The first thing for today is to note that many people are very frustrated. I truly understand your frustration. I have sent the links to the posts and notified the Admin team of Virily that we are at serious risk of losing authors. Losing authors has a direct impact on the rest of the authors, but it has a bigger impact on the site. Virily is an ad drive site. They make money from Google Adsense. Based on that, anything that reduces the number of views or views impacts their ability to ear anything. I have not heard back from the admin team, but I will keep trying. As I have the last few days I open the comments to anyone that has concerns, frustrations, or for that matter, suggestions on possible ways around the issue.
One thing (and I do not know that this will work) I heard from another user is that they cleared the cache of their browsers when they didn’t see a create button, and now they see it again. I don’t know that this applies, as I don’t think this is a browser issue.
Secondly a bigger concern, this is not an issue of specific groups of people posting and others excluded. I wanted to clarify that, in fact, today, I noted who has bullied. Many of those are people that have been here on Virily since the end of Niume and have been posting that entire time. The other groups I’ve noticed started posting recently within the last 120 to 150 days. That does lead to some interesting speculation. But the reality is, I suspect there is no conspiracy here, just that if you all recall, the site changed their login methods 180 days ago. They also changed the login process two and a ½ or so years ago. My gut is the majority of the posters that cannot post now fit in that window. But, that is WHOLLY speculation, and I do not know that for a fact.
The other thing to remember is that Virily is the same for all of us. The unique thing about each of us on the Site is our user name (and our passwords). Based on that there are limited things that are causing this problem.
There is not a divide nor is there the haves and have nots. There are people who are just starting and exploring Virily and ones who are and have been here for a long time.
You have my commitment that I am reaching out to the support team every single day. This problem doesn’t just impact those that cannot post. It impacts all of us directly.
If Virily doesn’t have the views of the ads, they lose money. If Virily loses money, then all of us lose money.
I am sorry for everyone that hasn’t been able to post for now five days. It also costs me as a reader. There are many authors that cannot post right now whose posts I truly enjoy reading. We are a community! We will overcome this!
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Please remember this outage hurts everyone, ok?
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The value of community is supporting everyone, right?
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Have you been on virily more than 3 years?
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Do you use Safari to connect to Virily?
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Do you use Firefox?
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Uuhh? I am not really having serious problems. Is it fixed now or what?
i honestly do not know if it is fixed.
They will fix it, but it always takes time. Hopefully, it will be sooner!
it has been a week, I worry about that lost content and revenue.
At the moment, I do not know what else to comment on these issues. I really hope that they get it settled as soon as possible, though I think they are resolving it for too long (and to their own detriment). I’m currently using Chrome and Firefox. I think it’s difficult to explain how we feel “hurt” members.
i understand. I have heard a couple of members that couldn’t create can now create.
I use Opera and Chrome, both function effectively Doc.
Thanks Andre! I have never had an issue and use Opera frequently. I have had other issues with Virily and chrome but haven’t tried chrome in a long time.
Showing up late again. Great poll and great thoughts on what the problem could be, from you and the comments. So this morning I noticed that someone had posted that they now had the create button. Have you heard if it is fixed for all?
i have heard that it is fixed for a couple of people only at this point.
Apparently this problem has not been resolved, which unfortunately does not occur entirely but only for some people, so I think it’s only natural that there are various perceptions regarding this. but I support your view that there is no conspiracy here. I myself have no problem with that button even though I rarely visit Virili.
I just read Carol’s post about an alternative way to post here, hopefully it’s useful.
It has been 6 days and counting. The anger of the community is growing. I put these posts out as a forum for that anger.
I worry about the health of our community based on the reaction.
6 days is a long time for a community of writers who fail to post their writings. So I understand their frustration and your worry, Doc.
it is alarming and in the end just another example of why communication matters.
Q: Please remember this outage hurts everyone, ok?
Yes (12 votes) – 100%
Q: The value of community is supporting everyone, right?
Yes (10 votes) – 91%
No (1 votes) – 9%
Q: Have you been on virily more than 3 years?
Yes (8 votes) – 57%
No (6 votes) – 43%
Q: have you been on virily less than 8 to 9 months?
Yes (3 votes) – 23%
No (10 votes) – 77%
Q: Do you use Safari to connect to Virily?
Yes (1 votes) – 7%
No (13 votes) – 93%
Q: Do you use chrome to connect to Virily?
Yes (10 votes) – 77%
No (3 votes) – 23%
Q: Do you use Firefox?
Yes (2 votes) – 14%
No (12 votes) – 86%
Q: Do you use IE?
Yes (1 votes) – 7%
No (13 votes) – 93%
Q: Do you use Opera?
Yes (4 votes) – 31%
No (9 votes) – 69%
Q: Do you use edge?
Yes (2 votes) – 14%
No (12 votes) – 86%
Q: Do you use Tor?
Yes (1 votes) – 7%
No (13 votes) – 93%
I have the site on book mark and I use chrome, I have also been here since Niume closed, however, not consistent. But I am truing my best to get back. I have not had a problem with the create button, it may be because I have the log in page bookmarked, May not have anything to do with it.
Thanks for the comment!
I am not sure that the issue is one we can know what and why. We don’t see enough of the back end to know.
the rising tide lifts all boats, so a view for one is a view for all
🙂 You are right sir, you are right!
always did love that phrase…
It is supposed to be followed by “I’m sorry could you repeat that” oh yeah and repeat that until they stop repeating the original statement!
actually, we are going to see some rising tides if our good for nothing leaders don’t do something about climate destabilization
fracking and coal burning only makes things worse
A call to action?
I hope that americans as a people come out and vote in 2020.
our countrymen need to remember the lesson they should’ve learned in 2016 and vote in their best interests for once
we are running out of time
I wonder sometimes about the reality of elections. less than 60% of the people that can vote do vote.
But more than 55% of 60% is considered a landslide.
truly, the populace does this to themselves
The twins and I have had an argument for the past 4 years.
I say “no vote, then no complain.”
They say oh no, you can not vote and still complain. Freedom of speech.
It continues to this day 4 years later.
this isn’t a bill of rights issue, it’s a question of eligibility
i completely agree, 60% of those that could vote did note. (actually, I think the number is closer to 57.6% but I rounded up). It scares me. That number to result in an election that the popular vote lost makes me nervous.
just about everything involved in 2016 was screwed up one way or another…
sadly the percentage of voters has declined in the US since, well all the way back to the 1900’s
yes, a representational government doesn’t work well without the voters
as a republic, we created a system (the electoral college) that allows us to elect leaders.
We don’t need a simple majority! We have complex mathematical formulas that work much better than 51% to 49%
the framers didn’t trust the masses, and feared they’d elect a demagogue
Jefferson is the framer responsible for the modification. If you read the Federalist Papers (by Madison) that are the “frame” of the constitutional “framework” the original concept was majority vote.
The winner was president.
I’d argue that we do have a demagogue and we’ve all lost
as some holding a clearance I won’t say that.
you don’t have to. my clearance has probably expired anyway…
they tend to end when projects end.
then looooooooooonnnnng gone
I don’t think there is a group of people who are being blocked from posting anything on the site. I believe it’s the directory issue.
I suspect the reason why Virily hasn’t solved it is because it takes Virily so long to solve an issue. Maybe they are limited in finances to call a technical support to solve the issue.
my gut is the cost of the site is probably high enough with the servers, storage and admins that it may be the case.
Thanks for the insight!
I thought all along that the Create problem has been resolved but it is still persisting until now.
sadly it was at least the last 6 days and counting
I did not notice any issues for myself, but it hurts that others have problems. I still believe, Virily will correct it soon.
i am hopeful as well! Let’s keep our fingers crossed!
Scott, if people’s Create button has disappeared, are they not able to simply post by going to the URL that the button leads to: https://virily.com/create/ ?
I did know about that I would suspect that they could.
it worked for me but would need someone with the actual issue to try it!
first user that has the issue is unable to use that link. They get an error saying basically not authorized.
No they are not, they are blocked form this link Norman.
yeah, i am leaning more and more towards a directory setting.
I see. I hoped that it was simply the button itself that had gone, but it seems not 🙁
sadly, because it happens to some but not all to be a directory issue of some sort. Perhaps a group or something.
I read your post exactly, my friend … you wrote it perfectly and I have my own opinion
did you try normans trick
https://virily.com/create/
and see if that works?
It doesn’t work …. write me this … You don’t have sufficient permissions to access this page ….. and what is this other than blocking
open a window to virily and be logged in
then try that link
https://virily.com/create/
I just don’t have access, dear friend
ah that is making sense now, thank you for trying Lado!!!!
In short … we are blocked and there are no technical problems …. I’m a layman but I would have solved this problem in 1 hour …. I spoke with a computer master and he said that the error could be solved in 1 hour if would like
i suspect it is a directory issue since you tried to use the direct link and it failed. It won’t take an hour, most directory problems like this can take 2,3 hours if you know what it is.
Anyway, I’ll just wait a little bit and then I’ll just leave … I’ll be sorry for all these kind people I met here
I hope it will be fixed much faster than you will consider long enough to leave!
I, too, hope that the will will not leave me
i do hope so, i truly hope so.
Virily is in control it seems. We are forced do what they say, or not say. Hopefully each day will be better.
looks like norman may have a work around
Not working so far! Lado has tried.
i know I asked him to do so, it didn’t work at all
Has virily applied any updates lately?
That could be one of the probable causes of this problem.
honestly I don’t know, we are not given insight to that. Great question.
However, if they can’t access https:.//virily.com/creat/
Or don’t have access, then I have to agree with you that this could be a directory issue.
they were unable to access the direct link.
I really didn’t notice any problems with create button or anything else. I got my posts approved, I didn’t clear any cache or cookies, login works normal. Everything is same for last few months, atleast on my side.
yes, many have had the issues, glad it didn’t impact you!
And, if Virily is not earning they will close the site. I think it’s better they choose two or three people to represent the community. The representatives will be a go-between the admins and authors.
I don’t think the admins are tooooooo busy to spare some time to address the issues by way of communicating to the issues that have been raised since the existence of the site.
I wonder if they would embrace that! Great idea!!
Have tried Norman’s work around for submitting?
https://virily.com/create/
I have clicked Norman’s link you’ve provided. It is working.
that is great news, it works for some it does not work for others.