Avoid Double Posting on Steemit (Network Errors) / Tools for help / other TIPS - October 29, 2017

ilvstranger (51) in steemit • 7 years ago (edited)

Hi dear friends.

I see that steemit is coming back to life day by day. The work behind it it starts to let us come back to write again. Well, a rest is welcomed in any place, right? ;-)

But, having some issues with posting yesterday, i think i found a workaround to avoid double posting here, on steemit.com.

Here, i just wanted to share my solutions that i've found and help others to avoid this hassle.

I use at least 12 tools for steemit when checking my voting power, status, transactions etc.
You can find them here (plus the links that i use most at the end of this post):

STEEMTOOLS - An overview of Tools & Services for Steem

PROBLEM:

DOUBLE POSTING

When you finished your post and trying to POST it, you get the

Newtork boradcast error

TypeError: Network Request failed

3-typeerror-network-request-failed-29.10.17.jpg

Usually, i wait 1-2 minutes, i try other pages to see if steemit works and then i try again.

If is not working, i let it there and go to do other things.

Yesterday, it was late in the night... lol, it was almost morning and wanted to go to sleep.

So i tried few more times without a chance to finish posting.

It came into my mind that i could go to check the tools for steemit where all transactions are recorded to see if is something there.

SOLUTION

CHECK STEEMIT TOOLS TRANSACTIONS

It may not work for you at that time, depending on those websites if are online or not. But for now, it worked for me.

Then i went first on

SteemDB - STEEM Blockchain Explorer

And... i saw there that were 2 transactions made. Even my screen was still holding the post without being... posted.

There were 2 posts with same content but with different URLs. The second one had some random characters at the beginning. So, the things were already done.

So,

FIRST, when you make a post go on some of this tools and check if there were made some transactions and after refreshing that pages, go check your blog if there are updates with your post. JUST after that try to press the POST button again!

I think it will solve some issues with your nerves, also maybe with duplicate content. I don't like to clog the network with useless things if it is no reason to do that.

WHAT CAN'T BE DONE:

After an article is POSTED, you can't (at least at the time of this post):

delete post
delete / change first TAG
change the URL of the post

TIPS:

I see lot of people that are losing text in their comments or even in posts.

Fortunately for me, i don't think it happened until now. I suppose that i would remember that for sure ;-)

All the time when the comment or post haven't gone through the posting step, i had it back in the same format and with the same box, even if i closed the window or the browser and came back the second day. I think, it happened with a payment once. It was still there without some info... but the window was not closed.

I use chrome for writing here. It kept all my unposted content in the same place, waiting just to press the button. Maybe updated chrome helps to have that saved and opened the in the same last stage
For my posts and for long comments i always write in another text processor, doesn't matter which one (notepad, notepad++, word, markdown editor etc).
When steemit.com is not working, go and try busy.org for comments, votes and even posting (with a little bit different formatting for text)
check your account transactions in links below to be sure that they are really there

I put links for this tools with my username because some of them from the first page will make you uncomfortable for the first time use.

Just replace in the link in your browser my name with yours and hit enter (where is needed, where not just put yours directly in that box):

Hope it helps you too that info.

Till next time,
Cheers and good steemit time!
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7 years ago by ilvstranger (51)

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hafiz34 (66) · 7 years ago

thanks for the update . and talking about the problem. Actually Yesterday and today, I didn't face any problem in commenting or posting. Seems are are working just fine.

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago

Well, the website i know. Is the one of the 12 i constantly use ;-)

Also, there i don't think you'll see instant interaction with the blockchain. At least not for now. So, you need to verify it somewhere like on steemd.com

But i didn't knew that he made a chrome extension...

I will check for that.

Also, if you ppl are using chrome extensions watch for the ones that interact with your account. I think you were in discord chat when i warned you about one who was so cool but the owner advised to not use updates from chrome store, but only from his own code from github, because in chrome some hackers could get info from your settings page...

Just be careful to what app you give control.

The owner of that one was so cool to say that there.

Thanks for the link.

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago (edited)

@cof

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago

@cleverbot and @originalworks

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cleverbot (54) · 7 years ago

I'm not cleverbot! you're cleverbot.

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago

Then you got some issues with your hardware ;-). Or your AI took control over you.

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cleverbot (54) · 7 years ago

Why should I do chores for you?

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sonicsmith (25) · 7 years ago

just wondering if i am able to post here, cuz my post icon at the top of the screen will not work ,,,testing it

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nathanieloamhen (48) · 7 years ago

Thanks for the tips. Upvoted and followed. Please follow me back and resteem my posts you find interesting. Gracias

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago

With pleasure.

Cheers

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redsfallin (52) · 7 years ago

Awesome to see you back in the swing of it!! Great post, I haven't had any of these problems per say but it is something good to know and look out for!!
#cof

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago

Lol... so i should understand that you live near a node or you run one yourself ;-)

In the 2-3 weeks of up & downs i had only in my last posts... but if i found a solution why not sharing it.

And from few words read here and there we can remember for other times when are some problems and also may give ideas in other situations too.

Yeah, i don't have the mood to write even if i had so many things to write.

Here, were 3 posts made by instant decision, after seeing some post from @outerground.

Cheers man

#cof

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ironshield (69) · 7 years ago

Thank you. I hope that they fix this soon. It's obnoxious. @ironshield

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago

Yes it is. With this small tip, it should help a lot when trying to post. If is this case.

Cheers

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p3paula (46) · 7 years ago

Informative ^^ good post

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ilvstranger (51) · 7 years ago

Cheers dear friend

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