# Testing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 13, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114 "2007-09-13T20:32:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gretchen\_Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@Gretchen\_Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchen_Ross)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114/1 "2007-09-13T20:32:55Z")

</div>

New here so this is just a test post. If you’re reading it, hi!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114/2 "2007-09-13T20:57:30Z")

</div>

And if I’m not reading it?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114/3 "2007-09-13T21:34:33Z")

</div>

[QUOTE=Gretchen Ross]  
New here so this is just a test post. If you’re reading it, hi!  
[/QUOTE]  
If you want to do a lot of testing you can use the preview button. It will show you what you want to know.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114/4 "2007-10-11T19:45:17Z")

</div>

[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]  
If you want to do a lot of testing you can use the preview button. It will show you what you want to know.  
[/QUOTE]

Alpha beta gamma, testing, alpha beta gamma

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114/5 "2007-10-11T20:08:11Z")

</div>

[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]  
Alpha beta gamma, testing, alpha beta gamma  
[/QUOTE]  
I don’t get it. Maybe it’s just me.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/419114/6 "2007-10-11T21:52:35Z")

</div>

… because I was receiving a strange error message wen using reply/quote and wanted to try posting in a different forum, different thread, to see what happened.