# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=499 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 500 --- ## [A moderator should move this thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moderator-should-move-this-thread/71703)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moderator-should-move-this-thread/71703 "2001-07-08T21:09:42Z")
Do mods wait for us to call attention to threads deserving relocation? I am seeing this more & more lately. In a thread I just started we have this: Of course by the time a mod sees that, s/he has already read the OP a… --- ## [How do I register another user at my house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-register-another-user-at-my-house/71427)
**Author:** [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-register-another-user-at-my-house/71427 "2001-07-08T16:47:09Z")
My wife wants to register, but when she tries, it says she is logged on as me all ready. How do I log myself out of SD so she can sign up with her own user name? Thanks --- ## [Mods: How many Dopers are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-how-many-dopers-are-there/70421)
**Author:** [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-how-many-dopers-are-there/70421 "2001-07-08T15:51:28Z")
I want to know how many people I have the potential to offend every time I put up a poorly considered post. How many Dopers are currently registered? Are non-posting Dopers ever culled? --- ## [How many people are visiting the SD at any given moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-visiting-the-sd-at-any-given-moment/70523)
**Author:** [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-visiting-the-sd-at-any-given-moment/70523 "2001-07-08T14:43:00Z")
I’m well versed in the popular mantra around here that states, ‘The Straight Dope server is so extremely overloaded, due in large part to it’s tremendous popularity, that at any second it could conceivably explode, sendi… --- ## [Why does the search not work??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573)
**Author:** [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2001, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-search-not-work/71573 "2001-07-08T06:04:18Z")
Help! I can’t get the search thingie to work! It’s infringing upon my posting! What’s going on? :confused: --- ## [A new rule maybe???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-maybe/71579)
**Author:** [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-rule-maybe/71579 "2001-07-08T02:51:37Z")
I’ve thought long and hard about whether I should post this in the Pit or here. I’ve decided to post it here because it is not a challenge to, or criticism of, moderating or administration decisions made to date. I’m w… --- ## [Why are some names unmentionable around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-names-unmentionable-around-here/71149)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-names-unmentionable-around-here/71149 "2001-07-07T14:32:11Z")
I posted a thread today entitled(dare I say it?) Jack Dean Tyler - returned from the dead.\* The first response stated it was trollspotting and the thread was closed shortly thereafter. I have two questions. 1)What is “… --- ## [I Love the Mods!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-mods/71405)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-mods/71405 "2001-07-06T16:46:27Z")
Okay! Its 6 p.m. edst, and the board is running fast! I can actually go thru it in an hour, instead of waiting and wating. I guess the search changes worked! Rah Rah! How do we express our appreciation now? I know i… --- ## [Descriptive Titles - Training Wheels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815)
**Author:** [@jally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jally)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2001, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-titles-training-wheels/70815 "2001-07-06T14:54:06Z")
Addressing minty green’s comment in TubaDiva’s “SEARCH ALL” post: He mentioned that the elimination of “Search All” might help encourage the posting of more descriptive titles. He might be interested in FEATURE FOUR of … --- ## [How do I Improve My Thread Titles without Sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-improve-my-thread-titles-without-sex/71416)
**Author:** [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-improve-my-thread-titles-without-sex/71416 "2001-07-06T14:10:48Z")
I posted a thread late last night that I really thought would get some of the witty and creative responses I’ve seen in other threads. As I thought about it, I wondered if it was the thread title, so I came to ATMB to lo… --- ## [Why isn't the main page ad banner on the MB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-main-page-ad-banner-on-the-mb/71327)
**Author:** [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-main-page-ad-banner-on-the-mb/71327 "2001-07-06T05:16:52Z")
For the past couple weeks or so, there’s been a Ford Focus ad banner on the main page (which leads to a lot of neat stuff, so I’d encourage people to click through. Yes, this means you). Since I think a lot of people her… --- ## [How did I triple-post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-triple-post/70951)
**Author:** [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-triple-post/70951 "2001-07-06T00:49:43Z")
Two or three hours ago I posted something in GD (When will blacks let the past go?), and then went to another window and forgot all about it. When I looked back at GD, my post appeared 3 times! I am pretty sure that I di… --- ## [When contacting mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-contacting-mods/71274)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-contacting-mods/71274 "2001-07-05T23:24:50Z")
Dear Ms Netiquette, Should it come to pass that I have occasion to contact the mods/admins regarding a developing situation or a known troll or suchlike, how many mods/admins is it proper to notify? One? All the mods of… --- ## [A definition please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-definition-please/71238)
**Author:** [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2001, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-definition-please/71238 "2001-07-05T11:48:59Z")
In reading a very long post in another forum here on this message board, I asked this question, but the thread is so long that it probably won’t get answered. I need a definition to the following question. “Can any mod,… --- ## [What is the command for small type?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-command-for-small-type/71184)
**Author:** [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2001, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-command-for-small-type/71184 "2001-07-05T10:05:10Z")
I know all the others but I have never learned the one for small type? Anyone? I’ll let you be my best friend! :smiley: --- ## [Do Post Counts Slow the Board Down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-post-counts-slow-the-board-down/71150)
**Author:** [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-post-counts-slow-the-board-down/71150 "2001-07-04T16:01:00Z")
Okay, I looked for an answer to my question and found this thread, in which Chronos said that post counts let people know how much slack to give posters based on their relative degree of “newbieness.” (I would use a dire… --- ## [Murky fields](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murky-fields/71075)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murky-fields/71075 "2001-07-04T08:29:09Z")
Everyone posts such stupid, uninformed questions here that I thought I’d post a brilliant one. Ya gotchyer preview reply button. Next to that ya gotchyer submit reply button. And then yer CLEAR FIELDS button. What the… --- ## [posts increments: bug or feature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-increments-bug-or-feature/70942)
**Author:** [@puk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puk)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-increments-bug-or-feature/70942 "2001-07-03T16:35:15Z")
In the post header, right under date registered, there is a posts line, that displays the total number of posts. Why is this line incremented each time I reply to a thread? Wouldn’t it make more sense to keep this numbe… --- ## [How do I save a thread to my hard drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-save-a-thread-to-my-hard-drive/70832)
**Author:** [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-save-a-thread-to-my-hard-drive/70832 "2001-07-03T15:07:12Z")
Can I? I found this really neat one I want to save for later. --- ## [Test posts here please for July 2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-posts-here-please-for-july-2001/70922)
**Author:** [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-posts-here-please-for-july-2001/70922 "2001-07-03T10:14:55Z")
Welcome to the test post laboratory. That faint pleasant aroma of chemicals ensures safe and trouble-free test posting, while the expansive picture windows give you a lovely view of the meadow, up towards the foothills.… --- ## [Fora most moved to/from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fora-most-moved-to-from/70495)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fora-most-moved-to-from/70495 "2001-07-02T17:53:57Z")
Right now there’s a thread over in Comments on Cecil’s Columns that seems sure to be moved to Great Debates soon. My guess is that Great Debates and The BBQ Pit receive the most moved threads. I would further guess that… --- ## [Which board is for Q about which board to post on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-is-for-q-about-which-board-to-post-on/70891)
**Author:** [@jally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jally)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-board-is-for-q-about-which-board-to-post-on/70891 "2001-07-02T17:51:24Z")
If I have a Q about which board is approp. for a particular Q, on which board do I post that Q? The Q I’m referring to is a request for assistive info., and not a scientific one. If there were a board called Mundane Qu… --- ## [The Incredible Shrinking Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-shrinking-dope/70808)
**Author:** [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-shrinking-dope/70808 "2001-07-02T13:09:05Z")
Is it just me or did the fonts on this board get smaller just now? --- ## [flusterations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flusterations/70282)
**Author:** [@jally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jally)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flusterations/70282 "2001-07-02T00:51:30Z")
Venting: When using these boards, more than most any other board, I’m most apt to blow a fuse, because it’s SO SLOW. Also, sometimes when I click the link which comes with my e-notification, it doesn’t work (i.e. the ta… --- ## [WTF? Disappearing thread? Wherdigo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-disappearing-thread-wherdigo/70682)
**Author:** [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2001, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-disappearing-thread-wherdigo/70682 "2001-07-01T23:40:51Z")
There was a thread in IMHO (IIRC) just the other day that I was very much enjoying. I don’t remember what it was called, but it was about universal expansion and the big bang, and I was arguing about the cyclical nature … --- ## [sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/70871)
**Author:** [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-test/70871 "2001-07-01T20:35:23Z")
test --- ## [How come I can't search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-cant-search/70747)
**Author:** [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-i-cant-search/70747 "2001-07-01T18:56:53Z")
When I try to search for my psots, or any other posts, it doesn’t work? Whassup?? --- ## [Nothing to see here.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here/70849)
**Author:** [@Freakunique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freakunique)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-to-see-here/70849 "2001-07-01T15:45:52Z")
…just warming up before I flame. ::taps mike:: Testing, testing… one… two… one… two… --- ## [A locked thread mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-locked-thread-mystery/70633)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-locked-thread-mystery/70633 "2001-06-30T18:36:58Z")
Over in GQ, there’s a locked thread with zero views (Titled “How do I cut my lawn to look like a baseball field”). Normally when a thread is locked, you can still read it. In this case, it returns a “Invalid thread spe… --- ## [PayPal donations to alleviate the cost of the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-donations-to-alleviate-the-cost-of-the-board/70258)
**Author:** [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-donations-to-alleviate-the-cost-of-the-board/70258 "2001-06-30T17:55:08Z")
Another board that I frequent carries a small button on each page that says “PayPal”. You click on it, and it gives you the choice of making a donation in $5 increments to the maintenance of the board, which can be bille… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=498) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=500)