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It’s working fine for me…
Yep, for now. This switch can take up to 48 hours to complete and you stand a good chance of experiencing some sort of trouble during that time. I started the switch close to six hours ago so we basically just got started.
Bring it.
i have complete faith that yall are doing everything you can to remedy this asap. don’t stress, we all still adore you.
on another note-
I WILL NEVER STOP LOVING THE WHISKEY KITTY!!! :D
I love these kitty posts, and the panda and koala too. So adorable. I appreciate the visually impacting, well thought out spacing of the type as well. I cannot stop ogling. Obviously autostraddle works for me because I heeded riese’s cry to use firefox……as long as you don’t ask me to trade in my Mac for a pc and use IE, I will love you forever. Also, I know this is not the right post for this comment, but A;ex, please reenact gaga’s BTW dance. Thanks bye.
KITTENS!
Cats with tiny ears sort of weird me the fuck out.
i’d like to record this moment as the moment that autostraddle worked for me, however momentarily, and without photos or features on the front page
This is my moment. It is exciting. Pics are showing up on the front page, but it’s slow as molasses in January.
yes, also this is that photo/feature-less moment for me as well. BUT GUESS WHAT ITS STILL PRETTY GREAT.
At least today I can read comments! But also no pictures…. but you grrls are so great that I don’t really mind all that much!! We know you are fixing it… So thanks a billion trillion for doing so!!
I don’t always function like I am supposed to, either. Just makes me love you even more, Autostraddle. :) Plus, more kittens! Yaaaay!
Yep, I pretty much stop functioning once a month, so I know how you guys feel.
Even though I can’t log in. IDK if this is because of the move, or just my mad c0mputer sk1llZ.
IS THIS FORM WHERE I APPLY FOR WHISKEY.
When I tried to read this post yesterday, that’s when the website stopped working for me. Normally I would have been upset, but it was just so ironic that I couldn’t stop laughing. :)
(But now it’s working again, yay!)
It’s working fine for me…
Except the only kitten picture I can see is the “I know” one, the others are all broken/not loading, and I’m not sure if that’s intentional or not but it’s appropriate and making me lol
Same. I’m coming back to this post when the site feels better. Free kittehs!
IT WORKS
Yayyyyyyyy!!! And the cute animal marco conversations made it worth it. Really. You should do this more. XD
OH GOD AUTOSTRADDLE I WANT TO HUG YOU WITH MY LEGS IN FRIENDSHIP
I don’t like cats, but this made me smile. I’m so happy Autostraddle is working right now!!!
It’s sort of cool when the website breaks because I love the kitten picture posts. It almost makes me want to get a cat. Almost.
yey it’s even back on chrome. big thx to the team
I’m obviously kiddin’, but I wish you’d crash more often, because these technical-issues posts are so much fun!
Thanks for the kittens!
i’m on!!!
Still broken for me. :(
I’m really relating to that bowtie kitty. I miss my AS~ Please let this comment go through.
Hey! Hey! I love you guys and, FOR THE RECORD, the only message I left on Formspring while the site was down was to let Riese know that I CAME OUT TO MY PARENTS (while the site was down) and, by the way, they still love me even though I wasn’t 100% certain they would.
Also, also, something like 19 differant people ‘liked’ or reblogged my coming out story from the Autostraddle Tumblr and that FUCKING WARMED MY HEART LIKE YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE. :)
THIS COMMENT DOCUMENTS THE EXISTENCE OF TWO THINGS:
1. you came out
2. autostraddle is working
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!
my life now has a purpose.