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Fla Dem

(23,723 posts)
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 10:16 AM Oct 2020

Anyone else getting "403 Forbidden" page when clicking on a post?

What is a 403 Forbidden Error?
The 403 Forbidden Error happens when the web page (or other resource) that you’re trying to open in your web browser is a resource that you’re not allowed to access. It’s called a 403 error because that’s the HTTP status code that the web server uses to describe that kind of error. You usually get this error for one of two reasons. The first is that the owners of the web server have properly set up access permissions, and that you’re really not allowed access to the resource. The second reason is that the owners of the web server have improperly set up permissions and you’re getting denied access when you really shouldn’t be.

https://www.howtogeek.com/357785/what-is-a-403-forbidden-error-and-how-can-i-fix-it/


Have gotten the message a few times already this morning. But then I'll click on the post again and "voila" the page opens. Happened a few times over the past week. Just wonder if it's the site or somethings wacky with my system. Although I'm not getting the error message anywhere else.
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Anyone else getting "403 Forbidden" page when clicking on a post? (Original Post) Fla Dem Oct 2020 OP
Yes soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
No flibbitygiblets Oct 2020 #2
Yes LunaSea Oct 2020 #3
Occasionally. we can do it Oct 2020 #4
Got that A Moment Ago Clicking On 'Latest', Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #5
Yes, it's happened to me several times. Yesterday EarlG posted about it Rhiannon12866 Oct 2020 #6
Thanks so much Rhiannon, did not see EarlG's post. Fla Dem Oct 2020 #8
I missed it too, but someone else also pointed it out to me Rhiannon12866 Oct 2020 #9
Oh thank you! I missed that and was afraid someone was testing out another attack Lisa0825 Oct 2020 #19
Yes. Golden Raisin Oct 2020 #7
Yes here and there. underpants Oct 2020 #10
Yes. A few times yesterday. hedda_foil Oct 2020 #11
Yes blueinredohio Oct 2020 #12
Yes, once today Marthe48 Oct 2020 #13
yup, 2x in 12 hrs, click again and it works... nt mitch96 Oct 2020 #14
Yes, but when I refresh the page it goes away. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #15
Yes, two times this morning. nt Nay Oct 2020 #16
Yes. Pretty often. Very irritating. nt COLGATE4 Oct 2020 #17
Yes, I just got one a moment ago and had a flashback to 4 years ago! Lisa0825 Oct 2020 #18
yes Skittles Oct 2020 #20
Yes, once today lillypaddle Oct 2020 #21
Couple of times yesterday. Aristus Oct 2020 #22
Frequently. Niagara Oct 2020 #23

Rhiannon12866

(205,823 posts)
6. Yes, it's happened to me several times. Yesterday EarlG posted about it
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 10:22 AM
Oct 2020

Said it's "nothing malicious," has something to do with work that Elad is doing. It also was happening several weeks ago, same reason. It's a PIA, but it's DU, not you.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214299115#post2

Rhiannon12866

(205,823 posts)
9. I missed it too, but someone else also pointed it out to me
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 10:31 AM
Oct 2020

Earlier today, I just couldn't make one post without getting one of those 403 errors.

Aristus

(66,436 posts)
22. Couple of times yesterday.
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 05:12 PM
Oct 2020

I didn't panic. I just assumed the boys in the back room were testing out anti-hacking programs in preparation for Election Day.

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