# Discobot tutorial wants pictures
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984 "2020-06-22T19:25:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/1 "2020-06-22T19:25:53Z")
Portions of the discobot tutorial require that the user post a picture or an emoji. Both of those, however, are turned off; and discobot doesn’t seem to recognize the words “turned off”.
Typing “skip” will get you on to the next thing. But apparently you have to put just “skip” in the reply box; adding anything else to it doesn’t work.
(It also mostly told me how to do things I’d already figured out, and failed to tell me how to do the things that I hadn’t, including the fairly basic one of 'where do you find the ‘start a new topic’ link. However I suppose people figure things out in different orders; I know one person’s “obvious” is somebody else’s “What the hell?!?”)
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### Author:  [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/2 "2020-06-22T19:28:24Z")
I agree with the Discobot Tutorial, pictures would be great!
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/3 "2020-06-22T19:30:20Z")
I gave up working with the guy pretty fast.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/4 "2020-06-22T19:31:32Z")
Try copying the picture Discobot shows you and pasting it into your reply.
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### Author:  [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/5 "2020-06-22T19:33:03Z")
I have no idea, but I want to delete the Discobot. I tried to skip one thing, but when I try to skip another, it tells me it’s a similar message and refuses.
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/6 "2020-06-22T19:33:44Z")
Tried that – that is, I couldn’t see the bot’s picture either, just its address, or the characters that form an emoji. Still got a message that images were turned off (I forget the wording.)
Also tried just putting colon and P in, :P, and got that message also.
– hmm, 😛 posted just now. Maybe it’s the comma?
– nope. Above line had a colon and P in it, as for the emojis; and it disappeared from the message when it posted.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/7 "2020-06-22T19:34:23Z")
Well, that settles it. Images have to be turned back on.
Smilies, too. And editing.
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/8 "2020-06-22T19:36:42Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> And editing
We’ve got our five-minute editing back. See the pencil in your post – if you’'re fast enough – and I just edited my reply to you above twice, if you look back at it; each of the last two lines is a separate edit.
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/9 "2020-06-22T19:38:37Z")
👋🏻 Discobot was interesting
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/9))_
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### Author:  [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/10 "2020-06-22T19:41:08Z")
why limit it to 5 minutes? 😖
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/11 "2020-06-22T19:41:11Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> We’ve got our five-minute editing back. See the pencil in your post – if you’'re fast enough – and I just edited my reply to you above twice, if you look back at it; each of the last two lines is a separate edit.
Yeah, but we now have full edit histories for each post that anybody can view. There’s no need for any limits. Probably a discussion for another thread, though.
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/12 "2020-06-22T19:41:22Z")
ETA: replying to the poll.
None of the above.
Some things intuitive; some things took a minute; some things not intuitive at all but somebody helped me; other things still scratching my head.
Some of the things I figured out I like. A couple of them I don’t.
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### Author:  [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/13 "2020-06-22T19:41:43Z")
in-post polls? How cool!
Feature removed in 5… 4… 3…
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/14 "2020-06-23T03:48:51Z")
Ooh, I like that. 🙂
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/15 "2020-06-23T03:50:22Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> > [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> > We’ve got our five-minute editing back. See the pencil in your post – if you’'re fast enough – and I just edited my reply to you above twice, if you look back at it; each of the last two lines is a separate edit.
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> Yeah, but we now have full edit histories for each post that anybody can view. There’s no need for any limits. Probably a discussion for another thread, though.
I already created a thread to request that. Come add your voice to it. 🙂
> [@Request: Can we restore the ability to edit posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-can-we-restore-the-ability-to-edit-posts/912028):
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> Yes, for longer than 5 minutes. Unlike vbulletin board, where only moderators can see edit history, Discourse allows all posters to see a post’s history. So what harm is there in allowing a poster to edit their post? They can’t “re-write the past”. What they CAN do is fix an awkward typo or add a clarification that they realize they need after a reply or two.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/16 "2020-06-23T03:53:59Z")
Oh. Everything just changed. I approve.
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### Author:  [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/17 "2020-06-23T04:42:05Z")
How do you mean?
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/18 "2020-06-23T04:43:10Z")
> [@Babale](#):
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> How do you mean?
The new Straight Dope Light theme automatically turned on for me when I opened this thread. I really like it.
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### Author:  [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/19 "2020-06-23T12:27:38Z")
Gotcha – mine was not automatic but thanks to your suggestion I tired out the new SD theme and I agree, its awesome!
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### Author:  [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/20 "2020-06-23T14:10:33Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> new Straight Dope Light theme
Thanks for mentioning that. Trying it out now.
Still too much white space, but reasonably easy on the eyes, and the sidebar slider’s easier to see than in Material Design.