Something odd here

stillrunners said
Oh......can't help anyone unless I spend money......guess I'll just stay on the other sites that don't care if your Gold or not....at 68yrs old....I'm on the Uncle Sam train.

No, they are talking about what used to be called "PM" or private messaging, and are now STUPIDLY called "conversations."

The posts like this one that you make is no limit

Sorry, no idea what the answer is to your login problem. I use Linux Mint/ Firefox, and most of the time just leave it "logged in."