# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=28 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 29 --- ## [How to find all the posts by a member in a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-all-the-posts-by-a-member-in-a-thread/951021)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-all-the-posts-by-a-member-in-a-thread/951021 "2021-09-21T05:51:26Z")
If I want to find all the posts by a certain poster in a thread, how would I go about that? Thank you --- ## [Any way we can disable cutesy Discourse messages? ("Let's welcome back So'n'So")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-we-can-disable-cutesy-discourse-messages-lets-welcome-back-sonso/950933)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-we-can-disable-cutesy-discourse-messages-lets-welcome-back-sonso/950933 "2021-09-21T03:45:08Z")
I find the chipper little messages that automatically pop up between posts are often inappropriate. It’s jarring to have one appear in a very serious discussion. The last time was in the middle of people baring their fam… --- ## [Overly-Cornfielding Messages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-cornfielding-messages/950940)
**Author:** [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-cornfielding-messages/950940 "2021-09-19T22:56:10Z")
Hello administration and other gentlebeings. In this thread, all replies were shuffled off to the cornfield. Surely not every reply was made by a sock. I’ll warrant in the grand scheme of things, it’s not the most imp… --- ## [How to navigate from the end of a long thread to a different forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-navigate-from-the-end-of-a-long-thread-to-a-different-forum/950872)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-navigate-from-the-end-of-a-long-thread-to-a-different-forum/950872 "2021-09-18T16:00:50Z")
At the bottom of a short thread, if I want to move to a different forum I scroll upwards to get to the chooser box at the top of the thread. But if it’s a long thread, scrolling takes a long time, mostly because I quickl… --- ## [Play by Post on other web sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-by-post-on-other-web-sites/950718)
**Author:** [@ahduval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ahduval)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-by-post-on-other-web-sites/950718 "2021-09-16T17:11:23Z")
Planning to run a play-by-post campaign on another site, I wanted to make sure I could advertise here. I believe it is ok to do this based on posting of fantasy sports on another site, and announcements of video games a… --- ## [How are people feeling about Discourse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-people-feeling-about-discourse/926428)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 510\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-people-feeling-about-discourse/926428 "2021-09-16T01:17:45Z")
When we first moved to Discourse I was dubious, especially since it used infinite scroll which I hate. After getting used to it, though, I have to agree that it’s better than the old forums. There are still a few thing… --- ## [About the About the About This Message Board Category Sticky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-about-the-about-this-message-board-category-sticky/950650)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-about-the-about-this-message-board-category-sticky/950650 "2021-09-15T15:08:12Z")
In post #2, Colibri, (Curator of critters) wrote: Just curious. It’s been more than fourteen months. Did the new shipment of stickies arrive? --- ## [Are there any existing threads about youthful indiscretions, i.e., tales of drunken debauchery and revelry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-existing-threads-about-youthful-indiscretions-i-e-tales-of-drunken-debauchery-and-revelry/949629)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-existing-threads-about-youthful-indiscretions-i-e-tales-of-drunken-debauchery-and-revelry/949629 "2021-09-10T22:40:41Z")
Title says it all. Any links? Thanks, Saucy --- ## [Disputing my warning/suspension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputing-my-warning-suspension/950393)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disputing-my-warning-suspension/950393 "2021-09-10T09:40:43Z")
On Tuesday I opened a topic titled ▶ My original post and first reply (click to show/hide) About three hours later engineer\_comp\_geek closed the topic pending review by a Great Debates moderator, who shortly issued not … --- ## [How Do You Upload Your Own Pictures On SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-upload-your-own-pictures-on-sdmb/949749)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-upload-your-own-pictures-on-sdmb/949749 "2021-09-05T23:11:20Z")
Because for me it was easy when I had Picture Trail. Now, they went out of business. The only other places I keep my personal pictures is my Hotmail account and Facebook. I know Hotmail is a secure connection. So how d… --- ## [How do I search for only threads I’ve started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-only-threads-i-ve-started/950124)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-only-threads-i-ve-started/950124 "2021-09-05T19:26:34Z")
See title. --- ## [Do you want to install Straight Dope Message Board on this device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-install-straight-dope-message-board-on-this-device/950088)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-install-straight-dope-message-board-on-this-device/950088 "2021-09-04T16:20:46Z")
No thank you. Is there any way to not be asked this on every forum load? (Brave browser on Android, fwiw.) --- ## [How should the Pit be changed, if at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859)
**Author:** [@Delayed\_Reflex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delayed_Reflex)\ **Replies:** 802\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859 "2021-09-04T02:46:29Z")
poll As there has been a lot of discussion lately on the Pit in many recent threads, I thought it might be helpful to try to get a feel for what the community as a whole wants to see done with the Pit. I feel like I’ve r… --- ## [Practice Quoting and Multi-quoting here. (I need this thread!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-quoting-and-multi-quoting-here-i-need-this-thread/912573 "2021-09-03T16:27:45Z")
I’ve quoted, but when I publish the post, I don’t always see the quote in the new post/reply I make. I also want to practice and figure out how to multi-quote, so I am putting this here. Feel free to quote and practice q… --- ## [Sexism issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism-issues/949960)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexism-issues/949960 "2021-09-02T17:58:52Z")
Maybe, and I am just spitballing here, maybe they are avoiding you for a different reason. The context of the thread is that someone is reporting sexism towards them that is causing them issues. And we have a poster … --- ## [How do I find an old, pre-Discourse thread that I wrote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-an-old-pre-discourse-thread-that-i-wrote/949369)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-an-old-pre-discourse-thread-that-i-wrote/949369 "2021-09-02T13:43:11Z")
There’s a current topic in The Pit, about Jesus and aliens, that I feel I might be able to contribute to, using a link to an old topic I created many years ago about a thought I had regarding whether or not aliens had th… --- ## [Mystery Moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-moderation/949570)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-moderation/949570 "2021-09-02T12:37:25Z")
Could someone please explain what on earth this moderation of a post I wrote over a month ago is all about? Continuing the discussion from Why do conservatives take some diseases seriously, but not others?: Modding: … --- ## [Mods, OP, why should Afghanistan discussion be disallowed in the Biden Administration thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-op-why-should-afghanistan-discussion-be-disallowed-in-the-biden-administration-thread/949622)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-op-why-should-afghanistan-discussion-be-disallowed-in-the-biden-administration-thread/949622 "2021-08-31T16:52:21Z")
Without any explanation our moderator What\_Exit disallowed Afghanistan discussion in the P&E thread, The Biden Administration - the first 1,500 days (title was recently changed to add no Afghanistan). How can there be a… --- ## [Are we being hit by a bad spammer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-being-hit-by-a-bad-spammer/937134)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-being-hit-by-a-bad-spammer/937134 "2021-08-25T14:21:52Z")
I’ve noticed a lot of old threads popping up, some from before the transition, but the most recent post is old; no new post. Is there a bad spammer going around the Boards? --- ## [Typing a website url](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-a-website-url/949464)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-a-website-url/949464 "2021-08-25T09:43:17Z")
In the free association thread, I typed in M A T C H. COM. (without spaces). When I hit enter, I apparently posted a link to match.com, which was not my intent. Does it always do this? --- ## [Why is the system asking me if my email is correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-system-asking-me-if-my-email-is-correct/945419)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-system-asking-me-if-my-email-is-correct/945419 "2021-08-23T02:09:22Z")
i CHECKED IT YESTERDAY, AND THERE SEEMED TO BE NOTHING FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE OTHER THAN NOTIFICATIONS OF VARIOUS THREADS. --- ## [On the closing of the DrDeth Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-drdeth-pit-thread/949158)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-closing-of-the-drdeth-pit-thread/949158 "2021-08-21T00:03:53Z")
I’ll say first of all that this particular thread is not a huge deal to me, though I’ve posted in it a number of times. I’m a bit more bothered by some of the strange directions that the moderation here has been taking … --- ## [DrDeth Suspended 30 Days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-suspended-30-days/949033)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-suspended-30-days/949033 "2021-08-19T11:02:56Z")
He was just suspended last month for obsessive posting. He has been strongly modnoted this week more than once for obsessive posting. Today he was derailing another topic with a tired old hobby-horse of his. Prior … --- ## [Have I posted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-posted/949109)
**Author:** [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-posted/949109 "2021-08-18T18:46:29Z")
When visiting a thread that may have been inactive for a while and you cannot recall if you’ve already posted in that thread, is there any way to tell other than to go through all of your own posts, one by one? --- ## [What's the maximum length for thread titles now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-length-for-thread-titles-now/949023)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maximum-length-for-thread-titles-now/949023 "2021-08-17T22:52:09Z")
This new thread title is way beyond what I would have thought the limit to be. --- ## [Test thread - tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-tags/942907)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-tags/942907 "2021-05-25T23:50:16Z")
Just testing the tagging feature. --- ## [Testing Quote Function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-quote-function/944417)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-quote-function/944417 "2021-07-14T04:47:26Z")
Now one of these has to be the quote function. Remember that I want to do it manually. \ ‘Testing one, two, three.’ \<‘Testing one, two, three.’\> Any help? :slight\_smile: --- ## ["TEST" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/918131)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/918131 "2021-08-01T19:19:30Z")
Apropos of nothing: Probably wound up in a dumpster ® What do YOU like to do most? I like to relax (to an insanely excessivo leval) --- ## [Welp, this place has changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-this-place-has-changed/948650)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-this-place-has-changed/948650 "2021-08-16T17:36:58Z")
I haven’t posted to SDMB in years. I was certainly controversial back in the day, though I was never well-liked. Holy shit, this site has become impossible to navigate. No hate, times change, but wow. I’m sad. Death of … --- ## [Rules questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-questions/948770)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-questions/948770 "2021-08-16T16:21:00Z")
Trolls and trolling - Do not accuse other posters of trolling or being a troll. If you suspect someone is trolling or is a troll, please report them. There is no exception for this general rule for the Pit? Harassin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=29)