So this problem seems to be a frequent issue for RWI members posting to the forum via Tapatalk. I thought I'd share my own experience of posting to RWI using Tapatalk on my iPhone, and how I avoid posting the same message several times.
Whenever I reply to an RWI thread using Tapatalk, I get the same error message upon tapping "Reply" - usually after a long pause. It happens almost every time (in fact it might even be 100% of the time - I don't recall the last time I posted and didn't get the same result). What I see is a pop-up telling me:
POST ERROR
Sorry, we have been unable to complete your request
At which point, any normal person would think, "Oh, it didn't work. Right, in that case I'll try again."
However, Tapatalk is lying. Your reply has been posted. Don't believe its lies.
So, tap "Cancel" at the top left of the screen. A dialog pops up: "Are you sure you want to discard this post?"
Tap the option to "Discard". This drops you back to the thread you were replying in, and indeed, it doesn't look like your post was posted - it isn't there in the thread. You have to back out of that thread (Tap the back arrow at the top left of the screen) so you've returned to Tapa home, or Notifications, where you were before you posted. Then when you tap back into the thread, you'll find that your post is there.
Note that I've seen members writing that spurious multi-posts happen without any intervention on their part - and maybe that's a thing too, but I haven't experienced it.
Also note that this issue only occurs on RWI. The other forums I post to via Tapatalk work normally and don't throw up the error message.
There may be other intel on this subject that members want to share. Feel free to add your own experience/comments.
Tagging Glaude because he may also have further light to shed on the matter, or I might also have missed a long-established thread that already deals with this, or this may be in the wrong place to have posted, and it needs moving to the RWI feedback section.
Whenever I reply to an RWI thread using Tapatalk, I get the same error message upon tapping "Reply" - usually after a long pause. It happens almost every time (in fact it might even be 100% of the time - I don't recall the last time I posted and didn't get the same result). What I see is a pop-up telling me:
POST ERROR
Sorry, we have been unable to complete your request
At which point, any normal person would think, "Oh, it didn't work. Right, in that case I'll try again."
However, Tapatalk is lying. Your reply has been posted. Don't believe its lies.
So, tap "Cancel" at the top left of the screen. A dialog pops up: "Are you sure you want to discard this post?"
Tap the option to "Discard". This drops you back to the thread you were replying in, and indeed, it doesn't look like your post was posted - it isn't there in the thread. You have to back out of that thread (Tap the back arrow at the top left of the screen) so you've returned to Tapa home, or Notifications, where you were before you posted. Then when you tap back into the thread, you'll find that your post is there.
Note that I've seen members writing that spurious multi-posts happen without any intervention on their part - and maybe that's a thing too, but I haven't experienced it.
Also note that this issue only occurs on RWI. The other forums I post to via Tapatalk work normally and don't throw up the error message.
There may be other intel on this subject that members want to share. Feel free to add your own experience/comments.
Tagging Glaude because he may also have further light to shed on the matter, or I might also have missed a long-established thread that already deals with this, or this may be in the wrong place to have posted, and it needs moving to the RWI feedback section.
