# It's about time things changed on this MB. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 25, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421 "2009-02-25T21:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421/21 "2009-02-27T00:36:48Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > Ok. That’s a sufficient explanation. Thank you counselor. > > No warning issued. Case dismissed. If we’re going to talk as if we’re in court, can I issue a writ of mandamus for a few bannings? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421/22 "2009-02-27T01:18:53Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I’d agree with you if it was just the Pit that was at issue. But it’s not. The postings here in ATMB are often classic examples of the sort of attitude I think is making the place less enjoyable. The rule of the day in this forum tends to be snark, regularly aimed at the volunteers (note that word, please (and yes, I know that you, **mhendo** understand that’s what they are, but I’m asking those who are reading and may forget this to remember it!)) who offer their time and effort to try and make this place more enjoyable than it would be if there were no moderators or administrators. Often the attitude displayed seems to be an assertion that these volunteers OWE something to the posters here. The focus of such posters is “me, me, me, me!” Consideration for the others who use the forum seems to be an unimportant concern. > > As I understand it, the changes going on here aren’t just designed for making the Pit a better place. They have as a general goal making the whole experience of this Message Board more enjoyable for those who inhabit it. For me, that’s a good thing, and I hope that the “management” are successful in accomplishing that. That whole post seems to me to be completely non-responsive, because it precisely fails to address how or why the “changes going on here” will have any effect whatsoever outside the Pit. It begs the very question that it claims to answer. Now, it could be that there are other plans afoot to deal with places like GD, GQ, and ATMB. I don’t know. But you can hardly deny that your thread was motivated, in the main, by the current debate over recent rule changes, and more specifically Rule #2. Sure, the rule about taking all complaints about the board to ATMB, and the rule about no obscenities in thread titles, will have some small effect outside the Pit. But virtually no-one has been complaining about those. I think the first of those is a good rule, and i’m completely indifferent either way to the second. What i’m saying is that i agree with your position regarding other forums, but those could have been addressed without completely fucking over the Pit, and the bad attitudes in those forums is not connected to the current controversy that seems to have gotten you indignant on behalf of the staff and the boards. As for the attitude to the staff, i’m of two minds about that. When we’re talking about volunteers, i tend to agree, although no-one is forcing them to volunteer, and just because you don’t get paid doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be willing to take some criticism. But virtually all the ire right now is directed at the one guy who, as i understand, IS actually paid for the work he does in connection with the Straight Dope and these message boards. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421/23 "2009-02-27T12:21:39Z")
I’m sorry, **mhendo** , but you are making an incorrect assumption about my motivations in re: this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421/24 "2009-02-27T12:55:46Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > In the interim, what are your thoughts on my passing gas? Dude, two words: Vinyl Turnips. It would be epic. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421/25 "2009-02-27T14:16:15Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > If we’re going to talk as if we’re in court, can I issue a writ of mandamus for a few bannings? 😛 I’d like to use habeas corpus: there are a few bodies that I’d like to see in this court. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-things-changed-on-this-mb/487421/26 "2009-02-27T17:28:56Z")
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