# How should the Pit be changed, if at all? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 19, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859 "2021-07-19T23:19:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859/44 "2021-07-20T16:22:26Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Can’t remember who it was, but a Doper (maybe LSLGuy?) pointed out that our existence as a board may be dependent on the Chicago Sun-Times _ **not** _ realizing that it still owns us - and that it would be easy for a disgruntled ex-Doper (say, a banned troll) to go into the Pit, harvest a lot of the nastiest stuff there, and then present it to Sun-Times management in an attempt to get us shut down - considering that we aren’t an asset to Sun-Times at all, in a business sense. ‘twas [URL= [Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members? - #471 by Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/471)]Martin\_Hyde[/URL]. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859)._