# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=40 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 41 --- ## [SlackerInc banned for trolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slackerinc-banned-for-trolling/923053)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slackerinc-banned-for-trolling/923053 "2020-10-15T23:35:53Z")
Trolling --- ## [...RickJay, moderation, and transgender people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-moderation-and-transgender-people/916766)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickjay-moderation-and-transgender-people/916766 "2020-10-15T22:57:15Z")
…in this thread RickJay openly and unapologetically misgenders several individuals, links to a website that explicitly propagates anti-transgender propaganda, and argues that nobody in that thread has come up with a coh… --- ## [Thread about ultra-Orthodox Jews given an inaccurate title change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-ultra-orthodox-jews-given-an-inaccurate-title-change/923009)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-ultra-orthodox-jews-given-an-inaccurate-title-change/923009 "2020-10-15T22:28:59Z")
There were two paragraphs in my OP: one about Hasids in Brooklyn and one about ultra-Orthodox in Israel. I was Pitting both—all—of them. To change the title to specifically refer to NY is a misrepresentation of the Pit… --- ## [Tim\_R.Mortiss BANNED as per his request after his 3rd warning for being a jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-r-mortiss-banned-as-per-his-request-after-his-3rd-warning-for-being-a-jerk/922665)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-r-mortiss-banned-as-per-his-request-after-his-3rd-warning-for-being-a-jerk/922665 "2020-10-10T21:43:40Z")
We weren’t planning to suspend him but as he requested the banning, I discussed and accommodated him. --- ## [Do Link Previews Update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-link-previews-update/922038)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-link-previews-update/922038 "2020-10-07T18:59:14Z")
Some links create a preview. Do these update when the website they are linking to changes? Or are they preserved in amber at the time of posting? Linking to the wiki page for COVID as an example and to see if it change… --- ## [Can Charter Members Post Pictures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-charter-members-post-pictures/922406 "2020-10-07T14:33:25Z")
Because I recently tried, all to no avail. I first tried to do it from my smartphone. But I kept getting the message my pic was too large. So I tried to crop and resize it. Finally, when I thought I was about to be succ… --- ## [Stop the goddanmed emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-goddanmed-emails/922390)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-goddanmed-emails/922390 "2020-10-07T07:44:27Z")
please delete this STOP THE EMAILS. --- ## [Unsuitable GD Topics: All people who take position X have an ulterior motive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsuitable-gd-topics-all-people-who-take-position-x-have-an-ulterior-motive/921777)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsuitable-gd-topics-all-people-who-take-position-x-have-an-ulterior-motive/921777 "2020-10-06T14:27:19Z")
I suggest that the question of whether all people who take a certain position have some ulterior motive is unsuitable as a topic in the Great Debates category. One side of the supposed debate necessarily argues that the … --- ## [Board Workings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-workings/922277)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-workings/922277 "2020-10-05T18:15:42Z")
Why does it say that my last used device is in “Upper Marlboro, MD” when I live and work in greater Chicagoland? --- ## [¿ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpᴉsdn ɟo ǝsn ɹoɟ ǝƃpɐq ou s,ǝɹǝɥʇ ǝɯoɔ ʍoH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-u-op-p-sdn-o-sn-o-p-q-ou-s-o-oh/921828)
**Author:** [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-u-op-p-sdn-o-sn-o-p-q-ou-s-o-oh/921828 "2020-10-04T04:25:33Z")
¿ǝƃpɐq ɐ ɥʇᴉʍ pǝʇɐɹoɯǝɯɯoɔ ǝq plnoɥs puɐ 'snoʇuǝɯoɯ sɐ ʇᴉq ʎɹǝʌǝ sᴉ ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpᴉsdn ⅄˥Ǝɹ∩S ˙ǝsn ᴉɾoɯǝ ɹoɟ ǝƃpɐq ɐ uǝʇʇoƃ oslɐ ǝʌ,I ˙os ɹo ㄣ00ᄅ uᴉ sʞɔᴉlɔ snld 0ϛ ʇoƃ ɥɔᴉɥʍ 'uǝƃouᴉɔnllɐɥ ǝɯos oʇ ʞuᴉl ɐ ƃuᴉʇsod ɹoɟ ǝƃpɐq ɐ… --- ## [Keeping popup notifications while disabling emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-popup-notifications-while-disabling-emails/922053)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-popup-notifications-while-disabling-emails/922053 "2020-10-02T17:25:29Z")
Threads I subscribe to under the ‘watched’ category shoot me an email for each new post to them, and show a notification on my profile pic. The only way I can see to disable the email is to subscribe to them under the ‘t… --- ## ["We've already reviewed that post." Question about reporting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-already-reviewed-that-post-question-about-reporting/922040)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-already-reviewed-that-post-question-about-reporting/922040 "2020-10-02T14:50:54Z")
I received the following message when I tried to report a gross post: “Thanks, but we’ve already reviewed that post and determined it does not need to be flagged again.” Does this mean that it’s under review or does it… --- ## [Thread disappears when I unsubscribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-disappears-when-i-unsubscribe/921895)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-disappears-when-i-unsubscribe/921895 "2020-09-30T17:08:40Z")
I’m playing Botticelli in Thread Games. I got an email when Elendil’s Hair replied to my post. I’d rather play through the message board than email, so I unsubscribed the email. Now I don’t see the thread anymore in the … --- ## [Test Post- Intl Phonetic Alphabet in Discourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-intl-phonetic-alphabet-in-discourse/921829)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-intl-phonetic-alphabet-in-discourse/921829 "2020-09-29T22:02:43Z")
fɔr ∂ǝ pɝpǝsɛz ʌv \[font=Courier new\]I\[/font\]ntrodusiŋ ræd\[font=Courier new\]I\[/font\]kǝl fɛm\[font=Courier new\]I\[/font\]n\[font=Courier new\]I\[/font\]sts ænd sosiɑlǝgʒ\[font=Courier new\]I\[/font\]sts tu itʃ ʌ∂ɚz θiɚrɛt\[font=Courie… --- ## [YouTube Vids Posted Have No Sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-vids-posted-have-no-sound/921780)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-vids-posted-have-no-sound/921780 "2020-09-29T17:12:24Z")
Just now playing the videos in the 80s music thread the sound has been lost. Playing the same vids on YouTube the sound is back. Has some Mod accidentally disabled the sound from videos? --- ## [Test post 789110](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-789110/921713)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-789110/921713 "2020-09-28T03:24:22Z")
Just checking. \>\_\< --- ## [I have a concern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-concern/921706)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-concern/921706 "2020-09-28T02:32:44Z")
I’ve noticed something in IMHO and I’d like to talk to a mod privately about it. Could one of you please pm me? --- ## [Is there a way to see who posted in a thread without scrolling through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-who-posted-in-a-thread-without-scrolling-through/921625)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-see-who-posted-in-a-thread-without-scrolling-through/921625 "2020-09-28T00:05:24Z")
In a previous version of the SDMB, I could click on the number of posts to get a box listing every poster. It was useful, because I can’t always remember if I already posted in an interesting topic. I just scrolled throu… --- ## [Do we have a sense of how much activity the board has seen since the change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-sense-of-how-much-activity-the-board-has-seen-since-the-change/921311)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-sense-of-how-much-activity-the-board-has-seen-since-the-change/921311 "2020-09-25T09:33:13Z")
I was looking at alexa.com to see how many visitors the board had had, and it’s pretty far down. I think that site calculates unique visitors, but I’m not 100% sure. In any case, I’ve been way more engaged because I like… --- ## [Board stats to date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-stats-to-date/921447)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-stats-to-date/921447 "2020-09-25T03:22:09Z")
Where can I find the total number of threads and posts to date? --- ## [Pinned post with all the formatting instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-post-with-all-the-formatting-instructions/921243)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-post-with-all-the-formatting-instructions/921243 "2020-09-23T09:48:43Z")
Would it be possible for a mod or someone with familiarity with Discourse to put together a post (that gets pinned) that has all the formatting instructions? My interface shows bold and italics as the only options, but … --- ## [Is it possible to stop tracking a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-stop-tracking-a-thread/921149)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-stop-tracking-a-thread/921149 "2020-09-23T04:48:19Z")
On my Unread tab, I’ve got threads I no longer wish to follow. Is it possible to stop tracking a thread once it’s automatically tracked? I’m on mobile if it matters. --- ## [Quick Question on hiding text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-on-hiding-text/921047)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-on-hiding-text/921047 "2020-09-22T01:38:58Z")
Tend to use my phone on the board. Still using what is probably an old-fashioned way to get \[i\] italics or make font bold \[/b\]. How can I hide text or change its size or colour? \[an easy way?\] text \[/an easy way?\] --- ## [Please move the Crusader Kings succession game back to the Game Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-move-the-crusader-kings-succession-game-back-to-the-game-room/920870)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-move-the-crusader-kings-succession-game-back-to-the-game-room/920870 "2020-09-20T03:43:23Z")
Thread Games is for threads “in which the thread is the game.” The CK3 thread is discussion and coordination about a multiplayer computer game. I don’t quite understand why the move is warranted. --- ## [How do your report a post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-your-report-a-post/920873)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-your-report-a-post/920873 "2020-09-17T22:48:40Z")
I see you can flag a post, but can you Still report it to a mod? --- ## [ZPG\_Zealot has been banned for hate speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zpg-zealot-has-been-banned-for-hate-speech/920850)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zpg-zealot-has-been-banned-for-hate-speech/920850 "2020-09-17T16:27:45Z")
After discussion, it has been decided to ban ZPG\_Zealot for hate speech. In particular, we find many of her posts in these threads incompatible with her remaining a member of the Straight Dope community. https://boards.… --- ## [How to PM an SDMB user](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pm-an-sdmb-user/920498)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pm-an-sdmb-user/920498 "2020-09-16T15:58:40Z")
How to PM an SDMB user? I see the OP on “how to PM message a MOD,”: but this seems different. Postscript: is it possible to PM a user without using the app? Thanks! --- ## [The Old Site's Search Engine Sucked. I Sure Do Miss It!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-sites-search-engine-sucked-i-sure-do-miss-it/920471)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-sites-search-engine-sucked-i-sure-do-miss-it/920471 "2020-09-16T15:43:40Z")
To find this extant thread I went to the search popdown and typed “ask the guy science fiction” (no quotes). Useless irrelevant hits. Advanced Search: umm, yeah I could put my name. WTF are “tags”?? Where do I speci… --- ## [Reanimated posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reanimated-posters/920651)
**Author:** [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reanimated-posters/920651 "2020-09-15T15:13:02Z")
We seem to have a lot of people coming back to the board lately. I wonder if discourse (or the admins) sent out an email notification to all the posters who didn’t immediately make the jump, to let them know of the move. … --- ## [Straight Dope Newsletter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-newsletter/920654)
**Author:** [@musiuuu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musiuuu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-newsletter/920654 "2020-09-15T12:42:37Z")
Hello. Has the Straight Dope newsletter been discontinued? I haven’t received any since mid-July. I tried searching SDMB but didn’t find anything on that topic. :frowning\_face: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=41)