When I get the issue, most of the time I can rectify it by putting the focus back on the address bar and pressing Enter.

This reloads the page. It seems to be handled differently than just clicking the Refresh / Reload button.

Why did this discussion show up at the top of the discussions for me and it looked like a new discussion.

It was only after I made the latest comment that I noticed I had made a comment previously

I experienced the same thing. In addition, you cannot send files easily.

It's good, in a way, to know I'm not alone !

@Alice Did you get a reply from the technicians ?

@ Nikola Yes, I've had those error messages as well.

@ John You seem to have suffered a severe form of this affliction. As you say, it seems that they're constantly

working on the site in situ which seems to be interfering with normal function.

@Tom Yes, it just seems random - sometimes it works, sometimes not. I tried double clicking on the Italki logo . .

and I got my profile !

@Надежда You too ! I haven't tried F5 yet, but I do sometimes get the "Network disconnected" message.

@Beth You've hit the nail on the head ! I wonder whether they know the dictum 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

In past I didn't have an access to my private messages that were older than 6 month or so. That was the italki policy. Now I can see much older messages, but it seems that not all persons I have contacted. They are changing their policies, in my opinion. In Profile -> Settings -> Privacy a button "Download my public data" has appeared. On clicking on it you will have pdf-document, containing data from your profile, your settings, and statistics, but not all that you ever published on italki, and that still stays publicly. That's a missing in policy, I think.