# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=515 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 516 --- ## [How are posts moderated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-posts-moderated/53362)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-posts-moderated/53362 "2001-02-06T21:15:15Z")
At what point are threads examined to see if they should be kept on or not? Are they allowed to sit on the message board until such time as a moderator has decided they should stay or go? --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/53233)
**Author:** [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/53233 "2001-02-06T08:03:41Z")
Just a test, move along folks. --- ## [Profile visibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-visibility/51860)
**Author:** [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-visibility/51860 "2001-02-06T00:04:38Z")
If I allow my email address to be shown, can unregistered people access it, or only members? --- ## [Odd board message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-board-message/53144)
**Author:** [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-board-message/53144 "2001-02-05T16:34:48Z")
What does this mean It’s been coming up when I accessed the board this evening. --- ## [PARSE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parse/53145)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parse/53145 "2001-02-05T06:46:00Z")
So what happened to the last few hours? Or, was my computer screwed up? Am I the only one? --- ## [I want my sig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-sig/53136)
**Author:** [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-sig/53136 "2001-02-05T06:43:17Z")
When I tell the Board I want to include my sig (only once, or twice per thread), then preview my post (every? time), the Board forgets I want my sig. I have to recheck the sig box. Can this be changed so the sig stays “o… --- ## [\#sdmb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb/53134)
**Author:** [@GuitarStrummer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuitarStrummer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb/53134 "2001-02-04T22:19:03Z")
Hi - relatively new Doper here. Hope I’m putting this in the right place. I’ve seen a few references to an SDMB IRC channel. Which IRC network is it on? I’d love to chat with some other Dopers. Cheers --- ## [Posters' status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-status/52939)
**Author:** [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-status/52939 "2001-02-04T18:19:02Z")
I notice in two threads (Euty’s MPSIMS thread about post parties and spritle’s ATMB thread about Tuba) that the status space for all non-mod/admins is blank. Is something being phased out of the software, or is my compu… --- ## [Not a member, not a mod, but a blank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-member-not-a-mod-but-a-blank/53062)
**Author:** [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-member-not-a-mod-but-a-blank/53062 "2001-02-04T17:56:49Z")
I was just reading through a few threads, and I’ve noticed more than a few posters who don’t have any kind of label. Most posters have the label “Member”, but I’ve seen a few posters who don’t have anything listed for th… --- ## [test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/52876)
**Author:** [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/52876 "2001-02-04T13:23:56Z")
test --- ## [Maybe another forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-another-forum/52972)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-another-forum/52972 "2001-02-04T05:48:14Z")
Limericks, Poems, stories and such usually fall under the MPSIMS banner. Criticism of literature goes there as well, or gets bounced betwen IMHO and GD qith a few heading towards GQ. It occurs to me that a literary foru… --- ## [Another waste of bandwidth--sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-waste-of-bandwidth-sig-test/53021)
**Author:** [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-waste-of-bandwidth-sig-test/53021 "2001-02-04T05:18:22Z")
Testing 123 --- ## [One abbreviation not found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-abbreviation-not-found/53060)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-abbreviation-not-found/53060 "2001-02-04T00:33:37Z")
I did a search on abbreviations on the SDMB and got 65,000,000 or so. I found everything except the one that, somehow, has eluded me and is driving me nuts. What does TMI stand for? Please! --- ## [Change username](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/53017)
**Author:** [@TwoOnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoOnes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-username/53017 "2001-02-03T20:16:55Z")
Okay, I know this has been covered somewhere but I can’t find it. Can anyone tell me how to change my username? It messes the board up because of the length. Thanks. --- ## [change in my profile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-my-profile/53004)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-my-profile/53004 "2001-02-03T14:50:52Z")
I didn’t put my email address in my profile. Now,I think I’d like to. Who do I have to blo…I mean, how do I go about that? --- ## [So what does banned mean,anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-banned-mean-anyway/51997)
**Author:** [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-banned-mean-anyway/51997 "2001-02-03T01:44:44Z")
I’ve noticed a few times that people that are banned are still posting with their user names and “banned” beneath it. What goes? --- ## [User status line not appearing on my computer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-status-line-not-appearing-on-my-computer/52943)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-status-line-not-appearing-on-my-computer/52943 "2001-02-03T01:15:51Z")
When I read threads, the only user status lines that show up are Moderator and Administrator. I can see iampunha’s Member status, and I may or may not be able to see a Banned status, but most of them are invisible to me.… --- ## [Old new post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-new-post/52883)
**Author:** [@Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cookie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-new-post/52883 "2001-02-02T23:51:34Z")
It has been a long time sice I’ve been to SDMB.Are alot of old posters still here? I will start the old practice of checking the board when I get on the computer.I wish my brain wasn’t so fogged that I couldn’t remember … --- ## [I started a thread, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-started-a-thread-but/52691)
**Author:** [@Togepi\_no\_Miko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Togepi_no_Miko)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-started-a-thread-but/52691 "2001-02-02T23:18:37Z")
I started a thread in IMHo called people Who Need to GO AWAY! (no dopers). I did not disable the send me meail when there is a response, but I have just seen that there have been 25 responses and I have not received ONE … --- ## [boring sig test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-sig-test/52261)
**Author:** [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boring-sig-test/52261 "2001-02-02T22:01:01Z")
xo --- ## [A Question about links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-links/52872)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-links/52872 "2001-02-02T18:40:13Z")
I read the section on vb code but I didn’t see how to do this. I can cut and paste a link into a post but some people do this and then change the link to a single word (for more info look here) Here is purple and underl… --- ## [Searching the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb/52799)
**Author:** [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-the-sdmb/52799 "2001-02-02T09:13:45Z")
If I want to search for a phrase in the SDMB, do I put the phrase in quotation marks, , ( ), or do nothing other than type it? Or what? --- ## [test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/52805)
**Author:** [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/52805 "2001-02-02T02:10:01Z")
this is a test post --- ## [Practise Post, do not bother to read.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practise-post-do-not-bother-to-read/52738)
**Author:** [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practise-post-do-not-bother-to-read/52738 "2001-02-02T01:18:53Z")
\*\* Bold Test Bold italicised? \[/b/i\] --- ## [Suggestion for users sharing a computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-users-sharing-a-computer/42920)
**Author:** [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-users-sharing-a-computer/42920 "2001-02-02T01:12:46Z")
I have a suggestion for users sharing a computer. Using Netscape’s Profile Manager, create a profile for each user. Then when you go into Netscape Navigator/Communicator, you select your profile for the menu of users. E… --- ## [Namechange Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/namechange-question/52776)
**Author:** [@Nancyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancyfish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/namechange-question/52776 "2001-02-02T00:21:25Z")
I originally picked my username just as a spin off of my SO – Squid Vicious. However, we’ve been in discussion that it would have been more appropriate to use the name “Nancyfish”. Is it possible to change my username?? … --- ## [How does the SDMB pay for itself...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-sdmb-pay-for-itself/52323)
**Author:** [@sethdallob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sethdallob)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-sdmb-pay-for-itself/52323 "2001-02-01T14:37:06Z")
How does the SDMB make money? Is the Chicago Reader running a charity? There are no banner ads (thank God), no subscription charges, no income…yet it costs money to keep the electrons flowing. What gives? --- ## [Didn't you recognize me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-you-recognize-me/52422)
**Author:** [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-you-recognize-me/52422 "2001-02-01T06:14:01Z")
Yesterday I wanted to post a reply to the agressive dog thread in GD but the "post reply "option wasn’t there. Why? The only thing I can think of is I may have used a back door to access SDMB and yall didn’t recognize … --- ## [What are "people pages"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-pages/52324)
**Author:** [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-pages/52324 "2001-02-01T00:01:20Z")
I can’t find any information about the “People Pages”. What are they and where? --- ## [One Year Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-anniversary/51713)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-year-anniversary/51713 "2001-01-31T23:53:11Z")
I know some people might think that this thread belongs in MPSIMS, however, I consider it neither mundane nor pointless. I humbly open by asking TubaDiva to keep this thread here. I registered for the Straight Dope Mess… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=514) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=516)