# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=132 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 133 --- ## [Rules you'd make if you were king](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-youd-make-if-you-were-king/693220)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-youd-make-if-you-were-king/693220 "2014-08-26T01:19:11Z")
This really is kind of a IMHO/Pit thread, but since it’s About This Message Board I’m going to post it in Comments on Cecil’s Columns. No, wait, that’s not right. Anyway, I want a rule that says “no direct pitting of us… --- ## [\[Old\] Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/696383)
**Author:** [@callander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callander)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-threads/696383 "2014-08-25T13:22:52Z")
I really enjoyed reading a thread brought up from 1999, sadly it was locked, i have no interest in starting a thread with the same title, what I liked was just that a 15 year old thread exists, reading it was retro and y… --- ## [The email notification has stopped working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-email-notification-has-stopped-working/696392)
**Author:** [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-email-notification-has-stopped-working/696392 "2014-08-24T18:11:35Z")
Is anyone else receiving emails from the site? --- ## ["Report" function for PMs - do mods get an unaltered copy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-function-for-pms-do-mods-get-an-unaltered-copy/695881)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-function-for-pms-do-mods-get-an-unaltered-copy/695881 "2014-08-21T00:37:37Z")
From the moderator side - what happens if you use the “report” function on a PM at the SDMB? It came up in this thread but, strictly speaking, that’s not what the OP asked, and his question has been pretty well answered… --- ## [Is this some sort of mega-ban?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-some-sort-of-mega-ban/695997)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-some-sort-of-mega-ban/695997 "2014-08-20T14:21:35Z")
A poster who has been stirring up trouble about certain conspiracies seems to have had all of his posts deleted. That is, it’s not just showing his posts with banned, the posts themselves are gone. People who replied t… --- ## [A banned poster...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-banned-poster/695996)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-banned-poster/695996 "2014-08-20T14:06:51Z")
I was looking through my PMs and I noticed that a “reluctant racialist” by the name of Imnotaslug, with whom I had a short PM discussion, was banned. I’m a bit curious…was she a sock of one-of-the-many HBd nutters who c… --- ## [Is the content of PMs monitored, held against us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-content-of-pms-monitored-held-against-us/695726)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-content-of-pms-monitored-held-against-us/695726 "2014-08-18T21:44:10Z")
I just sent a PM to someone, mentioning that I was sending a PM because saying it here would get me suspended. --- ## [Jonathon Chance, what are you on about here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathon-chance-what-are-you-on-about-here/695470)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathon-chance-what-are-you-on-about-here/695470 "2014-08-18T03:22:38Z")
In the GD thread Does Israel have to stay where it is?, post #207 drew a warning. A brief exchange followed, where Jonathon clarified: So yes, altering things - other than removal of content extraneous to the discus… --- ## [Any limit to the # of subscriptions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-limit-to-the-of-subscriptions/694603)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-limit-to-the-of-subscriptions/694603 "2014-08-18T02:51:50Z")
I use the subscription feature to track threads. I just added my 578th subscription. Is there a limit to the number? I don’t want to be the guy who crashed straightdope.com. --- ## [Why Are Advertising Links Slow To Load?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-advertising-links-slow-to-load/695747)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-advertising-links-slow-to-load/695747 "2014-08-17T15:31:50Z")
I clicked on one of the SD advertising links about “biggest boobs in Hollywood” and the list of pages were really slow to load. --- ## [Remind me of the name of our board "law" about correcting grammar/spelling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remind-me-of-the-name-of-our-board-law-about-correcting-grammar-spelling/695724 "2014-08-17T14:43:46Z")
I am trying to describe, in an e-mail, our board “law” that says: “Any post correcting the grammar or spelling of a previous poster will itself contain a grammar or spelling error.”\* I am completely brain-farting on wh… --- ## [What does the "No new posts" icon mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-no-new-posts-icon-mean/695640)
**Author:** [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-no-new-posts-icon-mean/695640 "2014-08-16T08:20:02Z")
Near the bottom of each forum, there are three icons, labeled New Posts, No New Posts, and Closed. What exactly does No New Posts mean? Is it no new posts, ever? No new posts since the last time it was read? It’s def… --- ## [Marley, why is this comment said with your moderator hat on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-why-is-this-comment-said-with-your-moderator-hat-on/695605)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-why-is-this-comment-said-with-your-moderator-hat-on/695605 "2014-08-16T08:08:17Z")
In the thread on Robin Williams, BrainGlutton made the cryptic comment to which you replied The Second Stone replied to you, in part You responded by posting A thoroughly appropriate response, and I am with you o… --- ## [Viewing public polls???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-public-polls/695636)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewing-public-polls/695636 "2014-08-15T20:33:12Z")
How do I do that? OP says poll is public but I can not find out how to see who voted what. Can it be done, how, I am asking for what is not there? :confused: --- ## [For those that want to post .gifs in posts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-want-to-post-gifs-in-posts/695453)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-want-to-post-gifs-in-posts/695453 "2014-08-15T16:33:18Z")
…and wonder why it is not allowed here, read what is happening at the Gawker family of websites recently. A new commenting system had a hole that allowed (or just allowed for unexplicable reasons) anonymous and untracea… --- ## [Watch FREE 2014 passports and documents online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-free-2014-passports-and-documents-online/695164)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-free-2014-passports-and-documents-online/695164 "2014-08-13T17:21:43Z")
Just messin’ with ya. But it seems like we’re getting more and more of that type of crap - is it technically possible to do what other boards do to combat this problem and have a moderator vet the first post or require a… --- ## [jdavis/ TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jdavis-tubadiva/694999)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jdavis-tubadiva/694999 "2014-08-13T07:19:13Z")
\*\*jdavis \*\*has made an announcement … signed by Tubadiva. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=&a=183 Just for clarification, are these two names the same person? If so, why? --- ## [Appropriate forum for a gag poll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-forum-for-a-gag-poll/695395)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-forum-for-a-gag-poll/695395 "2014-08-12T21:03:58Z")
You can’t post a poll in MPSIMS. The Game Room? The thread I want to post could be considered a game. From a certain point of view… --- ## [Clarification of "junior modding"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703 "2014-08-12T19:48:02Z")
There seems to have been some confusion about what constitutes “junior modding.” On re-reading, I can see that our glossary definition could be misinterpreted. When I wrote this originally, I guess we thought “dictate… --- ## [Did the old rolleyes smiley cause an increase in suicides or something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-old-rolleyes-smiley-cause-an-increase-in-suicides-or-something/694457)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-old-rolleyes-smiley-cause-an-increase-in-suicides-or-something/694457 "2014-08-12T17:22:43Z")
IMHO, the old, amusingly disapproving rolleyes smiley was far superior to the new, I’m-wistfully-dreaming-of-an-ice-cream-cone smiley. It is as if the rolleyes emoticon has been taken away altogether. I realize this is … --- ## [Private messages--unmarked as "unread" after a period of time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-messages-unmarked-as-unread-after-a-period-of-time/695186)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-messages-unmarked-as-unread-after-a-period-of-time/695186 "2014-08-11T20:42:31Z")
A PM to me that has been “unread” for weeks just switched over to “read” though I had not read it. Does this happen automatically after some period of time? --- ## [Getting logged out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-logged-out/695204)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-logged-out/695204 "2014-08-10T03:43:43Z")
Several times today when I clicked on a thread, it would open a new tab and log me out. Seems to only be happening in this forum. Any thoughts? Threads? Recipes? Loose change? --- ## [I'm going on indefinite hiatus from the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-indefinite-hiatus-from-the-dope/694305)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-on-indefinite-hiatus-from-the-dope/694305 "2014-08-10T01:41:57Z")
I would have posted this in MPSIMS but since it is in direct response to the way this board has been managed and moderated lately, I figured it might go better here. The last few years on the Dope have been fantastic an… --- ## [Threatening Legal Action Gets You Banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatening-legal-action-gets-you-banned/694881)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatening-legal-action-gets-you-banned/694881 "2014-08-09T01:37:32Z")
So it is said in this post. Not that I am in any way sad to see the guy go, but is this a generally known thing? I had not heard of this before. --- ## [Could we please have a separate video games forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-have-a-separate-video-games-forum/693910 "2014-08-08T19:41:37Z")
A while back, The Game Room was split off from mainline Cafe Society. Now it encompasses everything from sports to “Talk to me only in…” threads, which seems a little messy. IMO the video/computer gaming culture is diff… --- ## [Signature Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-test/694786)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-test/694786 "2014-08-08T00:17:58Z")
I just added a signature because I’m selling my car, but I can’t see that it’s displaying. Will it, here? This is a test. TIA. My signature is supposed to be this: Thanks again. --- ## [How to best discuss new TV shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-discuss-new-tv-shows/694983)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-discuss-new-tv-shows/694983 "2014-08-07T17:06:05Z")
There are a few new TV shows. They may not be spectacular. But, they do interest me and I’d like to discuss them with others if there is any interest. So, I’d like to ask if a reasonable approach might be to start one n… --- ## [Is there a such thing as rude moderating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-such-thing-as-rude-moderating/694601)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-such-thing-as-rude-moderating/694601 "2014-08-07T11:23:24Z")
Is it necessary when moderating to add personal attacks, snide or snarky comments (even if in the pit) to an official mod action? \[Moderating\] xxxxxxxxx, this is a formal warning for complaining about moderator act… --- ## [JohnMace's Paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnmaces-paradox/694990)
**Author:** [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnmaces-paradox/694990 "2014-08-07T00:09:10Z")
I know there was a question about a thread in it, but this have given me a Jack Handy moment a few times. It’s not still open on my browser :smiley: --- ## [Why is this thread still open?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-thread-still-open/694897)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-thread-still-open/694897 "2014-08-06T01:12:10Z")
My psycho mom… from IMHO is spammed across several message boards. This was reported (not by me) several days ago. Any reason that thread was not closed? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=133)