# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=170 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 171 --- ## [emails turned off - still getting them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emails-turned-off-still-getting-them/637477)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emails-turned-off-still-getting-them/637477 "2012-10-12T13:48:28Z")
As per thread title. I went in to my user control panel and changed the setting to no emails but I am still getting them. What gives? --- ## [tapu, banned, now unbanned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-now-unbanned/627253 "2012-10-12T13:27:36Z")
So I see that tapu, recently banned (allegedly for being a sock), is now unbanned? Just curious. (I actually liked tapu for posting an approving post about something I posted. What can be more likable than that?) … --- ## [10 minute edit window?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-minute-edit-window/637103)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-minute-edit-window/637103 "2012-10-11T15:44:54Z")
I’ve been around long enough to remember not being able to edit at all. Now that we do have the 5 minute edit window, I don’t know how I posted coherently at all before. I’m more of an impulsive poster, and I do try to… --- ## [Moderator/ post count query.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-post-count-query/637155)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-post-count-query/637155 "2012-10-10T21:31:42Z")
Just a random thought that occurred to me. If a moderator edits someone else’s post, e.g. to add spoiler tags, does it affect the moderator’s post count? No big deal, just mildly curious. --- ## [I keep getting logged out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-logged-out/637353)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-logged-out/637353 "2012-10-10T21:26:29Z")
For the past couple of days, I’m getting logged out of the message boards. It happens maybe 2-3 times per day. This has never happened before. Is there some new setting that I’m unaware of? Is this happeneing to anyone e… --- ## [Jaledin has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaledin-has-been-banned/637340)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaledin-has-been-banned/637340 "2012-10-10T18:33:54Z")
Jaledin was suspended in January for being a jerk. That suspension was intended as a final warning that he needed to stop making abusive, extremely crude posts that sometimes bordered on hate speech. Unfortunately since … --- ## [Today's Threadspotting doesn't go to a SDMB thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-threadspotting-doesnt-go-to-a-sdmb-thread/637319)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-threadspotting-doesnt-go-to-a-sdmb-thread/637319 "2012-10-10T18:07:00Z")
The Threadspotting link doesn’t go to the SDMB boards, it goes to www.pointerpointer.com, which doesn’t work with IE. --- ## [test mouseover with brackets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-mouseover-with-brackets/637163 "2012-10-10T13:41:55Z")
R\[obert\]O\[scar\]S\[am\]E\[dward\]B\[enjamin\]U\[lysses\]D\[avid\] is Richard Petrie’s middle name. --- ## [Idle Thoughts, can you or someone else unlock and move my Starving Artist thread to the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-can-you-or-someone-else-unlock-and-move-my-starving-artist-thread-to-the-pit/636613)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-can-you-or-someone-else-unlock-and-move-my-starving-artist-thread-to-the-pit/636613 "2012-10-09T05:07:33Z")
I started a thread in IMHO about an hour ago with a poll titled Do you agree with Starving Artist in the Joe Paterno Pit thread? \*\*Idle Thoughts \*\*closed it down, saying: I understand there was the potential for it to… --- ## [Account hacked, spammed, banned? Happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/account-hacked-spammed-banned-happens/631010)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/account-hacked-spammed-banned-happens/631010 "2012-10-09T03:43:25Z")
Guy posts spam or trolling or other blatant crap, and gets insta-banned. Seems to happen a lot around here. But it occurred to be to wonder about this: Happens? Is there a modding policy for dealing with that? This… --- ## [Locking Threads Pending Mod Review. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-threads-pending-mod-review-why/637126)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-threads-pending-mod-review-why/637126 "2012-10-09T02:43:44Z")
Is it really necessary to lock a thread when someone threadshits? If the member’s misconduct is bad enough that a mod mentions a referral to the mod loop, why can’t the mod temporarily suspend a member’s posting pri… --- ## [What does ETA stand for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for/636719)
**Author:** [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-eta-stand-for/636719 "2012-10-08T22:04:46Z")
Pretty self explanatory. When people edit their posts, they often say ETA. What does it stand for? I think E is Edit but damned if I can figure out the rest. --- ## [Test for altering scroll-over preview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-altering-scroll-over-preview/637071)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-altering-scroll-over-preview/637071 "2012-10-08T21:36:21Z")
I noticed \[in a recent Thread\] the OP opened with \[a quote from a linked article\]. Because the quote was altered \[slightly\] the OP made use of \[brackets\] to indicate the altered parts of the quote. One thing I noticed \[t… --- ## [Why was my Staving Artist Pit thread merged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-staving-artist-pit-thread-merged/636664)
**Author:** [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-staving-artist-pit-thread-merged/636664 "2012-10-08T06:42:05Z")
According to this mods’ response to the original poll in IMHO, it was done in correct fashion: So I simply went ahead and did as suggested. And then, yet another mod, Miller, decided it was a “pseudo-poll” First off,… --- ## [Responses to a Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responses-to-a-post/636723)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/responses-to-a-post/636723 "2012-10-05T19:06:24Z")
If a post of mine has been answered to my satisfaction, and is way down on the page, how do I thank the people who have responded without bumping my post back up to the top? --- ## [Czarcasm's Junior Modding in ATMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasms-junior-modding-in-atmb/636174)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasms-junior-modding-in-atmb/636174 "2012-10-05T17:18:43Z")
Okay, since I didn’t want to keep detailing the thread on the latest suspension, I wanted to repost here the question I posed there… “Amazingly, in my decade here, I’ve barely posted in a handful of threads about what T… --- ## [Thanking people for their responses...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanking-people-for-their-responses/637275)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanking-people-for-their-responses/637275 "2012-10-04T18:01:59Z")
If a post of mine has been answered to my satisfaction, and is way down on the page, how do I thank the people who have responded without bumping my post back up to the top? --- ## [Mhendo's suspension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mhendos-suspension/636142)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mhendos-suspension/636142 "2012-10-03T14:13:07Z")
It’s bullshit and twickster has made yet another bad call as a moderator. That’s all. --- ## [Bold Button Redirect to Ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-button-redirect-to-ad/636507)
**Author:** [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-button-redirect-to-ad/636507 "2012-10-02T20:55:22Z")
When I was composing my response in thisthread and clicked on the “B” to bold member names I twice got this page opening in a new tab. Sounds weird, but that is what happened. Browser = Opera 12.02 Standard disclaimer: … --- ## [Language filter? Is the word "\*\*\*\*" allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-filter-is-the-word-allowed/635845 "2012-10-02T14:58:39Z")
New poster here, testing the waters. Is there a language filter on this site? --- ## [Large political ad pops up on SD main page, repeatedly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-political-ad-pops-up-on-sd-main-page-repeatedly/636226)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-political-ad-pops-up-on-sd-main-page-repeatedly/636226 "2012-09-30T23:49:56Z")
I just had an uncomfortable experience. On Cecil’s main page, a large ad, taking up 3/4 of the screen, popped up, titled “Bama’s Failures.” Sure, I could click on the X and remove it, but it popped up several more time… --- ## [Signatures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/636093)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/636093 "2012-09-29T05:07:46Z")
Why does TSD message board have a profile field for signatures when they aren’t automatic, you have to choose to use yours, and most people don’t use them? Most boards I have been on just auto use a sig, because otherwi… --- ## [mhendo has been suspended for one month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mhendo-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/636141)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mhendo-has-been-suspended-for-one-month/636141 "2012-09-28T14:59:58Z")
After receiving this warning, his response in the thread was rude and abusive; his response to me via PM was even more so. Marley23 reports receiving a similar PM when mhendo got this warning a week ago. twickster, for… --- ## ["Special" rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-rules/635933)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-rules/635933 "2012-09-28T05:53:40Z")
Is there a list of all the users who have special rules applied to them and if so, where is it? Are there any users who have secret special rules applied to them? Just a yes or no answer to the latter would be nice. --- ## [New/Better Smilies And Emoticons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-better-smilies-and-emoticons/635116)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-better-smilies-and-emoticons/635116 "2012-09-28T03:00:27Z")
I am not a huge smilie guy…I do like to occasionally use them to accentuate a post, and I realize that this board is more cerebral than most out there…but can’t we get more and better smilies? We have a grand total of 13… --- ## [Necrotizing Postititus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necrotizing-postititus/635963)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necrotizing-postititus/635963 "2012-09-27T23:41:19Z")
Whilst reading a thread, I followed a link to another thread that was rather interesting but there was one post I thought merited comment. Then I glanced up at that little grey bar and noticed that the thread was seven y… --- ## [Moonshot banning link?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonshot-banning-link/636042)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonshot-banning-link/636042 "2012-09-27T17:24:46Z")
Nobody will miss this little troll, but I missed seeing where he fell off the cliff. Or was this just an accumulated mess that needed cleaning up? --- ## [I am not able to get to SD home page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-able-to-get-to-sd-home-page/632862)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-able-to-get-to-sd-home-page/632862 "2012-09-27T00:04:05Z")
Because of an ad at the top. All that comes up on the page is the same ad over and over again, every time I refresh, or close and re-start IE. Finally, after at least 10 tries, I got to the home page. In this instance, t… --- ## [ads keep repeating so I can't hit "back" button successfully](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-keep-repeating-so-i-cant-hit-back-button-successfully/635674)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-keep-repeating-so-i-cant-hit-back-button-successfully/635674 "2012-09-26T16:13:01Z")
I’ve noticed this phenomena start about a month ago or so, on two computers, using totally different wireless networks. Mostly on Reddit (thanks for turning me on to this website and ruining my life), and mostly when I… --- ## [Odd search situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-search-situation/635769)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-search-situation/635769 "2012-09-26T05:24:58Z")
Well, I thought it was a fluke because after a day the search thing went back to normal. But now it’s flummoxed again. Anyone else have this happen to them? When I go to the user cp and click on statistics and then find… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=171)