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Repeatedly logging me out

Every time I close my browser, I'm logged out of Instructables. Closing all Ibles tabs doesn't do it, but closing the whole browser does, very consistently. Does this on FF5, both XP and Win7, and I haven't changed any settings recently. The ad-filled, restricted, locked-down, freebie version of the site gets annoying when it pops up as my homepage, I think that's going to change...

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pedalmonkey says: Oct 13, 2011. 12:19 PM
Now it's not doing it anymore. But there's still been no explanation from the instructables gods.
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Lithium Rain in reply to pedalmonkeyOct 13, 2011. 2:27 PM
And (in all likelihood) there never will be.
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CameronSS (author) in reply to Lithium RainOct 13, 2011. 2:59 PM
Party-pooper. Combine your and Kman's powers and you get a party-scooper.
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Kiteman in reply to pedalmonkeyOct 13, 2011. 12:54 PM
An update is being pushed through at the moment. Maybe that fixed it?

(What's my celestial rank? Demi-god? Arch-angel? Janitor?)
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CameronSS (author) in reply to KitemanOct 13, 2011. 1:02 PM
Pooper-scooper?
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Kiteman in reply to CameronSSOct 13, 2011. 1:03 PM
Upstart slapper?
pedalmonkey says: Oct 11, 2011. 9:57 PM
Me too. I'm a Mac.
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JamesRPatrick says: Sep 27, 2011. 11:14 AM
It logs me out as well, but I'm using Chrome which remembers my password. I just have to click [login].
klincecum says: Sep 15, 2011. 2:22 PM
Still doing it in all browsers.
webman3802 says: Aug 29, 2011. 7:50 AM
Is anyone working on this? It's been going on for a few weeks now...
SeamusDubh says: Aug 22, 2011. 7:53 PM
This issue is starting to get worse.
Now I'm getting random user avatars (not mine) showing up at the top of the page showing I'm logged in.
And I'm getting logged in/out across tabs. ( I'll be logged in and open a few instructables in a few tabs and get logged in and out randomly across them.)
I have to re-login to these and refresh returning my avatar and instructable viewing to normal.
Till I navigate away and come back and or start a new "fresh" browser session.
Then it starts up all over again.
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CameronSS (author) in reply to SeamusDubhAug 22, 2011. 7:56 PM
Avatars sounds like a separate bug. Check the current report list, and if it's not there, file one separately.
sml156 says: Aug 15, 2011. 12:22 PM
It's been doing that to me to for the last month I use ie9
It's very aggrivating
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CameronSS (author) in reply to sml156Aug 15, 2011. 12:39 PM
"I use ie9 It's very aggrivating"

I can imagine that IE9 would be very aggravating, why don't you try upgrading to FF5? :P
sml156 in reply to CameronSSAug 15, 2011. 1:38 PM
Why because I don't listen to all the unfounded hype,lies,misinformation, about other browsers,

May I direct you to
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/ie-9-catches-most-web-based-malware-attacks-test-shows-081511

where you may find some unbiased truth
Oh And maybee you would want to ugrade to FF6? :P
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The Ideanator in reply to sml156Aug 19, 2011. 1:13 PM
Have you heard of adblock plus and noscript? I haven't seen a single ad on ibles (or anywhere else for that matter), logged in or not and all the little nasties I had before noscript are gone. Perhaps ie9 does catch the most, but looking at the url and deciding the legit-ness of the potential source of nasties for myself reduces the need for FF to catch most of them. It also helps that I rarely go to those ridiculous sites that give you malware.

(and not using windows reeeeeeally helps)
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CameronSS (author) in reply to sml156Aug 15, 2011. 2:07 PM
Pro Internet tip, ":P" means "kidding."

And Firefox is easier to upgrade via the built-in updater rather than a fresh download via FTP. I can wait a couple days.
Vermin says: Aug 19, 2011. 12:39 AM
Yep the site no longer remembers my login details (not facebook), using FF6.0.

And when I do log in to view all steps on the one page it redirects to the pro sign-up page.

Perhaps this is not to be a bug but a sneaky advertising campaign. If so - it's a great way to alienate your users.


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StumpChunkman says: Aug 16, 2011. 10:02 AM
Are you using a regular login or a facebook login?
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CameronSS (author) in reply to StumpChunkmanAug 16, 2011. 10:04 AM
Same regular login I've been using for the last 4.5 years. I'm trying my darndest to pretend the Facebook login isn't really there.
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Kiteman says: Aug 14, 2011. 2:55 AM
It's started logging me out occasionally I use this link:

http://www.instructables.com/community?categoryGroup=all&category=all

It's happened three or four times in the last two days (most recently five minutes before this post).

FF4 & XP.
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Sunbanks says: Aug 13, 2011. 9:45 PM
I noticed it does that to me in Opera too :(
R.A.T.M says: Aug 13, 2011. 8:22 PM
dose the same in google chrome
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AndyGadget says: Aug 13, 2011. 10:10 AM
Likewise - Win7 FF5.0.
SeamusDubh says: Aug 12, 2011. 9:06 PM
I'm getting the same.
I'm using win7 ff5.01.
This issue popped up for me a bout a week ago.
I get keep having to relogin every time I depart and come back to Instructables within the same browser session and or fresh browser session.
webman3802 says: Aug 11, 2011. 1:38 PM
It does the same to me, IE9 on Win7. This seemed to start happening a few days ago. Maybe the cookies are set to expire immediately?
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splazem says: Aug 10, 2011. 5:28 AM
It does the same thing for me (I'm on Safari on a mac). One thing that does work is if you press the sign up tab, then it says you already have an account (it shows yours) and then you will be logged in.
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The Ideanator says: Aug 10, 2011. 4:58 AM
Strange, strange indeed.
I'm in Ubuntu on FF3 and its only done that rarely,and nothing recently. Maybe its you?
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KentsOkay says: Aug 9, 2011. 10:42 PM
Does the same to me, even in Chrome.
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