# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=175 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 176 --- ## [Zombie threads, can anything be done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads-can-anything-be-done/628005)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-threads-can-anything-be-done/628005 "2012-07-28T19:31:16Z")
It appears that the zombie apocalypse has already occurred here with threads rising from the dead with seemingly increasing frequency. In the Bible at that time God will mark his servants and Satan will mark his servant… --- ## [Auto-playing video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-playing-video/625558)
**Author:** [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-playing-video/625558 "2012-07-28T15:43:38Z")
Just had a Bing Ad start autoplaying video with sound on the IMHO main page. Please, please make it so these types of ads don’t start automatically. It’s my absolute #1 pet peeve of internet advertising. If music or v… --- ## [Unread Threads Marked as Read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unread-threads-marked-as-read/625607)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unread-threads-marked-as-read/625607 "2012-07-28T11:44:50Z")
I’m wondering why this happens sometimes. It doesn’t very often,but it did again this morning. I logged on, and when I clicked on User CP to see my subscribed threads, there were none. Since I’d last logged off about 12 … --- ## [No Avatars Here? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626)
**Author:** [@Gezmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gezmo)\ **Replies:** 549\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-avatars-here-why/625626 "2012-07-28T01:11:43Z")
How come none of us can have picture avatars at this forum? Who here wiches they had an avatar? i do --- ## [Ellen Cherry, question about the jokes in the Dark Knight shooting thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-question-about-the-jokes-in-the-dark-knight-shooting-thread/628855)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-cherry-question-about-the-jokes-in-the-dark-knight-shooting-thread/628855 "2012-07-28T00:41:29Z")
Link. Link. Is there a rule that says one can’t make humorous posts about certain topics until a certain amount of time passes? And how long is this amount of time to be? I mean, your idea of ‘sick humor’ may be a si… --- ## [What is with the flakey SDMB servers lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-the-flakey-sdmb-servers-lately/629468)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-the-flakey-sdmb-servers-lately/629468 "2012-07-27T22:28:38Z")
What has been going on with the rusty SDMB servers lately? On-and-off, all this past week, I’ve been getting “Connection Reset” or really really slow response times when opening threads. There was another thread here i… --- ## [How do I change my SDMB username?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-sdmb-username/629287)
**Author:** [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-sdmb-username/629287 "2012-07-27T20:03:45Z")
I’ve decided that JRyan35 is a bit too obvious,so I was hoping I could change my username to something more creative.How do I go about that?Or can I do that at all?Any help with the matter would be greatly appreciated.Th… --- ## [Locking thread instead of warnings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-thread-instead-of-warnings/629491)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-thread-instead-of-warnings/629491 "2012-07-26T21:10:02Z")
In a circumstance like this, wouldn’t it make more sense to issue warnings to the offenders rather than killing the thread for everyone? Now it’s not even easy to quote relevant, interesting comments in a new thread. --- ## [Twixter, a question about your mod note in the joke thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twixter-a-question-about-your-mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/629228)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twixter-a-question-about-your-mod-note-in-the-joke-thread/629228 "2012-07-26T17:47:25Z")
In this thread you handed out a mod note that includes: I’m curious as to what rule was broken. --- ## [Audio ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-ads/595570)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-ads/595570 "2012-07-25T19:20:09Z")
Am I going mad, or are there audio ads on the Straight Dope messageboards? Often if I’ve had the internet open for a while, I will hear an ad for some video, and it’s usually for a British product. I can’t see anything … --- ## [I would like to see a "Reverse Ignore" capability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-see-a-reverse-ignore-capability/629000)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-see-a-reverse-ignore-capability/629000 "2012-07-24T15:58:36Z")
What I would like to see is a “Reverse Ignore” option. That is, I want to put some other specific user on a shit-list, whereby that user will not see anything that I post. Thus, if some other user takes umbrage at somet… --- ## [Why was the "rate my attractiveness" thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-rate-my-attractiveness-thread-closed/627757)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-rate-my-attractiveness-thread-closed/627757 "2012-07-24T02:16:44Z")
Why was this just-started thread (by a just-joined member) closed? I didn’t think such threads were any sort of violation; am I wrong? I mean, yeah, the guy was setting himself up for slaughter but if he wanted to, so … --- ## [How do you quote the quote boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-quote-the-quote-boxes/628521)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-quote-the-quote-boxes/628521 "2012-07-23T22:26:48Z")
I’ve seen some replies include quotes that were in the post they’re responding to. When I hit the reply button, the quoted parts of the original post are removed. Is there any way to leave them in? This is obviously not… --- ## [What happened to the blackjack thread in GQ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-blackjack-thread-in-gq/629155)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-blackjack-thread-in-gq/629155 "2012-07-23T20:25:20Z")
Oops, I mean balckjack. I know the OP was just spamming, but there was some good discussion of blackjack rules, variations and probabilities in there. Can we bring it back with the links deleted? --- ## [Board's Been Wonky Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-been-wonky-today/628772)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-been-wonky-today/628772 "2012-07-23T05:54:37Z")
Been acting up for anyone else? Its been intermittent…slow load times here and there and a couple times I got the “server sent no data” error and the board wouldn’t load at all. Firefox at work and Chrome at home…getting… --- ## [AArrgghh! What thread was this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarrgghh-what-thread-was-this/629036)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarrgghh-what-thread-was-this/629036 "2012-07-22T14:06:41Z")
Please help me locate a thread I read, day before yesterday ish? Sorry, I was all over the board and cannot remember the title. I am looking for a particular post to a wonderful article on the similarities between McCar… --- ## [An Open Letter to the Moderators and Administrators of the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-moderators-and-administrators-of-the-sdmb/628596)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-moderators-and-administrators-of-the-sdmb/628596 "2012-07-22T10:14:10Z")
I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for helping to create and maintain the most awesome message board I’ve ever had the good fortune of coming across. My only regret is that it took me until the year 2011 to find o… --- ## [What is the definition of trolling according to SDMB Mods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-definition-of-trolling-according-to-sdmb-mods/628983)
**Author:** [@gvozd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvozd)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-definition-of-trolling-according-to-sdmb-mods/628983 "2012-07-22T02:10:36Z")
To my knowledge, it means attempting to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment and/or gratuitous disruption. Or by extension, to incite anger, or to provoke, or harass or annoy. In th… --- ## [How do you put someone on ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-put-someone-on-ignore/628953)
**Author:** [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-put-someone-on-ignore/628953 "2012-07-21T23:25:17Z")
Sorry not seeing it… --- ## [Is there a list of participated threads, like in Tapatalk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-participated-threads-like-in-tapatalk/628932)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-participated-threads-like-in-tapatalk/628932 "2012-07-21T07:49:51Z")
I see there’s “New Posts”, but I can’t find participated. I hope to match my usage on the browser and Tapatalk. --- ## [Is there an easy and fast way to print the headlines and dates and views of my ten years worth of st](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-and-fast-way-to-print-the-headlines-and-dates-and-views-of-my-ten-years-worth-of-st/628401)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-easy-and-fast-way-to-print-the-headlines-and-dates-and-views-of-my-ten-years-worth-of-st/628401 "2012-07-20T10:13:53Z")
I want to make a scrap book/photo album (yes, on paper, I’m oldfashioned that way) and I wanted to include a print-out with the thread titles I posted over the last ten years. I figured they paint just as well a picture … --- ## [ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarletnumber/627847)
**Author:** [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarletnumber/627847 "2012-07-20T03:38:31Z")
As you might have noticed, a new member was recently forced to change his username. The new username is ScarletNumber. However, we have a long term poster called Scarlett67. Those two names are really too similar not t… --- ## [SD Administration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-administration/628468)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-administration/628468 "2012-07-20T01:33:12Z")
Who comprises the administration of the Straightdope at the Chicago Reader? I don’t mean the board admins. I mean those behind this operation? --- ## [Why is the procedure for commenting on Cecil's columns so incredibly unfriendly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-procedure-for-commenting-on-cecils-columns-so-incredibly-unfriendly/628652)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-procedure-for-commenting-on-cecils-columns-so-incredibly-unfriendly/628652 "2012-07-19T23:44:55Z")
Can we not automate the part where you have to start a new thread, copy paste the title, and then provide a link to the article in question? Especially because when you realise you have to do all this, you first have to … --- ## [Weird thing with Google Chrome and Edit Window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-with-google-chrome-and-edit-window/628590)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-thing-with-google-chrome-and-edit-window/628590 "2012-07-18T07:34:24Z")
Okay, I normally use IE, and have used Firefox. I have access to a computer with Google Chrome installed, so I thought I would try it out. When I opened a Reply to thread tab, I noticed something. The normal toolbars … --- ## ["I know you aren't my Dr., but..." Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-arent-my-dr-but-why/628275)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-you-arent-my-dr-but-why/628275 "2012-07-17T01:45:06Z")
It seems like every time anyone here starts a thread about anything medically-related, the tired old “I know you aren’t my Dr., and I’m not seeking medical advice…but” disclaimers get trotted out before the story begins.… --- ## [Any Chance of an SDMB Mobile App?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2012, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chance-of-an-sdmb-mobile-app/621180 "2012-07-16T09:37:25Z")
Reading the SDMB on my phone requires lots of magnifying and scrolling. Can we get someone to write a few lines of code to make the boards more readable on phones and put an app up on the marketplace? I’ll gladly pay for… --- ## [The poster formerly known as . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poster-formerly-known-as/611613)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poster-formerly-known-as/611613 "2012-07-15T18:12:09Z")
It seems that I often come across posters on these boards with, say, five or even ten thousand posts but whose name I don’t recognize. I just assume they’ve changed their board name from one that I might have recalled. M… --- ## [Colibri warns for language but not trolling/threadshitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-warns-for-language-but-not-trolling-threadshitting/628133)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-warns-for-language-but-not-trolling-threadshitting/628133 "2012-07-15T01:51:04Z")
In the thread here on zombie, and how to deal with them, I told someone to get the “F” over themselves, I was given a warning (my 1st IIRC) yet the person I responded to wasn’t warned for trolling/threadshitting. What gi… --- ## [New display options? "From the beginning"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-display-options-from-the-beginning/628249)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-display-options-from-the-beginning/628249 "2012-07-14T22:51:15Z")
I just noticed that you can now opt to set the SDMB Forum display options to include posts “from the beginning” and/or by things such as number of views or replies. Have I been asleep for the past 12 years and simply nev… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=176)