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Macca
19th June 2009, 9:59
Please enable reader comments Keith!
Anonymouse
19th June 2009, 10:00
Hi Keith
Looks like reader comments are disabled? as of 10:00am.
hamz0rs
19th June 2009, 10:33
I am with jay. No comments is such an exaggerated cap.
Join me at the chat at http://drop.io/formula1fanatic there’s an ongoing investigation to contact arun india or rich or Keith to let them know what’s going on.
Varun
19th June 2009, 10:01
Reader comments disabled??
SamS
19th June 2009, 10:02
readers cant comment!
don
19th June 2009, 11:54
hi gano
JUGNU
19th June 2009, 10:04
Hi everybody
please give link
hamz0rs
19th June 2009, 10:06
comments are disabled :(
Tiomkin
19th June 2009, 10:07
I’m gagged!! Please enable the comments.
JUGNU
19th June 2009, 10:08
http://www.justin.tv/dptvnet5
found one link but can still a better one in english would be nice.
Toby Bushby
19th June 2009, 10:09
Any video?
Tiomkin
19th June 2009, 10:10
See you guys tommorow… hope the comments work then.
hamz0rs
19th June 2009, 10:10
nice blog today… not!!!
Enable comments :(
SamS
19th June 2009, 10:11
i want to make comments ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Anonymouse
19th June 2009, 10:14
Jeeze, the 2 people on the blog think they are the only two posting……How can they post and we can’t?
Roger Carballo AKA Architrion
19th June 2009, 10:15
hey Arun, look at the replys…. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO MAKE COMMENTS!!!!!
Cliff
19th June 2009, 10:15
Video link??? Anyone?
gabal
19th June 2009, 10:17
english commentary here – http://www.justin.tv/dongizongi8
Del
19th June 2009, 10:21
cmon already!!
someone send a txt to 5live asking them to pass the message to enable comments on the blog :)
SamS
19th June 2009, 10:23
was thinking the same thing!
Del
19th June 2009, 10:24
or send em a tweet *spit*
Jay
19th June 2009, 10:30
So do we like breakaway & start another blog…?
Cliff
19th June 2009, 10:36
Funniest thing i’ve heard all day
Mark S
19th June 2009, 10:37
I’ve tried breaking away to sidepostcast’s live blog. But the overall result is two blogs that don’t work for me. A sign of things to come?
TommyB
19th June 2009, 10:34
Someone on twitter is saying 5Live are taking FIAs side as supposed to FOTA?
Are they listening to the fans?! Or are they under contract because they have F1 for the next so many years!
Del
19th June 2009, 10:38
blue flowviz on the macca?? thought I saw it on the rear diffuser during installation lap, and can still see it on inside of front left
hamz0rs
19th June 2009, 10:41
Come to the CHAT at http://drop.io/formula1fanatic and let’s find a way to let them know that comments don’t work. Any info is good.
Oliver
19th June 2009, 10:49
Seems these 3 are imitating Max and dominating the airwaves.
hamz0rs
19th June 2009, 11:03
To get us used to no Silverstone next year, for now just no comments.
harisim
19th June 2009, 11:07
Hi all. No comments for us.
Roger Carballo AKA Architrion
19th June 2009, 11:11
last innovation on social networks…..
the only chat with no comments allowed….. wooooaaaa
Kenny77
19th June 2009, 11:15
How come i can’t post comments on th elive blog right now? It says it’s been blocked? What’s the deal?
ajokay
19th June 2009, 11:39
Is that the James Allen moderating in there?
Tom Watson
19th June 2009, 11:44
I don’t thinks he’s a moderator, I believe it is just his twitter updates
ajokay
19th June 2009, 11:47
Ahh I see. That Twitter thing gets itself everywhere now, doesn’t it?
paul/h
19th June 2009, 12:00
bye,bye,berni/max you bunch of lossers(i’m dislextic)
qu?if manchester utd,liverpool,etc left the premership
were would the fans follow?people/fans follow teams/drivers.not cuicuits or sponsors and not max!!!!!!!!long live fota!!!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
19th June 2009, 12:19
Guys I’m really sorry about the problem with the comments I’ll have a look what went wrong.
Chua
19th June 2009, 12:27
Hey Keith, it actually happened once before. Think it was one of the Barcelona pratices. You weren’t around that time though, but the mods managed to realise something was wrong about 13 mins in :D
Hakka
19th June 2009, 13:01
The first option in this section:
http://www.coveritlive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=195
is what happened. I.e. Reader comments were turned off.
rich
19th June 2009, 13:11
Um… but how come Arun’s comments were appearing?
Hakka
19th June 2009, 13:58
I would speculate there was a brief window when reader comments were indeed turned on, but were quickly turned off by a software glitch or human error – and Arun fortuitously managed to hit the website at the right time.
But your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that it said something like “The Host has turned off reader comments” in the area where I can usually type my inane comments.
Austin
19th June 2009, 13:31
See Keith, this is what happens when you leave us and go galavanting at race tracks and partying with Ferrari. Just make sure it doesn’t happen on race day or there will be hundreds of “wheres my blog” on here. Ask Kimi whats his favourite ice lollie, is magnum or cornettos?
P.s. Only joking by the way :-). I’m glad your having fun with the f1fanatics.
TommyB
19th June 2009, 12:54
5live are taking the side of F1 and not showing what 90% of fans believe in. Very annoying
rich
19th June 2009, 12:59
Sorry girls/guys — I was modding the session and no-one was appearing except for Arun — I didn’t change any settings for the CIL blog so I don’t know what went tits up – anyway I am on mod duty for FP2 — will make sure (as much as I can) that everyone will get to comment…
Again apologies to all – will try harder next time… :)
Rich
TommyB
19th June 2009, 13:01
Haha I was watching you and Arun wondering where everyone was! – You wollys!
Hakka
19th June 2009, 14:01
Yeah, the last time this happened the mods were a little faster on the uptake ;) . No worries folks, it isn’t called Friday Practice for nothing! Glad we can get all the bugs out today instead of raceday.
Martin
19th June 2009, 13:42
About time too!!!
Markus-Edelgard
29th July 2009, 20:56
I cannot believe this will work!