# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=234 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 235 --- ## [Infrequent Posting Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infrequent-posting-problem/532832)
**Author:** [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infrequent-posting-problem/532832 "2010-03-18T22:32:10Z")
Some of the time I try to post recently, I get this message: This happens on multiple networks across multiple States (I’ve been traveling). But it started about 2 or 3 weeks ago. One night I could not even post the e… --- ## [How do I Renew My Subscription?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-renew-my-subscription/532906)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-renew-my-subscription/532906 "2010-03-18T17:07:27Z")
I guess it’s about that time again! :eek: Time to renew my SDsubscription! :cool: Hey, it’s more like a therapeutic subscription! :wink: Anyway, as I always…I must ask :smack: the following: How can I find the stat… --- ## [New format for links to other SDMB threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-format-for-links-to-other-sdmb-threads/532861)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-format-for-links-to-other-sdmb-threads/532861 "2010-03-18T13:12:10Z")
Have I missed something for ten years? Or has there been a (recent) change? All of a sudden, I’m finding that hyperlinks in a post, which take you to other SDMB threads, do so in the same window. I’m certain that it use… --- ## [twickster, seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-seriously/532609)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twickster-seriously/532609 "2010-03-18T12:57:36Z")
This situation was already fully under control. I had already been formally warned and walked away from the thread. Did you really have to come back hours later and formally warn me again, with some condescending crap ab… --- ## [We're Number 111! We're Number 111!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-number-111-were-number-111/532703)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-number-111-were-number-111/532703 "2010-03-17T22:17:21Z")
There’s a web-page out there called “Bigboards.com” which ranks message boards by usage. According to them the SDMB is the 111th largest message board on the interwebs: link. Of course, if we pretend the rankings are gi… --- ## [I'm sorry, how is this worth a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-how-is-this-worth-a-warning/532386)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sorry-how-is-this-worth-a-warning/532386 "2010-03-17T18:50:06Z")
I started a thread titled WANT and linked to a cuckoo clock designed after a scene in The Shining. I’ve done these threads before, with no moderator intervention. Gary Wombat Robinson changed the title of the thread to … --- ## [Why was Elmwood band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-elmwood-band/532449)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-elmwood-band/532449 "2010-03-17T15:10:15Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Why was the "psychotic thoughts" thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-psychotic-thoughts-thread-closed/532282)
**Author:** [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-psychotic-thoughts-thread-closed/532282 "2010-03-17T01:05:47Z")
Thread in question. Czarcasm: it was pretty earlier on established we all tend to have these zany thoughts and it turned into a fun thread of the crazy things we think about from time to time. Does that thread violate … --- ## [Where's my poll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-poll/532620)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-poll/532620 "2010-03-17T00:11:57Z")
I started a poll in IMHO this afternoon and now the thread’s gone? WTF? --- ## [Czarcasm and dentristry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-and-dentristry/531571)
**Author:** [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/czarcasm-and-dentristry/531571 "2010-03-16T22:00:56Z")
Thread. Post A response My response. A Moderator comments It’s pointless, I know, but I’m not allowed to suggest that Czarcasm stick his head up his bunghole in any other forum. --- ## [Sleeps With Butterflies Suspended for A Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeps-with-butterflies-suspended-for-a-week/532686)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeps-with-butterflies-suspended-for-a-week/532686 "2010-03-16T19:45:44Z")
Sleeps With Butterflies received two warnings today. One was for ignoring mod instructions, starting with this post and including several afterward. The second was for being a jerk (via private message) . She responded b… --- ## [Test - ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-ignore/532577)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-ignore/532577 "2010-03-16T19:27:36Z")
This a a polling test --- ## [Want to start a mental health thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-start-a-mental-health-thread/532588)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-start-a-mental-health-thread/532588 "2010-03-16T18:43:03Z")
Seeing as my questions were not answered in this thread: thehttp://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555643 I’m starting this one I am seriously considering starting a thread on my experiences of mental ill… --- ## [Test poll; ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll-ignore/532621)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll-ignore/532621 "2010-03-16T05:17:00Z")
Just seeing how to get a poll up and running. Thanks. --- ## [An SD Search Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sd-search-question/532531)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sd-search-question/532531 "2010-03-16T00:44:59Z")
From time to time, I’ve wished to be able to search my own posts for a keyword. Feasible to set up? --- ## [lissener suspended for 30 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-suspended-for-30-days/532481)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lissener-suspended-for-30-days/532481 "2010-03-14T22:07:53Z")
lissener has been suspended for 30 days for a pattern of behavior culminating in two warnings this week. Since 2004, he has accumulated 22 warnings, one suspension, and one posting sabbatical. Six of those warnings were … --- ## [Proposed: No Toleration of any Slur Words in Pit Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-no-toleration-of-any-slur-words-in-pit-titles/531641 "2010-03-14T20:04:03Z")
I originally thought that all I could do was propose a new rule, but after a review of currently existing Pit rules, there may be a case that lines have already been crossed. (I still have refrained from reporting the O… --- ## [poll test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-test/532373)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-test/532373 "2010-03-13T17:50:55Z")
Yip, you can put 100 options. I’d like to see an age quiz that was more specific. --- ## [Reinstatement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinstatement/531699)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinstatement/531699 "2010-03-13T08:03:29Z")
My SDMB subscription has expired. What do I neesd to do now to reinstate it? (I have Paypal.) --- ## [Gun Control Poll Closed - That Sucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-poll-closed-that-sucks/531183)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-poll-closed-that-sucks/531183 "2010-03-12T20:43:37Z")
So, in an attempt to get an anonymous read on people’s opinion of Gun Control, things spun out of control and once again this turned into a bitch fest. I have no idea why this subject always turns into a madhouse. No o… --- ## [Devil's Advocate vs. Stirring Up (Marley23)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devils-advocate-vs-stirring-up-marley23/532138)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devils-advocate-vs-stirring-up-marley23/532138 "2010-03-12T15:51:22Z")
My defense of the first point was raised elsewhere in the thread, before I saw this post. I said: Now, of course, since all you said in your post was that this was an admonition to “Please make sure you stay on the r… --- ## [Posting to the wrong thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-to-the-wrong-thread/532228)
**Author:** [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-to-the-wrong-thread/532228 "2010-03-12T13:17:14Z")
Sometimes you’ll be reading a thread, and someone will post a reply that clearly was supposed to go somewhere else. Sometimes someone else will even answer them “Dude, I think you meant to post this in the xxxx thread.” … --- ## [Charter members can now show both a custom title + CM!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-can-now-show-both-a-custom-title-cm/531060)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-can-now-show-both-a-custom-title-cm/531060 "2010-03-10T17:03:11Z")
After more finagling in the bowels of the system, the details of which I’d just as soon not know, xash has figured out a way to let Charter Members purchase custom titles while continuing to show their Charter Member tit… --- ## [Tap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tap/531838 "2010-03-10T16:38:25Z")
tap tap tap … is this thing turned on? --- ## [Is there any recourse for dubious modding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-recourse-for-dubious-modding/531248)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-recourse-for-dubious-modding/531248 "2010-03-10T15:52:30Z")
I’ve had a continuing problem with a particular mod who demonstrates little or no grasp of what I’ve been trying to explain to him for weeks now (because he kept PMing me over and over about it). It very much seems to m… --- ## [What is the average age of Dopers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-dopers/531047 "2010-03-10T05:51:15Z")
Has Cecil et. al. ever done any marketing research (and released it on the boards) of the average age of the people who post on the Straight Dope Message Boards? I ask this because of a thread in CS that ask where were … --- ## [Do threads just disappear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-threads-just-disappear/531706)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-threads-just-disappear/531706 "2010-03-09T04:18:35Z")
I have seen threads locked. I have seen threads moved. I have seen inappropriate content edited by mods (at least I think I have, perhaps it’s just my imagination) But I have never before seen a thread just disappear.… --- ## [Database error when attempting to subscribe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-error-when-attempting-to-subscribe/531495)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-error-when-attempting-to-subscribe/531495 "2010-03-07T13:25:29Z")
When I try to purchase a member subscription, I click on User CP, Paid Subscriptions, select the subscription I want, then I get a database error. Is there something I’m not doing? --- ## [Error trying to post message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-trying-to-post-message/531278)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-trying-to-post-message/531278 "2010-03-07T03:14:21Z")
A couple of times in the last few days, I’ve received an error upon trying to post a response to a thread. The error was something along the lines of ‘your submission could not be processed due to a missing security toke… --- ## [Possible marketplace forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-marketplace-forum/530825)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-marketplace-forum/530825 "2010-03-07T00:17:20Z")
For the past few months we’ve been kicking around the idea of a Marketplace forum, and have decided to put the matter before the house for comments and suggestions. Here’s our current thinking on how this would work - t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=235)