# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=101 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 102 --- ## [An Apology to Jonathan Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jonathan-chance/764493)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apology-to-jonathan-chance/764493 "2016-09-01T06:40:02Z")
Over a year ago, I got a warning from Jonathan Chance. I protested this warning twice, believing it to be an uneven application of a standard – that is, I believed my words were judged more exactingly than others’ words … --- ## [Pop-up ads when I click on SDMB links?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-when-i-click-on-sdmb-links/762756)
**Author:** [@busterpickle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/busterpickle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads-when-i-click-on-sdmb-links/762756 "2016-08-30T21:03:29Z")
From the landing page to here, I got three pop-up links, just now. Previously, I have seen them from the landing page to get to the boards. To select a specific forum, and to select a specific thread within the forum. F… --- ## [Are you kidding me? Downloads on the Column page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-kidding-me-downloads-on-the-column-page/763169)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-kidding-me-downloads-on-the-column-page/763169 "2016-08-29T22:22:55Z")
That’s it – I am done reading the SDMB columns. I originally got into this website because of the columns, years and years ago. I think I found this place 12 years ago, lurked for a long time, posted a bunch, then lurke… --- ## [Any one else having trouble clicking on links?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-else-having-trouble-clicking-on-links/763845)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-else-having-trouble-clicking-on-links/763845 "2016-08-28T15:03:03Z")
When I’ve clicked on links to threads, I get the little whirly “I’m thinking” thing, and sometimes the links don’t open at all, and sometimes it opens the sticky at the top of the page? Any one else having this? i’ve g… --- ## [problem going back in SDMBs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-going-back-in-sdmbs/763679)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-going-back-in-sdmbs/763679 "2016-08-28T14:19:00Z")
I’m not sure whether this belongs here or in ATMB, but I don’t think the latter gets much traffic so I will try it here. This doesn’t happen all the time, but it seems to happen on in SDMBs. I go to a thread, read thro… --- ## [testing the "post" feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-post-feature/763894)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-the-post-feature/763894 "2016-08-26T19:02:26Z")
Bla bla bla, yada. \[post\]12339223\[/post\] And so forth. --- ## [Intentional ignorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-ignorance/763650)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentional-ignorance/763650 "2016-08-25T00:19:24Z")
I would be interested to hear the mod’s stated opinions on a certain behaviour. This is something I see frequently and this question is prompted by a very obvious example I just saw posted in the elections forum, but I’l… --- ## [So I got suspended :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-suspended/763606)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-suspended/763606 "2016-08-25T00:10:34Z")
Alas and alack. I didn’t even get a “Zeke has been suspended” note in this forum. I’m somewhat saddened by that. The suspension was unfair. Here was the sequence of events. 1)I guess I crossed a line (apparently one ca… --- ## [script running](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/script-running/763846)
**Author:** [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/script-running/763846 "2016-08-24T20:36:04Z")
Whenever I go to the list of threads in the Pit, it hangs and then I get a warning about a buggy script. This happens every time. It seems to want to happen in ATMB too, but there it just hangs. The buggy script is ap… --- ## [Video Banner Ads that lock your scroll onto them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-banner-ads-that-lock-your-scroll-onto-them/763737)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-banner-ads-that-lock-your-scroll-onto-them/763737 "2016-08-23T20:56:46Z")
What the heck is with the new banner ads that I can’t scroll past? Whenever I try to scroll down to read a thread, my window immediately re-centers on the top of the thread while the video banner plays. I have to wait … --- ## [Getting hijacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-hijacked/763374)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-hijacked/763374 "2016-08-23T14:46:49Z")
Tonight after clicking submit on a post I got redirected to a picture of a padlock labeled “Locked Content page” which in turn redirected to something like mobapps. co (with no space). It happened again just going to ATM… --- ## [Giant pop ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-pop-ups/763697)
**Author:** [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-pop-ups/763697 "2016-08-23T12:12:10Z")
Big fan of SDMB, and I totally get the need to keep the ads to pay the bills…however the spam/aggressive ads are starting to get annoying… Every few clicks I keep getting these giant pop ups for buying apps (I’m on an iP… --- ## [Guess the LP threads in Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-lp-threads-in-cafe-society/763655)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-lp-threads-in-cafe-society/763655 "2016-08-22T21:50:31Z")
There are three at the time of this posting. Shouldn’t they be in Thread Games? --- ## [Was My SDMB Account Compromised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-sdmb-account-compromised/763668)
**Author:** [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-sdmb-account-compromised/763668 "2016-08-22T20:36:09Z")
Sorry, got worked up over nothing…my mistake. --- ## [Question about banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning/763599)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning/763599 "2016-08-22T06:10:24Z")
I’m not talking about anyone in particular, but the most recent one inspired the question: When someone gets banned, do the mods email the person, advising them of it? Does it depend on the infraction? Do they get the o… --- ## [Why does the straight dope drain my battery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-drain-my-battery/763546)
**Author:** [@oregongrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oregongrown)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-straight-dope-drain-my-battery/763546 "2016-08-22T05:33:31Z")
A few times a week I noticed the battery on my Galaxy S5 was dead by lunchtime without me even using it. I noticed when it was happening my data upload and download arrows would be lit up solid at the top of my menu. Thr… --- ## [How do I know who moderates which sub-forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-know-who-moderates-which-sub-forum/763484)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-know-who-moderates-which-sub-forum/763484 "2016-08-21T07:02:02Z")
I would like to start a thread and I’d prefer to check first if I’m allowed. It’s quite likely that I can but I’d rather check first out of courtesy. How do I know who moderates each sub-forum to explain it to them and s… --- ## [Ad Issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-issue/763437)
**Author:** [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-issue/763437 "2016-08-20T22:00:38Z")
Every other page load in Safari on iOS results in a redirect to a page with a full screen message that says “locked content”. The URL for one of the redirect pages is: https://dkpartner.com/ows/57b8baf95a1ee014686447 --- ## [Just mentioning this in passing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-mentioning-this-in-passing/762809)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-mentioning-this-in-passing/762809 "2016-08-19T16:23:15Z")
Doesn’t bother me one way or the other, but in case it affects something else: We have an ad blocker and when I sign in to The Dope, everybody’s sig line disappears. Just lurking, sig lines are there. That’s all. --- ## ['Last Activity' on a User's Profile - what does that mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-activity-on-a-users-profile-what-does-that-mean/763088)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-activity-on-a-users-profile-what-does-that-mean/763088 "2016-08-18T12:04:42Z")
Under a User’s name on the main profile page is that field and it has date info, and also on the Statistics tab under General Information is the same field and matching date info. What does this mean? Is it presumably to… --- ## [Charter member vs guest in each header](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747 "2016-08-18T00:27:30Z")
I looked around but could not find a FAQ on this. Each poster on the board has a status listed. “Charter Member” is obvious. “Guest” seems odd since many of those have been here for years and are hardly guests. I would h… --- ## [Spotting spam...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798 "2016-08-17T19:55:13Z")
\[ol\] \[li\]Weird fragmentary title with catchy words\[/li\]\[li\]garbled poster name\[/li\]\[li\]1 (one) response from running\_coach\[/li\]\[/ol\] …it’s spam. :slight\_smile: --- ## [IPA in the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipa-in-the-sdmb/762291)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipa-in-the-sdmb/762291 "2016-08-17T18:29:09Z")
A 4-year-old thread ( Spell My Name With An Eth: Why is ‘Odin’ pronounced like it is? ) was recently revived to discuss the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) on the SDMB. As far as I can see, this issue w… --- ## [Is the Search Function working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-working/762761)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-working/762761 "2016-08-14T06:19:02Z")
I tried to do a search for a “very specific” term I read here recently, and came up blank. What gives? --- ## [Telling someone to "Dial it back" is against the rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-someone-to-dial-it-back-is-against-the-rules/761945)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-someone-to-dial-it-back-is-against-the-rules/761945 "2016-08-13T20:47:04Z")
In this thread, Jonathan Chance tells JohnT that he doesn’t have the right to tell a poster to “dial it back.” Really? How is this different from saying “You’re wrong” or “Settle down,” which I don’t think is against th… --- ## [Anyone else having trouble with Tapatalk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-tapatalk/752922)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-tapatalk/752922 "2016-08-13T19:44:38Z")
I have been having trouble staying logged in in Tapatalk. I can read the forums, but I can’t post using Tapatalk. I have to log in every time I use it, and still can only read. I’ve looked for a “stay logged in” type set… --- ## [Reinstalled Tapatalk test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinstalled-tapatalk-test/762561)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinstalled-tapatalk-test/762561 "2016-08-13T15:43:09Z")
Test. --- ## [wheres the mod button ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-mod-button/762596)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-mod-button/762596 "2016-08-13T01:57:15Z")
there was a deleted thread that was spam but at first I responded like it was a normal thread then realized it was spam but couldn’t find the mod button … might I enquire as where I can click for such post in the future… --- ## [Still safe, I think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-safe-i-think/762531)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-safe-i-think/762531 "2016-08-12T13:54:11Z")
If I understand this correctly, http://legalhackers.com/advisories/vBulletin-SSRF-Vulnerability-Exploit.txt … it means that we aren’t affected because posting of pictures is disabled on this board: “vBulletin allows f… --- ## [Broken ad - "sugr.swf"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-ad-sugr-swf/762398)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-ad-sugr-swf/762398 "2016-08-11T03:27:10Z")
Whatever ad server the SDMB uses is serving up a really annoying effect - it makes my browser (Chrome) attempt to download a file called “sugr.swf”, and pops up a window for me to save it (which I hit cancel on). I don’t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=102)