Have you ever written something for a site, and then lost it?
By Carl Halling
@CarlHalling (3617)
United Kingdom
April 5, 2012 12:10am CST
What I mean is...have you ever carefully composed a piece of writing, tried to post it to a site, and then found the site has gone bye bye for a while? I just tried to write a movie review at a site where I've already written severla quite successfully, and this happened to me: the site decided to depart for a time. I spent quite a lot of time on it too, and it was a good review, carefully - dare I say it - beautifully composed. I have to say I went ga-ga when the site vanished into the ether for some unknown reason; but then I am highly achievement-oriented, with a low, low tolerance for setbacks. How about you? Has this happend to you? How do you feel when it happens? Do you go ga-ga too? Or do you just take it philosophically, pick yourself up, brush yourself off and start all over again?
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@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
5 Apr 12
Thanks you, Tamosree1993, and I'm glad it's not happened to you, it's not nice when it does.
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
5 Apr 12
Hello Love! I'm so sorry about your piece. You know how I feel about your writing. And to answer your question, ah , no! I'm now trying to become a " pick yourself up, brush yourself off and start all over again" type!But if this happened to me, I would be so angry , I would delete my account! Hang in there Love. Look at it this way, your piece was too Good for that site! Take Care.
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@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
5 Apr 12
Thank you Sarah, and hi! Well, I've already posted many pieces quite happilly; and I love that site, so I can't quit it...anyway...I've already gotten over it, and will repost it from memory. I went ga-ga, then I picked myself up, brushed myself off, and I'm gonna start all over again...:o)
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
5 Apr 12
Bravo! I'm proud of you! One for writing your masterpiece by memory and for picking yourself up, brushing yourself off and starting all over again! Oh I better say this now . Have a Happy Easter. Talk to you later.
@GardenGerty (160879)
• United States
5 Apr 12
I have not had that exact thing happen. I have had the experience of writing something for an order, then the person posting the order implying that I had copied it. I told them I would not rewrite it, they could ask someone else, because I would publish it on another site. In your case, I would seek out another site to publish it on, unless you believe that it will come back. In which case I would save it and wait for the return of the targeted site.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
6 Apr 12
Hi Gerty, well I re-wrote it from memory, and it ended up being a highly crafted piece, as opposed to just something I fired off for fun, so I can post it at will now wherever I wish...:o)
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
6 Apr 12
I have been trying to earn online in the internet and even if I am still new at this game, I have experienced sites that suddenly disappear all of a sudden. It is just the way of life when you are trying to earn and in your case write in the internet.
That is why putting your "eggs in one basket" is not a great idea even for non-monetary reasons.
But have you somehow save what you have written in some notepad or something? Or is it lost forever in the netherworld?
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
6 Apr 12
I agree 100%, oOjopkOo...and in fact rarely put all my eggs into the one basket. I'm a published writer, and everything I write is backed up to within an inch of its life. But I still take the risk from time to time; and 99 times out of 100 it's fine. This time it wasn't serious, because it was a short piece, and I just re-wrote it from memory, and then "filed" it...in fact by the time I was finished with it, it was vastly improved from the version I originally lost.
@SinfulRose (3527)
• Davao, Philippines
5 Apr 12
Oh, how I wished I had a second floor where I can drop my laptop.
Yeah, I had an experience somewhat similar to your own where I froze for a second and went crazy for a full 5 minutes. I was clawing at my hair saying all the curse words I can think off. When I had felt like my head would burst, I had to stand up and cool off. I went out, ate a fruit or two, drank some 3 full glasses of water and got back all poised and composed.
So yeah, I know the feeling of doing your best on something only to lose it because of some technical problem. I guess it's better to type first your idea on something else before sending it online. Or much better, write it first on paper, then type it, then send it online--just to be safest. lol
This is an interesting topic. Have a nice day and Happy MyLotting!
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
5 Apr 12
Thank you Rose, of course you are 100% right...it's always best to make a back up copy of everything...the internet is usually wonderfully reliable, but errors do occur; after all; everyone is only human.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
6 Apr 12
It's happened to me a good few times too, Rose, and yet as a writer, all my most precious work is very intensively backed up. This was just a risk I took...but there was no harm done, I just re-wrote it from memory, and what resulted was far better than the original! :o)
@SinfulRose (3527)
• Davao, Philippines
5 Apr 12
I understand what you mean, CarlHalling. But most of the time, what I really blame for the cause of such "disappearance of our work" is due to bugs--the unwanted computer programs. I am more on the technical side of the computer software, most of the time, so I frequently experience such problems. Yeah, it's frustrating but what can I say? I love my work so despite having my hard-work popping into thin air, I still have my brain that can retain them all...and of course my back-up copy. 
As for online, whatever it is I send and got lost, I blame my poor internet connection. Now, this is something that will really tick me off that I would really want to throw my laptop out of the window. Why? Because what I do online is done on the spot. No back-up or whatsoever.
I don't even remember how many times this happened to me, but it sure is so frustrating when it does.
As for online, whatever it is I send and got lost, I blame my poor internet connection. Now, this is something that will really tick me off that I would really want to throw my laptop out of the window. Why? Because what I do online is done on the spot. No back-up or whatsoever.
I don't even remember how many times this happened to me, but it sure is so frustrating when it does.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
5 Apr 12
I'm sorry to hear that, Manasha, it's so frustrating...
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 Apr 12
I haven't had it happen yet, but I'm trying to protect myself in two ways. First, I make backups on all my best work I wouldn't want to lose. Second, I've started other websites on my own domains so that if one site disappears, as I'm afraid one might one of these days, I will have the backups and can integrate these works onto my own sites.
I guess you don't want to tell us what site this is so we can avoid it?
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
5 Apr 12
I should have made a back-up, it's true. It's really my fault; temporary glitches do happen.
