# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/61 "2001-08-21T16:43:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > I’m secretly hoping **vix** will paw me a bit at ChiDope. Perhaps after the “best legs on the bar” contest? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/62 "2001-08-22T01:16:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > I ain’t broke. Edit is turned off here and it won’t be turned on. There is a discussion about why in [Why is editing of posts not allowed?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78910) It was hardly a conclusive, or even a persuasive, discussion of the question. Unless one considers “this is the way we’ve been doing it, we’re not going to change, and that’s that” to be persuasive. The troubling thing about the board administration is that it encourages fighting ignorance with respect to everything other than how the board is, or might be, run. **DrMatrix** , don’t be seduced by the dark side. > [@](#): > > Basically, it is not a good idea to allow editing, because someone can change what they said in the middle of an argument. So you say. In the cited thread, I proposed what seemed like a reasonable way of finessing that problem, a way that’s been tried elsewhere with some success. And there the thread died. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/63 "2001-08-22T01:27:39Z")
We’re not saying that other options are impossible. We’re just saying we choose not to exploit them. And c’mon, RTF. _“The troubling thing about the board administration is that it encourages fighting ignorance with respect to everything other than how the board is, or might be, run.”_ A bit dramatic, I’d say. We’re all working very hard to keep this puppy up and running in the most enjoyable way for everyone. The fact that things like edit functions, new smilies, and new user-suggested fora aren’t on the top of our priority lists doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate them. It merely means we’re busy doing other things. Like moderating MPSIMS for posts that belong in ATMB or perhaps the Pit. This thread, as you may recall, was a request about being careful with personal information. It was not meant as a debating platform for all the various circumstances that lead to the _need_ to be careful. _“It was hardly a conclusive, or even a persuasive, discussion of the question. Unless one considers “this is the way we’ve been doing it, we’re not going to change, and that’s that” to be persuasive.”_ But trust me: it **is** conclusive, at least for now. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/64 "2001-08-22T03:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beatle \* > \*\*You’re a little off on the height. But I promenade fabulously with gorgeous gals. \*\* You’re absolutely correct! I MEANT to write, six foot nine and gorgeous gals are always stalking \*\* beatle \*\* to promenade with them. I musta checked the wrong SDMB mastermind computer, sorry 'bout that mixup. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/65 "2001-08-22T03:49:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > \*\*I’m just glad noone remembers the night I danced nekkid on the bar singing ‘Copacabana’. \*\* Well, now we know what you gotta do to become a Moderator around here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/66 "2001-08-22T03:55:12Z")
😉 ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/67 "2001-08-22T12:50:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vix \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > > I’m secretly hoping **vix** will paw me a bit at ChiDope. > > Perhaps after the “best legs on the bar” contest? > > 😃 \*\* Hey, I’m in on this one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/68 "2001-08-22T13:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > **This thread, as you may recall, was a request about being careful with personal information. It was not meant as a debating platform for all the various circumstances that lead to the _need_ to be careful.** Hmmmmm…but it seems to have turned into yet another flirting thread… ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056/69 "2001-08-22T13:28:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Peta Tzunami \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > > **This thread, as you may recall, was a request about being careful with personal information. It was not meant as a debating platform for all the various circumstances that lead to the _need_ to be careful.** > > Hmmmmm…but it seems to have turned into yet another flirting thread… \*\* There’s some irony here, methinks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-rather-disturbing-trend-on-the-sdmb/77056.md?page=3)