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I never even visit the dark side any more.

Donna

Other side?

31 minutes now....
I visit here every day, though I rarely post. I can’t remember the last time I went to the other side, unless it is linked here by someone I “know”.

I rarely post anywhere now, although I enjoy (and learn from) the kitchen and building a home sites especially. And here of course. But every time I go to the home decorator's discussion site (aka the other side) it's a disappointment.

And I agree with the other thread on here about all the pushing of wares (spam) that's ignored by houzz, as well as "pros" commenting inanely on threads. Don't people actually read the OP's thread? "What paint should I use to mitigate the orangey hue my cabinets and backsplash (and counter, and floor, and pets) project in the kitchen?" "Rip it out! Why would you have bought a house with a kitchen with a travertine backsplash and 80's oak cabinets with that terrible floorplan??!!"

Poor anybody trying to honestly get some helpful feedback . . .

Caveat-broad generalizations above, I realize. I guess Ida's rant revved me up this morning.

One hour! I have always had a hard time picturing the dilemmas described on the other side, much less come up with a suggested solution, so I rarely visit. Here's hoping they leave "our" side alone.

Still here. I feel like I'm getting away with something clandestine. Ha!

100% agree with the annoyance of the selling of wares and services here!!

I happily flag them as spam - but, like others, I rarely venture over there anymore. Sad, really.

This is off topic for this thread (sorry Ida), but I’m hoping that the regulars here can help me. How do I post a new question and have it appear ONLY here? When I attempt to create it from this site I am prompted to choose a topic, but I don’t see the conversations side as an option. What do you select so it only appears on the conversations side? Please help!

amj; I just tried. Start out in this forum, then scroll out to main page where all the different forums are listed on the left side. You should have a start a discussion blank to fill in above in the middle. Fill in and just select only: Home Decorating Conversations for where to post.

Thanks lizbeth: I can’t figure out how to scroll out to the main page from my phone. I will have to try next time I’m in front of a computer. This is so frustrating, since I usually want to post when I’m sitting on the sidelines at soccer practice. :/

amj, there are a few forums you can't start threads from your phone (or at least I can't) - not sure why. I have to do it from my computer. DIY is another one.

amj- When you get that screen, just enter Home Decorating Conversations where it says search topics. It should appear and that’s the only topic you need to choose.

delilah, not sure why, but that doesn't work on my phone. It's like the forum isn't even on the list. What kind of phone/browser are you using?

Delilah, you can't. When you use your phone it will insist you pick three forums. It is annoying as heck.

This is the most glitchy forum known to man. For the past few days, when I try posting from my android, I have to turn OFF predictive text, otherwise the spacebar erases anything that's previously been typed. I don't have that issue elsewhere. This place is just nuts, methinks.

amj057, Your address bar says gardenweb.com Home Decorating Conversations is not available to post on from that web address. It is only available to post on from Houzz.com

Hover or click on Stories & Advice and select Houzz. You can switch back and forth between the two. You can follow it from either web site, but can only post to it from Houzz.

ETA: The Kitchen Table is only available to post to from Garden Web.

Sherry - you’re right. I was able to start a post by starting from Houzz. But to be honest, I’m not exactly sure what I did (lol). Thank you! Thank you to everyone who helped.

Daisy - I was having the exact problem where “home decorating conversations” wasn’t included in the list. When I started from Houzz.com (not gardenweb) it WAS there. This was all from my phone.

Very inconsistent and glitchy!