# We have an SDMB balloon now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 25, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956 "2004-01-25T04:58:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956/1 "2004-01-25T04:58:04Z")

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Or is it just me?

Whenever I go to the main page of the boards, this silly heart-shaped balloon with a smiley-face starts floating up from the bottom of my screen to the top. It doesn’t happen with any of the other websites I visit, nor does it happen with Straight Dope home, nor any of the Forum pages - just the SDMB main page. It just started happening this morning, by the way.

Is this some new measure to bring joy into our dreary, dull lives, or has my computer fallen in love with the Dope? 😕

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**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956/2 "2004-01-25T05:00:08Z")

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And, of course, it stands to reason that the balloon stopped appearing the second I hit “Submit”.

Wonder what it was, though.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956/3 "2004-01-25T05:03:17Z")

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I’ve never seen it.

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956/4 "2004-01-25T05:30:20Z")

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Nope, no balloon here, either.

If you didn’t install it, you may want to run SpyBot or your anti-virus software.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956/5 "2004-01-25T13:36:32Z")

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I am also balloon-less

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956/6 "2004-01-25T20:46:57Z")

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No balloon. Do you do a lot of recreational pharmaceuticals while surfing the SDMB? 😉

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-an-sdmb-balloon-now/225956/7 "2004-01-25T20:49:36Z")

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Some site you’ve visited may have had a hidden ad featuring the upcoming Valentines Day (heart-shaped balloon seems to indicate that). As others have said **ankh** – run some anti-spyware programs.