# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=202 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 203 --- ## [Edit window after thread closure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-window-after-thread-closure/586370)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edit-window-after-thread-closure/586370 "2011-06-22T05:23:30Z")
Out of curiosity, and only because this is the Straight Dope… If I were to post a message to a thread, and a moderator…be it one of our new, or newer, or old, or older ones comes along and closes the thread, does that a… --- ## [Warning for Junior Moderating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-junior-moderating/586015)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-for-junior-moderating/586015 "2011-06-20T20:37:11Z")
I call out moderator Spectre of Pithecanthropus for abuse of authority as a moderator in this thread: I was accused and warned for Junior Moderation, when I made no such attempt to do so. I did not warn nor chastise … --- ## [Internet Explorer has stopped this webpage from downloading software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-has-stopped-this-webpage-from-downloading-software/586073)
**Author:** [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-has-stopped-this-webpage-from-downloading-software/586073 "2011-06-20T15:06:22Z")
Why, oh why, is my IE security telling me this? I’m not about to let it download the software so I can see what it is, this is a work computer and I don’t have the tools to quarantine bullshit. But when that message com… --- ## [Why do some posters show number of posts and some dont?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-posters-show-number-of-posts-and-some-dont/585924)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-posters-show-number-of-posts-and-some-dont/585924 "2011-06-20T14:50:42Z")
I surmise it has something to do with member vs guest. I vaguely remember something about the board going to subscription a few years back but don’t remember the details. Is there still a subscription option? If so, doe… --- ## [Why aren't mods responding to insult report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-mods-responding-to-insult-report/583571)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-mods-responding-to-insult-report/583571 "2011-06-20T14:00:42Z")
Everybody knows that code\_grey is a problem poster. Always has been. He rated a pit thread Code\_Grey, quit spamming GQ with Bullshit. In 2009. When the thread got revived as a zombie everybody thought it was brand new! H… --- ## [Marley, you're getting worse. Seriously.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-youre-getting-worse-seriously/586056)
**Author:** [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-youre-getting-worse-seriously/586056 "2011-06-20T07:19:32Z")
I’ve noticed more and more as I’ve been lurking that your jumps into the fray to “moderate” have become more and more unnecessary, premature, and biased. The last point goes to the how you seem your moderation seems to a… --- ## [Can we have an omnibus Le Jacquelope thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-omnibus-le-jacquelope-thread/585859)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-an-omnibus-le-jacquelope-thread/585859 "2011-06-20T02:32:59Z")
He posts about one topic, and one only: outsourcing. Here’s his latest creation. We don’t need 14 of his threads in the Pit and GD. We don’t really need any, but there’s no accounting for taste, etc. Can we just roll al… --- ## [Linking to SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-sdmb/585969)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-sdmb/585969 "2011-06-19T21:30:33Z")
I couldn’t find any rules against referring people on other boards to a particular SDMB thread, but I’m asking here just to be sure before doing so. --- ## [Okay -- so who \*does\* have the most Posts and Threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-who-does-have-the-most-posts-and-threads/586039)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-who-does-have-the-most-posts-and-threads/586039 "2011-06-19T21:21:27Z")
In Lurkers: Say something (started 06-15-2011, 09:18 AM) and in this post the question was asked: I have no doubt that this question has been asked and answered before, perhaps more than once, and perhaps recently. But… --- ## [I'd like to be able to link some of this stuff to reddit (easy karma)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-be-able-to-link-some-of-this-stuff-to-reddit-easy-karma/585102)
**Author:** [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-be-able-to-link-some-of-this-stuff-to-reddit-easy-karma/585102 "2011-06-19T15:11:52Z")
Please let users send links to reddit. It will allow redditors to accrue karma in great amounts. --- ## [We've added share buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-added-share-buttons/580521)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-added-share-buttons/580521 "2011-06-18T19:28:02Z")
OK, so we don’t put a lot of stock in being on the cutting edge of technology around here. Nonetheless, we were a little embarrassed to be the only media outlet on earth that didn’t have “share” buttons (Facebook, Twitte… --- ## [Welcome our newer new moderator, Idle Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newer-new-moderator-idle-thoughts/585646)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-newer-new-moderator-idle-thoughts/585646 "2011-06-18T15:50:34Z")
RickJay now makes history for having the shortest time as “new guy” in the mod loop. (He still has to take out the trash and buy beer for all the older mods.) Please welcome Idle Thoughts, our newest MPSIMS moderator. … --- ## [Google Ad: "Save on Old Nude Women"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ad-save-on-old-nude-women/585252)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-ad-save-on-old-nude-women/585252 "2011-06-18T02:01:24Z")
This was at the foot of my page on the last thread I visited. My first question would be, how old? --- ## [Are we allowed to Pit ourselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-pit-ourselves/585479)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-pit-ourselves/585479 "2011-06-17T18:35:25Z")
If we did something so monumentally stupid that, if anyone else did it, we’d Pit them. Or would that go in MPSIMS? --- ## [Mouseover on thread titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-on-thread-titles/585560)
**Author:** [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouseover-on-thread-titles/585560 "2011-06-17T05:03:55Z")
When you hover the mouse over the thread titles here on the Dope, the text box opens to let you read the first few sentences of the thread. It seems that the amount of time the text box stays open varies depending which … --- ## [Welcome our new moderator, RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-rickjay/585520)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-our-new-moderator-rickjay/585520 "2011-06-17T03:04:44Z")
RickJay is joining us in The Game Room, where we hope to \[del\]relentlessly exploit his sports knowledge\[/del\] have full advantage of his expertise in sports and his assistance elsewhere as needed. Please welcome him wit… --- ## [Gift Dope Memberships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-dope-memberships/585379)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-dope-memberships/585379 "2011-06-16T02:09:56Z")
I would like to pay membership fees for 2 Dopers who need to re-up, so please send me a pm here and I will pay the first two memberships for Dopers who respond. :slight\_smile: Thanks Quasi --- ## [Those "Last edited by:" notes at the bottom of edited posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-last-edited-by-notes-at-the-bottom-of-edited-posts/585569 "2011-06-16T02:01:19Z")
are the electronic equivalent of blobs of Wite-Out™ on your term paper. Only persons of a certain age will know what I’m talking about. Just sayin. --- ## [How did I change my settings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-change-my-settings/585526)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-change-my-settings/585526 "2011-06-15T16:00:25Z")
I apparently did something. The font has shrunk about 50%. I can still read it but it looks weird. I’d like to switch it back to the regular size but I can’t figure out how I changed it in the first place nor can I find … --- ## [I keep getting redirected to an ad for something called "ZoneAlarm"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853 "2011-06-15T04:09:39Z")
This is the second time it has happened. I didn’t click on anything; I was just browsing, and was forced into an advertisement. It’s not a pop-up. I’m taken to a different page, away from the SDMB, in my current browser … --- ## [A question on the CP thread removal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-the-cp-thread-removal/585159)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-the-cp-thread-removal/585159 "2011-06-14T05:13:04Z")
Sorry if I’m breaking any rule by asking but from Tuba’s short announcement it didn’t seem as if there were a sock or troll involved so here goes. I didn’t see the thread myself. Could someone expand on ‘people were bei… --- ## [Clarification from Moderators, Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-from-moderators-please/584964)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-from-moderators-please/584964 "2011-06-13T07:37:46Z")
I just need a bit of clarification on an acceptable response in a Gret Debates thread. If, hypothetically, one poster performed a rite of exorcism on another poster, would that be outside of Great Debate guidelines? I … --- ## [Locking versus moving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-versus-moving/585162)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-versus-moving/585162 "2011-06-12T16:57:18Z")
Colibri locked this thread in GQ because the responses were “statements of opinion.” Then he says “start another thread in either IMHO or the Pit.” Why? Why not just move the existing thread to the place where its exist… --- ## [Spectre of Pithecanthropus, don't you have something better to do? Chair a PTA meeting, maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectre-of-pithecanthropus-dont-you-have-something-better-to-do-chair-a-pta-meeting-maybe/584664 "2011-06-12T15:05:25Z")
From this thread about Sarah Palin’s interpretation of Paul Revere. Talking about Palin, astro said: Then Cicero responded: An Arky chimed in: And runner pat finished it off with: Then everyone forgot about it a… --- ## [Twixster, About The Hamster Kid Thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twixster-about-the-hamster-kid-thread/584957)
**Author:** [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twixster-about-the-hamster-kid-thread/584957 "2011-06-12T01:10:49Z")
The subject is this thread in MPSIMS, for those not following it. The thread was about The Hamster King’s kid having been jumped by a couple of bullies, and the results of that incident. A couple of days ago, it got hi… --- ## [Why did I just have to log in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-just-have-to-log-in/584397 "2011-06-11T23:39:07Z")
I have the SDMB set to automatically remember me, so I never need to log in. Except just now, I did. I have not knowingly or willingly changed anything with my cookies on this end-- Did anything change on yours? Is t… --- ## [We have removed the "explain child pornography ..." thread from view.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-removed-the-explain-child-pornography-thread-from-view/585146)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-removed-the-explain-child-pornography-thread-from-view/585146 "2011-06-11T20:34:08Z")
The thread was getting increasingly less about discussing a topic and more about bashing people … which we’re not allowing. --- ## [Why is Unsubscribing one click instead of two click like Subscribing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-unsubscribing-one-click-instead-of-two-click-like-subscribing/584729)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-unsubscribing-one-click-instead-of-two-click-like-subscribing/584729 "2011-06-11T19:53:03Z")
When I’m reading the boards on my mobile device, it’s very easy to accidentally click on links. If I accidentally click “subscribe to thread” I get another chance to abort the operation. Hove er if I accidentally hit “un… --- ## [Khaki Campbell has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaki-campbell-has-been-banned/585134)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaki-campbell-has-been-banned/585134 "2011-06-11T18:43:13Z")
In early May Khaki Campbell was suspended for a month for multiple warnings for personal insults and other offenses. Only about a week after returning, he has received another warning for similar behavior here, not to me… --- ## [Pageview hijack by commercial advert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pageview-hijack-by-commercial-advert/585108)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pageview-hijack-by-commercial-advert/585108 "2011-06-11T16:27:46Z")
@9:03AM, US EST, whilst viewing MPSIMS, page was hijacked and redirected to this site: http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/cdn/2012/affiliates-a/2012security.htm?lid=en&source=zanox&medium=affiliate&content=ZAPCRT&c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=201) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=203)