# What goes on here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 28, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944 "2014-01-28T12:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/1 "2014-01-28T12:59:11Z")
I confess I have always found the business model employed by this site to be entirely baffling. Some of the changes I’ve seen implemented leave me scratching my head in wonder, but then I don’t know the first thing about what’s involved, and the site’s still here all these years later so they gotta know something, right? But parts of the board have long since stopped functioning. Like the search function, or the ‘view last read’ bit. And now ‘remember me’ is completely useless. It all makes navigating around the board annoyingly laborious. It also seems to me that traffic is way down, from what is once was. Or maybe the ‘New Posts’ function has simply ceased to function correctly as well? Perhaps, it’s just me, but the place seems to be fading away, in a fashion. Anyone else feel it too? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/2 "2014-01-28T14:03:59Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > But parts of the board have long since stopped functioning. Like the search function, or the ‘view last read’ bit. And now ‘remember me’ is completely useless. It all makes navigating around the board annoyingly laborious. Works fine for me. I suspect your cookies are corrupted. Delete them, then log on again. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/3 "2014-01-28T14:31:23Z")
I never use view last read, but I use search and remember me with no problems. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/4 "2014-01-28T15:43:33Z")
I have experienced no problems with any of those items. Like **Peter Morris** , I suspect the problem is on your end, **elbows**. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/5 "2014-01-28T16:36:03Z")
Hmmmm…so what’s a not very tech savvy user to do then? I’ve been posting here over a decade and not experienced such issues before. How and why would it suddenly get wonky only for me? Especially as I can read and post without difficulty. With apologies, ‘delete them’, is really not sufficient information for a user such as myself. From where would I delete them? Assuming there are others, how will I know which ones? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/6 "2014-01-28T16:45:56Z")
Somewhere in your browser’s options or tools menu there’s an option to clear or delete browsing data. Make sure that it includes cookies and cache. If you google clearing cookies and the name of your browser there should be more than enough guides on the internet, otherwise post it here and someone can give you a step by step. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/7 "2014-01-28T17:08:52Z")
Deleted cookies, cleared cache and history. Hasn’t made the slightest difference. ( Ipad Mini, OS7, Safari) Hmmm, guess I’ll have to do more research… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/8 "2014-01-28T19:12:01Z")
Now you’ve done that, try restarting the computer. It helps - sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/9 "2014-01-30T17:19:36Z")
Update your browser, too. ---
**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 30, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/10 "2014-01-30T19:25:38Z")
Have you tried from a _real_ computer? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/11 "2014-01-30T20:22:53Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Have you tried from a _real_ computer? And after that, have you tried aloe? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/12 "2014-01-30T20:28:40Z")
When my computer jams up, I clear the cookies by turning it upside-down and shaking it vigorously several times. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/13 "2014-01-30T20:57:49Z")
When I worked telephone customer support for a small software company, I and the other guys had one standard stock knee-jerk solution for all customer problems with our software, or their operating system software, or any software. FDISK! Never failed. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/14 "2014-01-31T03:51:13Z")
As fans of ATMB already know, I have sporadic problems with my Read/Unread posts, but that’s about it. I don’t have any of the other problems in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/15 "2014-01-31T14:18:40Z")
search works fine for me, as does “remember me” - I never log off of the SDMB. I’m using Safari on a MacBook. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/16 "2014-01-31T15:32:41Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > When I worked telephone customer support for a small software company, I and the other guys had one standard stock knee-jerk solution for all customer problems with our software, or their operating system software, or any software. > > FDISK! > > Never failed. F the DISK, eh? Can you help me find the hole? 😉 **Elbows** , I do website support and this is something we help a lot of our customers with every day. Apple blocks third-party cookies by default, and anytime you update your device, they revert the setting. So you need to make your device accept cookies, and make a note of this because you’ll need to do it again in the future. Or hey, call Apple because they provide pretty good tech support. 1. Go to your device’s homescreen 2. Click on the app called Settings 3. Scroll down to Safari 4. Look at the current cookie setting. It will probably say “Always (or sometimes) block cookies from third parties and advertisers.” Change this to “Never.” No guarantees, but this is probably going to help. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/17 "2014-02-01T15:01:26Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > search works fine for me, as does “remember me” - I never log off of the SDMB. > > I’m using Safari on a MacBook. That’s risky. Someone could use your open account when you weren’t looking and post about how much you love to … ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/18 "2014-02-01T15:02:06Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > When my computer jams up, I clear the cookies by turning it upside-down and shaking it vigorously several times. Well _that_ ought to do it! ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/19 "2014-02-01T15:30:43Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > F the DISK, eh? Can you help me find the hole? 😉 > > **Elbows** , I do website support and this is something we help a lot of our customers with every day. Apple blocks third-party cookies by default, and anytime you update your device, they revert the setting. So you need to make your device accept cookies, and make a note of this because you’ll need to do it again in the future. Or hey, call Apple because they provide pretty good tech support. > > 1. Go to your device’s homescreen > 2. Click on the app called Settings > 3. Scroll down to Safari > 4. Look at the current cookie setting. It will probably say “Always (or sometimes) block cookies from third parties and advertisers.” Change this to “Never.” > > No guarantees, but this is probably going to help. Maybe Safari has a different definition of third party cookies than Firefox, but I have Firefox set to never accept third party cookies, and I am having no problems with SDMB (and I tell SDMB to stay logged on all the time). ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944/20 "2014-02-01T16:09:31Z")
According to Quantcast, unique visits to the board are up significantly in the last 3 years…not sure I believe the older years though. [https://www.quantcast.com/boards.straightdope.com](https://www.quantcast.com/boards.straightdope.com) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-here/679944.md?page=2)