# Site Feedback **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=9 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 10 --- ## [NBA players and spellcheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-players-and-spellcheck/962589)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-players-and-spellcheck/962589 "2022-04-11T18:26:28Z")
I must compliment whoever’s responsible for the Dope’s spell check. I frequently post in the National Basketball Association thread, and have never had a red line appear under any NBA player’s name spelled correctly, no… --- ## [Soft Limit to Ignore List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-limit-to-ignore-list/961705)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-limit-to-ignore-list/961705 "2022-04-07T01:19:07Z")
I have noticed, on both my tablet (iPad with safari) and PC (using chrome) that when the ignore list reaches about 50 there is a soft limit of sorts. By soft limit, I mean that I can’t add people to it “the usual way.” B… --- ## [Weird technical problem (autofill)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-technical-problem-autofill/962312)
**Author:** [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-technical-problem-autofill/962312 "2022-04-05T21:14:04Z")
I often post from a Fire tablet. When I tap the Reply button in a thread, a keypad appears at the bottom of my tablet for entering text. In the past, suggested words appeared at the top of my keypad as I was typing, allo… --- ## [Bizarre number of posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-number-of-posts/961780)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-number-of-posts/961780 "2022-03-27T22:13:32Z")
I see the following on a thread I have not followed: It thinks there are 132 new posts on a thread with only 64 posts in it. I know we get spam at times, but it seems unlikely we got… --- ## [Cannot drag-and-drop text into a reply window. Also (c) and (r) trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-drag-and-drop-text-into-a-reply-window-also-c-and-r-trouble/959392)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-drag-and-drop-text-into-a-reply-window-also-c-and-r-trouble/959392 "2022-03-27T22:12:38Z")
@codinghorror , I just noticed this: I cannot drag-and-drop text from another place into a reply that I am composing. Copy-and-paste works fine, but not drag-and-drop. While creating this thread, I see that I also can… --- ## [Discourse/SDMB and browser history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-sdmb-and-browser-history/961340)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-sdmb-and-browser-history/961340 "2022-03-27T06:32:43Z")
I usually read the SDMB in the Chrome browser on my phone. This morning I went to look in my browser history for a non-SDMB article that I had read yesterday, and saw that my browser history was full of SDMB links. And n… --- ## [Is there a way to delete or edit my own post/thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-delete-or-edit-my-own-post-thread/949306)
**Author:** [@Bananabug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bananabug)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-delete-or-edit-my-own-post-thread/949306 "2022-03-27T02:48:24Z")
Apparently there is none? Was for 5 minutes once… Is there something or someone that helps in the running of the site that can? --- ## [Avatars disappearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-disappearing/961466)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-disappearing/961466 "2022-03-22T19:58:03Z")
I notice this afternoon that avatars are not displaying for many posters who had them yesterday. Has anyone else noticed this? --- ## [Ignored User preferences reset?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignored-user-preferences-reset/960513)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignored-user-preferences-reset/960513 "2022-03-19T20:21:25Z")
I am bringing this up here to see if it is happening to any other users: As of today 3/5/2022, when reviewing threads, I saw posts from users I had placed on a perpetual ignore. I then checked under my Profile \> Prefer… --- ## [Name retraction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-retraction/961046)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-retraction/961046 "2022-03-15T17:41:13Z")
Name redaction made at request of poster to protect identity. (Aspenglow) I did not know that was an option, and then to list the name?? --- ## [Keyboard command # stopped working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-command-stopped-working/956659)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-command-stopped-working/956659 "2022-03-11T00:56:45Z")
I noticed this for the first time just a few days ago. The keyboard # command pops up a little dialog box, in which you can enter a desired post number, and it jumps directly to that post. This has stopped working. No… --- ## [Why no underline/spoiler/etc. formatting 'blocks' in the posting dialog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-underline-spoiler-etc-formatting-blocks-in-the-posting-dialog/959737)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-underline-spoiler-etc-formatting-blocks-in-the-posting-dialog/959737 "2022-03-10T19:35:23Z")
In this dialog interface, as I type, I see a ‘Quote,’ ‘Bold,’ ‘Italicized,’ ‘Link,’ ‘Blockquote,’ ‘Code,’ ‘Upload’ quick-blocks, and a few more at the top of the box. Why no “spoiler,” “underline” or other formatting ta… --- ## [Spell check](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check/960684)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-check/960684 "2022-03-09T12:49:58Z")
I may be a technologically impaired senior, but i cannot seem to get soell chrck to wirk on yhis biard. --- ## [Annoying thread scrolling problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-thread-scrolling-problem/960308 "2022-03-03T21:37:52Z")
For a while now (months, at least), I have been getting a weird problem where I’ll visit a thread, scroll through a dozen posts or so, and then suddenly Discourse scrolls me back up to the place where I’d started reading… --- ## [Personal Data Collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-data-collection/960054)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-data-collection/960054 "2022-02-24T15:06:43Z")
When I come to the StraightDope website, I get the StraightDope Banner at the top with a horizontal menu below that and then a big ad. These randomly selected ads are clearly profiling me for some items I have viewed are… --- ## [Scrolling jumps around quite a bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrolling-jumps-around-quite-a-bit/956803)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrolling-jumps-around-quite-a-bit/956803 "2022-02-10T18:21:46Z")
On larger threads with 3000+ posts while scrolling through them the site will suddenly skip up or down often and I’ll lose my place. This happens for me often on the Movies You’ve Seen Recently thread in CS. Is this a … --- ## ["Draft is being edited ...."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-is-being-edited/917328)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draft-is-being-edited/917328 "2022-02-10T16:36:18Z")
I’m trying to write a post, and keep getting this message: “Draft is being edited in another window. Please reload this page.” What is causing this? Fortunately, when I reload the page the work in progress is still th… --- ## [Why can I quote some parts of a post but not others on iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-quote-some-parts-of-a-post-but-not-others-on-iphone/957274)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-i-quote-some-parts-of-a-post-but-not-others-on-iphone/957274 "2022-02-10T16:35:01Z")
I sometimes use my iPhone to reply to posts. Sometimes the parts of a post that I’m trying to quote will come up and I can reply, and in other cases they don’t. It seems to be random. In the thread on college football… --- ## [Problem with poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-poll/958877)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-poll/958877 "2022-02-05T22:41:54Z")
I posted this poll. For giggles, I chose a pie graph to represent the results. When I click Show Results, the pie is so big I can’t even read it. I can see a fingernail of it and part of the legend below it, and I c… --- ## [Do I really have to scroll all the way to the bottom manually on my cell phone to put in a new Post in the thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-have-to-scroll-all-the-way-to-the-bottom-manually-on-my-cell-phone-to-put-in-a-new-post-in-the-thread/941911)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-have-to-scroll-all-the-way-to-the-bottom-manually-on-my-cell-phone-to-put-in-a-new-post-in-the-thread/941911 "2022-02-05T03:35:58Z")
The title says it all. --- ## [What's wrong with the way posts are displaying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773 "2022-01-17T21:40:24Z")
I’m not even entirely sure how to explain it, so I included a video. You’ll notice that, as I’m scrolling, the width of each individual post gets narrower (and back to the full width) as it passes through the visible are… --- ## [Nitpick that bugs me every time I come here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpick-that-bugs-me-every-time-i-come-here/956679)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpick-that-bugs-me-every-time-i-come-here/956679 "2021-12-27T03:24:27Z")
When you go to the homepage there is a link for the “Message Boards”: https://www.straightdope.com/ And that’s the nitpick… Message Boards. It takes you to the Straight Dope Message Board, not the Straight Dope Messag… --- ## [How to quote graphs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quote-graphs/956634)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-quote-graphs/956634 "2021-12-25T19:26:37Z")
I know I’ve got this answer before, but I can’t find the thread. How do you quote a graph that is in an article? It’s similar to quoting text, but you’re quoting a graph. --- ## [Misbehaving ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misbehaving-ad/955589)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misbehaving-ad/955589 "2021-12-12T09:59:52Z")
On the www.straightdope.com page, there’s currently an ad that’s coming up from New York Life insurance, about agape love. It takes up the full page, so you can’t do anything else on the page while it’s open. And it ca… --- ## [Mobile app now dumps you into your browser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-app-now-dumps-you-into-your-browser/954468)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-app-now-dumps-you-into-your-browser/954468 "2021-12-07T02:12:47Z")
So … I’ve been using the mobile app on my phone because it was a little easier to navigate in it than in my phone’s browser. A little easier to quote, and to bounce between sites. I just “upgraded” the app, and now it s… --- ## ["this post arrived by email"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-post-arrived-by-email/953805)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-post-arrived-by-email/953805 "2021-12-06T23:19:31Z")
I’ve seen this on quite a few posts now, and I don’t really understand. How are people posting to a message board by email and why? --- ## [Overflowing ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overflowing-ads/955555)
**Author:** [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overflowing-ads/955555 "2021-12-05T21:48:51Z")
Suddenly today the ads are not behaving. In threads themselves and in each group listing. They all think they are the small 2 or 3 line “banner” ads, even if they are the longer and overlay the text below the ad space in… --- ## [Easy way to find a list of threads I'm watching/tracking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-way-to-find-a-list-of-threads-im-watching-tracking/941794 "2021-12-04T15:26:43Z")
Topic subject pretty much says it all. Is there a link/page/point where I can find all of the threads I’m watching and/or tracking? Ideally, I’d like to turn a few of them off, since they’re old or I’m not really follo… --- ## [No mouseover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mouseover/912436)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2021, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mouseover/912436 "2021-12-02T05:23:04Z")
Can’t mouse over a thread title to see the first few lines of a post. I appreciated that a lot, when I could do it. Any chance it could happen here? --- ## [Cool stuff in Discourse - Basics, tips, tricks, your favorite features](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-stuff-in-discourse-basics-tips-tricks-your-favorite-features/937378)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-stuff-in-discourse-basics-tips-tricks-your-favorite-features/937378 "2021-11-15T14:56:59Z")
Here are some basic tutorials. Basic new user guide. This is also listed in TubaDiva’s OP for the tips and tricks stickied thread in ATMB Shorter tips list with pictures for people getting started from the Discours… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/site-feedback/2.md?page=10)