Replying to a post

[Cpt_Stunning]

Sometimes when I'm trying to reply to a post it says:

Cpt_Stunning, you do not have permission to access this part of RYL. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?


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When the answer is neither! I've noticed members post & get no replies, when maybe people are trying to reply.

[Pi.R^2]

How odd. Can you give an example of a thread you are trying to reply to?

[Cpt_Stunning]

Ranting / Venting Forum, Life is strange by Juella.

[Pi.R^2]

Ah, the ranting/venting board doesn't allow replies! It's a board that lets people create a journal-like thread that is only for them to post in. However, if you see a thread there that looks like the poster is expecting replies, feel free to post report it and we can then send them a message to check that they know they can't get replies in the ranting/venting forum and offer to move it to a support forum if they wish.

Hope that make sense!

[bitomato]

Yes!!! It took me forever to realise that I could not reply there!!!
One of the RYL enigmas (How do they do that?)

I quickly looked at the post. While you can offer a "hug"- or click on the persons name to see if they posted a thread you can comment on, in this specific case, I don't know how appropriate it is to start either a "Support for" thread or pm the individual directly.

Sometimes reaching out without any expectations lets persons know that you are with them- listening and hope that they can at least acknowledge someone else thinks things are going to be ok/ get better.

[Pi.R^2]

Fwiw, I think it would be inappropriate to start a 'support for' thread without the person's consent. I do occasionally send PMs to people about their rant threads but I try to be careful as whilst some people may appreciate knowing that someone has read and cares and take up the opportunity to talk, other people post in a rant thread because they just want to vent and really don't want any responses.

[Aardbei]

Jenna's already covered the fact you can't reply to R/V threads, but I also wanted to add - this sometimes happens to me on threads I should be able to access/reply to, and I find that refreshing can fix it.