# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=259 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 260 --- ## [How do I turn my PM's on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696)
**Author:** [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-my-pms-on/493696 "2009-04-20T12:07:51Z")
Apparently I have them off, but I have no idea how to turn them. Help appreciated! --- ## [Can we have a WYSIWYG post window?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-wysiwyg-post-window/493395)
**Author:** [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-a-wysiwyg-post-window/493395 "2009-04-19T23:00:06Z")
Over at the Giraffe Board, the post form has a button that toggles the WYSIWYG mode and standard code mode. It is so convenient to have that feature for boding, and posting links and such. Is that a feature that could … --- ## [Why did some users reappear as guests with zero posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-some-users-reappear-as-guests-with-zero-posts/493362)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-some-users-reappear-as-guests-with-zero-posts/493362 "2009-04-19T21:36:25Z")
I haven’t been following what’s going on with changes in SDMB membership, etc. So if I’m boring you with stuff that you’ve been through a billion times, sorry about that. But it seems like at least a few familiar user … --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/493600)
**Author:** [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/493600 "2009-04-19T07:06:21Z")
53w5 --- ## [When do I pay my SDMB dues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-i-pay-my-sdmb-dues/493479)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-i-pay-my-sdmb-dues/493479 "2009-04-18T04:21:21Z")
How do I find out…tried all the obvious things I could click on. Could use some guidance here. --- ## [Putting spaces between paragraphs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-spaces-between-paragraphs/493161)
**Author:** [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-spaces-between-paragraphs/493161 "2009-04-18T02:09:56Z")
Apparently, one of the down sides to no longer being a pay-to-post guy is that I can’t send private messages anymore, or else I would just do that and take care of this quite easily. I’ve seen some threads started by “j… --- ## [That "Advanced" Search Function Sure Is Tricky\`](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-advanced-search-function-sure-is-tricky/493459)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-advanced-search-function-sure-is-tricky/493459 "2009-04-17T19:30:48Z")
Have y’all noticed? You have to put in the name vewwwy vewwwy carefully, and if you try to enter the name before the cursor goes into the box, it thinks you’re entering it TWICE. I just did that. Didn’t wait on the cur… --- ## [Tomndebb continuously singles me out in threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-continuously-singles-me-out-in-threads/493080)
**Author:** [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-continuously-singles-me-out-in-threads/493080 "2009-04-15T21:44:10Z")
He asked me to bring it here so I will. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11037020&postcount=735 His warning I do not have a problem with, I am just tired of being singled out when the back and forth i… --- ## [10 Years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years/493058)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-years/493058 "2009-04-15T17:02:33Z")
Okay, so I’m a little late. Happy Belated Tenth Anniversary, everyone! How time flies. --- ## [Threads views = discrete Posters or repeat viewers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-views-discrete-posters-or-repeat-viewers/492981)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-views-discrete-posters-or-repeat-viewers/492981 "2009-04-13T21:25:20Z")
Sorry - I looked at the various ATMB stickies and didn’t see this particular issue; I may have missed it. So if a thread lists 100 views - is that literally 100 distinct Dopers have looked at it, or that 100 distinct vi… --- ## [When did the advanced search reset the time variable to "6 months"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-advanced-search-reset-the-time-variable-to-6-months/492851)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-advanced-search-reset-the-time-variable-to-6-months/492851 "2009-04-13T13:26:30Z")
Now I have to make a mental note so that each time I do a search to make sure I reset it to like 10 years, all so I don’t have to wait another five minutes… :rolleyes: --- ## [Can mods and admins view PMs sent between posters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mods-and-admins-view-pms-sent-between-posters/492655)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-mods-and-admins-view-pms-sent-between-posters/492655 "2009-04-11T21:16:57Z")
Just out of idle curiosity, can mods and admins view PMs sent between posters? --- ## [test post, ignore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-ignore/492738)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-ignore/492738 "2009-04-11T18:59:34Z")
testing --- ## [How Do I Re-subscribe If...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-re-subscribe-if/492525)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-re-subscribe-if/492525 "2009-04-11T18:09:01Z")
I do not have, and don’t want to use PayPal? --- ## [Double posts: two in a row. Is the board about to crash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-posts-two-in-a-row-is-the-board-about-to-crash/492668 "2009-04-11T16:44:35Z")
I just experienced two double posts in a row. Is this a hint that the hamsters are getting overworked? --- ## [Pit thread disappeared without warning but why? Because of google?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-disappeared-without-warning-but-why-because-of-google/492681)
**Author:** [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-thread-disappeared-without-warning-but-why-because-of-google/492681 "2009-04-11T02:17:51Z")
I just noticed the Pit thread, that by title at least, was ostensibly about me disappeared into the cold blue yonder. Generally I am fine with that, I think there was TMI from the real members the thread was about. It i… --- ## [Help! PM box is full, but won't let me delete anything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-pm-box-is-full-but-wont-let-me-delete-anything/492628)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-pm-box-is-full-but-wont-let-me-delete-anything/492628 "2009-04-10T11:41:27Z")
Title says it all - I tried deleting some messages and it just doesn’t happen. Help! --- ## [x-men origins wolverine leak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-origins-wolverine-leak/492223)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-origins-wolverine-leak/492223 "2009-04-10T09:37:50Z")
Can I discuss the x-men origins wolverine leak in cafe society? Technically it’s not a crime to have seen it, just to distribute it. So, can we discuss the content of the film without going into how one procures it? It’s… --- ## [Well Answered Questions-Possible Threadspotting/Staff Report Cross](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-answered-questions-possible-threadspotting-staff-report-cross/492029)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-answered-questions-possible-threadspotting-staff-report-cross/492029 "2009-04-09T21:49:51Z")
I just read a very nice little GD thread, “Word” up, Christians, in which Czarcasm asked the meaning of the word “Word” in the Christian religious context, and after a few other comments, Polycarp gave a long, funny, int… --- ## [Was the thread started by a spammer completely erased?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-thread-started-by-a-spammer-completely-erased/492271 "2009-04-08T11:37:48Z")
Someone tried using the board to spam electronics ware. I remember we were having some fun mocking how pathetic it was; but now I realize I haven’t seen it since. Was it completely erased rather than merely locked? --- ## [Pointless redefined by Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-redefined-by-marley23/491618)
**Author:** [@HumanMonkeyGod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanMonkeyGod)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pointless-redefined-by-marley23/491618 "2009-04-08T10:31:22Z")
Well look it’s a pointless thread in a pointless forum, closed for being pointless. People were participating, and appeared to be having fun. Why closey-closey? Is there any defined boundary between pointless and too p… --- ## [Tomndebb, can you do this job in a responsible manner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-can-you-do-this-job-in-a-responsible-manner/492115)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-can-you-do-this-job-in-a-responsible-manner/492115 "2009-04-07T13:13:14Z")
http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11006579&postcount=130 Tom, why did you feel the need to say this? I said only that Hamlet was wrong, and explained why too. That’s what we do in GD. If we can’… --- ## [Why feed the trolls? I mean really...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-feed-the-trolls-i-mean-really/491525)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-feed-the-trolls-i-mean-really/491525 "2009-04-06T18:56:10Z")
\[Wasn’t sure where to put this-not Pitting anyone, isn’t really a Debate or GQ, seemed too weighty for MPSIMS, didn’t want it to go unnoticed in ATMB, so it goes here\] Seems like every 2 weeks or so, someone (sometimes … --- ## [drachillix banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684)
**Author:** [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drachillix-banned/491684 "2009-04-06T18:47:23Z")
Was \*\*drachillix \*\*in fact banned? If so, why? --- ## [Stopped receiving email notifications of updates to subscribed threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-receiving-email-notifications-of-updates-to-subscribed-threads/492058)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-receiving-email-notifications-of-updates-to-subscribed-threads/492058 "2009-04-06T14:08:29Z")
Both my daughter (I Have Hippos In MY Garden) and I suddenly stopped receiving email notifications of updates to subscribed threads about two hours ago. Has anyone else had this problem? --- ## [Where do questions about the main site go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-questions-about-the-main-site-go/492053)
**Author:** [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-questions-about-the-main-site-go/492053 "2009-04-05T16:54:58Z")
I have not been able to access http://www.straightdope.com at all this morning - just getting a blank page, but boards.straightdope.com/boards is working fine - is this the appropriate place to report possible issues wit… --- ## [quote tag test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-tag-test/491871)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-tag-test/491871 "2009-04-05T07:14:51Z")
This is a quote: This is a cited quote: See the difference? --- ## [A "Pets" Forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pets-forum/491752)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pets-forum/491752 "2009-04-03T15:00:07Z")
After seeing the number of pet-related threads in IMHO and MPSIMS (and starting/participating in a few of them myself), I wonder if a “Pets” forum might make sense? I know that the board recently splintered discussions o… --- ## [Moderation drops the ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-drops-the-ball/491510)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-drops-the-ball/491510 "2009-04-02T17:41:14Z")
Guys, this is BY FAR the best debate site on the Internet. I have no real complaint, but more of a concern. Lucanus Quell’s lengthy and self-aggrandizing “debate” entitled “Who killed Jesus?” is by far not even close t… --- ## [Can we tone down the language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-tone-down-the-language/491652)
**Author:** [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-tone-down-the-language/491652 "2009-04-02T12:14:33Z")
I was just over in the pit, and frankly it’s a little disturbing to see some of the titles with words like “f\*ck” and other words. I don’t think I’m easily offended, but some of that stuff really just feels like too muc… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=260)