Who knows vaporvac ??? I have crazy things happen too that do not happen to others....

But I see no arrows near the thumbs up and everything looks ok to me?

It's funny Jim, I only see the weird thumb hand on my iPad. I have a normal thumbs up on my Samsung phone. I remember someone else commenting on this a while back but I didn't know what they were talking about.

I don't get arrows, but there are dots on my thumbs ups, between the fingers and the thumb and the whole thing was facing the other way. But, when I liked the comments on this thread, they look normal. Houzz must be trying out a few more inefficient ideas.

Great, just when I wrote John, encouraging him to give it another try:(. Lisa

Ingrid I agree! What I find interesting is that the layout looks completely different depending upon which computer I'm using ie. IPad, Samsung phone, iMac, HP laptop Etc. They all have different quirks and look totally different. And all the different forms I visited over the years I've never seen such a thing. It doesn't bother me as long as I can post and people can see my posts and I can add pictures I'm good. I just really do not understand what the little hand yes with the thumb and first finger and little arrows between it is meant to signify. Flowers, you were saying essentially the same thing just slightly different.

All of these oddities give me concern that one day this forum may unexpectedly disappear. But then my cup tends to be half empty lately.

I hope not. Patty. Is there a 25th amendment for Houzz management?

They are not so subtly encouraging us to buy their sponsor’s ugly expensive furniture instead of Angel Garden’s discount roses, lol

That’s why those ads never disappear, only our pictures.

I heartily agree with all of you! Especially the furniture, Ben. I just want the chocolate cake Ingrid mentions. Diane

Houzz doesn’t even recognize when I sign in. Takes two times. Somewhere their system is overwhelmed....

Tried to write that I also had problems. Had a message back that it could not respond. Houzz has problems.

It definitely does! Do you try staying signed in? At least that helps someone for me. But just erased a thread I started and was commented on.

I've encountered multiple strange things as well.

In the Hot Topics section, some of my posts have been censored... except you can't even see that your post is no longer there or visible to other members until you are logged out. It's like your post has been deleted but you don't know it's been deleted, because it still looks like it's there to you.

I've encountered multiple stange things as well.

For one thing, you posts can be censored without you being able to see it unless you are logged out. They may not be visible to other members even though you can still see your post.

I've noticed some strange things as well.

This forum seems to have some sort of automated word detection program that will automatically prevent your post from showing if it contains certain types of words or phrases, apparently.

Sometimes these posts reappear again and become visible many hours later. It's as if there's some human somewhere that has to review it and give it the okay ( just one theory).

But what about photos that don't post? That's been a problem for me today. Or posting photos and comment together in one post. Sometimes it's no problem, and other times it's a problem. I can never trust Houzz. Diane

Since I’m a bit technically challenged,my favorite attempt at posting photos here was a few weeks back. They showed up faded and upside down after hitting insert. Then there is all the surrounding adds and houzz info. Should your finger hover too close it opens and all your efforts at commenting disappear anyway.

I suppose it could be considered a challenge like a particularly difficult crossword puzzle.

I've been wondering if it has to do with merging systems/databases. Twice this last week I've come across a duplicate block of posts within a thread. One was just a few posts that were together after posts a day or two prior and again where they belong. The second block was the same thing but larger. The extras disappeared after a short while. I suppose it's possible that the deletions could be picking up non-duplicates.....

I got an email in response to my nasty letter of complaint about comments and photos not posting or disappearing. This was from the customer support department of Houzz, and written by a person as a followup to the canned reply that comes immediately. It basically contained that tired and worthless advice about having up to date, compatible software, blah, blah, blah. They suggested using Chrome. I wrote back saying their stale advice didn't work for anyone, they were losing forum members right and left, and they needed a new IT department. How can they not have received these same complaints many times already? I don't think they even have an IT department. Maybe they are going bankrupt. Wouldn't be surprised. Diane

Thanks for sharing that Diane.

Something similar is happening with a software product we use where I teach. The vendor got bought out by another company and customer service has been declining rapidly, dare I say exponentially, since then. At this point it's abysmal. I strongly suspect that cuts in personnel are to blame. Several thousand students are suffering.

Sign of the times in the relentless chase for profits above all else.