# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=137 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 138 --- ## [Newbie test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-thread/687699)
**Author:** [@GGPa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GGPa)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-thread/687699 "2014-05-08T00:59:48Z")
Thanks for letting me be a part. I’m new at this but have a good first impression of this site so here goes:smack: --- ## [What happened to beavweav?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-beavweav/687864)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-beavweav/687864 "2014-05-07T04:26:59Z")
Curiosity has gotten the better of me–signed up Monday, 3 posts in 4 minutes then, Phhhhht, gone. Are we privy? --- ## [Finding older threads in a partiular forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-older-threads-in-a-partiular-forum/687827)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-older-threads-in-a-partiular-forum/687827 "2014-05-06T20:14:43Z")
When I use the Search function, I find plenty of threads that appear to be alive and well (not closed) in the Cafe Society forum but which originated many years ago. When I go to the Cafe Society forum, I find two pages… --- ## [A question about witnessing in Great Debates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-witnessing-in-great-debates/687453)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-witnessing-in-great-debates/687453 "2014-05-04T23:55:30Z")
Boyo Jim just posted this in GD: Does he have a point, and would the result be any different if witnessing threads were moved to any other forum? --- ## [Stump the moderator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-moderator/687618)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stump-the-moderator/687618 "2014-05-04T19:22:46Z")
Was there ever a thread so profound or more likely so inane that the moderating staff was wholly unable to determine its proper forum (so long as it resided somewhere else)? Related: among moved threads, what is the rec… --- ## [Why does the Baker's Dozen thread lag so badly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-bakers-dozen-thread-lag-so-badly/687550)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-bakers-dozen-thread-lag-so-badly/687550 "2014-05-03T18:37:32Z")
Whenever I hit “Reply All” or “Preview Post” inthis Game Room thread, it takes up to 2-3 minutes for the board to respond. Granted, it’s a thread that’s 250+ pages long, but I’ve never experienced that type of extreme l… --- ## [Is this really acceptable in GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-acceptable-in-gd/687420)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-acceptable-in-gd/687420 "2014-05-02T23:27:33Z")
This post, I thought, was shocking in its blatant racism and attacking posters for no other reason than their race: From this thread, post #202. Yes, I did report it, but even though a mod came in after this post to a… --- ## [Make some columns in search results sortable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-some-columns-in-search-results-sortable/687455)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-some-columns-in-search-results-sortable/687455 "2014-05-02T19:18:56Z")
Just an idea, based on my own desires: Make the columns in Search Results sortable. When I search New Posts, sometimes I am interested in how many views or replies a thread has (a greatest/fewest toggle would be helpful… --- ## [Is SDMB registration working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-registration-working/687396)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sdmb-registration-working/687396 "2014-05-02T16:13:21Z")
The last person to register did so at 12:59 am this morning, and that one was banned. I can’t recall registration ever being inactive for that long a period of time. --- ## [Test post # 9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-9999/686983)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-9999/686983 "2014-05-01T21:43:37Z")
Test. --- ## [Just got a flood of emails from SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-flood-of-emails-from-sdmb/687456)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-flood-of-emails-from-sdmb/687456 "2014-05-01T19:53:44Z")
I just received over 100 email notices from SDMB, all at once, all about new posts on Wednesday (yesterday). Either my email program is screwing up or The Dope has a computer bug that just now cleared a backlog. I lean… --- ## [Disabling the SDMB signature in Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-the-sdmb-signature-in-tapatalk/686984)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabling-the-sdmb-signature-in-tapatalk/686984 "2014-04-29T14:52:33Z")
This drives me mad. Ever since I first started reading the board with Tapatalk on my Android tablet and on my phone some months ago, every time I post here, my SDMB signature is added. I disabled it from a browser in use… --- ## [Closing down GQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-down-gq/687128 "2014-04-28T14:26:56Z")
With the rise of Google and Wikipedia, many factual questions have a ready place to find an answer. I’ve also noticed lately that several IMHO threads have originated in GQ. So, would it greatly damage the mission of th… --- ## [Why hasn't Karol been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-karol-been-banned/687137 "2014-04-28T14:23:41Z")
As most Straight Dope members know, Karol has been obsessed with posting proof that the world is not round based on some photo in 1954. Here’s a typical one. He’s posted this regularly, both inside and outside of GD. … --- ## [Threatened with legal action over a 2007 post!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatened-with-legal-action-over-a-2007-post/687102)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threatened-with-legal-action-over-a-2007-post/687102 "2014-04-27T20:13:51Z")
I received a private message from a person I pitted in 2007: \[QUOTE=minklerm\] Michael Minkler Equipoise, I demand that you remove your hateful and harmful comments that you made about me on this site on March 4, 2007… --- ## [RedFury has been banned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfury-has-been-banned/687087)
**Author:** [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redfury-has-been-banned/687087 "2014-04-27T01:07:21Z")
Following a recent rise in hostility from RedFury that included six Warnings in a year, four of them in the last few weeks, he has been banned. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16259839&postcount=37 h… --- ## [Viewed thread titles still in bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewed-thread-titles-still-in-bold/483768)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viewed-thread-titles-still-in-bold/483768 "2014-04-26T18:25:53Z")
This is a new problem, just started happening in the last day or two. Thread titles should be in non-bold text once I’ve clicked on them during a session, until they get a new post, but that doesn’t happen anymore. Th… --- ## [Peace Sign Test...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-sign-test/686299)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-sign-test/686299 "2014-04-24T01:55:26Z")
I’ve always wondered if I could post a peace sign in my thread text. This test will settle that question: :peace\_symbol: Well, so far it seems to have worked. BTW, if any of the rest of you want to post a peace sign in… --- ## [Member v. Guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-v-guest/686790)
**Author:** [@staballoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/staballoy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/member-v-guest/686790 "2014-04-23T22:34:44Z")
I registered some time ago, am listed as a Guest. What does one do to become a member, and how does membership vary from being a guest? --- ## [Links to blogs in sigs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-blogs-in-sigs/646357)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-blogs-in-sigs/646357 "2014-04-23T18:51:08Z")
Are they allowed? This post wasn’t clear, because point 1. states that only paid members (I am not) may have a sig (I do). Point 3. says that paid members may have a link. Since point 1. is untrue, is point 3. untrue … --- ## [A corrupted thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-corrupted-thread/686738)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-corrupted-thread/686738 "2014-04-23T14:21:18Z")
I started this thread, and two people have posted that they can’t see the link in my OP, nor a spoiler put in by someone else a couple of posts down. --- ## [Searching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636)
**Author:** [@trip29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trip29)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching/686636 "2014-04-23T01:20:32Z")
Hey I admit I’m new but is the ‘search’ option just the worst I’ve ever seen anywhere or am I doing something wrong? I put in the user name, I know it’s right, but the search get’s me 5 answers, all with user names that… --- ## ["Click here if your browser does not automatically redirect you."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-if-your-browser-does-not-automatically-redirect-you/686523)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-here-if-your-browser-does-not-automatically-redirect-you/686523 "2014-04-22T04:38:26Z")
Being an impatient bastard, I almost always click on that. But exactly what’s it doing while I’m waiting if I do wait? What am I cutting it off from doing by clicking? --- ## [No Thread for Mad Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-for-mad-men/686621)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-thread-for-mad-men/686621 "2014-04-21T19:30:45Z")
I wanted to make a post about the TV show “Mad Men” but could find no existing thread for it. I searched the forums for a thread about Mad Men to no avail. I found one thread that dealt with the death of Roger Sterling’s… --- ## [Testing on different browsers and platforms. :) 🌏 📱 💻 😱](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-on-different-browsers-and-platforms/685617)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-on-different-browsers-and-platforms/685617 "2014-04-21T01:59:30Z")
:unamused: :fire: :eyes: :mans\_shoe: :thought\_balloon: :earth\_asia: :mouse2: :pig2: :beetle: :black\_nib: :video\_game: :hamburger: :fried\_shrimp: :watermelon: :airplane: :mens::womens: :banana: :frog: :phone: :umbrella: … --- ## [Hive mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hive-mind/686504)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hive-mind/686504 "2014-04-19T21:31:22Z")
I lied to myself; I do want to post again over this matter. I was right on every topic you wish to mention. Be it Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Egypt and now, Ukraine. Russia has invaded Ukraine. How will the West re… --- ## [Banning, trolling, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-trolling-etc/686228)
**Author:** [@butterfiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butterfiles)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-trolling-etc/686228 "2014-04-19T21:20:57Z")
Hi, I just joined The Straight Dope message board a few weeks ago. I’ve noticed a lot of talk recently about banning members and I’ve noticed some banned members when reading old posts. How often do members get banned… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/685541)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/685541 "2014-04-18T18:56:38Z")
Test --- ## [Explicitly saying the Jews are vermin earns a note and not a Warning. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explicitly-saying-the-jews-are-vermin-earns-a-note-and-not-a-warning-wtf/686028)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explicitly-saying-the-jews-are-vermin-earns-a-note-and-not-a-warning-wtf/686028 "2014-04-18T16:17:56Z")
IMHO thread about people’s most hated type of vermin. Link Response from Budget Player Cadet (post #7) Here is Ellen Cherry’s anemic note: How does this not earn an actual Warning, in particular when the poster has… --- ## [Appropriate user name, tho](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-user-name-tho/686277)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-user-name-tho/686277 "2014-04-17T22:25:24Z")
Chance gave me a Official Warning for “Appropriate user name, tho.” (He said it was a “Personal Insult” due the the posters Posting ID.) in Great debates, so apparently they changed the policy about “it was only a joke”.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=136) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=138)