# I don't know this board sysadmin Jerry, but.. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-this-board-sysadmin-jerry-but/462437 "2008-09-07T01:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-this-board-sysadmin-jerry-but/462437/61 "2008-09-08T12:03:29Z")
[QUOTE=Borborygmi’s loopy aunt] The government was behind 9/11! Planet X is coming! This turkey is too dry! [/QUOTE] .. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-this-board-sysadmin-jerry-but/462437/62 "2008-09-08T12:27:36Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Well he cracks me up, anyway, kind of like the slightly loopy great-aunt at Thanksgiving who says what everyone is already thinking but doesn’t have the guts to say. > > Stranger This is a picture of **Q.E.D.** that it will be hard to get out of my mind now. I’m not sure if I should thank you or not. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-this-board-sysadmin-jerry-but/462437/63 "2008-09-08T12:59:28Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10161063&postcount=10). I was hoping I could get Ed Zotti to expand on that, but he seemed rather unwilling to. I find it rather hard to reconcile his statement that he wishes to make money as soon as possible out of the Dope, with the way he runs it. **Q.E.D.** has been adamant that the Straight Dope is not a business, yet Ed Zotti has said he wants to make money from it. To me, that sounds like a business. Both prior to the upgrade and after it, it seems to to have been beleaguered with all sorts of problems and issues. I haven’t come across any other boards that have been subject to so many crashes. I haven’t come across any other boards where searching seems to be in such a major problem. I haven’t come across any other boards that have had problems implementing the taking of credit card charges. I have not come across any other boards that have either ignored or taken scant interest in its paying customers desires for improvements. I have always been unclear as to exactly what Jerry’s position is. Is he merely someone who is just helping out, a volunteer? Is he paid to do his job and if so, is he as has been suggested, a director? If he is a paid employee, has he been instructed (presumably by Ed Zotti) to treat his work on the Dope as low priority? If so, that doesn’t square with Ed Zotti’s moneymaking desires. I have absolutely no idea as to how technically boards are run, so I have no idea what the difficulties can involve. But I presume that the inability to solve problems can only be attributable to lack of interest, lack of money, or lack of expertise. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-this-board-sysadmin-jerry-but/462437/64 "2008-09-08T13:06:12Z")
Whilst composing the above I missed some of the subsequent comments, particularly **Polycarp** ’s which answers some of my points. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-this-board-sysadmin-jerry-but/462437.md?page=3)