# test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 25, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496 "2008-11-25T23:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/1 "2008-11-25T23:44:17Z")
testing. No new posts in over half an hour? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/2 "2008-11-26T00:38:23Z")
I’m showing no new posts since 6:13 CST. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/3 "2008-11-26T00:45:11Z")
Aaaaaaand . . . that post I just posted is not recorded in a search on New Posts. But I can see when I go directly to the thread. Something is rotten in Denmark . . . ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/4 "2008-11-26T00:50:54Z")
Search isn’t working at all now and for two or three days I’ve gotten a database error now and again (which is usually rectified by just clicking refresh). Things are kinda screwy these days. ETA: A bit screwier than they usually are. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/5 "2008-11-26T00:57:53Z")
I just tried posting a new thread and it didn’t show. Nor is it coming up in searches. But I can reply to it. How did you post this thread, **wring**? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/6 "2008-11-26T00:58:24Z")
Apparently, like Scarlett67 pointed out, when you reply to a topic, you can see your and other people’s updated replies but the times and dates of the thread continue to look like nobody’s posted for an hour or so. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/7 "2008-11-26T01:00:12Z")
Huh. I’m trying to quote **BellRungBook** ’s post but it’s not working either. That’s going to be pretty funny, though, if all the “ghost” topics suddenly appear when the present problem is fixed. I can imagine about five topics all with the same title. And about 500 “What the heck is wrong with the boards?” topics. Oh, and about 5000 “test” topics in here. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/8 "2008-11-26T01:01:57Z")
I also just tried cleaning out some old unread PMs (Feud notifications, which I get e-mailed to me so I don’t need to read them here), and they won’t delete. Another head-scratcher. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/9 "2008-11-26T01:02:23Z")
While we’re waiting, go here and answer my grammar questions! 🙂 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10497410](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10497410) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/10 "2008-11-26T01:17:20Z")
Interesting. You can still access threads made (in making order) by changing the number in the address bar (and adding a 1 to the current number each time). There’s not that many yet, looks like…which is good, I’m thinking. [How do I clean my computer? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494743) isn’t a topic (so far). ETA: Well, now it is. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/11 "2008-11-26T01:32:34Z")
to answer the question, I posted the thead normally. Iwas not able to quote another poster, and in this mode can only see my OP ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/12 "2008-11-26T01:51:32Z")
But your thread showed up in the ATMB forum, **wring** , which is how I found it. The new thread I posted (linked above) didn’t show up in GQ at all. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/474496/13 "2008-11-26T03:32:14Z")
maybe I was lucky, maybe yours will show up.