# Moving threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 24, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246 "2010-12-24T01:49:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/1 "2010-12-24T01:49:06Z")
Not really a huge deal but I did want to get some clarification on a topic move. I posted [a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590434) in MPSIMS. I didn’t want it in IMHO but twickster moved it there because I was “asking for advice.” But there are various other threads in MPSIMS where people are asking others to share their stories or opinions (like [Stupidity by college professors/administrations. Share your experiences! - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590129) or [It's 2045, and you are going to a 2010 retro party. What to wear, bring, do? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590272)), and they weren’t moved. There is even a [(jokey) thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590285) that asks for advice _in the thread title_ that wasn’t moved to IMHO. Is there a way I should have worded my post so it wouldn’t have been moved? Or can I just get it moved back? I’m not asking for advice so much as asking other people to relate how they met their significant others. There is a substantively different “feel” to the responders in MPSIMS vs IMHO and I want to hear from the MPSIMS crowd. If I can’t get my thread moved back to MPSIMS, I’d frankly rather it be deleted. Thanks. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/2 "2010-12-24T02:31:47Z")
Cue the usual suspects. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/3 "2010-12-24T02:41:13Z")
I’ve already had one well-intentioned threadshit. It’s like if a gay person posted a thread about where to meet gay people, and some clueless marysue waltzes in to reply how well heterosexuality is working out for her. sigh ---
**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:** [December 24, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/4 "2010-12-24T02:44:48Z")
My apologies. I couldn’t resist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/5 "2010-12-24T03:08:01Z")
I meant Drachillix in [the thread I posted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590434). Not you here. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/6 "2010-12-24T12:17:37Z")
You were asking how to find someone who doesn’t want to have sex with you, so I moved it to IMHO, which is where dating advice threads are, including “how do I find someone who [whatever someone is looking for in a relationship of whatever kind].” No skin off my nose, I’ve moved it back. In the future, the easiest way to get these things dealt with is to use the “report this post” button (! in a triangle) and use the message on that to explain what you want. Yes, you can report your own post now, and no, post reports are not just for rules violations – they’re for anything you want a mod to do, like move a thread, correct a thread title, fix some coding after your edit window has expired, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/7 "2010-12-24T20:25:07Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > – they’re for anything you want a mod to do, like move a thread, correct a thread title, fix some coding after your edit window has expired, etc. . . . mow your lawn, pick up the kids from school, get rid of unwanted facial hair, get rid of embarrassing age spots, deliver a pizza . . . ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/8 "2010-12-24T21:29:06Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I didn’t want it in IMHO Can I ask why? Because you were asking for opinions - why wouldn’t you want it in IMHO? Plenty of people share personal information in every forum. IMHO is basically “MPSIMS, but with opinion gathering”. From your thread: > [@](#): > > Did you miss the entire disclaimer at the end of my post? I don’t care about your experiences with sexual relationships, they are not relevant, I’ve had many of my own, I do not want to hear about them from you or anybody else. > > This is why I wanted this in MPSIMS and not IMHO. I’m not sure why you feel that way - you’re more likely to get random “here’s a similar experience I had” in MPSIMS rather than a reflection on your experience that you’ll get in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-threads/565246/9 "2010-12-24T22:45:29Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I meant Drachillix in [the thread I posted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590434). Not you here. Drachillix posted exactly one sentence that was off-topic in the way you describe. It seems to have offended you quite a bit, but it’s at most a thread-shart and should be ignored in polite company.