# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/341 "2020-06-17T13:34:31Z")
Is it true that the moderators will be replaced by robots? They’re getting de-funded? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/342 "2020-06-17T14:35:51Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Is it true that the moderators will be replaced by robots? They’re getting de-funded? How do you de-fund free help? ---
**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, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/343 "2020-06-17T14:48:23Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Try this: > > [https://www.normal.org/](https://www.normal.org/) OMG!! :eek: > [@What\_Exit](#): > > How do you de-fund free help? You make THEM pay. Source of revenue, dontcha know. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/344 "2020-06-17T14:55:45Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Try this: > > [https://www.normal.org/](https://www.normal.org/) Geez, thanks for the blast from my past. (I went to college in Normal, Illinois. That is pretty much the last time I was normal.) ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/345 "2020-06-17T14:56:42Z")
I had lost track of when this is supposed to happen. I just went back and read the OP. It’s \*\*TOMORROW!! \*\*I’m scared. Quick, somebody get a very long rope and let’s loop it around all of our waists so no one gets lost. Hold hands, too! (Belt \*\*and \*\*suspenders principle.) What do we do then…? Just sit down by the side of the road and wait for d-o-o-m… ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/346 "2020-06-17T15:19:42Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Is it true that the moderators will be replaced by robots? They’re getting de-funded? Why replace the mods with robots? They’re already slowly converting them to cyborgs. **Tomndebb** has been a brain in a jar mounted in an old TransAm chassis for years, and **Colibri** became a 150-pound mechanical hummingbird in 2013. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/347 "2020-06-17T15:38:31Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > [Here ya go.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxxyuwX33aE&list=RDdxxyuwX33aE&start_radio=1) Thank you for this! 😃 Now I’m listening to the Humming Song. Seems I’m easily amused these days. ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/348 "2020-06-17T22:47:45Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > 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. They really, really, really need you on board as a “tech mod” or something. You’d be such an amazing resource for the mods and the board in general. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/349 "2020-06-17T22:54:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > in any event it’s certainly better than the 502 and 504 errors we’ve been getting. But I was just getting used to those! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/350 "2020-06-17T23:08:06Z")
Forgive me if this was mentioned before and I missed it (having trouble logging in), but on the new site, will the forums/threads be marked as read every time you leave even if you didn’t read an individual thread? It drives me bananas that the time limit is so short. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/351 "2020-06-17T23:41:49Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > Forgive me if this was mentioned before and I missed it (having trouble logging in), but on the new site, will the forums/threads be marked as read every time you leave even if you didn’t read an individual thread? It drives me bananas that the time limit is so short. No, if you don’t read a thread (or dismiss it in the _New_ or _Unread_ lists), it’ll stay unread. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/352 "2020-06-18T00:06:02Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I’ll go a bit further and suggest that **TubaDiva** should make that post into a sticky thread unto itself! Second! ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/353 "2020-06-18T02:40:19Z")
_sings_ Tomorrow, tomorrow. I fear ya, tomorrow. You’re only a day awaaay. ---
**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 18, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/354 "2020-06-18T03:05:16Z")
I’m nervous. ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/355 "2020-06-18T03:08:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m nervous. I feel like we’re about to take a ride with Dorothy and Toto through the twister, only will our little house stay together? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWSh7Db-\_E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWSh7Db-_E) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/356 "2020-06-18T03:08:46Z")
[One Day More!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydpmzU_i2hg) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/357 "2020-06-18T03:09:44Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > Forgive me if this was mentioned before and I missed it (having trouble logging in), but on the new site, will the forums/threads be marked as read every time you leave even if you didn’t read an individual thread? It drives me bananas that the time limit is so short. I believe Discourse software tries to remember which post you last read in each thread. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Anxious\_Squirrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anxious_squirrel/32/1083_2.png) [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/358 "2020-06-18T03:20:52Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [One Day More!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydpmzU_i2hg) My favorite musical! Listening to this makes me feel calmer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/359 "2020-06-18T03:23:30Z")
> [@Anxious\_Squirrel](#): > > My favorite musical! Listening to this makes me feel calmer. 😃 A little tongue in cheek but its driving me nuts too. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/360 "2020-06-18T03:43:50Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [One Day More!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydpmzU_i2hg) The last time I listened to that was the night before the 2016 election, when I emailed out a link to my campaign team. I hope tomorrow goes better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380.md?page=19)