# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=5 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [A question on posting copy from Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-posting-copy-from-facebook/1016812)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-posting-copy-from-facebook/1016812 "2025-04-10T01:31:47Z")
Some time ago I quoted the full text of a Facebook post by Jim Wright, with attribution and link to the olriginal, since his rants are generally long and really should be read in full. Just before posting that quote I w… --- ## [How do people get badges to show on their profile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-badges-to-show-on-their-profile/1016633)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-badges-to-show-on-their-profile/1016633 "2025-04-07T22:41:56Z")
I already got a badge but it doesn’t show on my profile why is that? --- ## [So actually it's just fine to link to hate speech {This is not accurate}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-actually-its-just-fine-to-link-to-hate-speech-this-is-not-accurate/1016692)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-actually-its-just-fine-to-link-to-hate-speech-this-is-not-accurate/1016692 "2025-04-07T16:30:14Z")
After reporting a post for linking to anti-trans hate speech (aka a US government communication, but it really was that bad) in the Pit, @Miller told me that since the poster was not endorsing said hate speech, no mod ac… --- ## [Apparently, you are only allowed 10 reports per month {Note: this is of course not accurate}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-are-only-allowed-10-reports-per-month-note-this-is-of-course-not-accurate/1016406)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-you-are-only-allowed-10-reports-per-month-note-this-is-of-course-not-accurate/1016406 "2025-04-02T11:51:29Z")
I reported a post for violating the “Don’t be a jerk” rule. I was then told by What\_Exit that I was over-reporting and it was becoming a problem. I went back through my history for March and I had reported 10 posts tot… --- ## [Please welcome our new moderator, ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderator-parallellines/1016239)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-welcome-our-new-moderator-parallellines/1016239 "2025-04-02T10:10:45Z")
I’m pleased to announce that ParallelLines has agreed to help moderate Great Debates and Politics & Elections. He’s still getting used to the chain mail and accidentally banned Kazakhstan during mod practice but we’re co… --- ## [Publishing a public library's general contact info is doxxing now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-a-public-librarys-general-contact-info-is-doxxing-now/1015924)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-a-public-librarys-general-contact-info-is-doxxing-now/1015924 "2025-04-01T21:12:14Z")
Thread in question. I know, this is not a big deal. But it is still bothering me, and I think I can explain why: the information I published was NOT personal contact info for anybody. It was simply the general number/we… --- ## [Is this the longest running thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314 "2025-03-31T13:18:31Z")
Yes, this thread was started by me. Help me stock the ultimate (fictional) library I have been away for several years and, coming back, I was amazed that it still has recent replies So, not the most popular or most vie… --- ## ["Make my thread disappear"-Is it unusual that this board doesn't work that way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-my-thread-disappear-is-it-unusual-that-this-board-doesnt-work-that-way/1015711)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-my-thread-disappear-is-it-unusual-that-this-board-doesnt-work-that-way/1015711 "2025-03-24T17:18:10Z")
More than once I have seen requests from people, when things didn’t go their way, that they be stricken from this board and/or their thread be disappeared as if it never happened. Is this something that actually happens… --- ## [What is the maximum extent to which we are allowed to disagree with transgenderism (on the Dope)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-maximum-extent-to-which-we-are-allowed-to-disagree-with-transgenderism-on-the-dope/1015807)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-maximum-extent-to-which-we-are-allowed-to-disagree-with-transgenderism-on-the-dope/1015807 "2025-03-22T15:06:30Z")
Misgendering someone is very much off-limits (and I’ve never misgendered anyone.) Discussion about whether transgender athletes belong in women’s sports is gradually shifting more and more towards “It’s bigoted to say th… --- ## [SDMB Back on Google's Good Side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-back-on-googles-good-side/1015874)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-back-on-googles-good-side/1015874 "2025-03-20T19:10:21Z")
Recently I’ve had a few instances where I searched for something and one of the results was a SDMB thread. That hasn’t been happening for a long time. That would be interesting if somehow the algorithm is paying more at… --- ## [Topic ban for Aspidistra, no more posting about Trans People will be allowed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-aspidistra-no-more-posting-about-trans-people-will-be-allowed/1015676)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-aspidistra-no-more-posting-about-trans-people-will-be-allowed/1015676 "2025-03-16T20:36:14Z")
Topic Ban for @Aspidistra for Trans Issues. She is no longer to post about Trans people at all. As the poster has been unable to follow explicit moderation instruction when informed they are in violation of our existing… --- ## [Aspidistra has been suspended for 30 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspidistra-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/1015623)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspidistra-has-been-suspended-for-30-days/1015623 "2025-03-16T19:02:53Z")
Aspidistra has been suspended for 30 days for ignoring mod instructions to stop misgendering trans people in this thread in the Pit: SDMB rules state: Do not deliberately misgender another poster – that is, refer to … --- ## [How much transphobia is permissible before banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-transphobia-is-permissible-before-banning/1015457)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-transphobia-is-permissible-before-banning/1015457 "2025-03-12T14:48:35Z")
Continuing the discussion from Republicans' war on transgender people: Omnibus thread: Although it’s actually an earlier warning in that thread that I want to discuss: If three warnings for misgendering isn’t resulti… --- ## [Bob\_Blaylock 30 Day Suspension for Attacking Other Posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-blaylock-30-day-suspension-for-attacking-other-posters/1015364)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-blaylock-30-day-suspension-for-attacking-other-posters/1015364 "2025-03-10T01:11:57Z")
After discussion in the mod loop, we have decided to suspend Bob\_Blaylock for 30 days for continuing to make personal attacks on other posters. He has been formally warned to stop doing this on numerous occasions. We h… --- ## [Do we still need a quarantine zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-a-quarantine-zone/1000738)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-still-need-a-quarantine-zone/1000738 "2025-03-05T23:30:56Z")
Covid is not really a hot topic anymore. How does SDMB decide it no longer needs this section? --- ## [Feel good thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-thread/1015096)
**Author:** [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feel-good-thread/1015096 "2025-03-04T11:49:53Z")
Can be anything that makes you smile… story, astronomy pic or this https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ \_NwWRYvZHeo Can some one point me to how to embed this. BlueSky of course offers up many candidates daily. --- ## [I never doxxed anybody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-doxxed-anybody/1015029)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-doxxed-anybody/1015029 "2025-03-02T21:21:47Z")
@aspenglow, here is where I’ll defend myself against moderation. In the recent thread in MPSIMS, I wrote about the shock discovery that the new woman I’d been on 2 dates with had previously been an adult film actress: … --- ## [How did someone post this odd symbol in a comment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947 "2025-03-01T02:41:43Z")
It’s just a plain comment field, no graphics. At the end of this sentence: I grew up here 1959-1978‼️ --- ## [Is there a limit to how disgusting a thread can be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limit-to-how-disgusting-a-thread-can-be/1014870)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-limit-to-how-disgusting-a-thread-can-be/1014870 "2025-02-28T14:52:17Z")
I just learned about a new type of sex act (it may not even be humanly possible – that’s what I wanted to ask about), and be warned, it’s disgusting. Like, test the limits of decency, and of keeping your lunch down, disg… --- ## [Why remove old links?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-remove-old-links/1014759)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-remove-old-links/1014759 "2025-02-25T12:32:34Z")
I noticed I had a reply to a post so I clicked on it Ir took me to a place that had me quite perplexed - to a post I made six years (six years & three days ago to be exact!), but only to my post, not to anyone commentin… --- ## [Linking to hate speech, the Journey Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-hate-speech-the-journey-continues/1013506)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-hate-speech-the-journey-continues/1013506 "2025-02-19T00:43:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Linking to hate speech, again: I fully acknowledge that the prior thread went off track, but the question is still pertinent. And the last time it came up, it was similarly closed withou… --- ## [Musk & Vance Tags were added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vance-tags-were-added/1014029)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-vance-tags-were-added/1014029 "2025-02-16T15:00:07Z")
I ask because I would like to mute threads about him (along with Trump and P&E) for a day or two each week to help maintain my sanity. I assume this is something the mods have to do. --- ## [I know perfectly well I can’t ban anyone from my thread. Good thing I didn’t say that then](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-perfectly-well-i-can-t-ban-anyone-from-my-thread-good-thing-i-didn-t-say-that-then/1014215)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-perfectly-well-i-can-t-ban-anyone-from-my-thread-good-thing-i-didn-t-say-that-then/1014215 "2025-02-15T13:02:31Z")
I know perfectly well I can’t ban anyone from my thread. Good thing I didn’t say that then. I implicitly welcome all visitors to my threads, but withdrew it for an individual. For what that’s worth, my words are merely—… --- ## [What Exit And My Thread Ban In The Accupuncture Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-and-my-thread-ban-in-the-accupuncture-thread/1013821)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-and-my-thread-ban-in-the-accupuncture-thread/1013821 "2025-02-07T18:03:26Z")
Okay, I just received what I am pretty sure is my first thread ban. It was an IMHO thread asking for advice on accupuncture. Here is a link The short version- I made the usual posts that accupunctues has never been sh… --- ## [Mod communication/biased modding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-communication-biased-modding/1013696)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-communication-biased-modding/1013696 "2025-02-04T15:23:53Z")
I was recently suspended for two days by @What\_Exit for linking to a site that’s against board rules (and I’m still pretty unclear what those rules are). I’ve got two complaints about this: a) Lack of communication. I h… --- ## [Error trying to add user to ignore list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-trying-to-add-user-to-ignore-list/1013775)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-trying-to-add-user-to-ignore-list/1013775 "2025-02-04T01:02:41Z")
There is a user whose posts have become too toxic for me to read. But I get an error when trying to add them to my ignore list. Any help? (Please remember not to discuss in this forum what posters are or are not ignored… --- ## [Another What\_Exit & Acupuncture Modding issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-exit-acupuncture-modding-issue/1013832)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-exit-acupuncture-modding-issue/1013832 "2025-02-04T00:42:35Z")
Czarcasm talked about not accepting woo in medicine in favor of science. I gave my reply. Why is his post appropriate and mine not? And also, very unprofessional for a mod to talk about someone’s opinion as “crap”.… --- ## [Note for using AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-for-using-ai/1013794)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-for-using-ai/1013794 "2025-02-03T20:50:07Z")
In this thread, I asked for ideas about how to cook the gajillion different cuts of beef I have acquired. @Monty helped by generating an AI response with their “new toy,” an AI assistant. I greatly appreciated the thoro… --- ## [Aspenglow's Modding In Accupuncture Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspenglows-modding-in-accupuncture-thread/1013778)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspenglows-modding-in-accupuncture-thread/1013778 "2025-02-03T19:23:26Z")
Ulfreida said “I’m trying to help you have some empathy for the kind of people who seek out other, unproven methods because they have run out of options in the ‘evidence-based’ world of medicine.” If this is not in fac… --- ## [How close can we get to the schadenfreude singularity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-can-we-get-to-the-schadenfreude-singularity/1013698)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-can-we-get-to-the-schadenfreude-singularity/1013698 "2025-02-02T22:29:43Z")
Ie. Minimum time the board could get 10K posts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=6)