# Has a button been removed, or is just my 'puter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-button-been-removed-or-is-just-my-puter/89375>\
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**Created:** [October 24, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-button-been-removed-or-is-just-my-puter/89375 "2001-10-24T20:13:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-button-been-removed-or-is-just-my-puter/89375/1 "2001-10-24T20:13:43Z")

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I really don’t know how to reference it to do a search, and as far as I know, it’s been gone for a long time, and I just haven’t noticed, but wasn’t there a button for a web-link under each post, along with the profile, email, etc., buttons?

Where did it go?

Thanks in advance,

-j

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-button-been-removed-or-is-just-my-puter/89375/2 "2001-10-24T20:19:26Z")

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Only if the poster has a home page listed in his/her profile.

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-button-been-removed-or-is-just-my-puter/89375/3 "2001-10-24T20:21:34Z")

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If you mean the little red house, that means the user has a homepage (or a significant link, in my case) listed in their profile. The house will be there if you have actually put a webpage in your profile, otherewise there will be no house. Doesn’t always mean the link will work, though (pet peeve - clicking on a person’s www and finding it doesn’t exist - grrr).

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**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-button-been-removed-or-is-just-my-puter/89375/4 "2001-10-24T20:30:14Z")

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Well, I guess being here for 10 months after lurking even longer should’ve been long enough for me to have noticed that.

Thanks for the info!

-j