# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=189 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 190 --- ## [New Threads on Old Topics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-threads-on-old-topics/606275)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-threads-on-old-topics/606275 "2011-12-15T14:06:42Z")
The other day I had an idea for a new thread but a search of these boards revealed that a near-identical thread had been created on the SDMB only five months ago. My immediate reaction was that five months was not nearl… --- ## [Zombies and the FAQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-and-the-faq/606251)
**Author:** [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-and-the-faq/606251 "2011-12-15T06:39:27Z")
This has been in the FAQ since 2006; over 5 years. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697100#post7697100 Ellen Cherry points out: Upon checking the ATMB threads I discover this is correct. I would… --- ## [Threadspotting link not a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-link-not-a-thread/606208)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-link-not-a-thread/606208 "2011-12-14T18:56:55Z")
On front page, Threadspotting link for Dreidel does not link to a thread. :confused: Shouldn’t that be a weird earl? --- ## [Video ad on Cecil's column web page??!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-ad-on-cecils-column-web-page/606154)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-ad-on-cecils-column-web-page/606154 "2011-12-14T17:17:08Z")
I just got a video pop-up ad on the Straight Dope page for Cecil’s column. There was no close button.:mad: I had to navigate away from the page to shut the stuid ancestor-intercoursing thing off. Bad SD web page! (Gets … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/606040)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/606040 "2011-12-14T15:16:37Z")
nm --- ## [Is there any way for me to search for threads about the show Mad Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-for-me-to-search-for-threads-about-the-show-mad-men/605979)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-for-me-to-search-for-threads-about-the-show-mad-men/605979 "2011-12-13T17:11:31Z")
I have just started watching Mad Men, so I thought I’d search for some early threads on it to see what Dopers had to say. The words, though, are too short and too common. Search rejected. Can this restriction somehow b… --- ## [Did the font on this board change or am I losing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-on-this-board-change-or-am-i-losing-it/606036)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-font-on-this-board-change-or-am-i-losing-it/606036 "2011-12-13T17:03:34Z")
I came back to the board after doing some work for an hour or so and the first thing I notice is that something is wrong…something about the font. Did you guys change the board font or am I only now noticing it. IdentiFo… --- ## [RO: ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro/505443)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro/505443 "2011-12-13T12:43:07Z")
In the pit, i see several thread titles that start with “RO:.” What’s the RO: mean? --- ## [SDMB current population](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-current-population/605891)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-current-population/605891 "2011-12-12T16:14:19Z")
How many members/guests of the SDMB have posted within the last month? How many members/guests of the SDMB have viewed a post within the last month? --- ## [Where has my custom title gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-my-custom-title-gone/605602)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-has-my-custom-title-gone/605602 "2011-12-11T22:41:50Z")
I appear to have lost my custom title, which expires on 09-18-2012. I am now just a member. --- ## [Finding polls you voted in but didn't post to the thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-polls-you-voted-in-but-didnt-post-to-the-thread/605675)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-polls-you-voted-in-but-didnt-post-to-the-thread/605675 "2011-12-10T22:14:59Z")
Does anybody know a quick or simple way to check for this sort of thing? --- ## [ATTN: Moderators!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-moderators/605752)
**Author:** [@hoenikker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hoenikker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attn-moderators/605752 "2011-12-10T19:38:40Z")
JFC! (Recursively expand that around religion. Hint: Cross it out) Please ban me now and make sure you explain why, without reference to the kingdom of the blind, because maybe you’re the blind one! Anyone else feel l… --- ## [What is the ideal message board moderation strategy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-message-board-moderation-strategy/605756)
**Author:** [@hoenikker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hoenikker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-message-board-moderation-strategy/605756 "2011-12-10T19:08:32Z")
Hint: maybe it’s recursive “folllow the links” http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14551479 --- ## [Google Searching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653 "2011-12-10T16:40:22Z")
What’s the syntax for searching the boards via Google? If I want to search for a specific phrase, how do I input the search? Something along the lines of: sdmb: “search phrase” ?? Little help? --- ## [I am not a number...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-number/605546)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-a-number/605546 "2011-12-10T03:26:05Z")
I know Lynn Bodoni is no. 2, Ed Zotti is no.6, TubaDiva is 32 and OpalCat is 36 (which must make her the longest serving poster), but who is no.1 and 3, 4,and 5? Two apologies: the Prisoner reference is predictable but … --- ## [Question, i dont want to break rules.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-i-dont-want-to-break-rules/605640)
**Author:** [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-i-dont-want-to-break-rules/605640 "2011-12-09T17:13:53Z")
I was here years ago under whammo and before that b\_line12. Since that time I have gone through a lot. It didn’t occur to me to come back Until I wrote the post I submitted here on Facebook. At that time, not too long ag… --- ## [Occupy SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809)
**Author:** [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupy-sdmb/604809 "2011-12-09T14:38:50Z")
This is a protest thread. People are upset about twix, and by extension the others mods and by extension the SDMB - so now we are occupying the SDMB! We are going to keep this thread going until our demands are met! n… --- ## [did mac\_bolan00 get banned for being an anti-semite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mac_bolan00-get-banned-for-being-an-anti-semite/605449)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mac_bolan00-get-banned-for-being-an-anti-semite/605449 "2011-12-09T03:22:00Z")
In the Pit Thread,An Gadaí suggests that mac\_bolan00 was banned for being an anti-semite. (post 238) Is that the reason, or was it more general than that? In the linked posts, he calls \*\*Kolga \*\*a stupid semite (not su… --- ## [I have a question about a cook pot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-about-a-cook-pot/605544)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-question-about-a-cook-pot/605544 "2011-12-09T02:49:24Z")
Should that go in Cafe Society or IMHO? Thanks --- ## [Is there a way to search for awesome past posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-awesome-past-posts/605424)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-search-for-awesome-past-posts/605424 "2011-12-09T01:55:03Z")
In The Greatest Expression of Hatred thread, someone linked to this masterpiece, which is quite possibly one of the best rants I’ve ever read here on the Dope, or anywhere for that matter. So it got me thinking that ther… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/605432)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/605432 "2011-12-08T16:11:43Z")
how many poll choices are allowed? --- ## [A successful thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-successful-thread/604940)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-successful-thread/604940 "2011-12-08T12:41:34Z")
For a thread where you are looking for a high response, what, IYHO, constitutes a successful thread regarding number of replies and/or views? --- ## [Permission please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-please/605466)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-please/605466 "2011-12-08T04:29:01Z")
I was told I have to ask if I want to talk about the Giraffe boards. May I? --- ## [Three steps to the ban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-steps-to-the-ban/603833)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-steps-to-the-ban/603833 "2011-12-08T02:15:12Z")
First you are warned. Then you are suspended. Then you are banned. Should we add additional intermediate steps? I perceive no injustice under the status quo, but I do question whether we could improve the board increment… --- ## [No visitor walls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-visitor-walls/605112)
**Author:** [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-visitor-walls/605112 "2011-12-07T21:45:47Z")
I only just noticed, no one here has a visitor wall. Maybe it’s childish, but I like them. So why not here? Not serious enough for the board’s “FIGHTING IGNORANCE” philosophy? Too much extra work for mods? No one wants t… --- ## [BS moderating.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bs-moderating/605099)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bs-moderating/605099 "2011-12-07T15:37:11Z")
This thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14528985#post14528985 . . . was posted in GQ. It was totally inappropriate for GQ, which Colibri, a moderator acknowledged. (It was really better int… --- ## [mac\_bolan00 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac_bolan00-has-been-banned/605358)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac_bolan00-has-been-banned/605358 "2011-12-07T06:55:37Z")
For trolling and hate speech inthisthread, most notably: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14529829&postcount=232 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14538347&postcount=384 http://board… --- ## [I am appalled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-appalled/604694)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 372\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-appalled/604694 "2011-12-06T14:51:28Z")
I’m pretty quiet around here. I’ve never had a warning or even a note from a mod. I have reported threads when they seemed to be in the wrong forum. I don’t do it every day, or even every week. I reported one yesterday… --- ## [VBulletin/SDMB iphone app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vbulletin-sdmb-iphone-app/605165)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vbulletin-sdmb-iphone-app/605165 "2011-12-06T13:56:33Z")
Is there an iPhone/iPad app. for this board? I found a vBulletin reader app., but apparently it doesn’t include all boards. (Apologies if this is covered somewhere else, my search didn’t come up with anything useful, bu… --- ## [Audio Ads - two in a row!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-ads-two-in-a-row/605142)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-ads-two-in-a-row/605142 "2011-12-05T23:56:10Z")
Got one in the general forum page that linked back to this youtube page: And then when I opened ATMB to mention it, I got one from Dell/Intel!! Really really really annoying. Details - not clicking on th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=190)