# 1) Has the SDMB ever been subpoenaed to release user information? 2) Who in SDMB is allowed access? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238 "2013-03-29T03:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/41 "2013-06-08T16:16:24Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > I owned a SDMB t shirt for quite a while. Me, too… Until last year, when my 74-year-old mother secretly incorporated it into a quilt featuring highlights of my life! I’m not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/42 "2013-06-09T13:06:12Z")
Ahhh, the love of a mother. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/43 "2013-06-09T13:20:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It’s “Gribble,” isn’t it? Not in the porn version. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/44 "2013-06-09T23:06:52Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Glad I got my mug. > > Hey, does that make me a mod? 😃 I wish. Be careful what you ask for. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/45 "2013-06-10T15:33:15Z")
Hey, I’ll volunteer to be a mod - and I don’t even like coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/46 "2013-06-10T16:28:48Z")
[That’s okay, it isn’t really meant to hold coffee.](http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn2/travel/468/263/patron_stock.jpg?ve=1) ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/47 "2013-06-12T02:40:28Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > [That’s okay, it isn’t really meant to hold coffee.](http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn2/travel/468/263/patron_stock.jpg?ve=1) Is that a reference to the stresses of being a moderator… Or an explanation of some of the modding? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/48 "2013-06-12T02:45:49Z")
What was “melingate”? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/49 "2013-06-12T16:13:57Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I think this also means we can’t have any new moderators. ☹ Now I have this running through my head… ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/50 "2013-06-12T20:06:55Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > What was “melingate”? How is this related to the thread? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238/51 "2013-06-12T20:44:00Z")
**Polycarp** mentioned it in post #8. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-has-the-sdmb-ever-been-subpoenaed-to-release-user-information-2-who-in-sdmb-is-allowed-access/654238.md?page=2)