Problem Logging In To Orchidboard

[Mountaineer370]

Originally Posted by camille1585

If anyone else runs into issues with the site, could you share it in this thread?

At the risk of jinxing myself by mentioning it, I don't believe I have ever had any trouble logging in, though there have been a few occasions when the site itself seemed to be down for a day or two and I couldn't bring it up at all. FWIW, I'm always using a desktop PC and Mozilla Firefox as a browser, just in regular mode.

I'm just curious, though. If any of us are having problems where we cannot log in, in any way, how would we let anyone here know about it? I can foresee the possibility of regular contributors here just dropping off like flies, or new members getting discouraged, and nobody would know the reason (and it would probably be blamed on a lack of interest in discussion forums like this in the social media age).

I do hope you hear from Marty soon, Camille.

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer370

I'm just curious, though. If any of us are having problems where we cannot log in, in any way, how would we let anyone here know about it? I can foresee the possibility of regular contributors here just dropping off like flies, or new members getting discouraged, and nobody would know the reason (and it would probably be blamed on a lack of interest in discussion forums like this in the social media age).

Very good question. Based on the issues Roberta and WaterWitchin have (and me occasionally) it seems that users are never completely locked out and problems can be rather sporadic. So I'm hopeful that very few people are locked out. On the other hand our mods/admins are stubborn and routinely put in time and effort to figure out a way a way to make it work. A lot of people may simple give up after one attempt... I agree that login issues are not good for aging platforms like discussion forums, which are already on the road to extinction as it is...

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Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

When not logged in, there's a link to "contact support." I sent a test email on that site. We'll see if Camille and I get it as admins.

I'm not completely sure, but i think mails sent via that link disappear into a black hole. I think they go to a orchidboard email address, but no one here has access to it. RosieC may have had access to it, I can check with her (if she still uses Facebook)