# Site Feedback **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=6 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 7 --- ## [YouTube links randomly re-starting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-links-randomly-re-starting/982532 "2023-06-28T20:06:54Z")
Most recently, this happened while reading the Mandalorian thread. I had opened a YT link and watched it part way down the thread. I finished, hit pause, and went on scrolling. Several times, as I was trying to read, … --- ## [I wish this site used serif fonts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965 "2023-06-28T07:56:34Z")
I keep reading about some guy named Al. He seems to be in a lot of threads. More recently, there’s a thread with two guys named Al having a fight, in a site owned by a third guy named Al. I’m just surprised Al Gore is… --- ## [Why does every category & thread I open now come pre-highlighted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-category-thread-i-open-now-come-pre-highlighted/986138)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-category-thread-i-open-now-come-pre-highlighted/986138 "2023-06-27T19:48:18Z")
It started all of a sudden today, it persists after rebooting. --- ## [Minimum Post Length Is Set Too Long](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-post-length-is-set-too-long/982772)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-post-length-is-set-too-long/982772 "2023-06-23T15:17:59Z")
Sometimes the appropriate content for a post is a simple “yes” or “no.” Or even “Ew.” Please give us the option of posting appropriate responses. ETA: WITHOUT having to go through elaborate coding workarounds like the … --- ## [Tweets not embedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-not-embedding/985491)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-not-embedding/985491 "2023-06-16T02:52:26Z")
Tweets from Twitter are no longer embedding in SDMB threads. Instead, the URL is displayed. e.g. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1668300888211849217 --- ## [Close button not a button anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-button-not-a-button-anymore/985575)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-button-not-a-button-anymore/985575 "2023-06-15T17:19:12Z")
Is it just me ? Under the edit pane, there used to be 2 buttons “Reply” (or “+ Create Topic”) and “Close”… Now the “Close” one is just text ! Or was it always that way and i’ve only just noticed ? --- ## [What causes this weird scroll overlap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-this-weird-scroll-overlap/985163)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-this-weird-scroll-overlap/985163 "2023-06-11T15:48:18Z")
Using Firefox on Windows 10, the posts field sometimes scrolls up and superimposes over the banner field. I haven’t figured out a cause and effect, doesn’t happen all the time, still happens with extensions turned off. … --- ## [Imgur links not showing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-links-not-showing/984904)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-links-not-showing/984904 "2023-06-03T00:33:41Z")
Evidently imgur has gotten to be a tad popular as shown by a couple of users posting links to photos in imgur. Sadly, the pictures do not show for me. Another odd thing is that the imgur links themselves don’t show even … --- ## [What's going on with the hamburger menu? {May 25, 2023}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-hamburger-menu-may-25-2023/984561)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-hamburger-menu-may-25-2023/984561 "2023-05-31T21:35:21Z")
I just came off a 4-hour straight teaching binge. Before the binge, the hamburger menu showed what it had always shown (number of new threads, number of unread threads, number of messages, and a couple of other things. N… --- ## [Vulnerability in Discourse software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulnerability-in-discourse-software/984796)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulnerability-in-discourse-software/984796 "2023-05-31T16:53:42Z")
This is to create a new thread for an issue that was found in the Test Thread in ATMB. This was in response to the following post: --- ## [Searching for threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-threads/984793)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-threads/984793 "2023-05-31T00:50:32Z")
When we had the former format one could search for thread topics by using a search function and adding desired search words, kind of like Google. I have never really learned how to use this new format as well, cand some… --- ## [How to reset last-seen-post cursor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reset-last-seen-post-cursor/984480)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reset-last-seen-post-cursor/984480 "2023-05-23T21:55:08Z")
I use the unread feature to track long threads I’ve already read part of. So I might first notice a thread with 150 posts. I might read 20, set it aside, read 20 more two hours later, etc. Conveniently, Discourse reme… --- ## [How do I (successfully) Mute an Entire SDMB Category](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-successfully-mute-an-entire-sdmb-category/983778)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-successfully-mute-an-entire-sdmb-category/983778 "2023-05-14T15:40:28Z")
4 or 5 months ago I finally had had enough of seeing posts from one of the categories here (e.g. Great Debates, Factual Questions, etc.) so I looked up how to “mute” the whole category. I proceeded to do so but afterwar… --- ## [User icon toolbar now (worse as) a sidebar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-icon-toolbar-now-worse-as-a-sidebar/983263)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-icon-toolbar-now-worse-as-a-sidebar/983263 "2023-05-07T00:02:59Z")
If you click your user icon in the top right of the screen, you get a list of threads you’re watching. There used to be a toolbar at the top of it to switch between watched threads, messages, and a couple other things I … --- ## [The different kinds of tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-different-kinds-of-tags/983356)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-different-kinds-of-tags/983356 "2023-04-30T05:36:02Z")
So, everyone knows that there are (at least) three different kinds of tags used in Discourse. There are Markup tags, which use things like asterisks and underscores (which apparently do the same thing; I’d have thought … --- ## [Vincent Theme not working again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vincent-theme-not-working-again/980298)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vincent-theme-not-working-again/980298 "2023-04-27T12:04:17Z")
This started for me yesterday afternoon I believe. I’ve only checked it on my computer, but with both Firefox and Chrome with the same results. So that should rule out fa browser issue. My issue is that in the notificat… --- ## ["Your topic is similar to..." Any way to burn, kill, send it to hell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-any-way-to-burn-kill-send-it-to-hell/982331)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-topic-is-similar-to-any-way-to-burn-kill-send-it-to-hell/982331 "2023-04-25T08:48:03Z")
Pretty much any time I start a new topic, up this infernal thing comes, even if the topic I am formulating isn’t similar, at all, to the ones that the idiot software keeps insisting it is. Any way to turn off this board… --- ## [How do I find out what link I shared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-what-link-i-shared/959442)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-out-what-link-i-shared/959442 "2023-04-10T15:15:56Z")
Apparently I just earned a “First Share” badge, without realizing that I’d shared something. Now, I do recall replying to a number of posts and quoting said posts in my response; however, I do not recall the first share.… --- ## [Why does the delete code now have pink background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-delete-code-now-have-pink-background/982232 "2023-04-06T21:24:55Z")
Like this: Why does the delete code now have strike through and pink background? It used to just do strike-through, but now it’s got the pink background. How come? --- ## [Two problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems/981558)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems/981558 "2023-03-31T02:39:11Z")
1. Sometimes, though not always, when I reply to a post with a numbered list it gets changed to a bulleted list. Changing quoted material is forbidden by forum rules. 2. Sometimes – again, not always – when I highlight… --- ## [If This Page Acts Funny, Try This!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-this-page-acts-funny-try-this/981788)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-this-page-acts-funny-try-this/981788 "2023-03-28T15:36:51Z")
After composing a question, I found there was no “Create Topic” button by which to submit my question. If others experience this (and use Chrome), you may have to update your version of Chrome. In fact, you should be see… --- ## [How do you post pictures from sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-pictures-from-sites/981428)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-pictures-from-sites/981428 "2023-03-22T13:16:34Z")
Ok I’m in a thread about things from years ago that young people wouldn’t know how to use today and I found a stock photo of what I’m discussing in the thread but even tho people are posting pics of what they’re talking … --- ## [New Emoticons / Emojis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-emoticons-emojis/980663)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-emoticons-emojis/980663 "2023-03-06T15:44:36Z")
Today I noticed the supply of emoticons / emojis has just about doubled. I’m posting this both to call other’s attention to the change and to say “Thanks!” I don’t know how long ago this occurred, but it’s a welcome add… --- ## [Notification of thread reply highlighted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-thread-reply-highlighted/980597)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-thread-reply-highlighted/980597 "2023-03-02T17:03:53Z")
Whenever I get a note that a thread I’m in has had a new posted-whether it’s in reply to me or not-it’s always highlighted in white with gold print and is hard to read, as opposed to the black with blue type of a message… --- ## [Notification loss weirdness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-loss-weirdness/980441)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-loss-weirdness/980441 "2023-02-27T16:42:03Z")
My notifications are acting weird. If I get a notification for a certain Topic (i.e. thread), and go check it out, and then get another notification in that same Topic, the other one disappears. In the past, notificatio… --- ## [LaTeX support broken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latex-support-broken/978857)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latex-support-broken/978857 "2023-02-26T18:42:19Z")
I was looking at a post of mine, and noticed that the LaTeX bits are all now on their own line instead of inline: Let me try this again. \\pi, and \\frac{1}{\\pi}, and e^\\pi are all supposed to be inline with the text he… --- ## [Load Parent Post issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/load-parent-post-issue/980387)
**Author:** [@Topologist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Topologist)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/load-parent-post-issue/980387 "2023-02-26T17:47:57Z")
An issue that’s popped up very recently: When a post is a reply to another, and the “Load parent post” curly arrow is present, clicking on it loads the referenced post in a box that extends too far to the right. This hap… --- ## [Youtube looping play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-looping-play/980146)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-looping-play/980146 "2023-02-22T22:37:32Z")
So, if I play a Youtube video embedded in a post, it will restart automatically. That’s fine, I can click pause/stop. But then, at some time in the future (after I’ve scrolled down the thread) it will restart (and loop).… --- ## [Can we have all the active format tags in the UI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-all-the-active-format-tags-in-the-ui/980012)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-all-the-active-format-tags-in-the-ui/980012 "2023-02-20T16:14:26Z")
@codinghorror There are more tags that can be used. I discovered \[u\], which I think is a BB tag. \< br\> works as well so at least one html tag works. I realize the window for composing is small and the bar at the top can… --- ## [Discourse Classic not working correctly on Samsung Galaxy Phone but fine on PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-classic-not-working-correctly-on-samsung-galaxy-phone-but-fine-on-pc/980036)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-classic-not-working-correctly-on-samsung-galaxy-phone-but-fine-on-pc/980036 "2023-02-19T13:30:13Z")
Hunting around I found on the menu an option for Mobile View or Desktop View, clicking Mobile fix the issue for me. Relating this here in case anyone else experiences the same issue. Top bar is off, so upper right widg… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=7)