# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=51 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 52 --- ## [Moving my thread to the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-my-thread-to-the-pit/852317)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-my-thread-to-the-pit/852317 "2020-04-23T22:02:24Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22258645&postcount=14 Moving threads among non-Pit boards as appropriate, okay. But IMO they should never be moved to the Pit, because you are taking an OP not intend… --- ## [Trolling? Did you think/ hope that the Covid 19 pandemic might unite us in adversity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852082)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-did-you-think-hope-that-the-covid-19-pandemic-might-unite-us-in-adversity/852082 "2020-04-21T20:46:20Z")
This thread: Did you think/ hope that the Covid 19 pandemic might unite us in adversity? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=894410 Was closed and given a warning by Colibri: While I could see this … --- ## [CarnalK is suspended for 30 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalk-is-suspended-for-30-days/852305)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnalk-is-suspended-for-30-days/852305 "2020-04-21T04:00:00Z")
For receiving several recent warnings CarnalK is suspended for 30 days. His most recent warnings are here. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22260975&postcount=13 https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/… --- ## [Duplicate Thread in MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-thread-in-mpsims/852249)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-thread-in-mpsims/852249 "2020-04-21T03:59:44Z")
Can someone please delete my thread on Kim Jong Un? Thank you. --- ## [Too many RIP threads.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-rip-threads/850841)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-rip-threads/850841 "2020-04-20T22:18:48Z")
Can we have a rule to stop people posting RIP threads for minor celebrities or their own familiy members? Maybe have only 2 threads RIP(minor celebrity) and RIP(Doper family) and stop people spamming CS and MPSIMS with m… --- ## [Proposal: Global Topic Ban on Promoting Unproven COVID-19 Treatments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976 "2020-04-18T01:03:06Z")
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892537 I think the board should have a global topic ban on promoting unproven COVID-19 treatments as being posted in at least the thread linked above. There is a ver… --- ## [Can we tell other posters they aren't welcome in our thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-tell-other-posters-they-arent-welcome-in-our-thread/851834)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-tell-other-posters-they-arent-welcome-in-our-thread/851834 "2020-04-15T22:27:48Z")
I thought this had long been understood to be out of line: that assuming neither of us is a mod, I can’t tell you to get out of my thread, and you can’t tell me to get out of yours. But in Broomstick’s Pitting of elucid… --- ## [Please make edit time longer during the Era of Repeated Timeouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-edit-time-longer-during-the-era-of-repeated-timeouts/850114)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-make-edit-time-longer-during-the-era-of-repeated-timeouts/850114 "2020-04-15T02:42:51Z")
With all these timeouts, often the board will not let you back in to make corrections/edits within the 5-minute window. That just happened to me and it has happened repeatedly. PLEASE??? --- ## [Find Threads Started By](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-threads-started-by/851516)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-threads-started-by/851516 "2020-04-10T17:47:55Z")
The oldest thread I found for myself only goes back to 2008? That can’t be right. --- ## [Forum change popup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-change-popup/851327)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-change-popup/851327 "2020-04-10T10:08:24Z")
There is a newish gray popup in my screen, for changing forum, which I can’t imagine ever using. Can I make it go away? It often blocks the Send button, and interferes with selecting text for copy/paste. --- ## [What goes in The Quarantine Zone these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-in-the-quarantine-zone-these-days/851293)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-in-the-quarantine-zone-these-days/851293 "2020-04-07T20:20:54Z")
I was particularly surprised by this: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22234955&postcount=123. The DeBlasio thread was also tangentially about his Covid response, though it did veer into other topics.… --- ## [Is "chick" allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850703 "2020-04-05T22:04:51Z")
I’m a chick. Can I say “chick”? I don’t say it to offend, so can I say it? --- ## [Racepug is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racepug-is-banned/851095)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racepug-is-banned/851095 "2020-04-05T01:12:30Z")
For multiple warnings and abusive PMs, poster racepub is banned. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22227105&postcount=176 https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22189838&postcount=142 ht… --- ## [There's no belittling going on here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-belittling-going-on-here/850722)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-no-belittling-going-on-here/850722 "2020-04-01T19:38:51Z")
“It’s an off-topic post, not a threadshit. \[…\] There’s no belittling going on here.” https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=892876 And I don’t mean to belittle Engineer Comp Geek when I write that that w… --- ## [How about a coronavirus quarantine area "how to help" sticky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-coronavirus-quarantine-area-how-to-help-sticky/850706)
**Author:** [@Settimo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Settimo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-coronavirus-quarantine-area-how-to-help-sticky/850706 "2020-03-31T21:15:20Z")
Any interest in a sticky in the coronavirus quarantine area for ways to help (really, anywhere; in the US or abroad)? For example, in the US some are sewing (“unofficial”) masks for local hospitals, or local servers may … --- ## [Is "chick" allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850701)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chick-allowed/850701 "2020-03-30T22:45:04Z")
Double post --- ## [Ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads/850599)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads/850599 "2020-03-29T23:30:12Z")
Why am I getting ads? Is anybody else who is a paid member getting ads, or am I behind on my payment? --- ## [Sparkles around the SDMB menu bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkles-around-the-sdmb-menu-bar/850365)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkles-around-the-sdmb-menu-bar/850365 "2020-03-28T01:33:34Z")
Anyone else getting these artifacts in the bar that starts with USER CP? Not all the time but by moving over that bar it changes, it’s like I’m playing a cheap DOS shareware computer game. --- ## [Anyone else not getting notifications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-getting-notifications/850096)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-not-getting-notifications/850096 "2020-03-24T18:09:18Z")
I haven’t gotten any notifications today for active threads I’m subscribed to. --- ## [Banned and Suspended Announcements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-and-suspended-announcements/850152)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-and-suspended-announcements/850152 "2020-03-24T07:37:57Z")
Are they on hiatus officially or is the board, on its way off this mortal coil, eating those? --- ## [I keep getting randomly logged out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-randomly-logged-out/849921)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-randomly-logged-out/849921 "2020-03-23T17:50:34Z")
Like, I’ll click on a different forum or a different thread, and suddenly I have to log in again. It’s been doing this the last couple days. --- ## [Why so many timeouts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-timeouts/849815)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-timeouts/849815 "2020-03-22T17:41:53Z")
Is anyone else experiencing this? More than half the time when I switch fora or even threads I get a timeout. Nearly every time I post, I get a time out. --- ## [Long Delays and Timeouts are Common Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delays-and-timeouts-are-common-now/850011)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-delays-and-timeouts-are-common-now/850011 "2020-03-22T06:51:35Z")
Wow, this message board has really ground to a halt recently. Almost impossible to use. Long delays and timeouts, and double posts. Please roll back to a version that worked a year ago. Whatever improvements you are maki… --- ## [Search engines (like Google) can't index SDMB ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-like-google-cant-index-sdmb/849944)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-like-google-cant-index-sdmb/849944 "2020-03-22T04:31:07Z")
I noticed another thing just now: Searching with Google for posts I recently made, I can’t find them. I’m suspecting that the search engines like Google or DuckDuckGo can’t index SDMB very thoroughly because their web c… --- ## [Hello? Mods? TubaDiva?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-mods-tubadiva/848252 "2020-03-21T20:17:23Z")
It’s been 2.5 months–76 days–since the server time out errors first started with a vengeance. Some days have been better than others, but it’s clearly an ongoing issue that hasn’t been resolved. Won’t someone at least te… --- ## [Minor feature request for new board software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-feature-request-for-new-board-software/849933)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-feature-request-for-new-board-software/849933 "2020-03-21T12:38:10Z")
While deciding on what new board software to use, I just wanted to toss it out there that I wouldn’t hate it if there were a light style (black text on off-white background like we have now) and a dark style (off-white t… --- ## [What's the little down arrow do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-little-down-arrow-do/849667)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-little-down-arrow-do/849667 "2020-03-20T00:50:04Z")
You know the one when you hover over it that shows the text “Go to first new post”. You know the one that when you click on it sometimes takes you to the first new post but other times it takes you to some random post i… --- ## [Why we are experiencing so many technical problems on the board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-are-experiencing-so-many-technical-problems-on-the-board/849840)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-are-experiencing-so-many-technical-problems-on-the-board/849840 "2020-03-19T21:17:21Z")
Copied from my original announcement, apparently not everyone has seen this. We are well aware your user experience has gone from occasionally bad to bad too much of the time. You’re really hating 502/504 and the word… --- ## [Should the SBMB have a (hopefully) temporary Coronavirus forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sbmb-have-a-hopefully-temporary-coronavirus-forum/849578)
**Author:** [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sbmb-have-a-hopefully-temporary-coronavirus-forum/849578 "2020-03-19T00:20:01Z")
Any chance of adding a section for discussion just for the Corona virus? This way all posts of that subject are consolidated, and it would “clean up” the other sections. ( Donning fire proof suit ) --- ## [New BB Software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bb-software/849447)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bb-software/849447 "2020-03-18T23:02:40Z")
So you’ve all seen Tuba’s announcement. Can we talk about what’s next? Inquiring minds want to know. Obnoxious know it all’s want to give unsolicited advice! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=52)