# If we did have permanent threads, what would you recommend? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 14, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404 "2000-06-14T22:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/21 "2000-12-22T00:59:25Z")
Show\_Biz, are you suggesting UncleBeer is using a sockpuppet? Another thing: just because you know how to explain vB-codes to newbies doesn’t make you immune to criticism. You’re not providing anything a good FAQ wouldn’t, with all due respect. ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/22 "2000-12-22T02:21:53Z")
Yes, with all due respect, that’s correct. Just because he’s now a moderator doesn’t make him immune to criticism. As to the FAQ, where have you been? That is exactly what I’ve been asking, begging, and working hard for the last 6 months. YES! YES! Get the folks some decent, permanent answers aready! It doesn’t show [sub\*\*] and [sup\*\*]. It doesn’t show how to link to an individual post. It doesn’t show how to post in blue. It doesn’t show how to do any fancy coding My thread has been linked to FORTY (40) times in the past six months because the vB code “help” stinks and people keep asking/griping about it in forty threads. A THOUSAND TIMES YES! FAQ YES! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/23 "2000-12-22T02:27:04Z")
So, lemme see here, we’ve got two separate statements here. 1. UncleBeer is using a sock puppet, namely Cannon. 2. It is time we get a decent, comprehensive FAQ. The first is obviously insane, and I have no idea where you even get the vague notion that this could be the case. Let’s just leave it at that. We’re in ATMB. The second, I wholeheartedly agree with. If only for the reason that we would finally get to see mr. Show\_Biz do something else than bumping his coding-thread. ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/24 "2000-12-22T02:30:48Z")
One of us is insane, yes. Let’s just leave it at that. We’re in ATMB. And I don’t just bump the thread, I add to it. But you would have no way of knowing that, would you? ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/25 "2000-12-22T02:33:56Z")
Also, I resent the implication that I only come here to boost that thread. That’s a typical thing for you to say, but it’s a lie. Go search my 300+ posts. How many are in that thread? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/26 "2000-12-22T02:40:32Z")
I think I’ve seen enough. Show\_Biz, listen carefully. We do **not** appreciate unsubstantiated claims about sock puppets and trolls on the boards. Anything along that line should be communicated by means of e-mails to moderators and/or administrators. You know this. Should you get the idea that a _moderator_ is using a sock puppet, mail one of the other moderators or administrators about it. Furthermore, repeating my words and turning them around doesn’t really elevate this conversation above the school yard level, does it? Please stop it. You’re making an ass out of yourself. Behave, Show\_Biz. Complaints about the administration (such as: “stupid moderators have no clue about what goes on in my Holy vB-Code Thread”) belong in the Pit. Consider yourself warned. Thanks for your kind cooperation. ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/27 "2000-12-22T02:51:06Z")
If I repeat childishness it’s because I’m not accustomed to be addressed with “M’kay?” and “Thanks for playing”. And talking like a teacher doesn’t make you one either. What I said about UncleBeer applies to you too. You are a disgrace to the “uniform”. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404/28 "2000-12-22T02:55:21Z")
He just couldn’t help himself. This thread is closed. **Show\_Biz** , we might get back to you on this, **m’kay**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-did-have-permanent-threads-what-would-you-recommend/22404.md?page=1)