# 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:** 21
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/406 "2020-08-04T03:28:03Z")
The main thing I miss from the old site are the icons on the forum page that showed which threads you had contributed to. Sam’s Simple Theme does not have that feature. Any chance it could be added? (Sorry if this has been brought up already. I haven’t read all 400 previous posts.) ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/407 "2020-08-04T04:55:04Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Yes, inaccurate. It says I had 110 topics created. I probably had 10 at most on the old board and here I don’t think I have any On the old board, post reports created new threads in the mod forum. That’s where all your additional “topics created” are from. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/408 "2020-08-04T05:41:35Z")
Why can’t a new thread have the same title as another thread? That was a surprise… ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/409 "2020-08-04T05:55:04Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Why can’t a new thread have the same title as another thread? Really? You think multiple threads with the same title should be allowed? No confusion possible? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/410 "2020-08-04T12:33:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > > [@kayT](#): > > > > Yes, inaccurate. It says I had 110 topics created. I probably had 10 at most on the old board and here I don’t think I have any > > On the old board, post reports created new threads in the mod forum. That’s where all your additional “topics created” are from. Thank you for the explanation and wow, I made a _lot_ of post reports. BTW, do you have a mod forum on the new board? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/411 "2020-08-04T13:39:51Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Thank you for the explanation and wow, I made a _lot_ of post reports. BTW, do you have a mod forum on the new board? The forums from the old board were moved intact to this board, so yes, we still have that forum., which contains all the old thread reports, warnings, etc, even though Discourse doesn’t work that way. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/412 "2020-08-05T01:13:03Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Really? You think multiple threads with the same title should be allowed? No confusion possible? If the threads weren’t posted at the same time, not really. Do you find this particularly confusing? # [Youngest doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/78030) # [Youngest doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/413 "2020-08-05T02:35:54Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > On the old board, post reports created new threads in the mod forum. That’s where all your additional “topics created” are from running\_coach must have an astronomical thread count. Even more than the finest linens! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/414 "2020-08-05T02:55:14Z")
It says I started 3142 topics of which roughly 110 are actual topics. ;jaw drop: ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/415 "2020-08-05T03:02:43Z")
Is that all? ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/416 "2020-08-05T04:00:15Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > If the threads weren’t posted at the same time, not really. Do you find this particularly confusing? > > # [Youngest doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/78030) > > # [Youngest doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540) 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/417 "2020-08-06T12:11:27Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > If the threads weren’t posted at the same time, not really. Do you find this particularly confusing? Well, yes, because I don’t meticulously track all of the goings on here. In fact, I don’t even notice the dates on threads. I just look at the thread title and assume, for example, that a thread named, “COVID-19 Sucks”, is the same “COVID-19 Sucks” I saw 3 days ago. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/418 "2020-08-15T22:04:29Z")
For tips and tricks I highly recommend this blog post > **[Discourse New User Tips and Tricks](https://blog.discourse.org/2016/12/discourse-new-user-tips-and-tricks/)** > > Getting going in an online community can be overwhelming, especially if you’ve never used the platform before. If you’re new to Discourse, here are a few quick tips and tricks to get you started: ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/419 "2020-08-29T05:23:16Z")
I’m not seeing my oldest postings – my earliest post seems to be somewhere in 2015, with nothing before that. Is this a known problem that I haven’t found a discussion of? Or a known problem that has not been discussed? Or just me? ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/420 "2020-08-29T05:31:04Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > I’m not seeing my oldest postings – my earliest post seems to be somewhere in 2015, with nothing before that. They seem to be there: [https://boards.straightdope.com/search?expanded=true&q=%40Melbourne%20before%3A2015-01-01](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?expanded=true&q=%40Melbourne%20before%3A2015-01-01) ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/421 "2020-08-29T22:07:31Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > They seem to be there: Somehow, while trying to use the filter creation system, the system inserted the word ‘date’ after the date. I assumed that was part of the date criteria. Comparing what I had, to what you had, I see that what I had was using the _word_ date as a word filter. FWIW, I did not type “date” into the filter, it just appeared there as I clicked on things. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/422 "2020-09-19T15:16:39Z")
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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/424 "2020-09-25T03:17:10Z")
Is there a way to remove the number than indicates that there are X unread messages remaining in a thread? It might just be me, but I find that kind of off-putting when it’s a thread I lost interest in and have no intention of returning to. I thought briefly maybe just going to the end of the thread, but the unread indicator reappears with new posts, which of course it does ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/425 "2020-09-25T04:49:04Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Is there a way to remove the number than indicates that there are X unread messages remaining in a thread? You need to change the **status** of the thread. A thread can be set to **Watching, Tracking, Normal, or Muted**. You can change the status with the button at the bottom of the thread, or the button at the bottom of the slider. See also your **Profile \> Preferences \> Notifications**. You can change the way it automatically sets the status of threads. You can also look at all the **Unread** topics from the link at the top of the home page in the SD Light/Dark theme. You can Dismiss them all, and optionally stop Tracking them all. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-children-punch-list-for-fixes-tips-and-tricks/911044/426 "2020-09-25T11:36:55Z")
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