# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=29 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 30 --- ## [Slug illustration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-illustration/948515)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slug-illustration/948515 "2021-08-16T15:00:44Z")
What article is the illustration on the front page from? --- ## [Proposal to explicitly ban sexism from the game room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338 "2021-08-16T14:44:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from Chronos, this is the wrong call: Accordingly here is a poll. poll ~Max --- ## [Posting Pubic Information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pubic-information/948936)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-pubic-information/948936 "2021-08-16T13:42:40Z")
I believe one of my post was deleted.I can’t locate it. They post was how to access Pfizer and Moderna vaccine side effects on the covid shots listed on the SEC. ▶ Summary Why was my post deleted? --- ## [Highlighted links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighted-links/948769)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highlighted-links/948769 "2021-08-16T04:09:54Z")
Need to be a distinctly brighter blue so that readers actually see them. I’m sure they’re intentionally bypassed, as I do myself, sometimes, but we’re wasting out time setting up those links when they’re, for the most pa… --- ## [Odd Dichotomy here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-dichotomy-here/948607)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-dichotomy-here/948607 "2021-08-13T17:50:26Z")
And that line was shut down by engineer\_comp\_geek , and quite properly as it would lead to a thread hijack. But he has a point. There is a group of members here that claim to be supportive of a kinder, gentler, more w… --- ## [Why does the icon flutter in and out for "replying"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-icon-flutter-in-and-out-for-replying/944415)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-icon-flutter-in-and-out-for-replying/944415 "2021-08-12T22:31:18Z")
Sometimes when I’m reading the last post in a thread, a user’s icon pops up in the lower left screen, with “replying”, but then it disappears, and then reappears. It flutters like that a fair bit, and sometimes no icon … --- ## [Why was the design of the website changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-design-of-the-website-changed/925828)
**Author:** [@Godwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godwin)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-design-of-the-website-changed/925828 "2020-11-26T15:18:49Z")
I am wondering why this website was changed from its former simple and easy-to-use format (which it has used quite successfully for two decades from what I understand) to its new java-heavy one. This seems to have been a… --- ## [Chronos, this is the wrong call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-this-is-the-wrong-call/948251)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-this-is-the-wrong-call/948251 "2021-08-11T11:49:46Z")
Boy, look at me making two threads in a row criticizing the mods. I’ll try not to make a habit of it. In a thread about Best and Worst Olympic Events to Watch, dalej42 dropped in this misogynistic threadshit: I, and d… --- ## [Got advice for ignoring someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-advice-for-ignoring-someone/948352)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-advice-for-ignoring-someone/948352 "2021-08-10T19:46:53Z")
I ask science questions and consistently get answers from a person that use buzzwords as explanations, explanations that turn out to be half wrong (or more), and flat out resistance to breaking down the topics to ideas t… --- ## [Quoting rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-rules/948188)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-rules/948188 "2021-08-09T17:37:24Z")
In a locked thread, we were reminded about the rule about altering quotes, as follows: \[bolding added\] There seems to be a sense among the mods that it technically violates the bolded portion if I quote part of a pers… --- ## [Is anyone else having troubles with notifications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212 "2021-08-08T00:52:34Z")
When a number shows up on my J in the corner, that means I have new notifications. And I used to be able to click and see the posts that got comments. But in the last three days, I just get a spinning disc, and the comme… --- ## [Overly strict modding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-strict-modding/947961)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-strict-modding/947961 "2021-08-07T14:43:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Non-binary player on the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team: This modding in this thread seems overly strict to me. It’s impossible to address the OP at all if we aren’t allowed to sta… --- ## [...I don't understand this guidance at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-guidance-at-all/948161)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-guidance-at-all/948161 "2021-08-06T19:00:38Z")
…I do not understand this guidance at all. I don’t think I quoted them out of context. The post was immediately above mine so the context was there. The rest of the response didn’t address either of my questions, so I s… --- ## [Where's the insult, Aspenglow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-insult-aspenglow/948122)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-insult-aspenglow/948122 "2021-08-06T11:07:27Z")
This is a formal Warning for disregarding earlier moderator instructions to stop gratuitously insulting everyone in this thread who have offered their opinions to you about the meaning of the phrase “Partner in Crime.” … --- ## [Can the landing page for the SDMB have a description of the site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-landing-page-for-the-sdmb-have-a-description-of-the-site/948102)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-landing-page-for-the-sdmb-have-a-description-of-the-site/948102 "2021-08-05T14:41:55Z")
The main page at https://boards.straightdope.com doesn’t really say what the site is about. It lists the categories, but there’s no introduction to the site. Someone stumbling on the page won’t necessarily know about C… --- ## [Rescind this warning, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668 "2021-08-02T23:56:48Z")
@Hari\_Seldon warns @Pinecone for a post where Pinceone says: The artwork does not merit the price. This is to buy influence with the President or fund a political movement - clearly. The donors names are kept secret… --- ## [Testing if board is read only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-if-board-is-read-only/946688)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-if-board-is-read-only/946688 "2021-07-31T04:54:00Z")
This is answer a Facebook question. --- ## [I guess we tolerate trolling and deliberate misinfo on the COVID threads now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-we-tolerate-trolling-and-deliberate-misinfo-on-the-covid-threads-now/947486)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-we-tolerate-trolling-and-deliberate-misinfo-on-the-covid-threads-now/947486 "2021-07-28T03:27:00Z")
Uh, okay. Good to know that, then. --- ## [Kevlaw suspended for one week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlaw-suspended-for-one-week/947431)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevlaw-suspended-for-one-week/947431 "2021-07-27T15:48:55Z")
kevlaw suspended for 1 week as he ignored moderator instruction & a warning. Suspension has been determined to be a full week. Suspended until Aug 3, 2021 9:00 am (EST) When you return be sure not to ignore moderator … --- ## [Jtur88 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jtur88-has-been-banned/947377)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jtur88-has-been-banned/947377 "2021-07-27T01:19:46Z")
jtur88 was suspended in February for a long pattern of jerkish behavior. After returning from the suspension, this behavior has continued. As a result, jtur88 has been banned. Link to most recent warning: Link to susp… --- ## [Hari Seldon's moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-moderation/946768)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-moderation/946768 "2021-07-26T03:55:26Z")
Hari, if you’re reading this, don’t take this thread as a personal attack of any sort - it’s not. Nor am I calling for you to be removed as a moderator. In addition, all mods and admins deserve a lot of thanks for their … --- ## [This Closed Thread was a Classic Snarky Opinionated SDMB Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-closed-thread-was-a-classic-snarky-opinionated-sdmb-thread/947016)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-closed-thread-was-a-classic-snarky-opinionated-sdmb-thread/947016 "2021-07-24T02:59:04Z")
…and I have no idea why it was closed. https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-women-s-national-soccer-team-loses/947004/12 These are the pointed and entertaining threads that are fun reads and attract lots of posts. Am… --- ## [Moderation idea (for political commentary throughout)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-idea-for-political-commentary-throughout/947061)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-idea-for-political-commentary-throughout/947061 "2021-07-23T07:05:39Z")
This is somewhat tongue in cheek, but somewhat serious as well. First lets put a separate sub forum in the Politics & Elections forum as the BBQ Pit for politics. Any political Pit threads would go there. Normal pit… --- ## [How do Discourse's Trust Levels work on the Straight Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-discourses-trust-levels-work-on-the-straight-dope/946914)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-discourses-trust-levels-work-on-the-straight-dope/946914 "2021-07-23T01:43:29Z")
What TL do new members start at, and what are the advancement requirements from there? I know what is typical for Discourse boards, but the Dope isn’t typical. --- ## [Most common reason to be Pitted Appears to be Dishonesty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-reason-to-be-pitted-appears-to-be-dishonesty/946422)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-reason-to-be-pitted-appears-to-be-dishonesty/946422 "2021-07-22T16:23:08Z")
So, I’ve been reading our ongoing thread about improving the SDMB and attracting and retaining new members. The Pit comes up as one of the most common complaints, specifically about Pit-entries targeting other members o… --- ## [A couple of questions about mod tool use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-mod-tool-use/946744)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-mod-tool-use/946744 "2021-07-21T16:50:00Z")
If none of these are top secret: Why do the blue mod notes that say things like " the post below was modded for reasons" not appear on the actual post that was modded, but is usually at least one post above? I wish I … --- ## [Can't hear videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908 "2021-07-20T19:36:11Z")
Is there a volume button I’ve missed or a setting I’ve messed up? All linked videos from any site (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) do not have sound and I must go to the actual sites to hear them. Since it seems to be only … --- ## [Chronos, remove your commentary on this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-remove-your-commentary-on-this-thread/946844)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-remove-your-commentary-on-this-thread/946844 "2021-07-19T18:46:50Z")
You can read it here, it’s a short one, only 25 posts. In talking about the General Milley quotes (plus 140 other people)that came out that week, all of which were of course denied by the people that supposedly said the… --- ## [Threads with men as objects of lust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-with-men-as-objects-of-lust/944854)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-with-men-as-objects-of-lust/944854 "2021-07-19T02:01:49Z")
Just read the mod note in the thread Harrison Ford’s body in Temple of Doom–The best men’s body in film? The mod What\_Exit admits that the thread would have been closed had it been bikini shots of women, but as it’s me… --- ## [Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 613\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208 "2021-07-17T20:42:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from A modest proposal for the Straight Dope: Cecil\_Adams is proposing a plan to crowd source ideas for a new column. In the proposal, this is the problem he identifies. The current SDMB memb… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=30)