# Three Requests and Two Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538 "2003-03-11T13:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/22 "2003-03-13T21:00:34Z")
But… ---
**Author:** ![Isaac\_Cashman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a9a28c/32.png) [@Isaac\_Cashman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isaac_Cashman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/23 "2003-03-13T21:30:59Z")
O.K. Clicing on `` USER CP’ allows one to log in by backspacing “Unregisered”, putting in screen name and putting in password ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/25 "2003-03-13T22:52:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tall-poppy-syndrome \* > \They actually use the “bock posting but leave unbanned” far more often. Perhaps 2 to 1. And you woul know this how? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/26 "2003-03-15T07:37:26Z")
> [@](#): > > This is the only way to log in that works properly. If you hit the “post reply” link, then you’ll also get a reliable login. But this is probably not very relevant any more, with the popularity of the quick reply box. ---
**Author:** ![vb-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vb-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vb-man)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/27 "2003-03-15T15:22:09Z")
**Chronos** - You just don’t get it do you? **Isaac Cashman** is speaking from experience. Want proof? Why don’t you try this- log out, then come back to this page and try the quick reply box method of logging in while posting. Then tell us again how reliable it is. I’ll bet anything that instead of “Thank you for posting”, you get this: " vBulletin Message No thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster " ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/28 "2003-03-16T11:24:58Z")
**vb-man** , read **Chronos** ’ comment again. He said “post reply”, not “Submit Reply”. The _post reply_ button opens the edit window for full reply functions. If you aren’t logged in, it expects you to log in first. That works. However, as **Chronos** mentioned and your example states, most people use the “quick reply” window at the bottom of the thread page. This will **not** log you in. **Chronos** did not say that it will. He said, > [@](#): > > But this is probably not very relevant any more, with the popularity of the quick reply box. ---
**Author:** ![vb-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@vb-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vb-man)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/29 "2003-03-16T15:37:59Z")
**Irishman** - I read the thread correctly. That last line of yours says it all. Why say the quick reply box has solved anything when it leads to an error condition? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538/30 "2003-03-17T07:14:23Z")
No no no, the quick reply has _not_ solved everything. He didn’t say it did. He said people are using the quick reply box instead of opening the normal reply window. Thus they encounter the problem. If the open the full reply window, they don’t have the problem. But they don’t use that feature, they use the quick reply box. But after rereading the comment, I can see how you reached that interpretation. It’s not the problem that isn’t relevant any more, it’s the use of the full reply window. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-requests-and-two-questions/160538.md?page=1)