# What's wrong with the way posts are displaying?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [November 22, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773 "2021-11-22T17:13:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/21 "2021-11-23T06:57:25Z")
> [@BigT](#):
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> > [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> > Okay, so… when scrolling up, did the user avatar always slide around beside the post and I’m only just now noticing, or is this something new? Using SD Light.
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> It’s definitely new. I find it quite distracting, and otherwise pointless. I already know who wrote the post, since I will have read it from the top.
Agreed. I can see why someone would think it’s a nifty feature to have, but it’s just another pointless bell/whistle.
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### Author:  [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/22 "2021-11-23T07:18:01Z")
Seconded. Also, if you click the avatar to get the user info box, it remains where it opened rather than following the avatar, which just feels like a missed detail either way.
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/23 "2021-11-23T07:33:02Z")
Using Discourse Classic with Chrome on a PC and all is well. Everything is business as usual, no roaming avatars.
> [@superwombat](#):
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> Seconded. Also, if you click the avatar to get the user info box, it remains where it opened rather than following the avatar, which just feels like a missed detail either way.
I’m not sure I understand this one. Do you mean the profile stays on the middle of the screen as you scroll down the page? Clicking the avatar operates the way it always did for me.
Is this one of those things where you are all talking about phones and I’m talking about a desktop?
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### Author:  [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/24 "2021-11-23T07:40:15Z")
I guess I expected the info box to follow the avatar as it moved. 🤷♂️
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### Author:  [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/25 "2021-11-23T07:46:13Z")
Oops, sorry 'bout that! I should have remembered what the main thrust of the thread was. \< insert embarrassed smiley here\>
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/26 "2021-11-23T08:17:50Z")
I just realized I said “a couple of tweaks” but only gave one. Turns out, the other one wasn’t needed. The value “unset” for `position` also causes the `top` values to be ignored.
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/27 "2021-11-23T16:38:52Z")
On a side note (maybe related), when I read the last post in a thread that has yet to be updated, its title usually was greyed out in the forum listing. That’s not happening now.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/28 "2021-11-23T17:45:27Z")
Aha so Vincent theme has issues. Good to know, switch away for now and we will see what we can fix.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/29 "2021-11-23T17:48:14Z")
It’s not just Vincent with this issue. As noted above, also Dark, Sam’s Simple and SD Light.
Thanks for looking into it. This issue is really awful.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/30 "2021-11-24T19:51:36Z")
The issue seems to have been fixed, at least to a degree. For some minutes now, the avatars have been still floating about at the posts when scrolling, but at least the width of the post box doesn’t change anymore. I only find it unfortunate that the width of the posts now is remarkably smaller than before.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/31 "2021-11-24T20:18:35Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> . I only find it unfortunate that the width of the posts now is remarkably smaller than before.
That’s almost exactly what I just posted in the other thread.
> [@Sliding avatars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sliding-avatars/954796/24):
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> Okay, the sliding avatar thing just started working for me (I didn’t change or do anything), it seems to be hit or miss if actually happens, but at least I know what people are talking about now. Also the entire post jumping back and forth stopped.
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> However, now there’s a big chunk of wasted real estate in the column that all the avatars are in since the space is needed for them to slide around. Not a big deal, just different.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/32 "2021-11-24T20:19:16Z")
It looks a lot better, but I’m still seeing significant issues.
Jump down to What\_Exit’s post (#236) in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-secular-holidays-in-america-mostly-christmas-split-from-the-columbus-day-thread/954138/235). For me, WE’s avatar is on a line by itself, then the usual post narrowing starts up again.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/33 "2021-11-24T20:21:00Z")
That’s strange. I thought maybe it was because of the linked post thing, but in the thread I linked to just above your post everything, well, not correct, but not doing that.
The avatars actually doing what I’d expect them to do, is still only working some of the time.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/34 "2021-11-24T20:26:24Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> That’s strange.
I scrolled through pretty quickly, but WE’s post seemed to be the first one that used staff coloring, so that could be a culprit.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/35 "2021-11-24T20:30:49Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> I scrolled through pretty quickly, but WE’s post seemed to be the first one that used staff coloring, so that could be a culprit.
Yup, that appears to be it. I searched for ‘mod note’ and found another one.
> [@Are surgeons in bikinis a teensy-weensy bit unprofessional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-surgeons-in-bikinis-a-teensy-weensy-bit-unprofessional/916416/54):
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> I think it’s very unprofessional for teachers and nurses and hair stylists and women in many other professions to post bikini pictures. Not just bikinis, but also undies, provocative Halloween costumes, and any kind of scanty swimwear. It would be awful if in protest to that sentiment women started posting pictures of their barely clad selves. That would be a really good way for them to get back at me so I hope they don’t do it.
Scroll down just a few posts and you’ll see the same issue.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/36 "2021-11-24T20:33:34Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> > [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> > I scrolled through pretty quickly, but WE’s post seemed to be the first one that used staff coloring, so that could be a culprit.
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> Yup, that appears to be it. I searched for ‘mod note’ and found another one.
Post #435 (also WE) in the Religious/Secular Holidays thread shows the same thing.
ETA: But I misspoke earlier. The old narrowing isn’t happening. It’s just the mod post that’s out of line.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/37 "2021-11-24T21:05:57Z")
Whatever is/was going on, this update certainly wasn’t ready to be rolled out yet.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/38 "2021-11-24T21:06:49Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Whatever is/was going on, this update certainly wasn’t ready to be rolled out yet.
I think it’s just us. Vincent on my other D-boards is still the same old broken Vincent.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/39 "2021-11-24T21:23:48Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> I think it’s just us. Vincent on my other D-boards is still the same old broken Vincent.
I was going to tell you someone else said that they tried it on another board and had a similar issue…but it was you.
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> Just tried Vincent on another board, and it does the same thing there. Gets really funky scrolling bottom to top.
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### Author:  [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-the-way-posts-are-displaying/954773/40 "2021-11-24T21:29:08Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> I was going to tell you someone else said that they tried it on another board and had a similar issue…but it was you.
At my age, it’s good to remind me anyway.
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