# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=24 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 25 --- ## [Why do I have a delicious-looking slice of cake emoji next to my avatar handle today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-a-delicious-looking-slice-of-cake-emoji-next-to-my-avatar-handle-today/939541)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-a-delicious-looking-slice-of-cake-emoji-next-to-my-avatar-handle-today/939541 "2022-03-10T14:56:21Z")
I just noticed today next to my avatar handle and Guest designation is what looks like a yummy slice of vanilla cake with a strawberry on top. What did I do to earn such an honor? It’s not my birthday. --- ## [Why am I recieving random notifications labelled "new topic"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-recieving-random-notifications-labelled-new-topic/960600)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-recieving-random-notifications-labelled-new-topic/960600 "2022-03-07T10:10:02Z")
I open the site, and in the right top corner next to the big letter C which is my avatar, there is a little dot. “Great!!”, me thinks to myself—somebody has responded to one of my posts, or somebody has quoted me. So I … --- ## [What app do I need to download to get this board on my phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-app-do-i-need-to-download-to-get-this-board-on-my-phone/960475)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-app-do-i-need-to-download-to-get-this-board-on-my-phone/960475 "2022-03-06T03:53:35Z")
Got a new phone. Forgot which app it is. --- ## [Does the Don't Talk About Your Ignore List rule cover muting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dont-talk-about-your-ignore-list-rule-cover-muting/960201)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-dont-talk-about-your-ignore-list-rule-cover-muting/960201 "2022-03-03T20:30:11Z")
I know I’m not allowed to talk about the specifics of my ignore list outside the Pit. Does the same go for if I’ve just muted notifications from someone, but they’re not actually on my ignore list i.e. I still see their… --- ## [I Clearly Press Smiley, And Get A Frown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-clearly-press-smiley-and-get-a-frown/957102)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-clearly-press-smiley-and-get-a-frown/957102 "2022-03-02T02:20:03Z")
And I have had it happen more than once. I type “:”. Then I am given a choice of emojis. I clearly press smile. I know I do. And every time I get a frown. The only solution appears to be do it manually then. Anyone el… --- ## [What's going on with the display](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-display/960261)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-display/960261 "2022-03-01T01:48:06Z")
I can’t search because the only time the display stops jumping around is when I manage to hit create topic as it passes by. The thing keeps zooming in, zooming, out, and refresshing about five times a second (or so it se… --- ## [Jokes, in response to moderation etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-response-to-moderation-etc/959768)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 264\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-in-response-to-moderation-etc/959768 "2022-02-25T18:52:57Z")
This thread is in response the the “More Jokes” thread where @puzzlegal, moderating, said to take up any issues with moderations in ATMB. This isn’t necessarily intended to be a criticism of puzzlegal, but rather, an at… --- ## [Resurrecting dead topics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-dead-topics/959758)
**Author:** [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-dead-topics/959758 "2022-02-19T16:11:55Z")
Are there any issues with commenting on old topics? I know that some people hate them. I’ve been caught by surprise elsewhere when I replied to a topic someone resurrected and said pretty much the same thing that I sai… --- ## [Update on Tags \[was Adding tags to many Cafe Threads to organize them better\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-tags-was-adding-tags-to-many-cafe-threads-to-organize-them-better/921842)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-on-tags-was-adding-tags-to-many-cafe-threads-to-organize-them-better/921842 "2022-02-17T03:11:12Z")
Trying out the tags system in discourse. It looks pretty useful. You should start seeing tags in The Cafe like: tv-shows movies food-cooking Clicking on these tags will pull up all the threads tags the same. Almost … --- ## [Is the C-word allowed outside the Pit? {Answered: not in a misogynistic way or to insult. Not even with a letter changed}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-c-word-allowed-outside-the-pit-answered-not-in-a-misogynistic-way-or-to-insult-not-even-with-a-letter-changed/959325)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-c-word-allowed-outside-the-pit-answered-not-in-a-misogynistic-way-or-to-insult-not-even-with-a-letter-changed/959325 "2022-02-16T02:14:16Z")
Because it was certainly allowed here. or is it that you can’t use the C-word but if you intentionally misspell it to make it the Q-word it’s ok? Is there a definitive list of words that Cannot be used at all? Can o… --- ## [Inserting A Photo Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inserting-a-photo-test/958397 "2022-02-14T23:08:12Z")
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Seal\_of\_Detroit\_(B%26W).svg --- ## [Permanent setting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-setting/959461)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-setting/959461 "2022-02-14T16:06:13Z")
Is there any way to set my account permanently to Normal instead of having to manually change it from tracking or whatever? I don’t want to ever track how many people post in any given thread, I am only interested in rep… --- ## [A useful Discorse discovery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-useful-discorse-discovery/959190)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-useful-discorse-discovery/959190 "2022-02-13T18:44:12Z")
If you haven’t tried it before, posting embedded links in Discourse on an Android phone is a major pain in the ass. You highlight the text, and the cut/copy/paste dialogue pops up and covers the link button. You have to … --- ## [Two search questions (one answer?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-search-questions-one-answer/957553)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-search-questions-one-answer/957553 "2022-02-12T16:44:52Z")
If I wanted to look through someone’s posts, going back years if need be, what’s the most efficient way to do that? (Fewest steps, most complete search history, etc.) Sometimes one poster will catch my eye and I’ll get c… --- ## [Mod question about a not-warning in a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-question-about-a-not-warning-in-a-thread/959121)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-question-about-a-not-warning-in-a-thread/959121 "2022-02-09T20:10:30Z")
I was surprised to see this post from a Mod in the Russia may be about to invade Ukraine: Bolding mine. Please refrain from using language that is racist and dehumanizing. ‘Infested’ is a term well associated with this… --- ## [Thank you for fine place to come for though & conversation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-fine-place-to-come-for-though-conversation/955956)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-for-fine-place-to-come-for-though-conversation/955956 "2022-02-07T05:20:10Z")
Wonderful place! --- ## [Chicago Sun Times to be acquired by WBEZ, Chicago's NPR radio station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-to-be-acquired-by-wbez-chicagos-npr-radio-station/951700)
**Author:** [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-sun-times-to-be-acquired-by-wbez-chicagos-npr-radio-station/951700 "2022-02-06T06:16:45Z")
I was very interested to learn that Sun Times Media, the company that owns The Straight Dope Message Board, is set to be acquired by Chicago Public Media, the parent company of WBEZ, the NPR affiliate here. Here are the… --- ## [Why do my polls disappear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-polls-disappear/958769)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-polls-disappear/958769 "2022-02-02T13:36:54Z")
I’ll be building a poll and all of a sudden, my work disappears. I’m building one and I’ve added 15 choices and…it goes. It seems random and it doesn’t get saved to my drafts or anything. --- ## [The strange case of the phony favicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-the-phony-favicon/958706)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-case-of-the-phony-favicon/958706 "2022-02-01T15:58:01Z")
A minor but odd issue I’ve noticed for awhile now…I see it happen in a Safari browser on my iPad all the time (like right now). I don’t know if it happens in any other browser / device combos. Anyway, many times when I h… --- ## [Why do some poster icons "follow" the post as you scroll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-poster-icons-follow-the-post-as-you-scroll/958496)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-poster-icons-follow-the-post-as-you-scroll/958496 "2022-01-29T06:52:21Z")
And most don’t? Sometimes, the square icon “elevators” along side the post as I scroll. Most of them don’t. I hope my description makes sense, Is this a feature, or a bug? --- ## [Snowboarder\_Bo Suspended 3 days for insulting a Mod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-suspended-3-days-for-insulting-a-mod/958516)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowboarder-bo-suspended-3-days-for-insulting-a-mod/958516 "2022-01-28T18:02:46Z")
Via the Flag messaging system Snowboarder\_Bo insulted and continued to argue with myself. I suspended him for 1 day and knocked this up to the Modloop. --- ## [Hari Seldon is retiring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldon-is-retiring/957744)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldon-is-retiring/957744 "2022-01-28T04:48:11Z")
Hari Seldon is retiring as an SDMB moderator. We thank Hari for his service and look forward to his continued contributions as a member of this board. --- ## [Let us give you money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-give-you-money/931349)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-give-you-money/931349 "2022-01-27T19:37:48Z")
Mr. Zotti and/or Sun-Times Media, We’re going on six months now without a way to subscribe. You’re obviously paying Discourse for enterprise hosting, and I’m guessing you’re one of their bigger customers. A portion of s… --- ## [What was the title of a recently cornfielded thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-title-of-a-recently-cornfielded-thread/958499)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-title-of-a-recently-cornfielded-thread/958499 "2022-01-27T19:08:50Z")
Earlier this morning, I saw a weirdly-worded thread title that I think had the word “women” in it twice? It already had several replies. Something about the title gave me the impression that it might have anti-trans con… --- ## [Can I plug my friend's first published Kindle novella on The Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-plug-my-friends-first-published-kindle-novella-on-the-dope/958457)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-plug-my-friends-first-published-kindle-novella-on-the-dope/958457 "2022-01-27T06:13:08Z")
I’ve never done this before, so I don’t know the board rules: Am I allowed to link to a novella that a friend of mine wrote and had published for Amazon Kindle? The proposed thread would include my honest opinion of th… --- ## [Drafts Offline - Reload Page message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drafts-offline-reload-page-message/958264)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drafts-offline-reload-page-message/958264 "2022-01-25T18:15:54Z")
Got this message a few times this morning between 3am-4am central US time. So I would reload the page and it would be missing part of what I had written. Anyone else or was I just lucky? Edit: And now it just timed out… --- ## [Spam on the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-on-the-board/958046)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-on-the-board/958046 "2022-01-19T23:38:59Z")
Just talking about spam with a friend today and I mentioned I only get about 1 or 2 spam gmails a month, but get all kinds of spam texts and phone calls every day. So I was curious what spam was like on the Dope. I’ve on… --- ## [Why was my post hidden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-post-hidden/958014)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-post-hidden/958014 "2022-01-19T01:04:07Z")
I started this topic: "Has someone already cloned a person? - #6 by Love\_Rhombus and received a notification that a post had been hidden after being flagged. Is there a way I can find out what I did wrong? --- ## [Test thread. I need about a dozen people to post in it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-i-need-about-a-dozen-people-to-post-in-it/957647)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-i-need-about-a-dozen-people-to-post-in-it/957647 "2022-01-16T12:35:34Z")
Trying something. Do not post if you hate getting notifications. --- ## [What does it mean when a thread vanishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-thread-vanishes/957824)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-thread-vanishes/957824 "2022-01-15T12:53:55Z")
When a thread completely disappears what’s gong on? There isn’t even evidence that I responded to it in my activity log. I didn’t think there was anything trolling about it. The OP was concerned that his neighbors were… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=25)