# Inquiry into why Lynn chose to close my thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 6, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533 "2009-05-06T12:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/1 "2009-05-06T12:54:06Z")
This is the thread: [Announcement: Domebo.net General Interest and online community board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11111819#post11111819). This is her reason given: > [@](#): > > \If you have something of interest that’s related to another board, then you should post it on that other board. Similarly, problems on other boards need to be resolved on those other boards.\ While that seems reasonable if it was a new thread, I simply added a new post to a thread I had gotten permission from the staff to start. I posted it as I understood for years the Straightdope chat (not affiliated but associated) has been very lightly used. I thought some Dopers might be interested in using the new chat that seemed very lively. Most posters on Domebo and Giraffe’s are also Dopers. Please reconsider the closing of the thread. My post was something that I clearly thought might interest Dopers that liked chat. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/2 "2009-05-06T14:31:31Z")
Give you a hint, Jim: The reason she closed your thread is the reason Domebo exists. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/3 "2009-05-06T15:48:15Z")
Yeah, imagine the assholery of placing a limit on letting you use this site to recruit members for a splinter board. Because, I’ll be honest with you, when I saw that post I thought “what chutzpah!” Maybe you should come up with a way of finding new members that doesn’t rely on us? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/4 "2009-05-06T15:53:24Z")
I wonder when this thread will close. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/5 "2009-05-06T15:55:53Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Please reconsider the closing of the thread. My post was something that I clearly thought might interest Dopers that liked chat. I agreed with the closing. You were allowed to start the thread and draw attention to your own board, and I think that’s fair enough. Bumping it every time a new feature is added is more like advertising. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/6 "2009-05-06T15:56:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yeah, imagine the assholery of placing a limit on letting you use this site to recruit members for a splinter board. Because, I’ll be honest with you, when I saw that post I thought “what chutzpah!” Maybe you should come up with a way of finding new members that doesn’t rely on us? I hope that was addressed to **PRR** and not me. I asked a simple polite question about a thread closure that I had permission to start in the first place. I have done everything through the proper channels. I don’t think your snark or PRR’s is really appropriate to this thread but maybe a Moderator of MPSIMS or another Admin will see it an answer at least. Your reason may well be valid but it is not what **Lynn** posted. I quoted what she posted and it did not make sense. > [@Marley23](#): > > I agreed with the closing. You were allowed to start the thread and draw attention to your own board, and I think that’s fair enough. Bumping it every time a new feature is added is more like advertising. Thank you for the answer and I guess the prior snark did help. That is fine and makes far more sense. Thank you for letting me start it in the first place **Marley23**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/7 "2009-05-06T17:17:56Z")
Yeah, the snark I was aiming at **PRR** definitely splashed on you – but think about it: if some number of people are active at both boards, those who are active at the other board already know about whatever improvements you add there. Announcing it here is fishing for members who aren’t active at the other board. Thus “Most posters on Domebo and Giraffe’s are also Dopers” isn’t all that relevant. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/8 "2009-05-06T17:49:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yeah, the snark I was aiming at **PRR** definitely splashed on you – but think about it: if some number of people are active at both boards, those who are active at the other board already know about whatever improvements you add there. Announcing it here is fishing for members who aren’t active at the other board. Thus “Most posters on Domebo and Giraffe’s are also Dopers” isn’t all that relevant. Here’s more snark right back atcha, babe: Do you folks know what you want? Your policy is that permitting friendly discussion of other boards is okay, 'cept when it’s chutzpah-laden free advertising of an adversarial board, with which you’re interested in maintaining warm relations, other than when it’s the enemy. Besides all that, we’re one big happy family. "Cept when we’re not. Have I got it right? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/9 "2009-05-06T17:57:34Z")
I don’t regard DoMeBo as the enemy – but that doesn’t mean I think we have an obligation to provide space for you to recruit new members here. Let’s not get all Manichean. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/10 "2009-05-06T18:18:16Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I don’t regard DoMeBo as the enemy – but that doesn’t mean I think we have an obligation to provide space for you to recruit new members here. Let’s not get all Manichean. It’s not the “enemy”. In fact, it’s a nice resource. Something that a site devoted to fighting ignorance should be accepting. WhatExit wasn’t attempting to provoke anything sinister, he was just sharing some updates. No harm here people. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/11 "2009-05-06T18:24:02Z")
That’s fair **twickster** but **Lynn** did not really put it that way. I was hoping it would be reopened. I am not challenging **Marley23’s** explanation and all I did was post to an existing thread (of my own) that was well under the Zombie limit about something I really did think some Dopers might enjoy, as in the past when chat was mentioned, I saw that it did exist but it was not in use. I had not posted to the thread for over a month despite dozens of improvements, I thought chat was something of more interest. I also might think of the other boards as more of companions than as splinters but I admit I am probably in a minority that post at all three. I really don’t think chutzpah was fair. If I opened a new thread, I can see it being different. If I dropped into one of your threads or added it to my signature sure. I am probably making too much out of chutzpah, but is does mean [nerve](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve) or [gall](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gall). It is not too nervy normally to update an existing thread. I simply posted to an existing thread. If **Lynn** did not react to it, I doubt that any of the other mods would have thought about it very much. Base on **Lynn** ’s post, no one should mention any other board. That would include the ever popular Freepers thing, Something Awful, even the Snopes board or anything else. I am happy to here that, that was not the reason. At least I hope that it was not the real reason. Oh, and I do agree **PRR** first post was not needed and not worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/12 "2009-05-06T18:33:10Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I simply posted to an existing thread. If **Lynn** did not react to it, I doubt that any of the other mods would have thought about it very much. I would have locked it myself if I’d noticed sooner. > [@](#): > > Base on **Lynn** ’s post, no one should mention any other board. Mentions of other boards are not a problem. Not to overdo it with slicing and dicing other people’s comments, but the key phrase in **Lynn Bodoni** ’s post would be “related to another board.” You were discussing a feature on DoMeBo, so that’s the place to announce it. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/13 "2009-05-06T18:37:16Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I would have locked it myself if I’d noticed sooner. OK, you’ve always been straight with me, I’ll take your word on it. So this wasn’t just **Lynn** doing her own thing again. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/14 "2009-05-06T19:35:02Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **PRR** first post was not needed and not worth it. Also not untrue. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/15 "2009-05-06T20:02:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Base on Lynn’s post, no one should mention any other board. That would include the ever popular Freepers thing, Something Awful, even the Snopes board or anything else. I am happy to here that, that was not the reason. At least I hope that it was not the real reason. It is very, very rare that we allow other boards to recruit members on this board. Very rare. I can’t remember the last time we allowed that. When we allow recruitment, or mention of an artistic endeavor, or something like that, the general rule is “One thread, and one bump.” While you stuck to the one thread bit, you (and other Domebo staff) bumped that thread several times. When you hit 20K posts, you announced it on the SDMB, not on Domebo. What’s more, you had people asking you questions about problems on that board, and instead of directing them to the other board to get the problems solved, you were using that thread to solve them in…and bumping the thread each time. The proper place to announce new and improved features for a message board is on that message board. We just got a feature working again, and I don’t believe that any staff member posted that fact on any other board, only on the SDMB. It wouldn’t be appropriate. If someone is a staff member at Something Awful, or Freepers, or some other board, and wants to recruit, it would be the same general thing. One announcement, one bump, and unless permission is sought in advance, the thread will be locked and probably disappeared. If there’s a problem at the other board, solve it at the other board. If someone has a problem with someone else on another board, again, take it to the other board to work it out. That’s been a rule for a very long time, because we’d get people making remarks on one board and carrying it over here (and vice versa) and there was just too much drama going on. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/16 "2009-05-06T20:23:30Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Here’s more snark right back atcha, babe: Do you folks know what you want? Your policy is that permitting friendly discussion of other boards is okay, 'cept when it’s chutzpah-laden free advertising of an adversarial board, with which you’re interested in maintaining warm relations, other than when it’s the enemy. Besides all that, we’re one big happy family. "Cept when we’re not. > > Have I got it right? “Adversarial board?” “The enemy?” What on earth are you talking about? Don’t put words in her mouth, especially such inflammatory ones. **Twicks** has expressed negative feelings toward Domebo several times that I’ve noticed. That’s her preogative. I don’t agree with her viewpoint on this matter. I hope that in time she’ll come around–in both senses. Lashing out at her will just make things worse. And I think you know that, which is why you’re doing it. In other words–stop trying to stir shit up. You’re just making the Domers look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/17 "2009-05-06T20:28:10Z")
I don’t know, I lurk over at the Domebo boards - though I don’t post. I think they should endeavor to make their own identity, separate from the Dope, instead of trying to recruit more posters from here or whatever. If they rely on us, they’ll probably die…but that’s just my two cents and as I am not a poster there, probably worth nothing. I am on Lynn’s side with this one. No good can come of trying to trawl (TRAWL! I said TRAWL!) this place for new posters. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/18 "2009-05-06T20:33:20Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > “Adversarial board?” “The enemy?” What on earth are you talking about? Don’t put words in her mouth, especially such inflammatory ones. > > **Twicks** has expressed negative feelings toward Domebo several times that I’ve noticed. That’s her preogative. I don’t agree with her viewpoint on this matter. I hope that in time she’ll come around–in both senses. > > Lashing out at her will just make things worse. And I think you know that, which is why you’re doing it. In other words–stop trying to stir shit up. You’re just making the Domers look bad. There’s very little, by way of subject, that may not be spoken of the SD, that bastion of free expression and ignorance-fighting–except when certain folks wish for certain subjects to acquire verboten status, amid much closing of threads, suspensions, mod-warnings and general consternation. I can’t imagine what harm is being done in letting **What Exit** ’s thread continue, but \*\*Lynn \*\*didn’t think so and --selah! her will was done. Your input or mine, or any rationale at all, is not required. **Twix** , bless her good nature, wouldn’t say shit if she had a mouthful. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/19 "2009-05-06T20:41:12Z")
Another way of stating my point is that **Lynn** , had she not been an unusually hostile and bossy person by nature, who is granted carte blanche to do pretty well whatever pops into her head, might have simply commented on **What Exit** ’s thread and his recent additions to it politely, and perhaps solicited a discussion among loyal Dopers of whether this was advertising , etc. But what she did–as my initial comment simply implied-- was to act imperiously and rather impolitely, which I find to be the root of the origin of the splinter boards. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-into-why-lynn-chose-to-close-my-thread/495533/20 "2009-05-06T20:56:33Z")
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