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ZorbaTHut  2yr ago (text post)   Edited 2yr ago   7802 thread views

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At least on my browser, I have to log in at least once a day, sometimes more.

I think this is an issue on your end; at least, I haven't had to log back in at all, either on this account or on a test non-admin account. But I also don't know how to debug this; feedback from other users welcome!

I suggest that people (doesn't have to be mods...) periodically post on the Motte subreddit with a link to this website

I'm probably doing a monthly Meta thread refresh, which may or may not be enough. It may be a bad idea to turn the subreddit into something that could be perceived as spam :V

BTW, I am hugely impressed at how excellent this new forum has been, especially the fact that it could be so good, right from the start! I even aesthetically prefer it quite a bit when compared to new reddit AND old reddit, which is surprising!

Thank you! We've had a lot of help from outside contributors - without them, it'd be nowhere near this developed :)

Data point: I've been logged on here from multiple machines for many days with no issues. MS Edge in case it's relevant... but from another dev, it really sounds like a client issue.

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