# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=151 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 152 --- ## [Can You Report Someone's User Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877 "2013-08-23T14:16:44Z")
What if it’s an insult, like bupIsADouche? How would one report that? --- ## [Can you report someone's email address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-email-address/666927)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-email-address/666927 "2013-08-23T01:22:23Z")
Some people think it’s clever to have an offensive email address, but I find it highly inappropriate that I have to look at it everytime I go to their profile --- ## [Anyone else still having issues with searching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-having-issues-with-searching/666921)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-still-having-issues-with-searching/666921 "2013-08-22T23:44:51Z")
Okay, I go to use the search engine. VERY first search I’ve done that day. I get the “This forum requires that you wait 120 seconds between searches.” message. Okay, so I wait the required time. Sometimes it works, b… --- ## [Suggestion: Different color for OP's name in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-different-color-for-ops-name-in-posts/666876)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-different-color-for-ops-name-in-posts/666876 "2013-08-22T19:47:31Z")
When reading through a thread, I often have to scroll back to the top to remind myself of who the OP is. Depending on the context, whether the comment or question in a post is from the OP or from another poster determin… --- ## [Why can't socks be easily detected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-socks-be-easily-detected/661509)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-socks-be-easily-detected/661509 "2013-08-21T15:59:25Z")
Isn’t it just as simple as making a program that flags two (or more) screen names coming from the same ip address? I never understood why socks have to be “found out”. --- ## [Adding polls to current threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-polls-to-current-threads/666702 "2013-08-21T14:38:28Z")
as a matter of curiosity, how do we feel about adding polls to existing threads? the question is for both mods and OPs. as a random example, an anonymous poll for the current groping thread might be informative. is it a… --- ## [Really Not All That Bright's birthday showed up as a calendar item!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-not-all-that-brights-birthday-showed-up-as-a-calendar-item/666164 "2013-08-20T22:13:20Z")
To my recollection, and according to my computer search, RNATB has never even sent me an email. Does anyone have any guesses as to how his/her birthday got plugged into my Mac Calendar? This is kind of creepy and distu… --- ## [Anyone else not getting email notifications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-getting-email-notifications/664948)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-getting-email-notifications/664948 "2013-08-20T03:20:13Z")
I understand that the new SDMB server gets really busy sometimes and can’t send them. --- ## [Redacted post, please redact.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redacted-post-please-redact/666656)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redacted-post-please-redact/666656 "2013-08-20T02:19:22Z")
Or dact…can I get back to you on this? --- ## [The SDMB being barred.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-being-barred/665842)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-being-barred/665842 "2013-08-19T12:26:01Z")
Evening all, I’m curious, has the Dope been ‘blacklisted’ abroad? I.e. added to China’s great firewall list et cetera. Peter --- ## [Can suspended users still post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-suspended-users-still-post/666594)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-suspended-users-still-post/666594 "2013-08-19T00:03:32Z")
I just saw a post from a suspended user. The post was only made a few minutes ago. So can suspended users still post? Or was this user suspended in the short time between when he/she wrote the post and the time I saw it… --- ## [Test Post - ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-ignore/666005)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-ignore/666005 "2013-08-18T22:42:53Z")
Your Birthday Song. springs springing hands whirling your days flutter past on ragged moth wings the whirring, bustling days the hush of quiet, sunny afternoons dust motes climbing a shaft of light your first lun… --- ## [Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallery/666487)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallery/666487 "2013-08-17T14:39:42Z")
How do we access the gallery, I can’t seem to find any links for it here? --- ## [If someone insults you in the mini-rant thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-insults-you-in-the-mini-rant-thread/666119)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-insults-you-in-the-mini-rant-thread/666119 "2013-08-17T07:35:12Z")
Quick question: If someone insults you in the monthly mini-rant thread, is that actually allowed (since it’s in the Pit after all) or does it violate the 'being a jerk" rule? --- ## [1st-timer emotional help threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-timer-emotional-help-threads/666420)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-timer-emotional-help-threads/666420 "2013-08-16T21:55:43Z")
Is anyone else puzzled by the number of long, often slightly rancid first-posts we get here on personal relationship issues? This isn’t Callahan’s Bar; I’m not sure why the SDMB attracts so many users willing to log in a… --- ## [Zombie identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-identification/666100)
**Author:** [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-identification/666100 "2013-08-16T15:16:29Z")
Hate to flog a dead horse here. And I would be surprised if I was the first person to suggest it, but here goes. When perusing the boards I find the name of the last poster and the time stamp of that post. Underneath … --- ## [Really, Twickster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-twickster/666183)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-twickster/666183 "2013-08-15T21:15:20Z")
This thread. Bullshit moderating by Twickster. It’s a thread about Hanoi Jane Fonda. Prior board precedent allows negative comments about non-posters. Cite to any rules violated, please. --- ## [Why the ban on zombie threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-ban-on-zombie-threads/375033)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-ban-on-zombie-threads/375033 "2013-08-15T19:09:42Z")
I clicked on a thread by \*\*Bibliophage \*\* a couple of minutes ago in CS that looked interesting, ony to find out that it was from 2003. Knowing how things work here, it’ll probably get closed soon. But why? Hopefully t… --- ## [Blank Text Box During an Edit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-text-box-during-an-edit/666194)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-text-box-during-an-edit/666194 "2013-08-14T14:29:14Z")
This ended up as a double post when the type box repeatedly went blank when I tried to edit and click on Preview Post. The type inside the box would appear when I backtracked one page, but then it double posted instead o… --- ## [Finding Replies Efficiently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-replies-efficiently/666170)
**Author:** [@Conservian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conservian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-replies-efficiently/666170 "2013-08-14T04:22:30Z")
I can’t seem to find an option or setting that allows me to quickly view only replies to my posts. I’m thinking there’s got to be some kind of setting or tool that allows me to do this efficiently? Any suggestions here… --- ## [Hypothetical: what if a topic took over a forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-what-if-a-topic-took-over-a-forum/666004)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-what-if-a-topic-took-over-a-forum/666004 "2013-08-13T18:52:44Z")
This is delicate, because I don’t want any Christians feeling targeted and upset at me, but I am curious about something. In Cafe Society, a “Bible Study” project has been launched. It started about a week and a half ago… --- ## [Job Opening – POWERPOINT SPECIALIST...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-opening-powerpoint-specialist/665939)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-opening-powerpoint-specialist/665939 "2013-08-13T18:24:07Z")
I have a very negative reaction to staff approving these posts. Note also the side effect: all spammers need to do is to announce that staff have approved this post which will result in Dopers no longer reporting them. --- ## [My token has expired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-token-has-expired/666000)
**Author:** [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-token-has-expired/666000 "2013-08-13T00:48:33Z")
When I try to search I get a message that says that my token has expired. I thought my token had a few more days left on it as I had kept it refrigerated, but now that you mention it, it does smell a little fishy. Where … --- ## [What happened to the podcast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-podcast/665984)
**Author:** [@GeeArr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeeArr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-podcast/665984 "2013-08-12T15:55:56Z")
What happened to the Straight Dope podcast? It can no longer be downloaded from iTunes or any other place that I know of. This is devastating to me and to Ska Brewing! --- ## [I'm off sabbatical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-off-sabbatical/665816 "2013-08-12T03:17:24Z")
Just so ya’ll know. --- ## [More content theft.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-content-theft/665375)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-content-theft/665375 "2013-08-11T20:56:50Z")
Another one. http://straight-dope01.blogspot.com/ --- ## [In Memoriam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/665554)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memoriam/665554 "2013-08-11T16:06:06Z")
I preferred the In Memoriam thread when the notices were all in the OP, which was added to on the sad occasions the need arose. Separating the names into individual posts will make new notices more visible, as the threa… --- ## [Problem with quoting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-quoting/665517)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-quoting/665517 "2013-08-09T23:09:47Z")
I’m still running into an intermittant problem with quoting. Occasionally, I will be reading through a thread and hitting multiquote as usual. When I open the reply window, the quotes will not show up. Even if I refres… --- ## [Condescending Robot banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condescending-robot-banned/665804)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condescending-robot-banned/665804 "2013-08-09T14:27:00Z")
Condescending Robot was suspended in May because of repeated warnings. After he received yet another warning yesterday, the staff has decided to ban him. --- ## [What rule changes would you propose to strengthen/improve GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rule-changes-would-you-propose-to-strengthen-improve-gd/526440)
**Author:** [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rule-changes-would-you-propose-to-strengthen-improve-gd/526440 "2013-08-09T01:22:31Z")
This thread is a good primer for this discussion. You’ll note that both tomndebb and Marley23 have the stated goal of improving GD; something regulars in GD would probably support. What would you propose to improve the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=150) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=152)