# Please STOP suggesting threads for me to look into **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918 "2020-06-22T18:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/21 "2020-06-22T18:53:07Z")
Your smilies show up for me, BTW – not sure why but I did see many users say they can’t see emojis so it is not just you. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/23 "2020-06-22T18:58:31Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I believe he’s asking about returning to all the threads in the current forum, not all the forums directory. Correct. I’m a twenty-year Doper/uBB/vBB-user. I’m used to thinking of “\>” and “\<” symbols as teh EVIL. Don’t worry; I’m here for the community, not the coding protocols. I’ll get there. but I’d still like to see a vBB-to-html template posted somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/24 "2020-06-22T19:12:39Z")
If you use AdBlockPlus in your browser: 1. Scroll down the page to be able to view the Suggested Topics section 2. Click on the ABP icon in your browser to open it. 3. Click “Block Element” in ABP 4. Point to the whitespace on the page just above the words “Suggested Topics” This should make the whole section yellow. 5. Click on the whitespace. This should make the whole section red. 6. Agree to add the element to blocked elements in ABP. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/25 "2020-06-22T19:15:18Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And WHY aren’t my smilies showing up? Emojis have been turned off for now. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > If you use AdBlockPlus in your browser: > > 1. Scroll down the page to be able to view the Suggested Topics section > 2. Click on the ABP icon in your browser to open it. > 3. Click “Block Element” in ABP > 4. Point to the whitespace on the page just above the words “Suggested Topics” This should make the whole section yellow. > 5. Click on the whitespace. This should make the whole section red. > 6. Agree to add the element to blocked elements in ABP.  Yup, that’s what I always do. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/26 "2020-06-22T19:24:31Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > If you use AdBlockPlus in your browser: > > 1. Scroll down the page to be able to view the Suggested Topics section > 2. Click on the ABP icon in your browser to open it. > 3. Click “Block Element” in ABP > 4. Point to the whitespace on the page just above the words “Suggested Topics” This should make the whole section yellow. > 5. Click on the whitespace. This should make the whole section red. > 6. Agree to add the element to blocked elements in ABP. And if I DON’T use AdBlockPlus in my browser? My ad blocking is the “Member” status that I pay for. Gotta admit, that is a clever workaround, though. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/27 "2020-06-22T19:28:11Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > And WHY aren’t my smilies showing up? > > Emojis have been turned off for now. Thanks, but I ASKED about smilies, not emojis. Sorry, I don’t MEAN to appear churlish, but just for today, I’d be happier to have the 502/504 messages back than to have to learn a whole goddammed new system. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/28 "2020-06-22T19:29:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And if I DON’T use AdBlockPlus in my browser? My ad blocking is the “Member” status that I pay for. I dunno man. Keep fighting against the injustice? Just thought I’d give a suggestion for those of you who fit the cross-section of ABP users and Totally Disgusted Members. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/29 "2020-06-22T19:32:59Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > And if I DON’T use AdBlockPlus in my browser? My ad blocking is the “Member” status that I pay for. > > I dunno man. Keep fighting against the injustice? Just thought I’d give a suggestion for those of you who fit the cross-section of ABP users and Totally Disgusted Members. Sorry about my tone. Just this is making me feel nostalgic for the 502/504 errors. It will probably go away. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/31 "2020-06-22T19:39:48Z")
When you type in “:)” it is 🙂 aka “slight\_smile”. This is automatic. Not sure what distinction you are making between emojis and smileys because afaict there isn’t one. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/32 "2020-06-22T19:45:14Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Not sure what distinction you are making between emojis and smileys because afaict there isn’t one. Sure there is. Smilies are a thing that about fifteen of them exist. Emojis are a thing of which there are about fifteen hundred. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/33 "2020-06-22T19:47:28Z")
The 15 smilies from the SDMB were custom added to that vbulletin software, I dont know if they got ported to this version. There are equivalents to all of them among those 1500 emojis though. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/34 "2020-06-22T19:47:30Z")
Last I checked, smilemojis were on for mobile devices and off for PCs. Probably a layering issue. Things are in turmoil. Deep breaths. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/35 "2020-06-22T21:36:11Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > If you use AdBlockPlus in your browser: > > 1. Scroll down the page to be able to view the Suggested Topics section > 2. Click on the ABP icon in your browser to open it. > 3. Click “Block Element” in ABP > 4. Point to the whitespace on the page just above the words “Suggested Topics” This should make the whole section yellow. > 5. Click on the whitespace. This should make the whole section red. > 6. Agree to add the element to blocked elements in ABP. This worked great to get rid of the Suggested Topics at the bottom of the page, but I can’t get it to block the bloody Latest column on the right of the page. “Pooh!” sez I. (ETA: that shows up on the landing page, not inside threads or, I think, forums.) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/36 "2020-06-22T21:38:30Z")
💃 Smilemojis seem to be back. 💃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/37 "2020-06-22T22:07:57Z")
I suppose I shouldn’t ask for the “Putz!” smiley from the Good Old Days of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/38 "2020-06-24T02:56:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I just found a way to make a thread that doesn’t interest me NOT EVEN SHOW UP in the front page of the forum. THAT one I could grow to like. How do you do that? That is the one and only feature I’ve wanted in forum software for a long time (I mentioned it when he was asking for suggestions a few years ago but I figured it wouldn’t happen). ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/39 "2020-06-24T04:02:40Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > I just found a way to make a thread that doesn’t interest me NOT EVEN SHOW UP in the front page of the forum. THAT one I could grow to like. > > How do you do that? That is the one and only feature I’ve wanted in forum software for a long time (I mentioned it when he was asking for suggestions a few years ago but I figured it wouldn’t happen).  Mute the thread. Or the whole forum if you want. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/40 "2020-06-24T04:18:28Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > Mute the thread. Ya, that’s what I’m asking, how do you do that? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/41 "2020-06-24T04:23:34Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > > [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > > > Mute the thread. > > Ya, that’s what I’m asking, how do you do that?  Go [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081) and click on Forum & Thread Notifications. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-suggesting-threads-for-me-to-look-into/911918/42 "2020-06-24T04:25:38Z")
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