# How reliable and unreliable is this site? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 6, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170 "2024-02-06T05:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/41 "2024-02-07T04:13:42Z")
Don’t know much about pedantry, Don’t know much biology, Don’t know much about the science schtick, Don’t know much about the nits I pick. But I do know how to cite a source, And I know if you post on Discourse, What a wonderful world this would be. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/42 "2024-02-07T04:17:48Z")
Well done! 👏 ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/43 "2024-02-07T04:18:36Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Nit-pickery, don’t forget. and Skullduggery ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/44 "2024-02-07T04:36:29Z")
Pretty reliable indeed. Messages post instantly and are almost never lost to glitch. (Unlike our old format up to the year 2020, which would time-out glitch all the time. This post-2020 one has been great.) Very solid on all fronts. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/45 "2024-02-07T04:39:36Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Well done! Thank you. I couldn’t think of anything SDMB-related for the second line. The last line is in the subjunctive, while the rest are not, which vaguely irritates me. Any suggestions? (I’m an auditor. I get paid to be anal-retentive.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/46 "2024-02-07T04:51:02Z")
Well, a few quick ones for Line 2: _Don’t know why some posters can’t agree_ _Don’t know much about a warning spree_ _Don’t know much about a ban decree_ I wouldn’t worry about the subjunctive in the last line. It brings the whole thing back to the song it’s based on. If somebody didn’t know what song it was based on before, they will at the end. Hope this helps! ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/47 "2024-02-07T12:08:53Z")
Ah! This is a winner! 🙂 Which reminds me that another weapon is “witty humor”. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/48 "2024-02-07T12:09:41Z")
Don’t know much about pedantry, Don’t know why some posters can’t agree. Don’t know much about the science schtick, Don’t know much about the nits I pick. But I do know how to cite a source, And I know if you’d post in Discourse, What a wonderful world this would be. Ah, that’s much better. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/49 "2024-02-07T17:27:28Z")
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/50 "2024-02-07T17:32:22Z")
**Moderator Warning** > [@Jagraze1](#): > > Do you think, there is anything unreliable about this site? Like a lot of suites are unreliable (ex: Reddit). Is SD one of them? You were given instructions not to discuss Reddit here: > [@The Situation of the Basque language is awfully overestimated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-situation-of-the-basque-language-is-awfully-overestimated/989008/36): > > Moderator Note Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board! If you want to talk about the Basque language, that’s great! You’ll probably get some interesting conversation about it here. But this is not the place to bitch about reddit. Let’s have no more discussion about reddit, please. If you want to bitch about reddit, do it on reddit. Not here. Again, welcome, and we hope that you enjoy your time here. You received a warning for violating these instructions here: > [@Redditors wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redditors-wrong/989258/3): > > As @Johnny_Bravo says. I’m fairly active on Reddit, but I stick to specific subreddits that are germaine to my interest. Some of them are very useful, with intelligent redditors who know what they are talking about. Some are full of idiots and trolls. Regardless, if you, @Jagraze1 , are looking for a “source of truth” for things, any social media site, on its own, is, generally speaking, not necessarily going to be particularly trustworthy. “Some random redditor” might be actually well-vers… This is a formal warning for again violating those same moderator instructions. If you continue to violate moderator instructions, we will be forced to review your posting privileges. Do not do this again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170.md?page=2)