# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=109 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 110 --- ## [Why are threads like this in GD not shut down or moved to IMHO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-threads-like-this-in-gd-not-shut-down-or-moved-to-imho/747273)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-threads-like-this-in-gd-not-shut-down-or-moved-to-imho/747273 "2016-03-02T03:12:53Z")
This thread. It’s pretty common for contentless OPs in GD to be shut down or move to IMHO or MPSIMS. It’s done all the time. What is it about that thread that make it immune to such mod action? Is that really what w… --- ## [Why is the board's clock running two minutes slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-boards-clock-running-two-minutes-slow/737139)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-boards-clock-running-two-minutes-slow/737139 "2016-03-01T23:31:07Z")
For the last several weeks, the timestamps on posts have been 1-2 minutes behind the rest of the world. I’ve tried synchronizing my computer’s clock to match the board clock, but Windows keeps resetting it. Any chance … --- ## [Why was this IMHO thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-imho-thread-closed/747502)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-imho-thread-closed/747502 "2016-02-29T21:24:42Z")
Do the Clintons Sleep Together? Seems odd that it was closed. There were a number of people that seemed offended by the thread, but that’s never been a reason for a thread to be closed. As far as I know, the Clintons … --- ## [VigLink changing link destinations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink-changing-link-destinations/747540)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viglink-changing-link-destinations/747540 "2016-02-29T21:18:41Z")
Thread: I posted a link to a newegg product page for a processor and VigLink is changing it to a best buy page for Windows 10. Here’s the HTML that comes back from the server: \It's also 40% better. I think … --- ## [Banner I've not seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ive-not-seen/747453)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banner-ive-not-seen/747453 "2016-02-29T15:01:03Z")
I was trying to read the boards this morning but it got a little glitchy. Eventually this popped on my screen: Is this normal and I’ve just missed it or is it some back door portal? … --- ## [Rune is Suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rune-is-suspended/747473)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rune-is-suspended/747473 "2016-02-29T02:35:53Z")
For repeated warnings over a short time, Rune is suspended for one month. Failure to Follow A Moderator’s Instructions: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19137610&postcount=62 Trolling: http://boards… --- ## [Lost and Found: ISO A Thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-and-found-iso-a-thread/746570)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-and-found-iso-a-thread/746570 "2016-02-24T17:11:04Z")
I guess this forum is only place to ask: I am seeking a thread under “Comments on Cecil’s Columns/Staff Reports” re: How David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear. I have searched all content of all open fo… --- ## [Minor suggestion about "User X has been banned" threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-suggestion-about-user-x-has-been-banned-threads/746018)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-suggestion-about-user-x-has-been-banned-threads/746018 "2016-02-23T00:42:34Z")
Could the mod who writes/creates the thread label the most recent warning? It’s always fun to see what straw broke the camel’s back. --- ## [How many socks do we have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-socks-do-we-have/746807)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-socks-do-we-have/746807 "2016-02-22T17:56:05Z")
Is the MPSIMS pity-party sock different from the MPSIMS relationship sock? Is the Fox-news parrot the same as the racist of the week? Are there at least four distinct, SDMB-obsessed people out there who are so lonely tha… --- ## [A striking example of moderator bias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-striking-example-of-moderator-bias/745641)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-striking-example-of-moderator-bias/745641 "2016-02-21T13:44:41Z")
Sorry to drag up an old thread but I saw what I consider a striking example of moderator bias and didn’t want to start a whole thread about it, and the more recent “moderator bias” threads are locked. From this post: (… --- ## [Why Searches Every 120s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-searches-every-120s/746568)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-searches-every-120s/746568 "2016-02-20T17:10:03Z")
Help me understand: I fail to see the need to restrict consecutive searches by a 120s dead space? I mean, what’s the difference? In theory, anyone at anytime can hit the search feature. So, I don’t quite get the diffe… --- ## [SDMB clock is 4 minutes slow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-clock-is-4-minutes-slow/746538)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-clock-is-4-minutes-slow/746538 "2016-02-19T15:46:56Z")
Lately the times shown on SDMB posts are 4 minutes less than the time shown at the U.S. government’s official clock. There’a Mafia game in progress with deadlines so you need to fix this! :wink: Yes, this may be a sil… --- ## [Qin Shi Huangdi is suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-is-suspended/746539)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qin-shi-huangdi-is-suspended/746539 "2016-02-19T11:51:06Z")
For accumulating multiple warnings in three months poster Qin Shi Huangdi is suspended for one month. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19112806&postcount=103 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpo… --- ## [Friends & Contacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-contacts/746407)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-contacts/746407 "2016-02-19T02:16:08Z")
I recently decided to invite someone to be my “Friend” and I read the FAQ about “Friends & Contacts”. I had always assumed that having a list of friends would enable you to send a PM to all of them at once instead of se… --- ## [A highly insignificant suggestion about a small but annoying problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-highly-insignificant-suggestion-about-a-small-but-annoying-problem/746274)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-highly-insignificant-suggestion-about-a-small-but-annoying-problem/746274 "2016-02-19T01:10:25Z")
Not infrequently I open a thread only to find that pages are hung up before displaying by one of the Dope’s Advertising Partners. The offender always seems to be adblade.com. Whatever vital role they play in the life o… --- ## [help me find thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375 "2016-02-18T05:11:17Z")
What SDMB thread was about malapropisms we intentionally made up on our own? I wanted to add one that I recollected today to the list. --- ## [Disappearing thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362)
**Author:** [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-thread/746362 "2016-02-17T19:42:26Z")
There was a thread in IMHO asking whether the pyramids or general relativity was a greater intellectual achievement that seems to have vanished without a trace. --- ## [Thread Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles/746135)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-titles/746135 "2016-02-14T18:18:35Z")
How come one can edit what appears to be the thread title; yet, the thread title in the Forum list (i.e., outer title) did not change. The change appears only within my thread (i.e., inner thread). I thought my “inner t… --- ## [A thread in GQ that disappeared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-in-gq-that-disappeared/746089)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-in-gq-that-disappeared/746089 "2016-02-14T04:03:02Z")
There was a thread in GQ with the title “Is there anywhere in the world where pedophilia is tolerated”. I posted to the thread. Now the thread has disappeared - it doesn’t show up in my search history. It does show up o… --- ## [Having trouble with thread links?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-thread-links/745367)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-thread-links/745367 "2016-02-13T23:04:51Z")
When I click on a thread link for the first time, it now takes me to the end of the page. Blank white, below the footer. Took me a few times to figure out that I needed to scroll up to find the thread. If I click on t… --- ## [Robert163 is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert163-is-banned/745994)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert163-is-banned/745994 "2016-02-13T01:53:40Z")
Robert163 has been banned for receiving a warning following his recent suspension. Recent Warnings: Trolling: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19093340&postcount=6 Failure to Follow a Moderator’s In… --- ## [Dewey Beats Truman!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-beats-truman/745793)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dewey-beats-truman/745793 "2016-02-11T05:15:26Z")
Just so it doesn’t fester there. --- ## [Are there any standards of neutrality for modding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-standards-of-neutrality-for-modding/694888)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-standards-of-neutrality-for-modding/694888 "2016-02-09T19:28:07Z")
There are some topics where modding seems to be very one sided. Do mods recuse themselves from modding debates they have strong feelings about? I have only really witnessed this sort of bias in Israel threads but I sup… --- ## [So, Rune can call for women to be raped, and that's OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-rune-can-call-for-women-to-be-raped-and-thats-ok/745610)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-rune-can-call-for-women-to-be-raped-and-thats-ok/745610 "2016-02-09T11:31:57Z")
Post here: More women need to be raped to be put in their place. \[/QUOTE\] Even as satire, that’s just completely reprehensible and should be warned. But it’s Rune, so I’m not convinced it is satire. And yes, I repo… --- ## [What happened to my link, it was changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-link-it-was-changed/745554)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-link-it-was-changed/745554 "2016-02-08T23:37:44Z")
In the thread Home network (possibly fiber) - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board, I posted a link to a example of a solution that the OP was asking for, the link I had was: Also this should be the same: … --- ## [Can't make a protest on this site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-make-a-protest-on-this-site/745337)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-make-a-protest-on-this-site/745337 "2016-02-08T18:21:36Z")
I posted a link to the hosting company of the pro rape douche bag who runs runs dot com. I suggested people send a message to his hosting company asking they cancel his hosting contract and deny him a voice. This is … --- ## [Is this really worth a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-worth-a-warning/744472)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-worth-a-warning/744472 "2016-02-08T02:27:17Z")
The guy called me a loser because I had a high post count, suggesting I have nothing better to do than sit and post all day. I checked his history, and it turns out we have a nearly identical post per day rate, and he … --- ## [You have a reading comprehension problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-reading-comprehension-problem/745442)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-reading-comprehension-problem/745442 "2016-02-08T02:12:13Z")
Seems like this sort of statement gets thrown around a lot outside of the Pit. Is there a policy as to whether it is considered a personal insult? --- ## [Best practices: calling out concern trolling behavior in Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-practices-calling-out-concern-trolling-behavior-in-elections/745203)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-practices-calling-out-concern-trolling-behavior-in-elections/745203 "2016-02-07T02:52:18Z")
Last week Brainglutton was warned for accusing another poster of concern trolling -a verifiable behavior and a form of argument- in Elections. Here’s the offending post: You can see the nested quote boxes here: http://… --- ## [Definition of subscriber here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-subscriber-here/745231)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definition-of-subscriber-here/745231 "2016-02-06T04:44:42Z")
This might be a dumb question, but I have to ask it. Over on the Marketplace forum I read the rules and it says that only subscribers can start new threads. Am I a subscriber? Or is a subscriber only someone who donat… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=110)