# Why am I getting a "Thank You" page when I post?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706>\
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**Created:** [April 20, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706 "2010-04-20T02:32:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706/1 "2010-04-20T02:32:02Z")

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Once upon a time, this board did not have the option to post a Quick Reply. Back in those days, when you typed a response and clicked submit, you’d get a page that said

> [@](#):
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> Thank you for posting! You will now be taken to your post.

And eventually, you would be. When the Quick Reply function was added, that response disappeared.

Today, it’s come back, now updated to add “If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so.”

What gives?

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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706/2 "2010-04-20T02:45:14Z")

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That message (the one referring to a poll) should only appear when you start a new thread. A reply, quick or otherwise, wouldn’t give you that message.

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**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706/3 "2010-04-20T03:15:19Z")

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I’ve gotten that all day today, over the course of 5-6 threads, and I haven’t started any new thread at all.

ETA that now that I said that, of course the ‘thank you’ page didn’t appear.

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706/4 "2010-04-20T08:05:40Z")

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Test

ETA: Nothing for me. I’ll test some more later.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706/5 "2010-04-20T22:25:12Z")

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Probably related to the problem Ed talks about in [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12364531#post12364531).

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-a-thank-you-page-when-i-post/536706/6 "2010-04-21T17:39:52Z")

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Maybe your posts are so good that they deserve the gratitude they are getting.