO give up. And many times I hit mute so I don't hear any ads blaring at me.

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M.P.

answers from Portland on

The only difficulty I have is with sending flowers. Sometimes I can't send them. there is no sound with the ads. I find ads easy to ignore. Recently, the daily post to my Gmail is blogs When there used to also be questions. I don't miss the questions because they were old.

I excuse these glitches because I think the sight has a limited budget. I suggest the ads are a way to get more money. How else would they have money to run the site? I accept that the site is less than perfect. I know that getting good IT help is expensive.

I find the disrespectful comments, put downs, and word fights along with having fewer people using the site more problematic.

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S.T.

answers from Washington DC on

oh my yes.
it was glitching MADLY for me for a while. i couldn't send flowers and often it wouldn't even let me respond. it's been better lately, but sometimes i still just nix it for the day if it's being wacky, or keeps blaring videos at me.
i've left for months at a time before. at some point i'll forget to come back. but at the moment i'm in a 'coffee and MP every morning' phase so i'm glad the glitches are minimal on my end for now.
khairete
S.

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L.A.

answers from Austin on

As others have said, get Adblock.

I never realized there were screaming ads, because I keep my computer on silent. If I want to hear something I turn the volume on. I have no idea what my games sound like!

I have not had the other problems you spoke of.

I wish there was an ap for this site. Even willing to pay .99 for it so they could enhance it, but not a big deal.

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D.B.

answers from Boston on

I haven't had those specific problems, but I do notice now that ads/links are appearing within the text of the first response to any question.

I also have had the problem (and have seen others post the same) that they were in the middle of typing a response (often a long one) and had it disappear. I now write most of my responses in Word, then copy and paste it; if it disappears, I can go back to my Word document and repeat.

I also noticed some responses disappear from a question I posed. I read them, then went back later when a few new responses showed up, and found the earlier ones were gone. It was not a controversial post - it was about cooking - so I doubt they were removed by either the moderator or the responder.

The other thing I notice is my inbox has a "Mamapedia Daily" email each day, but it's usually just a blog with no questions. Only if I go to an old email and click "see all of today's questions" can I get to the questions. The other day a question did show up in the Mamapedia Daily email, but it was weeks old and had 30 responses! I can't figure out why I virtually never get an email with a question or two listed.

I can't explain any of it!

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M.G.

answers from Portland on

I've never been to sites before this one (stumbled across looking for a solution to a problem I was having) and I nearly didn't want to have anything to do with it - had cows blaring at me, and couldn't post replies, or send flowers ... I am type of person who shuts down the computer when it grates on my nerves.

At points during the day I don't do so well (limited mobility) so I enjoy sitting with a tea and reading through some great responses to some tricky situations. It keeps me coming back :)

But I agree .. some days it's just a pain.

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O.O.

answers from Los Angeles on

A.,
I agree.
It's not Adblock/lack of.
I don't get the screaming, floating ads because I have my preferences set appropriately.
You lose answers, it's glitchy.
Not the same.
It's getting close to not being worth the trouble. I agree.
Shouldn't be this hard for them to get this site--considering the functionality--working smoothly.

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D..

answers from Miami on

I never have problems with other sites. Thankfully it's not bothering me now.

A few years ago, they told me to clear my cache. I couldn't figure out how to do it, but eventually the problems worked themselves out.

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G.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

It's often your connection fluttering when you lose something. I'm seeing across the board on FB and mamapedia. So maybe mamapedias routers/connections are doing it too. I have really noticed it in all the sites I use.

I have started copying every comment I make so I can paste it when it doesn't go...

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J.F.

answers from Las Vegas on

I've been having trouble with my answers disappearing when I hit post. The only thing I think that might be affecting this, other than a MP glitch, is that I might be taking too long to hit post after I've started writing. Like maybe it times out or something. I'm often multi-tasking, and so I sometimes leave a post I've started writing and then come back to it. I think it may be those times where I lose the answers.

I've noticed that I have trouble sending flowers when I'm using a tablet. It wasn't always that way. I don't know why, but lately, when I'm on a tablet, the flower link just does not work. I don't have that problem on the macs or on a PC. Have you tried sending flowers from different devices or computers to see if there's a difference?

It's frustrating, but I just deal with it.

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