# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/42 "2021-04-09T14:34:15Z")
Okay, we’ll consider turning it off. Regards, Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/43 "2021-04-10T14:48:51Z")
> [@shh1313](#): > > “The premise is simple, connect to the forums you’re a member of by searching for them. You can then log in to your account and it’ll bring over all the threads your subscribed to and even your private messages”. Any particular reason to revive a year-old thread with a link to a ten-year-old review of Tapatalk? Particularly since the move to Discourse, I don’t think Tapatalk is even relevant. ---
**Author:** ![shh1313](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shh1313/32/8020_2.png) [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/44 "2021-04-10T16:34:31Z")
Continuing the discussion from **Can you please turn off the goddam tapatalk crap!?!** @Dewey-Finn QUOTE: “Any particular reason to revive a year-old thread with a link to a ten-year-old review of Tapatalk? Particularly since the move to Discourse, I don’t think Tapatalk is even relevant” UNQUOTE Dewy, Straightdope showed me that it was not read, I was following the TOPIC. Eventually when I finally got logged in and was able to remain logged in. I guess blame it on the maintenance update the Mod posted about from last week… Or a quirk of ‘Discourse.’…Or the the webboard gremlins! ---
**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 12, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/45 "2021-04-12T03:18:38Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I agree. I need a trophy So go bag one. Hunting season is OPEN! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/46 "2021-04-12T15:24:26Z")
I used to have a Control Panel app on my old Mac running System 7 that made the sound of an old-fashioned typewriter whenever I typed, complete with the “ding!” sound when I hit enter. sent from my PowerMac 5200 LC using TappyType ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/47 "2021-04-12T15:45:46Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Blame Apple. They’re the ones who started all this with the “sent from my iPhone” crap. I believe I saw “sent from my BlackBerry” years before Apple made their first iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/48 "2021-04-12T15:49:52Z")
I assumed that sort of thing (Sent from my iPhone/Blackberry/Android/whatever) was meant to excuse thumb-typing typos. ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/49 "2021-04-12T16:24:38Z")
I used to post via Tapatalk and got this complaint often. Maybe some people here should consider just getting a life and find something serious to bitch about? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/50 "2021-04-12T16:39:59Z")
> [@stuccosuperstar2020](#): > > Maybe some people here should consider just getting a life and find something serious to bitch about? Perhaps _you_ should. ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/51 "2021-04-12T16:41:41Z")
Why? I mean, what a dumb thing to make an issue out of. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/52 "2021-04-12T16:43:33Z")
At least your battery is almost full despite all the bluetooth, WiFi, tapathing, vibratto, alarm and so on that you have switched on, and it is almost 11 AM already. Sent from my laptop just to put you in italic mode. Perhaps it switches off if I write sent from again? Like \< fuck\> and \< /fuck\> (or was it \< fuck off\>), only different? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/53 "2021-04-12T16:46:46Z")
> [@stuccosuperstar2020](#): > > Why? I mean, what a dumb thing to make an issue out of. No dumber than you making an issue out of their making an issue of it. It’s basically an ad or a brag cluttering up the viewer’s screen unbidden. Makes it more work to read posts on a phone among other things. Shut off the damn tapatalk ad/brag already. I only post on an iPad or more rarely an iPhone yet I can somehow resist bragging about that inconsequential fact on every post. ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/54 "2021-04-12T16:49:14Z")
It’s not my fault or my problem. It automatically comes up if you post using that very useful and user friendly app. I’m not sure how I’m bragging by using it. I suggest you contact the SDMB to see if there is a way to disconnect their message board from the app. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/55 "2021-04-12T17:37:21Z")
@Codinghorror can correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think Tapatalk can even be used with Discourse so really the whole discussion is moot. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/56 "2021-04-12T18:18:52Z")
> [@stuccosuperstar2020](#): > > It’s not my fault or my problem. It automatically comes up if you post using that very useful and user friendly app. It’s my understanding the the tapatalk user (the sender) can easily change their Settings to prevent those annoying notifications from being appended to their outgoing messages. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/57 "2021-04-12T18:23:04Z")
I used to use Tapatalk (but found the setting to switch off the “posted with Tapatalk” line). It does not work with the new forum unless there’s some trick I don’t know about. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/58 "2021-04-25T21:39:24Z")
No, Tapatalk is not necessary for Discourse; it’s designed for much older software. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/59 "2021-04-25T21:46:20Z")
Best part of Tapatalk is they host images for you. Don’t have to link to imagur or whatever. Just upload an image using their app and it’s seamless. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/60 "2021-04-25T21:47:48Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > > [@stuccosuperstar2020](#): > > > > It’s not my fault or my problem. It automatically comes up if you post using that very useful and user friendly app. > > It’s my understanding the the tapatalk user (the sender) can easily change their Settings to prevent those annoying notifications from being appended to their outgoing messages. Yes, once upon a time i used Tapatalk, and i quickly turned off that annoying footer. But i haven’t used it in ages. And as no one (as per codinghorror) is using it in Discourse, it seems odd to be complaining about it today. My guess is a spammer posted to this thread and bumped it “unread” for a bunch of people. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547/61 "2021-04-25T21:55:22Z")
Yeah, unfortunately images are turned off here, but on a “normal” Discourse, image uploading is enabled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-turn-off-the-goddam-tapatalk-crap/852547.md?page=4)