# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=225 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 226 --- ## [zombie newbie querie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-newbie-querie/544351)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombie-newbie-querie/544351 "2010-06-25T17:27:23Z")
shouldn’t we be less curt with moderating actions towards someone new to the boards - Ask the cancer patient(s)? not everyone is savvy to the latest nuance and etiquette of board culture. in fact, i’ll say that even an e… --- ## [Logging on has disappeared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-on-has-disappeared/544388)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-on-has-disappeared/544388 "2010-06-24T19:35:29Z")
Why has the ‘Logging on’ thread disappeared? --- ## [Could we get a ruling against "watch this vid first" OPs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-get-a-ruling-against-watch-this-vid-first-ops/543657)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-get-a-ruling-against-watch-this-vid-first-ops/543657 "2010-06-24T16:44:23Z")
Example This sort of thing in GD or GQ - not only can some of us not watch videos at work, but there’s a distinct lack of any effort by the OPs of these type of threads to summarize arguments or points, to make their own… --- ## [Is it possible to hide a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-a-thread/544329)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-hide-a-thread/544329 "2010-06-24T15:16:04Z")
Occasionally there will be a post about some animal getting killed, accidentally or on purpose or something like that. I never read them but sometimes I wish I didn’t have to keep seeing the thread title every time. Can … --- ## [Why is this board so bad at tracking your last read posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-board-so-bad-at-tracking-your-last-read-posts/544196)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-board-so-bad-at-tracking-your-last-read-posts/544196 "2010-06-24T01:48:13Z")
I participate in other vbulletin boards (like overclock.net or twoplustwo.net) where the feature that tracks which posts you’ve read works perfectly. With this board, it’s very often wrong. I’ll click “go to first new p… --- ## [Anyone else getting fake anti-virus errors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-fake-anti-virus-errors/531020)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-fake-anti-virus-errors/531020 "2010-06-23T17:56:34Z")
Off and on for the last two days, I’ve gotten this website blocked from my anti-virus software (symentec on 2 machines and norton on 1) saying it has detected a fake anti-virus install and the website that comes up on th… --- ## [Thanks button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-button/543953)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-button/543953 "2010-06-22T22:48:22Z")
There’s been a few times in my (limited) time on here when I wanted to thank someone who answered one of my queries, but it seemed selfish on a busy forum like this to bump a thread just to say “Thanks buddy!” Other Vbu… --- ## [Splitting posts: a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/splitting-posts-a-good-idea/543729)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/splitting-posts-a-good-idea/543729 "2010-06-22T19:15:34Z")
I often want to address someone in a thread, but then I also want to address the OP. I think some sort of separation is needed, and wonder if making two posts is okay. I’ve tried it both ways, and no one has said anythin… --- ## [Anti-spyware Pop-Ups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-spyware-pop-ups/544001)
**Author:** [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-spyware-pop-ups/544001 "2010-06-22T17:18:40Z")
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but for the last day or so whenever I come on the SDMB, I click on a thread, the screen goes blank, and at the top of my screen in the blue strip, the name will change to some sort of Anti-S… --- ## [Discussion from 'ghost stories' thread in Great Debates \[posts moved from GD\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-from-ghost-stories-thread-in-great-debates-posts-moved-from-gd/544014)
**Author:** [@Drew\_Kit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drew_Kit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-from-ghost-stories-thread-in-great-debates-posts-moved-from-gd/544014 "2010-06-22T17:06:50Z")
Oh, I’m soooo grateful for your advice, and it’s sooo wonderful to have moderators who can both post on a subject and moderate it without fear of bias. The guy was being a jerk Marley by using unwarranted sarcasm as an… --- ## [Is It Worth Coming Back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-coming-back/544067)
**Author:** [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-coming-back/544067 "2010-06-22T14:06:43Z")
Haven’t been around in many moons…just taking a look around before I decide if I should rejoin…see a lot of new people…but also some old dudes too… --- ## [Why isn't racism "being a jerk"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-racism-being-a-jerk/543883)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-racism-being-a-jerk/543883 "2010-06-22T11:10:07Z")
From here. The number of dopers who believe and espouse this is not zero (and it seems to be growing). I’m just curious what, if anything, makes espousing these beliefs not jerkish. --- ## [Why are google ad urls showing up in my "Back" list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-google-ad-urls-showing-up-in-my-back-list/543991)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-google-ad-urls-showing-up-in-my-back-list/543991 "2010-06-22T09:37:19Z")
IE 6.0 (sp3) (not my fault…it’s non-replaceable work default), not only on the Dope, but not on much more, and not on Giraffe boards or Snopes, which have the same software. For some reason, google ad urls (mostly doubl… --- ## [Proposed realignment of local Straight Dope forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-realignment-of-local-straight-dope-forums/543216)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-realignment-of-local-straight-dope-forums/543216 "2010-06-21T23:13:40Z")
I want to reorganize the current Straight Dope Chicago and Barn House forums and am soliciting feedback on the best way to do this. These forums are an important part of our business strategy - the CL sales force is base… --- ## [Trouble posting to a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-posting-to-a-thread/544028)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-posting-to-a-thread/544028 "2010-06-21T22:53:29Z")
For some reason, I’ve been having major issues trying to post to the iTunes thread in Cafe Society for about a week now. Anything longer than a sentence hangs up - both at work and at home. I posted a test post in the t… --- ## [Alright to link to my blog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-to-link-to-my-blog/543384)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-to-link-to-my-blog/543384 "2010-06-21T02:04:12Z")
In my sig? A related question but I often see “E-mail the mods to ask” in relation to queries like this but I’m not really sure whether that means I should pop up any random moderator’s profile page and search for the… --- ## [Dope Email Spammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-email-spammer/543741)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-email-spammer/543741 "2010-06-19T19:17:18Z")
Are you aware there’s an email spammer calling themselves stupidDope.com? Couldn’r save the headers in gmail. So, I did a screen cap and erased my work email. See headers here. See… --- ## [Are we still doing the \[PDF WARNING!!! OMG!!\] thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-still-doing-the-pdf-warning-omg-thing/543474)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-still-doing-the-pdf-warning-omg-thing/543474 "2010-06-19T01:41:51Z")
A few years ago, it used to be considered good form on here to prominently mark any links to PDF files as such, to accommodate people whose computers were so slow and crappy and/or misconfigured as to grind to a halt whe… --- ## [Am I using 'search' incorrectly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-using-search-incorrectly/543622)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-using-search-incorrectly/543622 "2010-06-18T20:21:36Z")
I rarely seem to be able to find what I’m looking for when I use the search function. Just now I was trying to see if anyone had started a thread about the latest Toy Story movie and the word “toy” was omitted from the s… --- ## [Google ChromePlus won't remember me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chromeplus-wont-remember-me/543581)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chromeplus-wont-remember-me/543581 "2010-06-17T20:09:56Z")
It makes me log in every time. Help. --- ## [One more Google Alert test for Aprilynne Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-google-alert-test-for-aprilynne-pike/543167)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-google-alert-test-for-aprilynne-pike/543167 "2010-06-17T01:17:47Z")
explained in my earlier Google Alert thread i this forum. --- ## [What does \[Archive\] mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-archive-mean/543295)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-archive-mean/543295 "2010-06-17T00:09:24Z")
I finally discovered this post listing many ways to use Google to search the SDMB (wow! thanks alterego!) So what do I do with my newfound power? Search all my old posts, naturally (what a delightful exercise by the wa… --- ## [Happy Poster suspended for 30 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-poster-suspended-for-30-days/543356)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-poster-suspended-for-30-days/543356 "2010-06-15T22:05:39Z")
The staff has suspended Happy Poster for 30 days. He received two warnings today for personal insults in MPSIMS. The first one is here, the second one is here. Last month he received a warning for insults directed at an… --- ## [This is a Google Alert Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-google-alert-test/542798)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-google-alert-test/542798 "2010-06-15T16:53:55Z")
I got got back from a writers’ workshop in Tulsa where I met the author Aprilynne Pike. She mentioned in one session that she has a Google Alert set to her name, and some other authors on the same panel confirmed that t… --- ## [What is an "Active Member?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-active-member/543225)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-active-member/543225 "2010-06-15T15:24:06Z")
On the SD Main Page, in the section marked “What’s Going On?”, various statistics about the boards and those who post here are listed, among which is “Active Members: 5,914” What constitutes an active member? --- ## [Maybe we need a new forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-we-need-a-new-forum/543049)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-we-need-a-new-forum/543049 "2010-06-15T04:21:30Z")
I started a thread What the SDMB is talking about. It was closed because it didn’t appear to have a point. Maybe this board needs a forum where people can share stuff that is mundane and pointless. --- ## [Can I start an "All liberals should be executed" thread in Great Debates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-start-an-all-liberals-should-be-executed-thread-in-great-debates/542867)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-start-an-all-liberals-should-be-executed-thread-in-great-debates/542867 "2010-06-15T02:07:29Z")
I really don’t think I could. Nor should I, for that matter. Thus, I am confused as to why this thread was moved to Great Debates. Ain’t nothing great there to debate. It’s essentially a rant against religious people… --- ## [Spammer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer/543147)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer/543147 "2010-06-14T23:30:27Z")
Answer me? How does a spammer start a thread under a registered user’s account name? --- ## [Dunno if anyone cares, but Google Alert doesn't work with SDMB board messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunno-if-anyone-cares-but-google-alert-doesnt-work-with-sdmb-board-messages/543017)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunno-if-anyone-cares-but-google-alert-doesnt-work-with-sdmb-board-messages/543017 "2010-06-14T17:51:30Z")
An author told me last week she had a Google Alert set for her own name, which made me wonder if she would get an alert about some thread here that mentions her name. So I set a Google Alert for her name, then came here… --- ## [Proposal: Allow OP to edit Post #1 at all times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-allow-op-to-edit-post-1-at-all-times/543077)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-allow-op-to-edit-post-1-at-all-times/543077 "2010-06-14T17:31:15Z")
Not every OP every time, rather something the OP has to choose before submitting and where some indicator exists to alert everyone that feature is enabled. Why? There are a couple of use-cases that come to mind: A g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=226)