# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=163 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 164 --- ## [Simple Linctus banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-linctus-banned/650880)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-linctus-banned/650880 "2013-02-20T16:26:38Z")
Recently Simple Linctus Pitted another poster for (in his opinion) pretending to be a lawyer. (He had also questioned the poster’s credentials here.) A fair amount of information about that poster was discussed in the th… --- ## [Problems with Jamaica and reggae music are "off topic" in a thread complaining about Bob Marley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-jamaica-and-reggae-music-are-off-topic-in-a-thread-complaining-about-bob-marley/650140)
**Author:** [@Condescending\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Condescending_Robot)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-jamaica-and-reggae-music-are-off-topic-in-a-thread-complaining-about-bob-marley/650140 "2013-02-20T03:35:41Z")
And disagreeing with Marley23 is “threadshitting.” Just a notice for anyone not in one of the approved opinion camps here, which are “Barack Obama is infallible” or “I’m a Southern dope who thinks that Barack Obama is a… --- ## [Do banned members get notification emails on subscribed threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980 "2013-02-19T18:11:05Z")
Or does the banning process delete notifications? I had a response to a thread started by a banned poster (which, as a result of the banning, I probably won’t post), but the question did cross my mind. (Don’t need answ… --- ## [Having some issues with the board lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672 "2013-02-19T00:11:09Z")
Just an(other) FYI to the admins, been having some major issues authenticating to the board and just doing basic stuff. I’m on the road atm, but it’s the same issue I was having at home a few weeks ago when this came up… --- ## [Can I report a PM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-report-a-pm/650692)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-report-a-pm/650692 "2013-02-18T15:02:07Z")
Just got a spam PM from a new member and wanted to report it, but I did not see that option. Is there a way to report PMs to the administration? Thanks! --- ## [Test post 1 2 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-1-2-3/650262)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Morrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert_Morrow)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-1-2-3/650262 "2013-02-18T02:31:29Z")
4 5 6 Houston, we have lift off! --- ## [What's with the 2nd LBJ thread in GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-2nd-lbj-thread-in-gd/650602)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-2nd-lbj-thread-in-gd/650602 "2013-02-17T20:05:51Z")
So, a new poster came in a posted a thread in GD that was nothing more than a link to his blog about LBJ. Thread closed. Apparently, he came back and started another thread which seems to have been moved from GD, but w… --- ## [Will Khadaji be added to the In Memoriam thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-khadaji-be-added-to-the-in-memoriam-thread/650604)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-khadaji-be-added-to-the-in-memoriam-thread/650604 "2013-02-17T18:22:55Z")
Will Khadaji be added to the In Memoriam thread? --- ## [What is considered "trolling" by the moderators of the BBQ Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-trolling-by-the-moderators-of-the-bbq-pit/650454)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-trolling-by-the-moderators-of-the-bbq-pit/650454 "2013-02-16T09:27:38Z")
In a thread in which the main subject is pchaos, there was another little side discussion that occurred, which Marely23 told me to take to ATMB. It went like this: So here I am in ATMB, asking what would one have… --- ## [Showing threads as read/unread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-threads-as-read-unread/650399)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-threads-as-read-unread/650399 "2013-02-16T04:24:39Z")
Is there a setting that will make the board show posts as read only if I read them? When I’m logged in, it shows posts/threads as read after I just check the board, without actually looking at the thread in question. I… --- ## [Forum Banners Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-banners-question/650388)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-banners-question/650388 "2013-02-15T15:43:54Z")
Why do I see advertising banners, at the top edge above the purple border and near the bottom between the coding and the “contact us” line, on one of my computer’s user-accounts but not the other? --- ## [Do some people on this board simply not know how to quote others' posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-on-this-board-simply-not-know-how-to-quote-others-posts/649339)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-some-people-on-this-board-simply-not-know-how-to-quote-others-posts/649339 "2013-02-14T20:45:01Z")
I’ve seen a lot of venerable posters on this board do stuff like: Random Doper said: “I like pie!” As in, copying and pasting someone else’s post then putting quotation marks around it. After being on the SDMB for yea… --- ## [Marley, I didn't call anyone a racist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-i-didnt-call-anyone-a-racist/650153)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-i-didnt-call-anyone-a-racist/650153 "2013-02-14T17:53:27Z")
So as not to hijack Condescending Robots thread I’ll start my own. Your mod note here regarding my post is bologna: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16000113&postcount=53 Biggirl came in shitting up t… --- ## [Why does the G.Q. Forum have this description?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-g-q-forum-have-this-description/650084 "2013-02-14T03:23:02Z")
Main SDMB page descriptor for G.Q. is as follows: When is the last time Cecil replied to a question posted in G.Q. ? How many times since we migrated from AOL has Cecil replied to a question posted in G.Q. ? And so we… --- ## [New Forum Software - Guess who is the poster child for why things should change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-software-guess-who-is-the-poster-child-for-why-things-should-change/649429)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-software-guess-who-is-the-poster-child-for-why-things-should-change/649429 "2013-02-13T03:17:40Z")
So, Jeff Atwood, the guy who founded StackOverflow with Joel Spolsky, has released a shiny new replacement for the veritable and dusty VBulletin and phpBB forum software. So, I clicked the link, headed to the “about” pa… --- ## [Oldest available thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-available-thread/104450)
**Author:** [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-available-thread/104450 "2013-02-12T17:46:36Z")
In the last few days, I’ve seen threads dragged up from YEARS ago. I have no desire to bring these back to the forefront, but I does make me curious… What is the oldest thread I can view here? Can I access the first thr… --- ## [How often does Google index this site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-google-index-this-site/650065)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-google-index-this-site/650065 "2013-02-12T12:35:55Z")
Four minutes ago someone replied to a thread I’m subscribed to. I googled something related to the thread - and found that very reply among the search results. What the hell? Does Google really crawl every thread on t… --- ## [How do I change my user name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/649512 "2013-02-11T18:23:56Z")
I want to change my user name to Escape Goat (is that taken?). How do I make that change? --- ## [Why did you delete my post in depression thread? :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-delete-my-post-in-depression-thread/649964)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-delete-my-post-in-depression-thread/649964 "2013-02-11T15:25:54Z")
In this thread, why did you delete my post? :confused: :frowning: --- ## [Poll with the highest number of voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-with-the-highest-number-of-voters/649469)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-with-the-highest-number-of-voters/649469 "2013-02-10T22:07:43Z")
is there a way to find out which poll/thread has the highest number of voters? --- ## [Fonts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873 "2013-02-10T16:16:40Z")
How does one change the default font for the board? Apparently the cat has set everything to bold comic sans. I am in hell. :frowning: --- ## [Why can't I use all caps for 'USMC' in a post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-use-all-caps-for-usmc-in-a-post/648920)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-use-all-caps-for-usmc-in-a-post/648920 "2013-02-10T01:10:51Z")
In this post, every time I typed USMC and submitted the post, it automatically changed it to appear as ‘Usmc’. What gives? --- ## [I have been unjustly banned!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774)
**Author:** [@AdanTheSomali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AdanTheSomali)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-unjustly-banned/649774 "2013-02-09T15:02:27Z")
\*\*Posting this for my new username “unit”. This account is an older account I discarded because of the username. \* Dear mods/admins, I was recently banned for what I believe to be a misunderstanding in the intent of on… --- ## [Proboards and the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proboards-and-the-dope/649642)
**Author:** [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proboards-and-the-dope/649642 "2013-02-08T19:10:15Z")
Does anyone know if the SDMB is available on the Android app Proboards? Or any other forum app? --- ## [Pretending to be someone you're not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretending-to-be-someone-youre-not/649650)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretending-to-be-someone-youre-not/649650 "2013-02-08T01:26:33Z")
There is a poster here who seems, if I understand them, to be claiming to be a lawyer, and one from a prestiguous law school at that. However, subsequent posts have cast considerable doubt upon that claim. Is that sort … --- ## [Diamonds02 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamonds02-has-been-banned/649501)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamonds02-has-been-banned/649501 "2013-02-06T17:05:09Z")
After a suspension, Diamonds02 has returned and not only has she continued posting in a way she was warned not to, she has chosen to detail for us her trolling ways: Furthermore, yesterday she posted twice clearly to p… --- ## [Gun Grabber 2: Semi-automatic bugaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabber-2-semi-automatic-bugaloo/649293)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-grabber-2-semi-automatic-bugaloo/649293 "2013-02-06T04:53:05Z")
Oh Marley? A word please. Remember the whole gun grabber thing, where you felt absolutely compelled to moderate my heinous use of provocative language in Great Debates? How, then, does this post, by a moderator, in MP… --- ## [About dopers gone: died, inactive, whatever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-dopers-gone-died-inactive-whatever/649256)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-dopers-gone-died-inactive-whatever/649256 "2013-02-06T03:38:56Z")
This message board has put a lot of distance between its beginnings on AOL, its subsequent morph to the Internet ca. 1999, and now. Fourteen fucking years and still counting. I think the community has become stronger, … --- ## [Smileys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smileys/648827)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smileys/648827 "2013-02-05T17:16:15Z")
Any chance of getting new smileys anytime soon? At the very least, 2 more so we don’t have 4 rows of 3, and 1 row of 1? --- ## [twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster/649008)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster/649008 "2013-02-05T03:23:03Z")
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