# Can you please turn off the goddam tapatalk crap?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547 "2020-04-25T08:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/1 "2020-04-25T08:25:53Z")
Jeebus, that annoying “Sent from my iPhone with tapatalk” is the “Regards, Shodan” of this place. I grit my teeth every time I see it. A cursory look says it can be turned off in the app settings. Could you guys try? Please? Just for the rest of us? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/2 "2020-04-25T08:48:33Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Jeebus, that annoying “Sent from my iPhone with tapatalk” is the “Regards, Shodan” of this place. I grit my teeth every time I see it. A cursory look says it can be turned off in the app settings. Could you guys try? Please? Just for the rest of us? > > Thanks. I thought, “Regards, Shodan” was the, “Regards, Shodan” of this place. The Tapatalk stuff used to get on my nerves when I started seeing it elsewhere, starting several years back. I would think, “What makes you think I give a shit?” Then I chilled out. Still unnecessary, IMO, but so was my getting worked up over it. Too much other stuff pisses me off with actual cause, I can’t spare the energy anymore. EDIT: OTOH, if it can be easily turned off, it would be nice if what was essentially an advertisement could be removed from people’s posts. Yeah, that would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/3 "2020-04-25T08:52:33Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Jeebus, that annoying “Sent from my iPhone with tapatalk” is the “Regards, Shodan” of this place. I grit my teeth every time I see it. A cursory look says it can be turned off in the app settings. Could you guys try? Please? Just for the rest of us? > > Thanks. Soon you will find out that you are entirely to blame for the fact that these kinds of things give you the shits. It is the SDMB way to point this out to you. Over and over again. Sent from my PC with Regards ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/4 "2020-04-25T08:56:02Z")
> [@singular1](#): > > Jeebus, that annoying “Sent from my iPhone with tapatalk” is the “Regards, Shodan” of this place. I grit my teeth every time I see it. A cursory look says it can be turned off in the app settings. Could you guys try? Please? Just for the rest of us? > > Thanks. Worse is just the fact that if you’re using the forum via tapatalk, it automatically converts everything after a ‘sent from’ occurring anywhere in a post into small italic font, because apparently, the only time it expects this to be used is in its own inane sign-off. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/5 "2020-04-25T09:00:23Z")
So, [this is how](https://1drv.ms/u/s!AohFcFgF_nhOqmUMePd3LPUdCqT4) the above post looks on my phone, for anyone not familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/6 "2020-04-25T11:06:22Z")
OK, that is really special (in the PC ‘special education’ sort of way (or is that non-PC?)). ---
**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:** [April 25, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/7 "2020-04-25T11:25:49Z")
If Tapatalk wants its ad to be in small italic font, wouldn’t it make more sense to change the font when it’s putting it in, rather than when it’s displaying it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/8 "2020-04-25T11:46:07Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > So, [this is how](https://1drv.ms/u/s!AohFcFgF_nhOqmUMePd3LPUdCqT4) the above post looks on my phone, for anyone not familiar. On my phone (using Tapatalk) this doesn’t happen. I’ll leave the little checkbox checked;) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/9 "2020-04-25T13:05:05Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Worse is just the fact that if you’re using the forum via tapatalk, it automatically converts everything after a ‘sent from’ occurring anywhere in a post into small italic font, because apparently, the only time it expects this to be used is in its own inane sign-off. Sent from that’s interesting 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/10 "2020-04-25T13:24:28Z")
Hm. Based on this thread, I’m considering turning the Tapatalk tag back on. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/11 "2020-04-25T13:26:32Z")
I look forward to your feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/12 "2020-04-25T13:34:19Z")
Regards, Bullitt ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/13 "2020-04-25T13:36:44Z")
I feel you, I really do. I think we should just ban people from posting from tapatalk. Time to require everyone use a remote terminal. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/14 "2020-04-25T13:56:55Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > On my phone (using Tapatalk) this doesn’t happen. > > I’ll leave the little checkbox checked;) > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Whether I have the box checked or not doesn’t make a difference regarding whether it does the italics thing. It’s perhaps a difference between the iOS and Android versions… So do feel free to uncheck the box (I’ve enabled the signature for this post, but edited it to blank text, just to see what happens). ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/15 "2020-04-25T13:59:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If Tapatalk wants its ad to be in small italic font, wouldn’t it make more sense to change the font when it’s putting it in, rather than when it’s displaying it? Lots of things would make more sense, including just not fucking doing it, or only doing it if it’s the last paragraph of a post, but I suppose that you can’t count on the requisite vBulletin-code being accepted by all forums, or the right fonts being present. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/16 "2020-04-25T14:04:10Z")
I support the OP. (no) regards, no regrets JAQ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/17 "2020-04-25T15:40:42Z")
Can we still throw stuff down in the quarry? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/18 "2020-04-25T21:11:10Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Can we still throw stuff down in the quarry? Okay, you win Most Annoying Reference… (Just don’t say it three times in front of a dark bathroom mirror!) > [@naita](#): > > Time to require everyone use a remote terminal. Might be a better idea than trying to read the Dope on a phone (which I’d only do when I was out on running or on my bike… gets awkward, so I just wait 'til I get home). _Sent from my Cray SV1 using an Underground Supercooled Bunker._ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/19 "2020-04-25T22:21:49Z")
It might bother me if I knew what it was. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/20 "2020-04-25T22:30:40Z")
Bad, bad, bad! (Sent from beckdawrek using hunt and peck) 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547.md?page=2)