# A Rather Disturbing Trend on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056 "2001-08-19T22:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/21 "2001-08-20T02:34:06Z")
You really should consider your anonymity gone if you’re a MPSIMS-heavy poster with 1000+ posts. After that much jawflapping, most of us have dropped enough bits of personal info that we are probably identifiable. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/22 "2001-08-20T02:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\ ***Hardygrrl** , I think I speak for us all when I say absolutely not. And, can you provide a link? \*\* Busy or not, the mods _will_ catch that. Bummer. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/23 "2001-08-20T02:35:10Z")
I’m sure that this has been asked before, but I did look around and I didn’t see it posted: Is there a particular reason that posts can’t be edited by their authors? Wouldn’t this solve this problem? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/24 "2001-08-20T03:00:51Z")
Because there are a few miscreants here that would take advantage of the feature to be jerks. Someone managed to take advantage of the email notification feature to send emails from the SDMB administration. Anything that can be taken advantage of is. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/25 "2001-08-20T03:03:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > > \*\ ***Hardygrrl** , I think I speak for us all when I say absolutely not. And, can you provide a link? \*\* > > Busy or not, the mods _will_ catch that. > Bummer. > Peace, > mangeorge \*\* Huh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/26 "2001-08-20T03:10:02Z")
Just to clarify a bit, we don’t mind people talking about their personal lives, we’re just getting sick of people talking about their personal lives and then changing their minds. Anything you post on this board might as well be skywritten in mile-high letters above New York City. Of course, some folks wouldn’t mind at all seeing their personal lives in the Manhattan air. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/27 "2001-08-20T03:38:29Z")
> [@](#): > > some folks wouldn’t mind at all seeing their personal lives in the Manhattan air. Doesn’t he smoke short, fat stogies? How can anyone see through that? ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/28 "2001-08-20T03:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by mangeorge \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > > > \*\ ***Hardygrrl** , I think I speak for us all when I say absolutely not. And, can you provide a link? \*\* > > > > Busy or not, the mods _will_ catch that. > > Bummer. > > Peace, > > mangeorge \*\* > > Huh? 😕 \*\* Miller, mangeorge is referring to the unspoken rule… **Thou shalt not link to porn** ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/29 "2001-08-20T03:52:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > \*\*I’m just glad noone remembers the night I danced nekkid on the bar singing ‘Copacabana’. \*\* Don’t be so sure about that. I also remember the night you grabbed my ass outside of Blondie’s. Gay man, indeed! _grumble grumble_ ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/30 "2001-08-20T03:54:26Z")
**hardygrrl** Well, in that case you can email me the link. 😛 Also, why do I keep trying to spell your name “harrdygirl”? Double 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/31 "2001-08-20T09:46:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hardygrrl \* > \*\*mangeorge is referring to the unspoken rule… > > Thou shalt not link to porn\*\* What’s unspoken about that rule? It’s in the registration agreement. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/32 "2001-08-20T09:49:43Z")
I can’t wait till one of my friends finds this site, then we can play, guess which one is me! I wonder if they could? You see as per my unpants tales post, I have little or no shame so I wont be bothering the mods with that. Although I have been thinking about changing me name to “Bee Bayou.” Makes me think pleasant thoughts of milk and honey, sigh ---
**Author:** ![Damhna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Damhna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damhna)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/33 "2001-08-20T09:55:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sasquatch! \* > \*\*I’m sure that this has been asked before, but I did look around and I didn’t see it posted: Is there a particular reason that posts can’t be edited by their authors? Wouldn’t this solve this problem? \*\* Gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/34 "2001-08-20T10:38:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Believe me, we did not laugh about SPOOFE’s toothbrush. Ugh. Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick… I trust you people and you turn around and throw it in my face. 😃 Believe me, there’s much more to my life than toothbrushes and hermaphrodite porn… but you don’t hear about it. Why? Because I don’t care about the silly little things I do. I consider them to be superficial aspects of my life that are no bigger a deal than the fact that I have a large forehead or hairy legs. Very, very rarely do I ever post anything substantial about my personal life, because, frankly, it’s stuff that I have a hard time admitting to _myself_. I greatly enjoy the large amounts of anonymity that the Boards provide. I’m not saying that I lie (not in the slightest… everything I’ve said about myself on these Boards is %100 true - unless I was posting as a joke, in which case it should be fairly obvious), I’m saying that I take advantage of the fact that all the ugly spots about myself aren’t open to scrutiny. I marvel - and envy - other people who are able to overcome that insecurity. And Coldie… you’re still a weenie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/35 "2001-08-20T10:50:37Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Geobabe** _ > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by **DrMatrix** _ > > > > I’m just glad noone remembers the night I danced nekkid on the bar singing ‘Copacabana’. > > Don’t be so sure about that. I also remember the night you grabbed my ass outside of Blondie’s. Gay man, indeed! _grumble grumble_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/36 "2001-08-20T12:10:20Z")
[hijack] I feel like such a newbie for asking this, but when did the mighty **Chronos** fall from the ranks of the mods and join us in the lowly “Member” class? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/37 "2001-08-20T12:23:13Z")
**pcubed** - [Life summoned him.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82480) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/38 "2001-08-20T12:26:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Francesca \* > \*\ ***pcubed** - [Life summoned him.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82480) \*\* Graciás, much obliged. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/39 "2001-08-20T13:01:23Z")
The OP is exactly the reason WHY I _don’t_ tell my friends about the Board anymore! At least the ones I see every day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/40 "2001-08-20T13:51:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > > \*\*I’m just glad noone remembers the night I danced nekkid on the bar singing ‘Copacabana’. \*\* > > Don’t be so sure about that. I also remember the night you grabbed my ass outside of Blondie’s. Gay man, indeed! _grumble grumble_ \*\* Dear Lord, **Geobabe**. Are you _always_ getting pswed by strange men at Dopefests? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056.md?page=3)