# Can we please bring back the "read a random column" function

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-bring-back-the-read-a-random-column-function/919470>\
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**Created:** [August 31, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-bring-back-the-read-a-random-column-function/919470 "2020-08-31T18:30:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![danhanegan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@danhanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danhanegan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-bring-back-the-read-a-random-column-function/919470/1 "2020-08-31T18:30:29Z")

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Can we please bring back the “read a random column” function? Filling odd minutes reading random columns was pretty much the only reason I visited this site.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-bring-back-the-read-a-random-column-function/919470/2 "2020-09-01T01:35:11Z")

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That does sound fun. Was this a function of the primary website, or the forum?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-bring-back-the-read-a-random-column-function/919470/3 "2020-09-01T01:53:05Z")

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The parent website. I think it was lost when we changed the site to be more mobile-friendly.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-bring-back-the-read-a-random-column-function/919470/4 "2020-09-01T06:58:57Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Since this is about the Straight Dope and not about the Discourse software that we use, let’s move this to ATMB (from Site Feedback).