# I Really Used to Like ATMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 3, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251 "2012-08-03T03:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/61 "2012-08-05T03:10:21Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Gosh, you’re _right_. O how I long for those glorious olden days of ATMB\* where we’d have indepth discussions of technical issues of the most super-interesting variety. Let’s return to those happy golden days of yore. > > Poster 1: Im new here does html work? \bold\ \blink\ \underline\ > > Poster 2: We use VB code here. So it’s [b]for bold [/b] and [i] for italics [/i] but without the spaces. > > Poster 1: LOL so html is off lame!!! But I get it. how do u do underline i dont use itacs. How do u do blink??? > > Poster 3: Spelling and punctuation is an important part of our culture here too. Maybe you should lurk a bit. > > Poster 1: u r so stupid–im txting this on my phone lol! > > poster 2: Underline is [u]like this [/u] without the spaces. Blink sucks and everyone hates it. > > Mod 1: Poster 1, this is ATMB and we don’t permit flaming here. Please don’t call people stupid or other names outside of our Pit forum. > > Poster 1: This _is_ **STUPID**. i was attked first by poster 3 who said i cant spell or punctutate. _why cant i figth back??_ Also every cool mssgbrd uses blink. > > Mod 2: Perhaps you would be so kind to list every one of these “cool” messageboards that allows the blink tag? > > Poster 1: Y? If i do, youll just ruin it too cuz your stupoid. LOLOL 😃 > > Mod 2: So you’re saying that anyone who doesn’t spell or write like you is stupid? Could you validate this theory by showing us your degrees in English? > > and so on. I am so glad you agree with me. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/62 "2012-08-05T04:10:30Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > If this were the case, **Diogenes the Cynic** would be a moderator today. That would be awesome. Not necessarily good for fighting ignorance, advancing reason or even board longevity. But awesome nonetheless. _“No, it’s not. You are banned.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/63 "2012-08-05T04:18:40Z")
That would at least be highly entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/64 "2012-08-05T14:21:30Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I don’t really understand this point of view. If people are still talking about an issue and nobody’s breaking any rules or being a jerk, why close it down just because someone arbitrarily decides “you guys have talked about this enough now”? But that is exactly what _is_ happening as I just pointed out. Sometimes they do this, sometimes not. It’s the inconsistency that is baffling. If they want a nice tidy “just the facts ma’am” type forum, great, if they want another version of the Pit, well, maybe not so great. But at least pick one. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/65 "2012-08-05T17:13:58Z")
About This Message Board? More like Wallowing In Manufactured Drama. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/66 "2012-08-05T17:18:57Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > But that is exactly what _is_ happening as I just pointed out. Sometimes they do this, sometimes not. It’s the inconsistency that is baffling. If they want a nice tidy “just the facts ma’am” type forum, great, if they want another version of the Pit, well, maybe not so great. But at least pick one. So your argument for why the SDMB should consistently lock threads is because currently their reasons for locking some threads is “baffling” to you? You want them to lock all threads because you can’t figure out why they only lock some threads? Seriously? Note: I’m very pro-thread, I am firmly opposed to almost all thread abortions. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/67 "2012-08-06T15:58:52Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > So your argument for why the SDMB should consistently lock threads is because currently their reasons for locking some threads is “baffling” to you? > > You want them to lock all threads because you can’t figure out why they only lock some threads? > > Seriously? If the rules on thread locking, in any forum, are inconsistent, then that’s an issue any of us would have. In case you haven’t notice, ATMB regularly has threads where people ask why certain threads are closed. I am hardly the only person who wonders about such matters. In fact, some threads get closed/re-opened due to uncertainty by the mods themselves about whether they should be open or not. I am just pointing out an inconsistency. I lean towards keeping ATMB a bit tidier in blocking long threads, while some threads are shut down way too soon (after just a couple posts). Just to clarify things: I am not suggesting that all threads be locked right away. Nor am I suggesting that all threads be kept open forever. Some tidiness, without being completely anal, is recommended _for this particular forum_. (Interesting that people focus on the keep threads open too long part of my post and ignore the part about mods clamping down hard. Very interesting.) ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251/68 "2012-08-06T16:08:40Z")
I disagree with you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-used-to-like-atmb/630251.md?page=3)