# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=11 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 12 --- ## [Mod Notes Adding Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-notes-adding-up/999840)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-notes-adding-up/999840 "2024-04-09T23:50:13Z")
In a recent suspension announcement mention was made about the number of mod notes a poster had received. Sometimes a poster will come to ATMB and complain about a mod note, and the general response is: Hey don’t worry… --- ## [ColdBrew50 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldbrew50-has-been-banned/1000062)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldbrew50-has-been-banned/1000062 "2024-04-09T21:19:51Z")
ColdBrew50 has been banned for trolling. Note that some posts that were considered to be trolling have been removed. Since they are not publicly viewable they have not been linked to here. Link to visible warning: Th… --- ## [E mail address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-address/999966)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-mail-address/999966 "2024-04-07T04:26:08Z")
I just got a message from the system saying it can’t reach my e address. It shows mine as one I don’t and can’t use anymore. Maybe it was the one I used as suntanlotiontwo. It won’t let me change it. Hep? --- ## [Adding Links to New Posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-links-to-new-posts/999564 "2024-04-05T17:30:00Z")
There was an implication in a recent moderator post that it is helpful when making a new post to add links. How does one do this? --- ## [Suspension of 7 days for Sam Stone, again hijacking threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-of-7-days-for-sam-stone-again-hijacking-threads/999783)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-of-7-days-for-sam-stone-again-hijacking-threads/999783 "2024-04-03T17:52:13Z")
@Sam\_Stone is being suspended for a pattern of frequently hijacking discussions. He has accrued 6 formal warnings in the last 3 years for hijacking, plus more than 20 mod notes. In order to retain his posting privileges… --- ## [Can we lighten up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-lighten-up/999584)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-lighten-up/999584 "2024-04-03T07:03:34Z")
I got mildly mod noted for responding to a tiny joke @Gatopescado made in a poll about Trump. I’m not disputing the note. I didn’t realize it was in P&E. That’s on me. But I come here to be entertained and responded to… --- ## [Amber13 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amber13-has-been-banned/999684)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amber13-has-been-banned/999684 "2024-04-01T16:07:35Z")
Amber13 has a proven history of creating incomprehensible OPs, and engaging in behavior which appears to be intentional obfuscation when asked to clarify her posts. We have determined that Amber13 is either trolling or i… --- ## [Unprofessional Moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unprofessional-moderation/999504)
**Author:** [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unprofessional-moderation/999504 "2024-04-01T02:56:16Z")
“No political pot-shots in MPISMS” official mod notes should not include “I agree with your political pot-shot” commentary. Mod notes should stick strictly to the facts, and be unbiased. --- ## [Are GIFs allowed now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gifs-allowed-now/999473)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gifs-allowed-now/999473 "2024-03-27T22:58:59Z")
The first post in this thread used a GIF, which caught my attention. Breaking news: Sean “Diddy” Combs – homes raided by feds (25 Mar 2024) - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board I… --- ## [Did the "Do you carry your cell phone with you at home" thread get cornfielded? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home-thread-get-cornfielded-why/999392)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-do-you-carry-your-cell-phone-with-you-at-home-thread-get-cornfielded-why/999392 "2024-03-26T15:39:03Z")
I was reading it, and about to reply, when suddenly it became “not available or private.” What’s up? --- ## [We the People of the SDMB would like customizeable titles! {Not doing the contest, maybe a Queue}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-of-the-sdmb-would-like-customizeable-titles-not-doing-the-contest-maybe-a-queue/998847 "2024-03-25T01:48:32Z")
Link to request Title change An ongoing Pit thread brought up the detail that in the current software, titles, such as Charter Member and various other mentions of note are a matter of manual data entry by our chronical… --- ## [So how do I delete my login? I’m done {Guapo}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-delete-my-login-i-m-done-guapo/999304)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-delete-my-login-i-m-done-guapo/999304 "2024-03-24T23:04:02Z")
So how do I delete my login? I’m done. --- ## [How do you become a member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-become-a-member/999251)
**Author:** [@brasstacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brasstacks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-become-a-member/999251 "2024-03-23T16:32:36Z")
How do you become a member? --- ## [Where's Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-blake/998843)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-blake/998843 "2024-03-14T21:34:54Z")
I hope this the right place to ask… I was thinking about a thread Blake was in years and realized I hadn’t seen his name in a while. I’m probably the last one to know, but why has he stopped posting? --- ## [Has their ever been a split off of a split off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-their-ever-been-a-split-off-of-a-split-off/998816)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-their-ever-been-a-split-off-of-a-split-off/998816 "2024-03-14T02:14:54Z")
A topic is started, and later an off-topic conversation takes place that a moderator splits off into a separate thread. Has a moderator ever created a a split off thread from an off topic conversation in a thread that … --- ## [Opening a thread without realizing it's a zombie. And then you do a double-take](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-thread-without-realizing-its-a-zombie-and-then-you-do-a-double-take/996225)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-thread-without-realizing-its-a-zombie-and-then-you-do-a-double-take/996225 "2024-03-12T04:16:36Z")
Does anyone else do this? I seem to do this to myself all the time. Just now I opened a thread called ’ Quirks of your local TV newsanchors’. The OP and the first half-dozen or so posters were all current contributors. … --- ## [W00t! I just earned a Popular Link badge!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-i-just-earned-a-popular-link-badge/996251 "2024-03-11T14:42:26Z")
For a link I posted 20 years ago… “Patience, Monty, climb the ladder…” --- ## [Could we create/add an MMP tag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-create-add-an-mmp-tag/998089)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-create-add-an-mmp-tag/998089 "2024-03-01T17:45:57Z")
Would it be possible to create a tag for the MMP? I’ll admit I have less than zero understanding of how the process of creating a new tag works. I do know how to add an existing tag to a new thread … but is the above ^… --- ## [Wondering aloud about creating a Science forum (added a science tag instead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-aloud-about-creating-a-science-forum-added-a-science-tag-instead/998022)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-aloud-about-creating-a-science-forum-added-a-science-tag-instead/998022 "2024-02-29T15:24:34Z")
Okay, bear with me as I think this out, it’s not a proposal (yet). I was reading a couple of science-y threads in MaPSIMS this morning and was thinking about what a strange place that was to park them. And that got me r… --- ## [Does story research = homework?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-story-research-homework/998166)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-story-research-homework/998166 "2024-02-27T20:58:41Z")
I know there’s a rule (or thought there was anyway)that we’re not supposed to help people who seem to be posting for help with homework or schoolwork-does research for a book/movie/play count the same way? --- ## [Moderation in "Difference between Grizzly and Brown bears" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears-thread/997904)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-difference-between-grizzly-and-brown-bears-thread/997904 "2024-02-21T22:20:55Z")
Beckdawrek posted the following sequence. The context is that there is a species called the Brown bear (including the Grizzly); and a separate species called the American black bear (or just Black bear). But the latt… --- ## [25th anniversary of SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-anniversary-of-sdmb/995532)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-anniversary-of-sdmb/995532 "2024-02-21T20:59:23Z")
As we enter 2024, it should be noticed that the Straight Dope Message Board is celebrating its 25th anniversary! I’m proud to have been there from the beginning (and earlier on AOL)! What are we doing to celebrate? --- ## [Question about moderation in Latitia James Drops the Civil Hammer thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-latitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-thread/997699)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-latitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-thread/997699 "2024-02-21T04:48:19Z")
In this P&E thread, moderator What Exit says In response to: Which was a reference to Actually, or are you being sarcastic? I don’t subscribe to his website. Which was in the midst of a conversation about the … --- ## [Variations in appearance of user names in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-appearance-of-user-names-in-posts/997701)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-appearance-of-user-names-in-posts/997701 "2024-02-17T22:44:04Z")
A new poster has established a user name that appears in posts in medium gray type instead of black. I haven’t noticed this happen before, and it really popped out at me as if the user’s account had something wrong with … --- ## [Suspension announcements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-announcements/997674)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-announcements/997674 "2024-02-17T02:41:02Z")
Why are all of these suspension announcements showing up as new posts? --- ## [On DrDeth's Suspension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-drdeths-suspension/997666)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-drdeths-suspension/997666 "2024-02-16T15:50:57Z")
Comments about moderation belong in ATMB, but the announcement thread is of course closed, so I am creating this to say: Are you mods gluttons for punishment, or what? He’s not going to change. And I really don’t agr… --- ## [DrDeth Suspended 30 Days redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-suspended-30-days-redux/997661)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-suspended-30-days-redux/997661 "2024-02-16T13:35:59Z")
After increasing his need for moderation of late and then often arguing with the staff, he crossed a line on February 13th. He spammed 3 threads, hijacking at least one with an out of place rant about Jon Stewart. A… --- ## [When threads don't fit perfectly in any forum, can there be a little more leeway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617 "2024-02-15T20:14:53Z")
Reference: Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show! - #76 This thread is in Cafe Society, but it references a political comedy show. Because it’s a comedy show, Cafe Society makes sense; but because it’s so political, pol… --- ## [Can't Find Thread for 2-14 SpaceX Moon Launch--need answer soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-for-2-14-spacex-moon-launch-need-answer-soon/997539)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-find-thread-for-2-14-spacex-moon-launch-need-answer-soon/997539 "2024-02-14T09:15:09Z")
I have browsed the current “front page” and used the search function repeatedly. I can’t find any threads about tonight’s (tomorrow morning’s 2-14-2024) SpaceX launch of the a lunar lander. I am positive this Board is d… --- ## [How reliable and unreliable is this site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170 "2024-02-07T17:32:22Z")
Do you think, there is anything unreliable about this site? Like a lot of suites are unreliable (ex: Reddit). Is SD one of them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=12)