# I'm Here! Are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047 "2020-06-22T02:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/203 "2020-06-22T04:21:31Z")
Let’s see how this works. mc ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/204 "2020-06-22T04:22:24Z")
Hey, cool… in my profile I entered my full name as The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man. Now when clicking my name it shows under the short version. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/205 "2020-06-22T04:26:20Z")
Oh my! It looks like videos are allowed too. What is this place coming to? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/206 "2020-06-22T04:31:32Z")
It appears I have arrived. And I have a space in my name! Whoops, I guess not, underscore. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/207 "2020-06-22T04:33:01Z")
Wherever you go . . . there you are. Which makes me here, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/208 "2020-06-22T04:35:53Z")
Hi, lil’wrekker! Help your mom! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/209 "2020-06-22T04:38:33Z")
Do I have to scroll to the end of the thread to reply? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/210 "2020-06-22T04:40:11Z")
No, you shouldn’t have to scroll to the end to reply. There should always be a floating button on the right side of the thread that looks like a curving arrow – click on it, and it lets you post a reply. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/211 "2020-06-22T04:42:57Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Do I have to scroll to the end of the thread to reply? Beats me. I can’t even figure out if I’m logged in. But apparently I **can** post. 😮 Wow, lookit all the emojis! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/212 "2020-06-22T04:44:09Z")
Looks like I figured out how to post. Now to look around… emojis 🍺 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/213 "2020-06-22T04:45:40Z")
Present! Seems pretty sweet so far. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/214 "2020-06-22T04:48:45Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Did anyone else get kicked off the forum a few minutes ago and have to log back in? I _thought_ it happened to me about half an hour ago (when I saw a mysterious message saying, “hey, how about you create an account?”) but I’m pretty sure that was due to opening a thread link a new tab. I was still logged in on the original login tab. I think if you click on a link to somewhere else on the board, it displays on the same page, unlike our old site, so I forced an “open in a new tab” in Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/215 "2020-06-22T04:51:18Z")
As **GESancMan** discovered, you can have a display name (when mousing over the avatar) that’s different than your username. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/216 "2020-06-22T04:56:24Z")
So I’ve landed. Not sure how long it will take to figure out how the new platform works. At least no time outs. 🥺 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/217 "2020-06-22T05:04:03Z")
I enter with few expectations; this is one of the few actual message boards I regularly frequent, so I really have little idea of what’s new and hip and such. We’ll see how this goes. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/218 "2020-06-22T05:29:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You’re here or we’re all lost. I’m here! But I can’t do anything about your other two wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/219 "2020-06-22T05:40:15Z")
Click on your avatar in the upper right. This brings up a sub-window that should show your user name. Click on that, then on preferences. You should see a menu on the left that includes an “Emails” option. Click on that. This will bring up a window to control your email preferences. One of them is, “Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to my post, mentions my @username, or invites me to a topic.” I set this to “never.” You may wonder how you’ll know when someone has replied to one of your posts, or posted in a thread you’re following. When this happens you should see a digit next to your avatar that tells how many unread replies or posts there are for you. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/220 "2020-06-22T05:57:39Z")
We’ve beamed down to this strange new planet. Nothing makes sense. I’ve sent crewman Kowalski to investigate, but he hasn’t reported back for hours. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/221 "2020-06-22T06:02:17Z")
I was gonna post something but my internet crashed. Bad weather. Can’t remember what I was gonna say. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/222 "2020-06-22T06:02:47Z")
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