# Problem children / punch list for fixes / TIPS AND TRICKS **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044 "2020-06-22T01:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/182 "2020-06-22T15:18:13Z")
The lack of a list of subscribed threads sorted by currency is a deal breaker. Please fix this or move to another platform. Also, Discourse is very in your face / needy rather than an efficient environment. ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/183 "2020-06-22T15:20:36Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The new table feature is great. Big improvement over the old board. Back in my day, we never had multiplication tables in school. Our math books read “Two times two is four. Three times two is six. Four times two is eight. Five times two is ten. Two times three is six. Three times three is nine. Four times three is twelve. Five times three is fifteen. Two times four is eight. Three times four is twelve. Four times four is sixteen. Five times four is twenty.”: As my father said, tables were for eating on, not reading. Whatever happened to conveying information through the art of precise, well-crafted prose in the tradition of classical legal English, rather than with a sterile, cold crutch like a table? I, for one, would rather see a sentence instead of a cell. /s ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/184 "2020-06-22T15:20:37Z")
Try this search link: [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?expanded=true&q=in%3Atracking](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?expanded=true&q=in%3Atracking) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/185 "2020-06-22T15:20:56Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Discourse is very…needy… That’s the word I’ve been searching for! It’s like the salesperson that won’t stop following you around the store with suggestions and constantly thrusting stuff in your face. I’d rather just browse quietly… ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/186 "2020-06-22T15:22:55Z")
This is a joke? Right? I assume I’m getting whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/187 "2020-06-22T15:26:53Z")
My first quote… elmwood ended with /s… Sarcasm tag 😁 ETA:. Forgot you lose the quote if it is the immediately preceding post! ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/188 "2020-06-22T15:27:42Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > The reason I do not like them is based on experience with a forum that implemented them. They were nominally meaningless to how the forum operated…and still annoying. They seemed to help empower a junior high like cliquish atmosphere. Some users seemed to go out of their way to collect them with popular fluff. **Some users referenced like totals as if they were a badge of social standing**. With time the result seemed to affect the board culture. It was one of the things that made me stop interacting there. > > Maybe it was just the specific and rare subset of people there. Maybe we can mitigate the risks. I would not dismiss the risks entirely. Been there watched the trainwreck. The bolded is where likes can apparently go wrong – if there are easily-accessible and visible ways to display one’s number of likes, and people start using likes as in-board status currency … I can see where that can be a problem. Rest assured that’s not an invariable outcome. ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/189 "2020-06-22T15:27:50Z")
Thank you, I figured I was missing something. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/190 "2020-06-22T15:37:03Z")
Sorry you’re having problems, you got a whole lot of Monday. We’re changing from something we’ve used for over 20 years. There’s bound to be some learning curve. And I appreciate it’s not so much fun having new things forced on you. Mostly people are unhappy because it’s not their 20 year old experience. Nothing was going to be. Just relax and take it as it comes, it will get better. People with multiple accounts are a problem. But I got so many problems right now you’re not my #1 priority and I hope you understand that. Later. Jenny ---
**Author:** ![ishamael69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/191 "2020-06-22T15:47:02Z")
Re: Threded replies. Maybe I’m the only one seeing them? Under Czarcasm’s third post in this thread (for example), I see “2 Replies”. I then have to click to see the replies. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/192 "2020-06-22T15:49:16Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Rest assured that’s not an invariable outcome. Neither is everything will be fine with likes enabled. I am mostly encouraging looking at it as a risk vs reward calculation. I would put it as a small risk but for even smaller rewards. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/193 "2020-06-22T15:49:39Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Just relax and take it as it comes, it will get better. I know it will and I can’t wait for it. (This is getting exciting.) ---
**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, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/194 "2020-06-22T15:53:06Z")
> [@ishamael69](#): > > Re: Threded replies. Maybe I’m the only one seeing them? Under Czarcasm’s third post in this thread (for example), I see “2 Replies”. I then have to click to see the replies. That pseudo-nested view of replies doesn’t show up on every device, so some people may not be able to see that. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/195 "2020-06-22T16:02:06Z")
Internal links are broken. Go to any pre-Discourse post that contains a link to another SDMB thread (or individual post) like [this one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-warning-for-puddleglum/855444) about a warning to puddleglum. The link in the top post is broken. ---
**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 22, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/196 "2020-06-22T16:26:33Z")
> [@Greathouse](#): > > The only thing I miss so far is the hover over preview for the threads, err…topics. It is a minor thing and certainly not worth complaining about. I’ll complain. I used the hover constantly to decide if I wanted to read a thread. I’ll really miss that if we can’t get it back. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/197 "2020-06-22T16:29:02Z")
> [@ishamael69](#): > > Re: Threded replies. Maybe I’m the only one seeing them? Under Czarcasm’s third post in this thread (for example), I see “2 Replies”. I then have to click to see the replies. I was seeing that, too, and was a bit annoyed. It turns out the threaded replies are also shown inline at their appropriate position in the discussion. So, at least on the theme I was using at the time, I could see the replies under the replied-to post, or just read them later. It seems different themes handle it different. I’m on Discourse Classic, and I’m not seeing the “2 Replies” thing. I can’t find a theme that I completely like. I prefer the reading layout of classic, the colors of dark, and the post list information from Sam’s simple. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/198 "2020-06-22T16:35:36Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > On Firefox/Android, highlighting a word in the first (possibly more) line pops up an unmovable menu that makes it impossible to access the formatting bar. Okay, I found a work-around for that. Highlight what you want to format or embed a link in, then pinch-zoom the page until the edit bar is bigger than the pop-up menu. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/199 "2020-06-22T16:53:29Z")
Is there a way to see user names instead of avatars? Avatars are…less than optimal… ---
**Author:** ![ishamael69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/200 "2020-06-22T16:59:28Z")
Thank you! I’ve checked and that seems to be the case! I rescind my complaint and say that everything seems to be working quite nicely for me. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/201 "2020-06-22T17:10:15Z")
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