# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=60 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 61 --- ## [Why are ATMB threads simply summarily closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-atmb-threads-simply-summarily-closed/838637)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-atmb-threads-simply-summarily-closed/838637 "2019-08-14T04:04:27Z")
Particularly this one: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21804778&postcount=299 It is bad enough that the mods completely failed to respond to several cogent arguments in the thread about similarities… --- ## [EVERYONE needs to get with the program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-needs-to-get-with-the-program/838634)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-needs-to-get-with-the-program/838634 "2019-08-14T02:44:53Z")
Everybody needs to get with the program? Are you you kidding me? It’s not enough you acknowledged that the same old players are playing their game and derailing the thread, but your response is to then shut down the dis… --- ## [Misogyny and Moderation, again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-and-moderation-again/838462)
**Author:** [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misogyny-and-moderation-again/838462 "2019-08-14T01:19:26Z")
Per instructions, I am taking this to ATMB, because I think it illustrates the issue here. OP starts a thread where he says that when he sees a hot woman with “ass cheeks hanging out”, all he can think is that he wants… --- ## [Tapatalk popup nags, other problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-popup-nags-other-problems/838193)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-popup-nags-other-problems/838193 "2019-08-13T15:09:56Z")
I’m getting nearly constant popup nags about the Tapatalk app. Every time I change screens. And I was logged out after a day, even though I checked the box to keep me logged in. My problem, or the board’s? Samsung tabl… --- ## [GQ board description is out of date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-board-description-is-out-of-date/838353)
**Author:** [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-board-description-is-out-of-date/838353 "2019-08-12T23:09:53Z")
When you go to the top SDMB page, the description you see for General Questions is: Since there is no longer a real possibility of Cecil answering questions originating in the GQ forum :(, I would suggest that the pare… --- ## [A suggestion about the moderation going forward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-about-the-moderation-going-forward/838539)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-suggestion-about-the-moderation-going-forward/838539 "2019-08-12T13:44:55Z")
If so many women are expressing a disdain for this place then why not get more women and (and men who champion women) as moderators. I mean seriously, who here does not have a mom? (Whether living or dead) That they do … --- ## [Can the moderators please err on the right side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-moderators-please-err-on-the-right-side/836702)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-moderators-please-err-on-the-right-side/836702 "2019-08-10T23:39:30Z")
I find it alarming that the moderation in that thread is so hellbent on keeping “the discussion” “open and civilised” that only the honest answers of civilised people get moderated. I believe the correct response is: “… --- ## [Software mechanics on Suspensions and Banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-mechanics-on-suspensions-and-banning/837842)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-mechanics-on-suspensions-and-banning/837842 "2019-08-10T23:19:01Z")
This is NOT a question about individuals, nor is it complaints who on got banned, who got suspended . . . yadda who yadda why yadda whatever. I’m curious on how the suspensions and bans work. Does the software simply l… --- ## [Spam via PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457 "2019-08-10T16:20:11Z")
Who else got a spam PM this morning? I’m curious how many the moron sent. --- ## [A rather unjustified warning.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-unjustified-warning/838306)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-unjustified-warning/838306 "2019-08-10T14:00:30Z")
In the gun debate thread, Bone gives out a warning to ElvisL1ves for not following the mod instructions.The instructions were as such "You are both being jerks. If you want to debate, feel free to do so. If your intent … --- ## [Closing my thread was rude and unnecessary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-my-thread-was-rude-and-unnecessary/838233)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-my-thread-was-rude-and-unnecessary/838233 "2019-08-09T19:25:22Z")
I posted a thread about 200 or so celebrities that used their private jets to attend a summit to figure out climate change - here. I thought about which sub forum to put it in. Maybe MPSIMS or IMHO, but no, its about t… --- ## [JC killed the gun debate thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jc-killed-the-gun-debate-thread/838299)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jc-killed-the-gun-debate-thread/838299 "2019-08-09T06:03:52Z")
Jonathan Chance has deemed it fit to close the latest gun control debate thread by declaring it “dead”. I don’t know if that’s mod humor or a fitting end to the usual morass. Not a complaint. Just a :slight\_smile: --- ## [Could We Have A Detailed Explanation for the Long Outage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-a-detailed-explanation-for-the-long-outage/838195)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-a-detailed-explanation-for-the-long-outage/838195 "2019-08-07T21:36:09Z")
Could We Have A Detailed Explanation for the Long Outage? --- ## [Does this board use a security company like Cloudflare or BitMitigate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-use-a-security-company-like-cloudflare-or-bitmitigate/838212)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-use-a-security-company-like-cloudflare-or-bitmitigate/838212 "2019-08-07T21:12:56Z")
I’ve been following the news about 8chan. Was surprised to learn that companies like Cloudflare and BitMitigate protect web sites from attacks. I recall this board has been hit by denial-of-service attacks. If the SDMB … --- ## [Warning "statue of limitations"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-statue-of-limitations/837939)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-statue-of-limitations/837939 "2019-08-07T20:24:59Z")
Back in Feb I posted something over the line and got a warning for it. I understood the reasoning and take my medicine. I just learned about the infractions tab and there is the warning. However I noticed that is says … --- ## [Test post for google search purposes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-for-google-search-purposes/835126)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post-for-google-search-purposes/835126 "2019-08-06T15:07:18Z")
I’m testing to see how quickly google can find a post on the SDMB. porcupine Honda pickle tomorrow --- ## [502 and 504 errors today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-and-504-errors-today/838125)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/502-and-504-errors-today/838125 "2019-08-06T09:32:55Z")
I’ve been getting a lot of 502 and 504 errors today. --- ## [2x my post was deleted, not found on looking later at the thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2x-my-post-was-deleted-not-found-on-looking-later-at-the-thread/838197)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2x-my-post-was-deleted-not-found-on-looking-later-at-the-thread/838197 "2019-08-06T03:39:57Z")
I found a thread which I was sure I commented on only to find out my comment was not there. Once again it happened in this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879923 Where I reposted the essenti… --- ## [Bizarre Warning Issued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-warning-issued/838073)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-warning-issued/838073 "2019-08-06T03:09:25Z")
Here’s the link to the thread, as well as the OP I was responding to quoted in its entirety: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21754494#post21754494 In response, I asked the following rhetorical qu… --- ## [This warning is nonsense.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-warning-is-nonsense/838144)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-warning-is-nonsense/838144 "2019-08-04T19:06:54Z")
The post is expressing disgust. It seems perfectly appropriate in a thread about yet another goddamn mass shooting in America. I don’t think it even merits a note. If MPSIMS is too dainty for such expression, then brea… --- ## [A bone to pick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bone-to-pick/837909)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bone-to-pick/837909 "2019-08-02T17:28:03Z")
Over here; https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879266&page=5 I was having a discussion with Thorny Locust. In post 211 he mentioned that he was “half asleep.” In post 212 I said. “I like you much be… --- ## [Is this thread within board rules? (Cannabis edibles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-within-board-rules-cannabis-edibles/837619)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thread-within-board-rules-cannabis-edibles/837619 "2019-08-02T01:15:36Z")
In this thread, Paul in Qatar is asking for recommendations for cannabis edibles during a trip he plans to take to Canada in the next week. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879252 In my opinion, th… --- ## [Talking about code-switching is now considered trolling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-code-switching-is-now-considered-trolling/837798)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-about-code-switching-is-now-considered-trolling/837798 "2019-07-31T21:12:12Z")
I refer to this banning: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21775551#post21775551 Okay, I don’t know Stuntman Mike. I haven’t noticed him, maybe because we don’t frequent the same parts of the board or… --- ## ["Need Answer Fast"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast/837903)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast/837903 "2019-07-31T18:00:39Z")
I’ve been reading and even posting on the SDMB for nigh upon 20 years, and I know that saying one’s question either emphatically does or does not “need \[an\] answer fast” has been a running joke for most of that time. Bu… --- ## [Search failing to find known threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-failing-to-find-known-threads/837899)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-failing-to-find-known-threads/837899 "2019-07-31T01:35:22Z")
I’ve failed to find several posts that I know contain unique phrases that I’ve searched exactly for. Neither Google nor the board’s internal search is working. Any advice? --- ## [Threats of political bloodshed don't come close to violating board rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threats-of-political-bloodshed-dont-come-close-to-violating-board-rules/837843)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threats-of-political-bloodshed-dont-come-close-to-violating-board-rules/837843 "2019-07-30T15:29:22Z")
So the last straw on Stuntman Mike was him making a crack about “8 billion bullets” against Liberals, yet… anomalous1 is allowed to repeatedly make statements to the effect that if people on the left keep being big mean… --- ## [Continuing a Discussion Against Mod Instructions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-a-discussion-against-mod-instructions/836468)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-a-discussion-against-mod-instructions/836468 "2019-07-30T00:22:44Z")
I received this warning. I do not feel this is appropriate. If the previous mod note was meant to stop discussion of the point, it seems wrong for tomndebb to continue to argue the point. ISTM that if all participants… --- ## [Stuntman Mike has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuntman-mike-has-been-banned/837781)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuntman-mike-has-been-banned/837781 "2019-07-29T01:31:04Z")
Stuntman Mike has been banned for trolling after receiving a warning for this post. He has previously received two other warnings for trolling. --- ## [New member southernpropertymanagers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-southernpropertymanagers/837695)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-southernpropertymanagers/837695 "2019-07-28T18:36:40Z")
Seems like a business. Their profile includes this as their bio: Their homepage is their website. I was under the impression that this wasn’t allowed. --- ## [Is the Ask The Master option still valid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-ask-the-master-option-still-valid/837516)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-ask-the-master-option-still-valid/837516 "2019-07-28T14:32:42Z")
The form provided directs the question to Cecil at the Chicago Reader but is there anybody at the other end now? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=61)