# What happened to "New Posts"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 30, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582 "2013-08-30T15:42:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/41 "2013-08-31T00:19:18Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I’ve never seen “New Posts” go down before. > > As a back-up it would be wise to prepare a “What’s Happening Now” button that gives a put-down or come-back from the sassy waitress on the series “What’s Happening Now.” > Just so we have something to press. > > Or at least makeup some calendar events for us to look forward to. Or at least a link to the [WayBackMachine](http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://boards.straightdope.com). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/42 "2013-08-31T00:19:43Z")
What do you mean you don’t have the “New Posts” or “Search” buttons anymore? It works fine for me. Didn’t you guys get the memo? Those functions were only going to be disabled for the people who weren’t cool enoug… Oh. I get it. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/43 "2013-08-31T00:24:39Z")
Search button? LOL. You’ve been hackhed dude. We never had that! ---
**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:** [August 31, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/44 "2013-08-31T00:49:45Z")
Going to merge two threads about this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/45 "2013-08-31T01:00:53Z")
Why does every site on the internet work except for this one? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/46 "2013-08-31T01:12:03Z")
ATMB appropriate question: When something like this is disabled, does it vanish for mods and admins too? If not, can they see the difference, or is there no change to their interface? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/47 "2013-08-31T01:16:06Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > ATMB appropriate question: When something like this is disabled, does it vanish for mods and admins too? If not, can they see the difference, or is there no change to their interface? It’s gone for us also. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/48 "2013-08-31T02:05:18Z")
The SDMB is turning into a one-legged dancer. Do you guys reindex the database and perform routine maintenance or is the plan to let everything gradually fall apart? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/49 "2013-08-31T02:13:08Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I’ve never seen “New Posts” go down before. > > As a back-up it would be wise to prepare a “What’s Happening Now” button that gives a put-down or come-back from the sassy waitress on the series “What’s Happening Now.” > Just so we have something to press. You need some [New Posts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzZOc05BFHE)? ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/50 "2013-08-31T02:21:09Z")
Here is a substitute for “New Posts” addicts: [Google “New Posts” Search](https://www.google.com/#q=site:boards.straightdope.com&tbs=sbd:1%2Cqdr%3Ad) Click it as often as you’d like. Google won’t break. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/51 "2013-08-31T02:33:35Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Google won’t break. Knock on silicon. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/52 "2013-08-31T03:46:10Z")
Clicking on that Calendar button isn’t getting any more entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/53 "2013-08-31T05:13:58Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Click it as often as you’d like. Google won’t break. > **[Google Outage Decreases World's Web Traffic 40%](https://www.ibtimes.com/google-goog-goes-down-search-youtube-gmail-crash-web-traffic-down-40-percent-1390693)** > > Google (GOOG) briefly went down on Friday, and the company refuses to say why. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/54 "2013-08-31T05:22:38Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > [Google (GOOG) Goes Down: Search, YouTube And Gmail Crash, Web Traffic Down 40 Percent | IBTimes](http://www.ibtimes.com/google-goog-goes-down-search-youtube-gmail-crash-web-traffic-down-40-percent-1390693) The internet really is a collection of tubes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/55 "2013-08-31T12:03:36Z")
New Posts and Search have been re-enabled. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/56 "2013-08-31T12:04:31Z")
Yay! ---
**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:** [August 31, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/57 "2013-08-31T13:08:39Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > [Google (GOOG) Goes Down: Search, YouTube And Gmail Crash, Web Traffic Down 40 Percent | IBTimes](http://www.ibtimes.com/google-goog-goes-down-search-youtube-gmail-crash-web-traffic-down-40-percent-1390693) > [@deltasigma](#): > > The internet really is a collection of tubes. 😃 That’s a Habitrail system for the hamsters. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/58 "2013-08-31T13:13:10Z")
> [@jdavis](#): > > New Posts and Search have been re-enabled. _fist bump_ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-new-posts/667582/59 "2013-08-31T14:27:59Z")
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