# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=48 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 49 --- ## [Discourse Hub mobile apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-hub-mobile-apps/855907)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-hub-mobile-apps/855907 "2020-06-18T17:11:06Z")
Anyone checked these out yet? Because Tapatalk is not going to work. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/discourse-hub/id1173672076 I’m not much for phone apps because phone screens are so small but i know some of you use… --- ## [Are we allowed to use new/different usernames on the new Discourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-new-different-usernames-on-the-new-discourse/855868)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-new-different-usernames-on-the-new-discourse/855868 "2020-06-18T01:37:48Z")
I know it’s against the Dope rules to have more than one username at a time. But suppose I ended my Velocity name and used a completely new name, starting from scratch, on the Discourse. Is that against the rules (since … --- ## [CarnalK's final Warning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalks-final-warning/855816)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalks-final-warning/855816 "2020-06-17T21:49:03Z")
I don’t get it. This is a common phrase. It has been used many times by various people on the SDMB without penalty. I don’t see why it is worth even a mod note, let alone a warning. Examples: \*\*DrDeth \*\*has used the … --- ## [I don't understand this warning for puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-warning-for-puddleglum/855444)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-warning-for-puddleglum/855444 "2020-06-17T18:34:57Z")
puddleglum was warned for saying “potato eating savages” when referring to low crime rates in Ireland. Here’s the warning: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22348240&postcount=95 Can someone explain … --- ## [Why is RioRico still suspended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-riorico-still-suspended/855827)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-riorico-still-suspended/855827 "2020-06-17T04:25:49Z")
It’d been 34 days now. --- ## [CarnalK's final Warning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalks-final-warning/855817)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalks-final-warning/855817 "2020-06-17T01:02:19Z")
I don’t get it. This is a common phrase. It has been used many times by various people on the SDMB without penalty. I don’t see why it is worth even a mod note, let alone a warning. Examples: \*\*DrDeth \*\*has used the … --- ## [Septimus is Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/septimus-is-banned/855813)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/septimus-is-banned/855813 "2020-06-17T00:32:49Z")
For receiving multiple warnings follow a suspension, poster septimus is banned. Warnings: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22358602&postcount=232 https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=… --- ## [Should we ban misogynism in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-ban-misogynism-in-the-pit/855329)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-ban-misogynism-in-the-pit/855329 "2020-06-16T21:51:36Z")
I tend to think the answer should be no. I am starting from the position that all content is acceptible unless a reason is given for them to be banned. I haven’t yet seen a reason that I find convincing, and presumably n… --- ## [Calling public figures racist names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-public-figures-racist-names/855748)
**Author:** [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-public-figures-racist-names/855748 "2020-06-16T20:11:47Z")
I reported this post a few days ago: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22350930&postcount=23 wherein Mallard calls Clarence Thomas an “oreo”, ie. a black person who’s white on the inside. Before I rep… --- ## [Are the problems solved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-problems-solved/850279)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-problems-solved/850279 "2020-06-16T20:06:47Z")
Yesterday I spent a couple hours on the board and did not get one timeout, although it was slow responding a couple times. Today I didn’t even experience that. --- ## [Am everyone still getting the Time Out and Error messages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-everyone-still-getting-the-time-out-and-error-messages/855794)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-everyone-still-getting-the-time-out-and-error-messages/855794 "2020-06-16T18:47:37Z")
Because I am. I thought the new thing was supposed to eliminate those. Am I wrong? Am I doing something wrong? I got this message when I tried to post this thread: Error: Server Error The server encountered a temporar… --- ## [Am everyone still getting the Time Out and Error messages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-everyone-still-getting-the-time-out-and-error-messages/855793)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-everyone-still-getting-the-time-out-and-error-messages/855793 "2020-06-16T18:01:31Z")
Because I am. I thought the new thing was supposed to eliminate those. Am I wrong? Am I doing something wrong? --- ## [CarnalK has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalk-has-been-banned/855777)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalk-has-been-banned/855777 "2020-06-16T15:36:21Z")
For receiving a warning a short time after returning from suspension, CarnalK has been banned. Warning is here: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22355914&postcount=432 Suspension notice is here: ht… --- ## [Can Double Jeopardy be plead as a bar to a warning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-double-jeopardy-be-plead-as-a-bar-to-a-warning/855384)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-double-jeopardy-be-plead-as-a-bar-to-a-warning/855384 "2020-06-16T05:39:54Z")
In this post: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22347485&postcount=159 Tomndebb warns mikecurtis for an infraction. Problem is that his warning was the third piece of moderation in the thread, with t… --- ## [At Your Invitation, Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-your-invitation-colibri/855727)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-your-invitation-colibri/855727 "2020-06-15T22:02:56Z")
Here is the thread opened after reading the threads concerning Shodan’s ban and the nine page thread discussing Shodan’s ban, neither of which seemed to reach any definitive consensus. So, at your invitation, I’ll ask a… --- ## [Question about the new rules that got Shodan banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-new-rules-that-got-shodan-banned/855724)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-new-rules-that-got-shodan-banned/855724 "2020-06-15T21:25:26Z")
I’ve been away. But as I understand it, and please correct me if I am wrong, it would draw a warning, or at least a note, to say something in Politics and Elections about, say, a prominent female politician, that the po… --- ## [Proposed: An Amnesty for all Warnings Since the Covid19 Lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-an-amnesty-for-all-warnings-since-the-covid19-lockdown/855412)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-an-amnesty-for-all-warnings-since-the-covid19-lockdown/855412 "2020-06-15T02:38:20Z")
Since we are moving to a new board software I thought perhaps that TPTB could perhaps take into consideration the stress and anxiety that the last 4 months have caused us all across the world and perhaps consider a blank… --- ## [Curious development when clicking on Straight Dope emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-development-when-clicking-on-straight-dope-emails/854675)
**Author:** [@Den\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Den_1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-development-when-clicking-on-straight-dope-emails/854675 "2020-06-13T17:02:16Z")
I still get the emails every Friday with the older questions and answers. A few weeks ago a large almost blank popup would appear after I clicked on a story. The popup would appear within a couple of seconds after the St… --- ## [Test poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poll/855359 "2020-06-12T22:55:12Z")
It’s been too long, want to make sure I can still remember how. --- ## [Suggestion - how about a "threadspotted" icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-how-about-a-threadspotted-icon/530413 "2020-06-12T22:38:57Z")
Suggestion - When we look at the list of threads in a forum, how about an icon next to a thread title if it has been included in Tuba’s threadspotting section. Maybe a little rosette, or a little medal on a stripy ribbo… --- ## [Questions about the Discourse move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-discourse-move/855451)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-discourse-move/855451 "2020-06-12T03:45:13Z")
I don’t want to post in the other thread here about Discourse since it’s more of a grousing situation. I assume we’ll be using the free version rather than springing for the supported version, especially since the low… --- ## ["Please reach out to military members" thread wrongly closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reach-out-to-military-members-thread-wrongly-closed/854918)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-reach-out-to-military-members-thread-wrongly-closed/854918 "2020-06-11T21:11:35Z")
Please reach out to military members you know after Trumps announcement got started in Politics & Elections, with this OP: It was closed as follows: This is incorrect. \[emphasis added\] Russian heel is encouraging … --- ## [How does one report a pattern rather than an individual post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-report-a-pattern-rather-than-an-individual-post/855368)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-report-a-pattern-rather-than-an-individual-post/855368 "2020-06-11T17:46:02Z")
Question for the mods: As in the thread title: how does one report a problem that’s not evident so much in one specific post that appears clearly out of line, but in an accumulation of posts through a particular thread?… --- ## [Recent server timeout errors — anyone else getting them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 690\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-server-timeout-errors-anyone-else-getting-them/844514 "2020-06-11T14:55:35Z")
Frequently, yesterday and today. 504 Gateway Time-out 502 Bad Gateway Error: Server Error. The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds. Are you also ge… --- ## [Does accusing someone of lying violate the rules if the person did, in fact, lie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-accusing-someone-of-lying-violate-the-rules-if-the-person-did-in-fact-lie/855232)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-accusing-someone-of-lying-violate-the-rules-if-the-person-did-in-fact-lie/855232 "2020-06-09T23:22:36Z")
This is a completely hypothetical, curious question, not related to anything that’s happened yet in real life on the Dope: Suppose John Doe the Doper (…John Doeper?) claims, “I have never supported Joseph Stalin in any … --- ## [Advocating violence and terrorism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advocating-violence-and-terrorism/855004)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advocating-violence-and-terrorism/855004 "2020-06-09T01:39:05Z")
So, mods, are you going to let this thread stand? --- ## [What are the mod rules against sealioning and/or mentioning it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-mod-rules-against-sealioning-and-or-mentioning-it/855042)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-mod-rules-against-sealioning-and-or-mentioning-it/855042 "2020-06-09T00:48:30Z")
In this post it was stated by Jonathan Chance that: Given that: Moderators have not created a board rule against sealioning Moderators have never moderated sealioning Moderators haven’t even established a definition … --- ## [I'm not happy with Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-happy-with-colibri/855265)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-happy-with-colibri/855265 "2020-06-08T20:39:29Z")
N/A --- ## [Permission to post an online petition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-post-an-online-petition/855126)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permission-to-post-an-online-petition/855126 "2020-06-06T02:31:08Z")
I noticed in the rules that “calls to action” or whatever must have prior approval, but I’m not really sure how to do that. Just email any moderator? What forum would that go in? I’m not one to do something like this,… --- ## [Possible clue to our problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-clue-to-our-problems/855056)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-clue-to-our-problems/855056 "2020-06-05T15:06:19Z")
I just noticed something new today. I typically receive 2 notifications of new posts each time one happens. Why 2? Don’t know, but 2 has been “normal” for a long time. Besides the numerous timeouts and slowness today… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=49)