An update on the commenting problem is that it’s not fixed and it looks as if it never will be—unless it suddenly and unexpectedly resolves because of some software update or whatever. If you’re having trouble commenting, either persistently or intermittently, know that you’re not alone: I am still getting plenty of emails and Twitter comments about it. We can’t seem to fix it. (I still can’t comment on MY OWN BLOGS unless I’m replying to someone else’s comment from the dashboard.) We have repeatedly contacted the web host. Paul is a computer guy and has repeatedly investigated/tinkered. I have gone into the commenting settings and tried to change things that might help.
Nothing helps, and we can’t even find a pattern: last time I wrote about this, I asked for feedback that Paul could use to diagnose the issue or to help the web host diagnose it—but there was no pattern. Some people could comment from their desktop computers but not from their phones; other people had the opposite issue. Some people could comment as long as they went to the site directly, but not if they followed a link (like from Twitter/Facebook); other people had the opposite issue. Some people could comment on the regular blog but not on the baby names blog; other people had the opposite issue. Some people could comment before, but now can’t; others couldn’t comment before, but now can.
It is discouraging and disheartening and maddening. All I can do is advise you to try what is working for other people: a different browser, phone/desktop instead of desktop/phone, link/direct instead of direct/link. I really am holding out hope that there will be some update on the host or on WordPress or something, and that’ll turn out to be the missing piece that fixes it all.
I am testing comments on my iPhone using Safari, which totally worked yesterday.
Testing again from my HP Laptop using Chrome. Came here directly using your URL.
So annoying. Using a Mac computer so this can be a data point. I clicked over from Feedly.
Testing from my android for you….Look into special characters like apostrophes, ampersands, etc.
I clicked through from Facebook … can try from Feedly as well.
Hmm. Didn’t work for me when I clicked through from Facebook. This one is via Feedly. (Android phone.)
It worked! It just got caught in moderation.
I have never encountered an issue in commenting. I always come directly to the site and use Internet Explorer.
Same for me! Both parameters.
I’m sorry this is an ongoing headache for you. I used to only be able to comment directly from the site, I think, but the problem seems to have cleared up for me. I have no idea why.
Computer problems are SO FRUSTRATING. I don’t know how anyone does that work as as career. It would drive me mad.
This is so frustrating. There should be an answer! An answer that is FINDABLE.
For what it’s worth (nothing), I am finding that several blogs I read regularly are impossible to comment on. Most of those are blogspot blogs though. Very irritating all around.
With your blog, I’d say 85% of the time my comments go through normally. The other 15% of the time they disappear into the ether. I try to see it as the universe reining in my tendency to write 10,000 words.
I can comment consistently. I go to the website on Chrome or through Chrome on an Android phone.
We should all share something we appreciate about this blog!
…aaaand my favorite thing about Swistle is her refusal to air-brush her stories into some idyllic story of family life. Realism, humor, gratitude, truthfulness ;)
I’ve not had any issues commenting (yet – crosses fingers) but today when I clicked on the post from my dashboard, it took forever to load and now, when I’m looking at the post all the formatting is wrong/off (plain blue background, no sidebars, etc).
Until my replay came through – now the page looks normal.
No problems for me, either historically or (assuming this works) currently.
Using a Windows computer and Firefox. I come via link from another website.
Hello, I use an iPhone and click through from Bloglovin’ (that name makes me
so embarrassed, why on earth did they call it that?!). Can comment without any trouble.
I’m so sorry – this would make me cry. Then again, I was folding laundry yesterday and a big heavy sweatshirt was inside out and THAT made me cry, so I might just be at the end of my rope with winter. But still. I hope it gets fixed for you.
test comment. main page http, comment page https
test comment. main page https, comment page https.
test comment. click title, not comment count.
test comment as self, top level
test comment as self, top level, clicked comment count
test comment, from feed (came to https)
test comment. reply.
Test comment. Forced to http from https while on post page.
test comment. forced to http from https while on post page in new profile FF.
test comment. forced to http from https while on post page in new profile FF #2. will reply with result protocol.
reply attempt
reply attempt with forced http
resulted in https.
test comment. forced main page to http, auto-redirected to https, clicked comment count.
test comment. forced main comment page to http, auto-redirected to https
commenting as self from https main page, clicked count, on https page
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