# 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:** 21
**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 23, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/405 "2020-06-23T17:46:22Z")
That means its they’re birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/406 "2020-06-23T18:28:10Z")
We’re all lost, WOOKIN! I’m glad you showed up. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/407 "2020-06-23T19:35:18Z")
Thanks, **DB**. I would miss you all too much to just give up without trying. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/408 "2020-06-23T23:39:55Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Mods: I used to be plain old WOOKINPANUB. I would just as soon drop this new account and go back to that one but I don’t know how to do that. @WOOKINPANUBv.2 be sure to e-mail [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) and tell her about this otherwise she may never know. And be patient – she’s already deluged with those other 10,000 e-mails from everyone else who did the same. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/409 "2020-06-24T00:50:15Z")
I had to change my password to incorporate non-alphabetic characters, then had trouble logging in because my screen name was already taken. After e-mailing Tuba Diva, however, I’m back on the board – for today, at least. Now to hit “Reply” and see if I’ve got this right… ---
**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 24, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/410 "2020-06-24T01:19:47Z")
You’re in! ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/411 "2020-06-24T01:22:11Z")
Present, but OMG the clutter is overbearing! ---
**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 24, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/412 "2020-06-24T01:24:56Z")
Play with the themes. Some are less cluttered. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/413 "2020-06-24T13:02:37Z")
Thanks. I just contacted her so we’ll see. I’m not even sure what difference it makes. Is that the reason I can’t find the CP, i.e., I don’t have that “privilege” yet? Eep; this was in reply to Senegoid. Still getting the hang of quoting. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/414 "2020-06-24T16:20:21Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > And you apparently brought cake. (Cake icon next to your username!) > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Happy Birthday, **Jumpbass** > Have a bad, bad, bad day 🤗 Uh, I have a cake? I don’t see one and my birthday is in September. Oh! I see, that was my first post on this new system, so it thinks I’m new. ---
**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 24, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/415 "2020-06-24T16:36:39Z")
They give you cake if you’re new? Hey!!! I want cake. I like cake🎂 **jumpbass** Happy belated/next b’day anyway! ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/416 "2020-06-24T17:15:33Z")
I think you get cake on the anniversary of when you joined the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/417 "2020-06-24T19:07:38Z")
#sniff# With the old software you got pie. Another tradition trashed. ---
**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 24, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/418 "2020-06-24T19:57:05Z")
Mikey, you changed your Avatar!! @dropzone Here’s pie 🍰 ---
**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 24, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/419 "2020-06-24T20:00:08Z")
Oh, crap that ain’t pie. Sorry I’m using a little screen at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/420 "2020-06-25T01:45:31Z")
What do these numbers mean? [303](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/111) [6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/111) One number is gray, one is blue. (These are viewable before I click on the thread.) ---
**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 25, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/421 "2020-06-25T01:51:16Z")
Gray are old unread posts, blue are new unread posts. I think the way it works is once you log in, there’s unread posts. If you don’t read the thread right away, it starts accumulating old and new unread. Not sure, though. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/422 "2020-06-25T02:08:47Z")
The new posts show up if the thread’s set to ‘tracking’ or above, which it will be automatically if you’ve posted in it (though you actually have a choice about that! but it’s the default.) If the thread’s set to ‘normal’ (for you personally), unread posts won’t show you a new-posts count. ---
**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 25, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/423 "2020-06-25T04:22:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Gray are old unread posts, blue are new unread posts. > I think the way it works is once you log in, there’s unread posts. If you don’t read the thread right away, it starts accumulating old and new unread. Not sure, though. I’ve got threads below the “last visited” line that still only have a blue number. I think it’s like this: you open a thread with a blue number, but go off somewhere else before reading through the end of the thread. After that, it’s split into the gray and the blue: gray is “hey, there’s still some posts here you didn’t read,” and blue is “and now there are more new posts on top of that.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047/424 "2020-06-25T04:25:27Z")
I think blue are threads that are less than 2 days old and gray are older than 3 days old (if I’m talking about the same thing). That’s what the system just told me, at least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-are-you/911047.md?page=22)