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I doubt there is much help for this unusual problem, I suspect I will have to wait, as earlier. This is the 2nd time I've encountered it. I am unable to contribute to the topic on 'the Nature of existence' in philosophy forum. I can navigate or contribute else where, but once into that topic trying to post a reply, the curser will not register. This does not appear to be an issue in any other topic. Strange.

Got this in my email: First, I saw this joke from TheVat from this thread: I thought his squirrel joke was funny, so I laughed at it with a squirrel image macro: ..................and somehow that was "TROLLING." Now I don't know which windmill who was tilting at and I frankly don't give a flip, but unless someone was using some obscure meaning of the term "TROLLING" that I was (as still am) utterly unfamiliar with, there was no "TROLLING." Laughing at someone's joke isn't "TROLLING," and I've no idea where this nonsensical "rebellion" label came from either (again, don't know what they're on about, and don't care ei…

For the second time now in recent weeks, when logging in I get a message towards the bottom of the screen saying "help me", with a note that I have a personal message. This message disappears after a few seconds, without any further keystrokes from me. On neither occasion has there been any unread personal message in my In box. I don't like this. Is it a feature, a bug, or has the forum, or my laptop, been hacked?

I've a horrible feeling we are being suckered by a bot here. It makes no sense to speak of "solving" a chemical equation, nor of describing one as having "terms" in it. This is terminology from mathematical equations. The previous enquiries from mcrestroom were also odd. It's hard to think that anyone who is actually attending classes in organic chemistry would be asking these questions in the way he - or it - does. I think I'm going to send in a report, just in case.

This is a subject that comes up from time to time in reported posts, but is rarely on target; it's usually just a complaint that someone said something snarky. There was a thread on this some years ago, but as that got bogged down with some particular instances, I thought just a general discussion might suffice I've imported a few statements from the other thread that are useful I'll add to this that an ad hominem need not include an insult, but merely a personal observation. "You are wrong because bald/old/tall people are never right" is an ad hominem because a personal observation is used instead of refuting some actual point.

Can anyone tell me the meaning this this strange message when often but not always pops up briefly when I log in ? I have arrowed the message on the screeshot. It shows the notifications bell plus the words " you have 5 personal messages " - the actual number varies. But as can be seen from the top there is only one message listed and it is not a personal one. I have never been able to find the alleged sender either . Who or what is C-19 ? Thanks.

I sometime find it hard to do what I would like when replying to a post, due to the WYSIWYG editor. I've not been able to find a non-WYSIWYG mode, e.g. where you'd see the tags used by the site to mark quotes and such. Does that exist? If so, what's "the button" look like?

Why am I still getting email notifications from someone I blocked? Now I'll have setup email rule just to block email notifications coming from this one individual. I've seen his interactions with others in other threads and they're awful too.

This is a problem on Chrome browser, so I've switched over to Firefox, hoping I can post this. Chrome is generating some kind of error regarding the site's certificate, and refusing to allow me to post in a thread. If the site's certificate has been allowed to lapse, that will be a huge problem. IIRC, only browsers like duckduckgo can plow through certificate problems and let you post anyway. If this doesn't post, I will use a device at home that has DDG on it. Looks like Firefox is okay. Has anyone else had problems with Chrome today? LATER Back on Chrome, going to test this again. OK, now it is working okay. What a weird glitch.

Just a question: Why I am retained as "quark" in my profile?

Hi, I seem to have some difficulties with Chrome when creating new topics on this board. Snapshot attached for your viewing pleasure. Edge seems to work properly.

Last time we had a concerted spam attack I lost a length important post in the middle of a whole bunch of spam. So THANK YOU to the mods for managing to clear the spam out without loosing my post this time.

For some strange reason, it seems as if I have been restricted to reply when others answer my threads. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I am a new member. Thanks.

Somebody just went to an old thread and marked -1 four of my posts in a row: starting with this one: I am very curious, what makes these posts deserving negs. And why extra image appears in my post when viewed in the activity lists? Here, the "IMG Lifestyle" image:

In the past when I wanted to test or check something something during composing a reply a reply I could leave that thread make my check and then return to the original thread. So long as I simply clicked in the reply box before I did anything else, my previous typing reappeared and I could carry on. Why does this useful feature no longer work ?

why i can't delete my account? i don't ask my messages to get removed i was thinking i could delete my account and then create a new one, using the same email address so i guess i would first have to change the email address of my current one, then drop it then i could create a new account using my real email address if you propose to manually do it, please don't but add a button so everyone could i think keeping only posts but deleting username/avatar/signature etc, would be good.

Perhaps a stupid question and I’m just not observant enough, but is there a forum view that just sorts by the newest posts / updated topics? I saw a shortlist version of what I’m talking about but it’s not exactly adequate for my purposes. Edit: Found it on Edge anyway, but doesn't appear on mobile. Guessing I could request the desktop version of the site as a workaround.

Some (most?) of us care about facts, and when you make a purportedly factual claim, it’s not unreasonable to ask for the source of that information. Just making assertions (or worse, offering opinions as if they were facts) runs afoul of the rule on soapboxing, and possibly others. It’s not nitpicking.

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Is there a new user guide? I searched and didn't find anything. I would like to add my picture to my profile as well and am not sure how to do it. Thanks for helping!

Any possibility these nuisance ads could be eliminated? Banner ads are okay, but this new format makes for a pretty rude interruption. How can any advertizer, seeing what type of website this is, imagine we would respond to these in a positive way?

At one time we could keep small latex such as \[G^{\mu\nu}\] inline without requiring a separate line. This aided readability and allowed a cleaner presentation when simply designating variables or values etc. I have been using the \[ command structure. Is there anyway to get the example above inline ?

Dear scienceforums Can you please delete my account and my posts according to the GDPR?

How accurate is the views number under posts? Not the views to profile. I thought it was accurate because it increased slightly over time. Also the post has replies. I wanted to inspire new cryptographers. I believed it was so simple and would spread fast. Is 11,000 to large? Is it accurate?

I've placed an image in hidden spoiler in my post. It is hidden there, but it is not hidden in the preview on activities list: