# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=391 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 392 --- ## [What if I don't want to be a "Charter Member"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798)
**Author:** [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-want-to-be-a-charter-member/235798 "2004-04-01T14:15:17Z")
Don’t get me wrong… I think the SDMB is great, and I intend to subscribe. But, is it just me, or does the term “Charter Member” rankle anyone else. It has kind of a “I’ll be having some gin and tonics with Chip and Mis… --- ## [Banned Members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-members/237707)
**Author:** [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-members/237707 "2004-04-01T12:49:47Z")
I was following yesterday where Dogface managed to get himself banned for excessive flaming (I can’t remember if it was in The Pit of not…). Does a member get an chance to defend themselves or is there a chance that som… --- ## [Lowered post count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowered-post-count/235780)
**Author:** [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowered-post-count/235780 "2004-03-31T22:18:55Z")
I do believe my post count went down after I bought my membership. I seem to remember it being in the high 9,000’s, and it’s now in the low 9,000’s. Am I imagining things, or did that really happen? :confused: Esprix … --- ## [Irony demands a letter strikeout code!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irony-demands-a-letter-strikeout-code/237514)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irony-demands-a-letter-strikeout-code/237514 "2004-03-31T19:11:56Z")
This board could have a lot of fun with a vb code for letter strikeout. Any chance of adding one? --- ## [A Question on the Rules.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-the-rules/237527)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-the-rules/237527 "2004-03-31T18:30:11Z")
The Rules clearly state that I am not allowed to post offers to sell things (spam) on the SDMB. A good thing. However, I was wondering if it is permitted to make an open offer to buy a (legal) item on the SDMB. Open off… --- ## [I'm not getting any email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-any-email/233139)
**Author:** [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-getting-any-email/233139 "2004-03-31T17:22:20Z")
Every thread I’ve subscribed to hasn’t sent me any email alerts. I tried the once a day setting and I got nothing. Then I tried the every new message setting and still got nothing. Is this a problem with SDMB or my em… --- ## [Is there an age minimum on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-age-minimum-on-the-sdmb/236890)
**Author:** [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-age-minimum-on-the-sdmb/236890 "2004-03-31T14:33:30Z")
I ask this question because I found mysef in a heatedf debate with someone tonight who turns out to be all of 15 years old. Call me old and jaded, but if I wanted to talk to teenagers I would go elsewhere. --- ## [How many current active posters are there? An answer here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-current-active-posters-are-there-an-answer-here/233769)
**Author:** [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-current-active-posters-are-there-an-answer-here/233769 "2004-03-31T10:43:16Z")
There are currently three threads that dance around the topic of how many active posters are there. How many “real” Dopers are there? Factually, how many SD members have more than 1000 posts? SDMB has 44,000 members a… --- ## [More about Netscape probs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-netscape-probs/237465)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-about-netscape-probs/237465 "2004-03-31T03:53:35Z")
Quick apology if I’m the only one encountering this, but thought I’d pass it on. Earlier I asked Ed if there were known problems with Netscape (I was using Nscape version 6.2.1 FWIW). He sez no problems they’re aware o… --- ## [Can't view subscribed threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-view-subscribed-threads/237127)
**Author:** [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-view-subscribed-threads/237127 "2004-03-31T03:39:51Z")
For some reason, I get an administrative lockout when I try to go to my subscribed threads. I’m not banned, or under any suspicion or warning (as far as I know). I was able to use the subscribed threads page earlier to… --- ## [I can't see my threads Subscribed Threads list!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-threads-subscribed-threads-list/237219)
**Author:** [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-threads-subscribed-threads-list/237219 "2004-03-31T01:29:36Z")
I click on Quick Links at the top, then Subscribed Threads, just like I do every day. Then I get a page saying Everything else on the board seems to be working fine. If this problem stops within a day or two, I’ll just… --- ## [Complaints, questions and observations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaints-questions-and-observations/236653)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complaints-questions-and-observations/236653 "2004-03-30T21:36:58Z")
OK, so now I’ve paid my 595 mini-sheckels and that makes me entitled to kibitz or kvetch, right? (Just kidding) I’ve politely waited, but there is a limit… RE: Smilies This happened at the version 2-\>3 changover. Th… --- ## [Search doesn't work on "Originally posted by"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-doesnt-work-on-originally-posted-by/237397)
**Author:** [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-doesnt-work-on-originally-posted-by/237397 "2004-03-30T21:17:13Z")
It looks like the search function doesn’t work on quotes, specifically the header that says, for example, “Originally posted by Finagle”. This makes it difficult to find out when someone is responding to a post you’v… --- ## [With the SDMB going pay, will the mods receive some stipend for all their hard work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-sdmb-going-pay-will-the-mods-receive-some-stipend-for-all-their-hard-work/237278)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-sdmb-going-pay-will-the-mods-receive-some-stipend-for-all-their-hard-work/237278 "2004-03-30T14:37:42Z")
Now that’s the board is going commercial, will the mods receive some sort of monetary stipend for all their hard work? --- ## [HELP! Can't access old sunscribed threads.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-cant-access-old-sunscribed-threads/237302)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-cant-access-old-sunscribed-threads/237302 "2004-03-30T14:30:34Z")
I can’t access my old subscribed threads from the User CP. I also can’t unsubscribe from threads. It keeps telling me I’m not permitted, or I’m restricted. Am I in trouble with the Mods right now, for some unknown rea… --- ## [Changing My E-mail Address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-e-mail-address/237305)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-e-mail-address/237305 "2004-03-30T14:20:08Z")
I was going to use the “Report to Moderator” function, but it told me that this was only for problem posts, so… I want to change the e-mail address in my profile. It does not allow me to do so, as the e-mail address to… --- ## [Limit on # of new threads in 1 day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-on-of-new-threads-in-1-day/237021)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limit-on-of-new-threads-in-1-day/237021 "2004-03-30T13:42:00Z")
Is there a limit on how many new threads a person may start within a 24-hour period? Thanks! WRS - who, if there is a limit, probably has broken it today --- ## [View counts & guests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/view-counts-guests/237092)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/view-counts-guests/237092 "2004-03-30T06:01:13Z")
Is the view count broken? Or does it not count views by guests? Earlier I viewed a new thread. After I viewed it and after reloading the page, it still had a view count of 1, which is what all threads start out with. Is… --- ## [Another test post with nothing to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-test-post-with-nothing-to-see/237251)
**Author:** [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-test-post-with-nothing-to-see/237251 "2004-03-30T05:30:11Z")
Just want to see if ‘Charter Member’ appears. --- ## [Where can I learn all the different codes for this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-all-the-different-codes-for-this-board/237075)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-learn-all-the-different-codes-for-this-board/237075 "2004-03-30T05:14:30Z")
obvious example of what I’m talking about: {i} whatever here {/i} (substitute for {} ) --- ## [Test Post, nothing to see here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-nothing-to-see-here/236947)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-nothing-to-see-here/236947 "2004-03-30T04:59:05Z")
Well, here goes nothing. You a very brave girl, upgrading your browser like that, no one else to help out. And look you’ve managed to do it without tragedy. Though not without confusion. And with an upgraded browser,… --- ## [Just a test. Please ignore.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test-please-ignore/236803)
**Author:** [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-test-please-ignore/236803 "2004-03-30T04:56:16Z")
Yello. --- ## [Question About Pop-Up "Leaders"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pop-up-leaders/236972)
**Author:** [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pop-up-leaders/236972 "2004-03-29T23:10:34Z")
I don’t know if that is what it is referred to, sorry. But those pop-ups that contain the first lines of whatever thread title you place your cursor over? I hope that made sense. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I’ve looked in the CP… --- ## [Look at my mysterious orange box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-my-mysterious-orange-box/236635)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-at-my-mysterious-orange-box/236635 "2004-03-29T23:10:23Z")
Isn’t it pretty? It’s right there,next to my user name. I was viewing VIEW FORUM LEADERS just because I couldn’t remember having done so. Below that is a list of members,done alphabetically,and I was perusing that when … --- ## [Won't let me subscribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-let-me-subscribe/235909)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-let-me-subscribe/235909 "2004-03-29T16:27:56Z")
I’m trying desperately to subscribe but as soon as I click on pay by credit card, I get a not found screen. Yikes, I’ve been trying for two days, meanwhile I see others are subscribed. I’m starting to freak out a littl… --- ## [Can members see a guest's post count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-members-see-a-guests-post-count/237044)
**Author:** [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-members-see-a-guests-post-count/237044 "2004-03-29T11:34:28Z")
Well, can 'ya? Huh? --- ## [Did my subscription request go through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-subscription-request-go-through/236927)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-subscription-request-go-through/236927 "2004-03-29T03:38:53Z")
I entered my credit card information, hit submit, then waited several minutes for the next screen to load. (I’m on high speed, btw). When it was done, there was just a blank screen. I’ve tried to e-mail Tuba Diva or C… --- ## [Ed -- Is there a problem using Netscape? (subscr didn't go thru)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-is-there-a-problem-using-netscape-subscr-didnt-go-thru/236945)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-is-there-a-problem-using-netscape-subscr-didnt-go-thru/236945 "2004-03-29T01:07:56Z")
Are other users having trouble subscribing when their browser is Netscape? I get nothing but a blank screen after it eats my credit card data. I’ve got Netscape 6.2.1 (if it matters). Am I going to be forced into the … --- ## [Rollovers in Netscape: why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollovers-in-netscape-why-not/236825)
**Author:** [@Boppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boppy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rollovers-in-netscape-why-not/236825 "2004-03-28T23:16:04Z")
Is it ever likely that we non-IE users can mousover thread titles to see the contents before we decide whether or not to open the thread? --- ## [Default Signature - apparent fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-signature-apparent-fix/236845)
**Author:** [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-signature-apparent-fix/236845 "2004-03-28T18:28:23Z")
This is somewhat of a test, but I went to my User CP and unchecked the “show signature” box in the Edit Options page, and save my settings. Even though on this Reply page, the “Show Signature” box is checked, my sig doe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=390) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=392)