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My location keeps getting erased

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Jun 14, 2012
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My location keeps getting erased

I put my location as Markham in my profile and now it's erased. I tried about 5 times in the past month and every time it gets erased.

Maybe it's cause I use different computers and different browsers on RFD but I thought the location and other profile info was saved on your server and not in a cookie on my computer?

Also, on Off Topic I often get a message that says I have to check this box if I agree to abide by the rules of Off Topic before I can post, I check the box and post, but later I get same msg again, I think this something wrong because I'm pretty sure I'm not suppose to get that message more than once.

So it looks like there is something wrong with my account.
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Jun 14, 2012
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That's how I did it before, ok I just updated it to say Markham, you see it say markham? You are my witness. I bet by tomorrow it will be gone.
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Nov 20, 2011
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Ontario, Canada
Same thing happens, never got a solution for this to hid my location or put fake ones.
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Hamilton
Been using Markham for couple months now
hated on but respected.
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Because he lives in stupid Markham :)
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And look it's gone! You saw that it was there right? I'm not lying? Did you see it that my location said Markham? Now it doesn't say my location and I did not change it, it got erased on it's own.
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Jun 7, 2012
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario
The same is happening to me for months now, except mine is stuck as "MISSISSAUGA". I've tried changing it under My Options and/or with the pencil, but neither sticks once I log out and log back in. I've tried this under Safari, Chrome and Internet Explorer. It can't be a browser issue. Is any admin reading this able to help?
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Jun 7, 2012
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario
Ok. I contacted the admin and they advised me to try going to http://profiles.yellowpages.ca/. Once there, you can log in with your RFD account and update your profile and your postal code. However, I updated mine and now I went from "MISSISSAUGA" to "MISSISSAUGA, Ontario". However, at least now if your location is wrong, you can correct it but be prepared for one in the format: "CITY, Province". There are no options to leave it blank or put anything fake/custom, so don't log in if you want either.

I'm working with admin to see what other options there are. Stand by.
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Jan 11, 2008
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I just noticed my location is also erased. It's been there for years and I even noticed it a couple days ago. It said GTA, but it has just disappeared on its own.
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sillysimms wrote: I just noticed my location is also erased. It's been there for years and I even noticed it a couple days ago. It said GTA, but it has just disappeared on its own.
Mine too.

Edit:
Just added it back, there was a "0" in the location field.
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Mine used to do that, then all of a sudden it took. I still don't now why.
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My location changed. I've changed it back by going to my profile and "edit user options" but instead of changing it under location I clicked "Change city" on the top right in the "you are located in" section. Let's see if this sticks.
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GTA
I used to have GTA manually typed in as my location.

Now, I went into my profile and clicked on the option that you mentioned Ojam. It was set at Toronto. I realized there is no option to change that to "GTA". When I closed out of there "Toronto" had been filled in under 'location'. Each time I tried to change it to GTA and 'save changes'. It switches on its own back to Toronto.

Very strange. I figure I'll just put my location in my signature since there seem to be something wrong here.

Edit: And more interesting - My location does now say GTA. Even though when I look at the location box in my profile it currently says "Toronto" and won't change.
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I'm having the same problem and I hate it.


Also I can't fill out the interests/occupation without it flushing every few minutes.

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