# Why am I not being returned to the message board?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-being-returned-to-the-message-board/24505>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 4, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-being-returned-to-the-message-board/24505 "2000-07-04T01:24:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-being-returned-to-the-message-board/24505/1 "2000-07-04T01:24:13Z")

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I noticed today whilst posting both replies and new threads I am returned, not to the message board, but to the thread I posted to. (Don’t let the Grammar Harpy see that sentence!)

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-being-returned-to-the-message-board/24505/2 "2000-07-04T01:36:58Z")

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Yeah, I noticed that too. Apparently this is so you can admire your own post…or maybe see where you screwed it up so you can post a correction.

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**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-being-returned-to-the-message-board/24505/3 "2000-07-04T02:09:17Z")

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I kind of like it, but the old way was okay too.

You get to spot when you’ve just posted at the same time as someone else, and one of your posts looks like it refencing the wrong person.

Also, the preview always seems to look a little different, because the lines are longer and you can’t see the subject header.

Despite pre-view, I always see my typos in the final version.

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**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-not-being-returned-to-the-message-board/24505/4 "2000-07-04T02:10:55Z")

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Damn. Like now. “refencing” of course means “referencing”.