# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/221 "2022-12-17T09:30:45Z")
Done for now. Success was only fair. Posted here, [Anyone want to do the 2022 Secret Santa? [Last Call, sign-ups end 11/15] - #170 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/170) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/222 "2022-12-20T22:01:17Z")
There appears to be a smiley shortcut that I found by accident. If I place a single colon - either on a line by itself or with spaces before it I am offered smiley choices 😀 😄 The choices appear to be based on recently used smileys (and access to the complete set is also offered). Because I just used the two above, they have been added to my personal shortlist (when I type an isolated colon) 😄 😀 🙂 😉 Haven’t quite figured out how this all works yet. 😉 j ETA - or why the above are different sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/223 "2022-12-20T23:12:44Z")
🙄 Hey it works! (I don’t mean to roll eyes at your discovery, it was just the only thing in my recently-used list. I guess that says more about me…) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/224 "2022-12-21T01:21:19Z")
🤪 Crazy, dudes! And dudettes! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/225 "2022-12-21T18:08:41Z")
Playing with images here… If I have an image in a separate tab and say “copy image”… [![](https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article17261239.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_ASR_CFN141218elf_018.jpg) ](https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article17261239.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_ASR_CFN141218elf_018.jpg) If I have an image in a separate tab and copy the URL,… [![](https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article17261239.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_ASR_CFN141218elf_018.jpg) ](https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article17261239.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/0_ASR_CFN141218elf_018.jpg) (so far, so good, but what happens when I hit “Reply”? ETA: both worked, so why couldn’t I get either to work in the Caption Contest thread? (rhetorical question, unless someone actually knows what I was doing wrong or that there’s something different about that thread or forum) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/226 "2022-12-21T18:10:41Z")
Man that is so creepy. Well the elf at least. The veggies are pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/227 "2022-12-21T18:21:27Z")
All the liquids being stored sideways has me creeped out. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/228 "2022-12-21T18:29:59Z")
It’s a lot better than what _could_ be staring at you when you open the refrigerator door (if you’re the don’t-throw-it-out-until-it-erupts type). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/229 "2022-12-21T18:30:15Z")
Quoting my own post to see how the “quote” parses the pictures… > [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > If I have an image in a separate tab and say “copy image”… > > If I have an image in a separate tab and copy the URL,… > > (so far, so good, but what happens when I hit “Reply”? (removing actual links so I’m not annoying people coming into the thread) both look like “[” followed by a space, followed by “![sizeXsize](” then picture URL, then “) ](”, then picture URL followed by “)” I’m pretty sure what I was trying before didn’t have the spaces by the outside square brackets. I’m going to see if changing that fixes things. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/230 "2022-12-22T21:28:40Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > or why the above are different sizes. It seems that if they’re on a line with text, or with more than 3 on a separate line, they’re small. 1-3 on a separate line are big. This catches me out a lot, i seem to be in the habit of putting a space before a colon… ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/232 "2023-01-12T13:25:59Z")
Just doing some Pin testing … ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/236 "2023-01-12T14:00:34Z")
Seeing the top post of this thread on a number of unrelated threads at the top, I take it that’s your doing, @What_Exit ? It’s super confusing, doing a site-wide test like that. And most peeps won’t know this thread’s OP, so it just looks like an unrelated thing. Would have been better IMO to use a dedicated self-explanatory message rather than that one. ETA: it looks like it’s on _every_ thread. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/237 "2023-01-12T14:07:31Z")
The pins were all cleared over 30 minutes ago. I have no idea why you’re seeing them now. On refresh they should be gone. Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/238 "2023-01-12T14:08:41Z")
Looks like they’re gone now. But they were on threads I just opened in the last 10 minutes. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/239 "2023-01-12T14:11:16Z")
The Banner Pin was only on for a minute. I’m guessing a timing issue, but I really don’t know. I needed to verify how Banner Pin worked vs. Global Pin and write up detailed instructions to add to the Moderator How To. There was no other way to test. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/240 "2023-01-12T14:15:28Z")
I saw it 2 minutes ago. Now that I’ve cleared it, it’s gone. I agree with @MrDibble, a test that explained it was a test would have been a lot better. i had some clue what was going on but still found it confusing and a little disorienting. But what’s done is done. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/241 "2023-01-12T14:19:05Z")
Sorry if it sounds like I’m giving you grief, I didn’t mean to, I twigged what was going on pretty much immediately but I visit ATMB all the time, not everyone does. It was more to note for next time that a dedicated thread OP would be a slightly less mysterious test 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/242 "2023-01-12T14:20:12Z")
Fair enough, of course if the software worked how it should have, a minute wouldn’t have mattered. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/243 "2023-01-12T14:26:31Z")
I saw it but I leave the dope open on my phone because the app is buggy and takes forever to open. So regardless, the next time I checked my phone I would have seen it. As soon as I went to a different page on the dope, it disappeared. Unless I just happened to randomly check the dope at the exact time it was happening. I suppose that’s possible. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/244 "2023-01-12T14:42:38Z")
I just saw it again, on a different browser on different hardware. I suspect everyone will see it. Or maybe everyone who was logged in when the test was done. (This browser was logged in.) I edited the first post of this thread to explain. Hopefully that helps. If anyone has suggestions of a better thing to say in that first post, let me know and I’ll re-edit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=13)