# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=164 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 165 --- ## [Moderator Notes and Warnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-notes-and-warnings/649161)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-notes-and-warnings/649161 "2013-02-05T01:58:57Z")
Inspired by the tread: “What’s the meaning of a moderator non-warning?” Anyways, Little Nemo complained that the moderator notes and warnings system was unclear because even though moderator notes are not really warnin… --- ## [rule on evil people's deaths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-on-evil-peoples-deaths/649030)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-on-evil-peoples-deaths/649030 "2013-02-05T01:19:05Z")
I just got bitchslapped for posting my personal joy in a thread entitled “Ed Koch, RIP” and I’m not arguing the injustice, the calamity, the man’s-inhumanity-to-man of it, as much as asking a factual question: if a publi… --- ## [Steath Ads for Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steath-ads-for-members/649119)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steath-ads-for-members/649119 "2013-02-03T15:51:29Z")
Seriously, what is this crap? When I see what looks like a link in a post, I usually mouse over it to see where the link goes, unless I’m really interested and don’t stop to think and just click on it. Why the fucking … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/649003)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/649003 "2013-02-02T13:26:14Z")
done --- ## [Why do I have to log in again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-to-log-in-again/648906)
**Author:** [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-to-log-in-again/648906 "2013-02-02T02:58:53Z")
almost everytime I click on a post to reply and when I want to send my reply? Often only a couple of minutes apart. It has always happened if I stopped posting for a long time, but it’s ridiculous tonight. --- ## [Gun threads galore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-threads-galore/648553 "2013-02-01T02:49:21Z")
Have we reached the point where discussions of firearms and gun control need their own forum? --- ## [Return of the Wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-wombat/647076 "2013-01-31T20:57:33Z")
After a six-month sabbatical, I have returned to the Dope. Immediately upon my return, the admins grabbed me, performed a minimal goat/octopus re-initiation ceremony, and slipped the moderator harness back on. It seems t… --- ## [Complaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636)
**Author:** [@TopTom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TopTom)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaint/648636 "2013-01-31T12:54:45Z")
Idle Thoughts, as is the case with the people who claimed I was being disingenuous, you are wrong. I did not post a message primarily intended to promote a cause, venture, organization, event, website or other entity or… --- ## [What do moderators do (besides...moderating)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-moderators-do-besides-moderating/648629)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-moderators-do-besides-moderating/648629 "2013-01-31T06:21:44Z")
I know that moderators are supposed to look out for anyone breaking the rules and lock/move threads that are either not suited for their original forum or are not appropriate at all, but what else do they have to do? Do… --- ## [Links to YOUTUBE/DAILYMOTION/VIMEO.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-youtube-dailymotion-vimeo/648561)
**Author:** [@Jimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-youtube-dailymotion-vimeo/648561 "2013-01-29T15:06:14Z")
Wouldn’t it be a good idea for this forum tae have a straight forward link tae copy/paste stuff from those kinda sites (and others) onto TSD. Have tae admit,it’s the first message board I’ve ever came across that doesn’… --- ## [Trouble getting on the board from my mobile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-getting-on-the-board-from-my-mobile/646725)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-getting-on-the-board-from-my-mobile/646725 "2013-01-29T12:08:51Z")
As of yesterday, I haven’t been able to get on the board from my phone, which is a cheap phone with a really small screen…we’re not talking an iPhone here or anything. Anyway, when I try, I can get to the main directory… --- ## [Automatic Activation of Signatures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-activation-of-signatures/648390)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-activation-of-signatures/648390 "2013-01-28T16:50:01Z")
Every time I post something, I want my signature to be shown. However, it’s kind of a hassle to have to keep on checking “Show your signature” every single time I post. So is there a way I can make this function automa… --- ## [Marley: Gun Grabber is not restricted to the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086 "2013-01-28T15:37:21Z")
Seriously. WTF is this about? I did not even call a poster a gun grabber. I used the term in an obviously generic sense, in much the same way as others might use “Gun Nut” “God Botherer”, “Anti-Abortion”, “Bleeding He… --- ## [A Couple Of (Innocent) SDMB Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-innocent-sdmb-questions/648176 "2013-01-27T03:18:26Z")
Maybe you can consider them sarcastic, but they aren’t intended that way. What is required from a 1st time poster to not be referred to as a “troll”? Once you rip someone (or someone rips you) a new one in the Pit,… --- ## [Tapatalk issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-issue/648289)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-issue/648289 "2013-01-27T00:30:31Z")
Anyone have a guess as to why the “knife sharpeners” thread in IMHO crashes Tapatalk every time I try to open it? No other thread does that, and I closed all other apps and it still does it. IPhone 4 ( not S ) if it ma… --- ## [Hyperlink doesn't work with new laptop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-doesnt-work-with-new-laptop/648346)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-doesnt-work-with-new-laptop/648346 "2013-01-26T02:19:30Z")
Since I’ve been using this new laptop, I’ve been unable to use the “hyperlink” function here on the board. Specifically, when I try to paste the URL of the link into the space provided, it simply doesn’t post. Nothing… --- ## [Difference between informing and promoting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-informing-and-promoting/648027)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-informing-and-promoting/648027 "2013-01-25T23:33:40Z")
In this post, twickster removes the kickstarter link and kills the thread. I know I’ve found out about kickstarters I’m interested in through The Game Room, and have gone on to help fund them. At what point does a post … --- ## [Politely disagree with a modding...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politely-disagree-with-a-modding/648147)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politely-disagree-with-a-modding/648147 "2013-01-25T10:52:12Z")
I don’t know how to link to a specific post in another thread… In the thread about evidence for God (ha! as if there were only one!) Marley23 modded raindog for having “junior modded” Critical1, for having told him that… --- ## [Jokey answers in GQ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokey-answers-in-gq/647327)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokey-answers-in-gq/647327 "2013-01-25T03:40:31Z")
It seems like I’m seeing a proliferation of jokey answers early in GQ threads lately. I thought there was a sort of convention that we were supposed to at least wait a while before sharing our wit in this way. Has this… --- ## [Posts implying an intent to commit a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-implying-an-intent-to-commit-a-crime/647124)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-implying-an-intent-to-commit-a-crime/647124 "2013-01-24T20:13:31Z")
When someone posts on here and implies that they are about to commit a serious crime, what does the administration do about it? Is it reported to authorities? --- ## [A test thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread/647942)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread/647942 "2013-01-23T07:00:30Z")
I just saw another thread where the OP edited their post to say they’d made a typo in the thread title and asked a mod to change it. Pretty sure there’s a way to fix that; just checkin’. Yep. Just hit the Edit button, t… --- ## [Is there a rule regarding "+1" in "Great Debates"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-regarding-1-in-great-debates/647868)
**Author:** [@James52637](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James52637)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-regarding-1-in-great-debates/647868 "2013-01-21T19:22:17Z")
Would it be considered spam, not necessary, or be any form of a problem for people to “+1” a quote from a thread in Great Debates? I see very few people ever do it, yet there are so many fantastic chances to. I just wan… --- ## [What's the longest thread on the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-thread-on-the-dope/647608)
**Author:** [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-thread-on-the-dope/647608 "2013-01-20T10:43:38Z")
Was just curious - not interested in the topic of the thread - what is the longest thread on the Dope? The Stupid Republican idea of the day thread has 8,250 posts as of now, are there any longer? --- ## [Reviewing a mod note](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviewing-a-mod-note/647435)
**Author:** [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviewing-a-mod-note/647435 "2013-01-17T21:01:11Z")
See this note. Full thread is here. The upshot: Bricker posted about a school board and said (words to the effect of) “I think this was the right decision.” Several people noted that Bricker didn’t really advance a ra… --- ## [I need to be banned for being a terrible poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-banned-for-being-a-terrible-poster/647546 "2013-01-17T20:37:49Z")
All I do is offend and hurt people and drag down the intellectual quality of the board. --- ## [I hesitate to ask, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hesitate-to-ask-but/647200 "2013-01-16T21:04:35Z")
…why was my thread in MPSIMS about dick sucking closed? Was it the naughty language or nature of the subject matter? When I composed that fine work of art, I did so with tongue firmly planted in cheek, but there was a se… --- ## [Where does a "your favourite moderators" thread go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-a-your-favourite-moderators-thread-go/647344)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-a-your-favourite-moderators-thread-go/647344 "2013-01-16T06:35:30Z")
Very first question - can someone either give a list of every moderator/administrator/anything else similar OR explain how to get them? I’m aware of the usual way of getting them through vbulletin as a user list but that… --- ## [Why can't we Pit mods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-pit-mods/647229)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-pit-mods/647229 "2013-01-16T01:16:52Z")
Not sure why this is. I’ve been talking to Marley in ATMB about yet more instances of his silly and overbearing moderation. Naturally he’s completely in the wrong, as he is almost always on these ticky-tack little fouls … --- ## [Intermittent inability to log in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-inability-to-log-in/647150)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-inability-to-log-in/647150 "2013-01-15T21:49:09Z")
In recent weeks, I have been unable to log in intermittently. If I attempt to log in from one of the forum header pages, I get a screen with the usual “Thank you for logging in, Senegoid” message. After about five seco… --- ## [Tapatalk problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-problems/647255)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-problems/647255 "2013-01-15T04:47:56Z")
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