# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=25 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 26 --- ## [Ed, can you restore TubaDiva's profile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-can-you-restore-tubadivas-profile/957660)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-can-you-restore-tubadivas-profile/957660 "2022-01-15T12:45:20Z")
Currently, we are unable to search for anything on TubaDiva because Discourse doesn’t recognize her name as legitimate. After all the years and work she put in here, especially in getting moved to this new board, it see… --- ## [Painfully slow today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-slow-today/957739)
**Author:** [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painfully-slow-today/957739 "2022-01-13T23:01:16Z")
The SDMB is painfully slow today - like vBulletin in its heyday. The forum list page, a forum page, or opening a thread will wait anywhere from a few seconds to 30 seconds or so, and as often as not, result in a blank pa… --- ## [Help a noobie: how to not get banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228)
**Author:** [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-noobie-how-to-not-get-banned/957228 "2022-01-08T13:19:47Z")
After years of reading this board, a few days ago I finally decided I wanted to join in a discussion. Didn’t end up going so well. After my first post, my account was deleted, my email banned, and even the IP I was at, a… --- ## [Why was this GD thread locked? -- Arbery Shooting in Georgia and Citizen’s Arrest \[& similar shootings\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-gd-thread-locked-arbery-shooting-in-georgia-and-citizen-s-arrest-similar-shootings/957398)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-this-gd-thread-locked-arbery-shooting-in-georgia-and-citizen-s-arrest-similar-shootings/957398 "2022-01-07T23:41:44Z")
The thread was a little old but there was new news relevant to the thread that happened today (sentencing). Nothing seemed bad or contentious about the thread and, with the recent news, the thread was relevant again. I … --- ## [Is referring to posters as "Dopes" an insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-referring-to-posters-as-dopes-an-insult/957105)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-referring-to-posters-as-dopes-an-insult/957105 "2022-01-06T19:22:13Z")
Apsenglow claims that it is. I could swear that I’ve read the term before, as a light-hearted variation on Dopers. --- ## [Where do riddles go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-riddles-go/957242 "2022-01-05T05:42:42Z")
Factual questions, IMHO, Games or Cafe Society? --- ## [D\_Anconia suspended for 1 week for trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-anconia-suspended-for-1-week-for-trolling/957163)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-anconia-suspended-for-1-week-for-trolling/957163 "2022-01-03T21:49:09Z")
Suspension of 1 week for D\_Anconia : Your asking for citation and dismissing a range of them as some were twitter is absolutely identical to trolling. A very common trolling technique in fact. This right after the modn… --- ## [Question about "political jabs" MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-political-jabs-mpsims/956376)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-political-jabs-mpsims/956376 "2022-01-03T17:39:05Z")
Here is what I original posted All the fucking lies spread by social media, faux news and conservative talk radio about how the vaccine would make you magnetic, grow horns, kill you, etc. But I edited it. Would that… --- ## [Can posters view a list of banned/suspended posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-posters-view-a-list-of-banned-suspended-posters/957125)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-posters-view-a-list-of-banned-suspended-posters/957125 "2022-01-03T11:28:14Z")
I’m assuming the answer is no, but I thought I’d ask. I thought maybe it would be in the Groups category but no such luck. If I was to PM a mod about a longtime poster banned for socking several years back, would you b… --- ## [Topic/Thread titles not updating status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-thread-titles-not-updating-status/954788)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-thread-titles-not-updating-status/954788 "2022-01-02T23:20:57Z")
I may have caused this myself, I think I changed some setting a couple of days ago, but I don’t remember what setting it was, nor why I changed it (old age, what are you gonna do?) The symptom is that topic titles are n… --- ## [Test error trap thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-error-trap-thread/957097)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-error-trap-thread/957097 "2022-01-02T21:52:34Z")
– Error trapping thread. --- ## [Where did my post go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-post-go/956990)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-post-go/956990 "2021-12-31T16:52:03Z")
I wrote out a post but I had lost my internet connection, so instead of posting when I hit “Create Topic” it said it was “saving” it. I got the Blue Circle of Death for a few minutes, and then went on to do other things.… --- ## [Since when do deliberate insults merit just a note?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-do-deliberate-insults-merit-just-a-note/956108)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-do-deliberate-insults-merit-just-a-note/956108 "2021-12-30T19:59:04Z")
Here, @Isamu calls me a racist Here, @What\_Exit lets them off with a note because they were “joking” Firstly - that was rhetoric, not humour. It was not a joke. The way they subsequently flounced out of there shows … --- ## [So we can't comment on scams now? {no, not a rule}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-cant-comment-on-scams-now-no-not-a-rule/956779)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-we-cant-comment-on-scams-now-no-not-a-rule/956779 "2021-12-30T01:12:27Z")
In another thread, Mod Chronos said (ref: “How does this person-sending-us-a-check scam work? - #70”) So if poster #1 says, “Never give money to supposed Nigerian Princes,” and poster #2 says, “Aways give money to sup… --- ## [Mod Lock Test Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-lock-test-thread/956738)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-lock-test-thread/956738 "2021-12-27T18:57:49Z")
A thread to allow mods to test thread locking, --- ## [In memory of Colibri (George Angehr)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-colibri-george-angehr/955066)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-memory-of-colibri-george-angehr/955066 "2021-12-25T12:50:29Z")
The Straight Dope staff and the management of Sun-Times Media join with the Straight Dope Message Board community in mourning the death of longtime moderator George Angehr, known on this board as Colibri. Like so many as… --- ## [Question about P + E forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-p-e-forum/956552)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-p-e-forum/956552 "2021-12-23T23:52:36Z")
Can’t find a Biden Administration thread. There was an older one closed Nov. 20, and I coulda sworn a new one was started, but can’t for the life of me find it. Scrolled like crazy and tried search - nada. Did a second … --- ## [Did I violate board culture in the Atomic bomb thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-violate-board-culture-in-the-atomic-bomb-thread/956471)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-violate-board-culture-in-the-atomic-bomb-thread/956471 "2021-12-23T12:38:16Z")
In THIS thread (“Japan was willing to surrender throughout all of 1945 but only with the guarantee their emperor would remain”), which was self evidently about the circumstances surrounding the decision to drop the atomi… --- ## [Cannot log on to the board from a new laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-log-on-to-the-board-from-a-new-laptop/956308)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-log-on-to-the-board-from-a-new-laptop/956308 "2021-12-19T11:42:15Z")
Got a new MacBook Air and everytime I try to log on I get a message saying “you cannot log on from this IP address”. Which is weird since I am using the same IP address right now to log on from my phone. And before you … --- ## [How to mark all as read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-mark-all-as-read/956187)
**Author:** [@Ranch\_Dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranch_Dip)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-mark-all-as-read/956187 "2021-12-19T02:46:35Z")
Maybe I am missing something screamingly obvious, but how do I “mark as read?” I like to come to a forum only seeing what is new from my last visit? Do we have a “what’s new” option or a “mark as read?” --- ## [Zombies wake up to delete zombies, which wakes them. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-wake-up-to-delete-zombies-which-wakes-them-huh/955982)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-wake-up-to-delete-zombies-which-wakes-them-huh/955982 "2021-12-18T18:37:18Z")
I’ve noticed a few old posts that suddenly jumped to the top of FQ for no reason and after a bit of digging, realized that they were bumped because the second post in each was deleted. Stranger still, the message is repl… --- ## [SDMB Tweaker 2 (includes avatar sliding option)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tweaker-2-includes-avatar-sliding-option/956193)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-tweaker-2-includes-avatar-sliding-option/956193 "2021-12-18T07:53:32Z")
An all new forum means all new tweaks. I have a few I’ve been using for a while, and I asked if anyone wanted them, and got the go-ahead. I have a few more ideas planned, but I’ve been delayed long enough in posting this… --- ## [Sliding avatars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sliding-avatars/954796)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sliding-avatars/954796 "2021-12-17T01:20:36Z")
Noticed it only today - when reading a post that’s long enough so that the poster’s avatar gradually slips out of view as you scroll down to read the remainder of the post, now the avatar slides down as you scroll down, … --- ## [Has the "delete post" function been removed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176 "2021-12-16T21:16:26Z")
I recently posted something, decided I wanted to think more on it and tried to delete my post. It was a function that used to be there. Now it seems to be gone. I had to edit my post saying I deleted it. Is there a r… --- ## [Who Owns Our Content?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-our-content/956127)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-our-content/956127 "2021-12-16T19:15:51Z")
Purely factual question surrounding SDMB rules (I am not passing judgment, and urge my fellow board members to show the same courtesy :slightly\_smiling\_face: ). But who does our content on these boards technically belong… --- ## [Why are "tags changed"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-tags-changed/955467)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-tags-changed/955467 "2021-12-16T15:18:42Z")
Every once in a while, after I start a topic, I get a notification of activity in that change. When I click on it, it says “tags \[were\] changed” by a mod. Just a moment ago, it seems to have been done by What Exit in … --- ## [Started more threads than the number of posts you made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/started-more-threads-than-the-number-of-posts-you-made/956064)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/started-more-threads-than-the-number-of-posts-you-made/956064 "2021-12-14T20:55:26Z")
I was just looking at the data for cheesedonkey (because of a bumped thread) and he made 225 posts, but started 265 threads? So my question is: Huh? How—board statistically—does someone make fewer posts than their num… --- ## [Something weird- ancient thread in main page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-ancient-thread-in-main-page/955995)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-weird-ancient-thread-in-main-page/955995 "2021-12-13T17:08:08Z")
Is this the place for bug/oddity reports? So I came to the main page(“https://boards.straightdope.com”) and started scrolling down the list of threads on the main page, and saw this thread listed: https://boards.straig… --- ## [If a thread was closed does that mean discussion on that topic is done on this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-thread-was-closed-does-that-mean-discussion-on-that-topic-is-done-on-this-message-board/955891)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-thread-was-closed-does-that-mean-discussion-on-that-topic-is-done-on-this-message-board/955891 "2021-12-12T21:05:08Z")
@What\_Exit closed a thread about the Oxford shooter in Great Debates. I’m not here to debate that decision but wondering if a new thread on the same topic can be started or if the topic is done for here? --- ## [The recent storms (tornadoes) thread was closed to link to another one, that does not work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recent-storms-tornadoes-thread-was-closed-to-link-to-another-one-that-does-not-work/955935)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-recent-storms-tornadoes-thread-was-closed-to-link-to-another-one-that-does-not-work/955935 "2021-12-12T13:39:27Z")
Just a note, I wanted to comment on the terrible tornadoes that took place in Kentucky and other states, but the soon-to-be erased thread was linked to a thread that is not working. https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=26)