# Site Feedback **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=10 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 11 --- ## [“Let’s Go Brandon” T shirt ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-go-brandon-t-shirt-ads/954088)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-go-brandon-t-shirt-ads/954088 "2021-11-14T17:23:21Z")
I know SDMB, like most sites, does not control what ads they display. But this is a bridge too far. Goodbye. --- ## [Today I learnt - how to unpin posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learnt-how-to-unpin-posts/954198)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learnt-how-to-unpin-posts/954198 "2021-11-11T20:17:47Z")
In this thread, I learnt that it’s possible to unpin posts that have been pinned by the moderators: This goes along with the earlier lesson that it’s possible to mute particular forums that I never go to. I would ju… --- ## [You Tube Videos in Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-videos-in-threads/953064)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-videos-in-threads/953064 "2021-10-26T22:02:47Z")
I was perusing a thread the other day, the Yakkety Sax one, and viewed some of the embedded videos. I’d hit the pause button and scroll down further to see another. After a few minutes the paused videos would start up a… --- ## [Accidental posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-posting/953109)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-posting/953109 "2021-10-24T20:07:32Z")
How do you delete a post? --- ## [Unseen page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unseen-page/953078)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unseen-page/953078 "2021-10-23T19:50:52Z")
There’s a new-ish feature in Discourse for a list of Unseen posts, posts that you haven’t yet seen. Near as I can tell, it’s kinda like the Latest listing, but it only shows threads with replies made after your join date… --- ## [Note that the search feature has changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-that-the-search-feature-has-changed/952935)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-that-the-search-feature-has-changed/952935 "2021-10-22T05:06:32Z")
The new Discourse search function has finally migrated here. Pay attention to what you’re clicking on or you’ll wind up searching the wrong forum/tag/user. --- ## [Interruption in reading threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686)
**Author:** [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interruption-in-reading-threads/951686 "2021-10-20T20:21:29Z")
While reading threads, the board has taken to booting me back up several (in some cases hundreds) of messages, forcing me to scroll back down to where I was currently reading. It seems to be random. What gives? --- ## [Scrolling Gets Stuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrolling-gets-stuck/950784)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrolling-gets-stuck/950784 "2021-10-19T04:31:09Z")
For the last week(ish) I’ve notice that the board gets stuck while scrolling. It doesn’t seem to matter which thread I’m in, I can scroll down to around 20 posts and then it just gets stuck. There is a kind of “window… --- ## [How does this banned poster from 17 years ago have an avatar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-banned-poster-from-17-years-ago-have-an-avatar/951232)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-banned-poster-from-17-years-ago-have-an-avatar/951232 "2021-10-18T21:39:00Z")
From an old thread someone linked to: @dorkusmalorkusmafia. We were still on vBulletin back then of course, long before Discourse. So how does he have an avatar? I seriously doubt that the avatar Greasemonkey script t… --- ## [Saved "Drafts" for posted comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-drafts-for-posted-comments/949786)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saved-drafts-for-posted-comments/949786 "2021-10-14T02:29:33Z")
Every once in a while, I post a comment, and later when I come back to the thread, my comment is there - but also there’s a saved draft identical to the comment that was posted. Not a big deal, but if there’s something … --- ## [Post count, threading messed up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-count-threading-messed-up/952114 "2021-10-11T18:29:05Z")
Look at this picture Notice the timeline bar on the right says there are 132 posts in the topic. But clearly you can see Cheesesteak’s post #133. And there have been three hour… --- ## [Post circles showing up on threads set to "normal"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-circles-showing-up-on-threads-set-to-normal/951461)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-circles-showing-up-on-threads-set-to-normal/951461 "2021-09-27T20:11:34Z")
In an attempt to clearly and rapidly identify topics I’ve posted in when checking the “latest” list, I have my preferences set to leave topics set to “normal” no matter how long I read them, so long as I haven’t posted i… --- ## [Getting a weird "refresh" popup on SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-weird-refresh-popup-on-sdmb/949681)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-weird-refresh-popup-on-sdmb/949681 "2021-09-22T23:41:43Z")
So, at random intervals, when reading threads here, the screens is darkened and a popup pops up. It reads “You were logged out” and there is a refresh button. If I hit the refresh button I am taken to a very weird versi… --- ## [Unable to "jump to later reply"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-jump-to-later-reply/948457)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-jump-to-later-reply/948457 "2021-09-10T17:41:28Z")
For some time now I’ve been unable to use the “jump to later reply” feature from Chrome. I’m talking about when under a post it says “X replies”, then you click the caron, then it shows a preview of the replies and you … --- ## [Suggested Topics display change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-topics-display-change/950291)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-topics-display-change/950291 "2021-09-09T20:21:48Z")
When the switch to the new software was made, Suggested Topics would differentiate between new posts in a topic, and ones that were there the last time I visited the thread. Example: A thread has 50 posts when I open i… --- ## [ToS default company name, email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-default-company-name-email/950225)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tos-default-company-name-email/950225 "2021-09-07T19:58:21Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/tos To use the forum, you must agree to these terms with company\_name, the company that runs the forum You may close your account at any time by e-mailing \. governin… --- ## [Canceling mouseovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canceling-mouseovers/949708)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canceling-mouseovers/949708 "2021-09-04T23:29:37Z")
A few days ago I started getting mouseovers. And I’m seeing the first couple of lines of locked threads. This is a major distraction. I thought mouseovers were optional. How do I cancel them? \[And no, Discourse, this to… --- ## [Is there a way to remove forums from my "latest" section?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-forums-from-my-latest-section/949265)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-forums-from-my-latest-section/949265 "2021-09-04T21:11:00Z")
I pretty much never go into thread games anymore and when someone goes in and basically makes my latest posts section nothing but those threads I get annoyed … anyway I can stop that? i don’t want to ignore the forum en… --- ## [It's hard to see the difference between "Oct 17" and "Oct '17"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hard-to-see-the-difference-between-oct-17-and-oct-17/923377)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hard-to-see-the-difference-between-oct-17-and-oct-17/923377 "2021-09-02T13:57:00Z")
The way that the dates are written to show when a post was made can cause confusion. Sometimes an old thread started years ago, lets say on October 3, 2018, gets bumped. Then the posting date shows as “Oct '18.” But the… --- ## [Is there a way to make a thread show posts in chronological order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-a-thread-show-posts-in-chronological-order/947152)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-a-thread-show-posts-in-chronological-order/947152 "2021-08-27T21:58:24Z")
A couple of threads recently got merged into one: Now you have posts all jumbled up chronologically. I assume there is a way to change my settings to make the posts go in proper order, does anyone know how to do that… --- ## [Quote quick command?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-quick-command/946611)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-quick-command/946611 "2021-08-23T05:00:55Z")
I don’t know what they are called: the single-click functions at the top of the text input box that do Quote whole post, boldface, italics, hyperlink, etc. Is there a way to add one of these that would produce the quote… --- ## [Receiving Notifications for Threads Not Posted in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-notifications-for-threads-not-posted-in/949111)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-notifications-for-threads-not-posted-in/949111 "2021-08-21T00:31:09Z")
I get notifications for threads in which I’ve posted, no problem there. But oddly, I’ve started sometimes getting notifications for threads I’ve only looked at and not posted. It seems completely random, does not happen … --- ## [So, when can we hope for the ads to go away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-can-we-hope-for-the-ads-to-go-away/913086)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-can-we-hope-for-the-ads-to-go-away/913086 "2021-08-13T13:22:07Z")
Do I give it a month? Another week? What? I’m not prepared to accept any suggestion that they be permitted to remain. --- ## [Forum select button adding a search field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-select-button-adding-a-search-field/948259)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-select-button-adding-a-search-field/948259 "2021-08-13T03:30:49Z")
Every time I click the button at the top left of a forum to switch to a different forum, a search field appears (with an ‘f’ in it, too) that obscures the top line of the dropdown list. I don’t recall this happening befo… --- ## [Difficulty getting “replied” posts \[trouble with notifications\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-getting-replied-posts-trouble-with-notifications/948204)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-getting-replied-posts-trouble-with-notifications/948204 "2021-08-12T20:22:24Z")
Starting yesterday, I had difficulties receiving the list of “replies” to involved threads - posted as a number over ones icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Unsure if this has been an issue for anyone else or… --- ## [What happened to the question archives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-question-archives/948475)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-question-archives/948475 "2021-08-11T23:14:45Z")
Ok when I joined here somewhere between 2k and 2k1 you could start at Cecil’s first column and go from there just by clicking a “next” arrow or sometimes it would post the next question with an arrow … Why did that cha… --- ## [Threads are in the dungeon... err.. coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-are-in-the-dungeon-err-coming/947515)
**Author:** [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-are-in-the-dungeon-err-coming/947515 "2021-07-29T07:09:55Z")
This I like: “Threads are conversations that take place under an original message, held in their own space away from the main chat.” This I don’t like: “If a thread is inactive for 24 hours, it’s archived to prevent a l… --- ## [It's the return of the Red Last Visit Line!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-return-of-the-red-last-visit-line/946567)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-return-of-the-red-last-visit-line/946567 "2021-07-21T22:28:42Z")
It had been MIA for quite a number of months, at least for me. --- ## [Question: is there a way to add extra buttons in the textbox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-is-there-a-way-to-add-extra-buttons-in-the-textbox/945861)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-is-there-a-way-to-add-extra-buttons-in-the-textbox/945861 "2021-07-16T05:17:30Z")
I mean, using the existing options in Discourse. Is there a way to define buttons that would surround selected text with additional markup? There was in vBulletin, without any real plugins. There are some it would be ni… --- ## [Why am I getting blue and grey circles for threads I've never read\>](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-blue-and-grey-circles-for-threads-ive-never-read/944699)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-blue-and-grey-circles-for-threads-ive-never-read/944699 "2021-07-16T04:03:01Z")
The blue and grey circles with a number are to show that someone has posted to a thread I’ve posted in, correct? The past few days I’ve been getting them for threads I’ve never even opened, let alone posted in. Anyone … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=11)