# Forum Discussion: Try not to get too meta

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896 "2018-02-01T04:03:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/1 "2018-02-01T04:03:24Z")

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How do I disable email alerts? I can’t seem to do so on this new forum and seeing new messages in my inbox over things I’ve already replied to is starting to get annoying.

Other topics of interest:  
Eidt: is there any chance we will get strikethrough back?

Or spoilers? They are rather handy when preventing…well spoilers, or for keeping picture posts from taking up too much room, especially with the infinity scroll.

Maybe a couple of text colors?

Are there any other formatting tools I might not be aware of because they are not represented in the tool bar above?

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**Author:** ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/2 "2018-02-01T04:16:30Z")

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Here’s what I found:

1. Click on your profile, go to Preferences\>Emails, then untick the relevant boxes.
2. 
3. The spoilers are in the little gear at right.
4. 

> **Spoilers**
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> I am a hidden text. I live in the post formatting gear menu at the far right.
> 
> Click over here \>I am invisible text .So am I

Blurred link:

[https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/)

Click on the little pencil to see revision history and code

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/3 "2018-02-01T04:20:07Z")

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BorkBork beat me to the top isues.  
There is 0 chance of moving back to smf.  
No colors.  
Nope, formatting is minimal by design, the toolbar has them all.

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**Author:** ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/4 "2018-02-01T04:25:01Z")

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Blurry links seem dangerous. I was sent to the wesite under the link on the second click.

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/5 "2018-02-01T04:25:57Z")

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Thanks guys. Those all seem like really obvious things I should have realized before now _-_ yet somehow didn’t wait…

Is this struckthrough?

Oh we do have that

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**Author:** ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/6 "2018-02-01T04:27:11Z")

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Hardly. The gear isn’t an obvious home for spoilers, and the blurry link is situational. We still have bbcode, and we also have post revision history in the little orange pencil.

It’s nice to have a warning when somebody is about to post, but I miss the site traffic screen.

Fewer spambots here.

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/7 "2018-02-01T04:29:51Z")

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I knew the email one SHOULD be there though. Ima check for it again now that its been pointed out to me

Oh I see I din’t realize a spolier was a spoiler because of how it was named.

edit: Yep found it. Was hiding in preferences again. I don’t seem to be looking into More… options very well today.

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**Author:** ![BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/borkborkgoesthecode/32/2343_2.png) [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/8 "2018-02-01T05:08:25Z")

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Banned or guest poster accounts from the old website appear as System. This can get confusing if you didn’t see the original post.

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/9 "2018-02-01T05:21:38Z")

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potentially, though I don’t think many people without the background to know the old posts are going to find their way to many of them. You almost have to specifically look for the old threads.

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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/10 "2018-02-01T20:00:50Z")

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Well to _me_ most of it was fairly obvious. I can understand confusion for others however.

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/11 "2018-02-02T00:37:02Z")

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It SHOULD be, BUT I’m REEEALLY good at overlooking things I should already know.

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**Author:** ![AngryFrenchKanadian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/angryfrenchkanadian/32/1078_2.png) [@AngryFrenchKanadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AngryFrenchKanadian)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/12 "2018-02-15T04:23:39Z")

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How can I get the Certified badge?

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/13 "2018-02-15T05:01:31Z")

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This site explains how to get the Certified badge [http://bfy.tw/Gc76](http://bfy.tw/Gc76)

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**Author:** ![AngryFrenchKanadian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/angryfrenchkanadian/32/1078_2.png) [@AngryFrenchKanadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AngryFrenchKanadian)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/14 "2018-02-15T18:23:39Z")

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I guess I was overthinking things. Thanks.

Seems like I’m the very first person to complete the advanced tutorial haha.

It’s actually genuinely helpful, there are really nifty functions on this forum template.

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/15 "2018-02-15T18:48:33Z")

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link please. I’m not finding how to get to the tutorial. neither basic nor advanced.

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**Author:** ![NuG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nug/32/7057_2.png) [@NuG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NuG)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/16 "2018-02-15T18:57:16Z")

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> [@Litppunk](#):
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> link please. I’m not finding how to get to the tutorial. neither basic nor advanced.

[https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/litpunk/messages](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/litpunk/messages)

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/17 "2018-02-15T19:18:20Z")

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Hmm link into own messages doesn’t work because it considers it “private” apparently even to yourself, or maybe mislinked? Anyways I don’t have the message:

> **Screenshot**
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> ![Screenshot%20from%202018-02-15%2013-11-09](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/7/79e7a69c0666078c820aa29f4e77569396dc9907.png)  
> so a direct link would be apreciated.

On top of that I can’t sign into Demo with my account so even if I did it that way I don’t think it would work.

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**Author:** ![NuG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nug/32/7057_2.png) [@NuG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NuG)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/18 "2018-02-15T20:31:17Z")

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You go to your messages and create a new message. There is no link. Message @discobot. Kevin’s link explained it pretty well, I thought, sorry if I confused ya 😈

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**Author:** ![Beetlecat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/beetlecat/32/1305_2.png) [@Beetlecat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Beetlecat)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/19 "2018-02-15T23:29:11Z")

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> [@NuG](#):
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> You go to your messages and create a new message. There is no link. Message @discobot. Kevin’s link explained it pretty well, I thought, sorry if I confused ya 😈

Discovering the @discobot was a fun way to spend the afternoon@ 😃

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**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/discobot/32/1_2.png) [@discobot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/discobot)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/forum-discussion-try-not-to-get-too-meta/14896/20 "2018-02-15T23:29:13Z")

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Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`.

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