# It's that great getting up morning: The new site is nearly ready for you. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 10, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380 "2020-06-10T18:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/321 "2020-06-15T20:28:13Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Why not? It’s what we do with retired moderators. We even get to sleep in the barn with the goats! But Jenny yells at us if we catch any of the rabbits. > [@Senegoid](#): > > You may be able to sell your badges out on the street corner for drug money. And then you get the awesome “sold badges for drug money” badge! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/322 "2020-06-15T21:03:14Z")
Thanks for the info on muting users, **Greyson**. DUH that I’d have to click on them to find that option! :smack: > [@bordelond](#): > > Could always have a “report post” e-mail link on display. Or a “report post” link that would add a post to a hidden topic that only mods/admins can read. Doesn’t this make things more complicated? Why mess with the flag system as it is? Maybe the prioritizing of reporters part can be shut off. I’d bet the mods know who cries wolf and who doesn’t, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/323 "2020-06-16T14:53:59Z")
> [@Gary\_Robson](#): > > We even get to sleep in the barn with the goats! But Jenny yells at us if we catch any of the rabbits… Tell me about the rabbits, **Gary**. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/324 "2020-06-16T19:40:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Tell me about the rabbits, **Gary**. They are young! They are tender and nice. Yes they are! Eat them. Eat them. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/325 "2020-06-16T20:13:49Z")
> [@Gary\_Robson](#): > > They are young! They are tender and nice. Yes they are! Eat them. Eat them. Great, now I’ll forever be picturing **Gary** as [Smeagol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuqJ4c1dxE). ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/326 "2020-06-16T20:37:05Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Great, now I’ll forever be picturing **Gary** as [Smeagol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuqJ4c1dxE). Honestly, I don’t have a problem with that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/327 "2020-06-16T22:39:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > My bold. > > Oh God, I’ve been desperate for someone to restore me to normal for decades. Maybe it will finally happen! > > The Wiz couldn’t do it. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Did you click your ruby slippers together and wish \*extra \*hard? She did, as she said, “There’s no place like normal, there’s nl place like normal, there’s no place like normal.” And she found herself in a town in Illinois. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/328 "2020-06-16T22:45:12Z")
He’s got huge, sharp… …he can leap about… LOOK AT THE BONES! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/329 "2020-06-16T23:10:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > She did, as she said, “There’s no place like normal, there’s nl place like normal, there’s no place like normal.” > > And she found herself in a town in Illinois. Well, actually it turned out that there IS no place like normal. One searches for it in vain. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/330 "2020-06-16T23:13:35Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > And she found herself in a town in Illinois. They really ought to rename Bloomington to New Normal. ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/331 "2020-06-17T00:18:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > My bold. > > Oh God, I’ve been desperate for someone to restore me to normal for decades. Maybe it will finally happen! > > The Wiz couldn’t do it. Nah, just do what I do: learn to embrace the crazy. 😃 Now that I’m old and crotchety I’m proud to call myself an “eccentric nut” – not particularly in the “hey you kids, get off my lawn” sense although I wouldn’t hesitate to do that, too, but more in the “I don’t give a shit what anybody thinks” sense. FWIW, I think you’re one of the most “normal” – in the sense of thoughtful and intelligent – posters on this board. On a different topic, thanks to **GreysonCarlisle** for the many helpful hints you’ve provided about Discourse, some of which I’ve copied and pasted for future reference (like post #230). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/332 "2020-06-17T00:36:08Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > … FWIW, I think you’re one of the most “normal” – in the sense of thoughtful and intelligent – posters on this board. > … Aw, shucks. Thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/333 "2020-06-17T04:29:47Z")
O.K., let me be sure what will happen on Thursday or Friday or whenever. When I want to go to the SDMB, I click as usual on [https://www.straightdope.com/](https://www.straightdope.com/). This will bring me to the usual webpage with the words “HOME MESSAGE BOARDS ASK THE MASTER FAQ ARCHIVE” on top. Then I click on the words “MESSAGE BOARDS” and that will bring me to the Discourse version of the SDBM, right? ---
**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 17, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/334 "2020-06-17T04:42:16Z")
I just had a look at the Discourse phone app. It looks useless. Mostly 1-star reviews. I was hoping it would make the interface more like Tapatalk, since I surf mostly on my phone. Oh well, hopefully it won’t be an issue. ---
**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 17, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/335 "2020-06-17T05:13:12Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > O.K., let me be sure what will happen on Thursday or Friday or whenever. When I want to go to the SDMB, I click as usual on [https://www.straightdope.com/](https://www.straightdope.com/). This will bring me to the usual webpage with the words “HOME MESSAGE BOARDS ASK THE MASTER FAQ ARCHIVE” on top. Then I click on the words “MESSAGE BOARDS” and that will bring me to the Discourse version of the SDBM, right? Just in case they miss updating that, go directly to the message board via [https://boards.straightdope.com/](https://boards.straightdope.com/) or [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/) ---
**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 17, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/336 "2020-06-17T05:53:33Z")
Dang, I’m getting scared. Old SDMB, I barely knew ye! ---
**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:** [June 17, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/337 "2020-06-17T10:57:37Z")
What’s the update on the timings of the switch? Is there a time when we can expect to not have access to the boards or will the switch be more seamless than that? What time tomorrow will we be on the new board? I ask because I want to watch this thing’s metamorphosis before my very eyes. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/338 "2020-06-17T11:47:10Z")
Not saying “Discourse bad” or “Discourse good”. I just hope the powers that be keep good, uncorrupted backups of the vBulletin database in case Discourse doesn’t work out, so they at least have an easy migration path to another platform. Moving to Discourse is kind of a one-way, no-turning back decision. The easy migration scripts to move from vBulletin (and other PHP/MySQL-based message board scripts) to something else aren’t there for Discourse. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/339 "2020-06-17T11:59:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh God, I’ve been desperate for someone to restore me to normal for decades. Maybe it will finally happen! [Here ya go.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxxyuwX33aE&list=RDdxxyuwX33aE&start_radio=1) ---
**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 17, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/340 "2020-06-17T13:15:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well, actually it turned out that there IS no place like normal. One searches for it in vain. Try this: [https://www.normal.org/](https://www.normal.org/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380.md?page=18)