# MPSIMS threads closed for being mundane and pointless. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 25, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590 "2014-11-25T14:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/61 "2014-11-30T02:10:49Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > …When he first started posting, he was clearly posting things for their shock value… That’s a common misconception… here is a list of my initial posts: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17578641&postcount=24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17578641&postcount=24) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/62 "2014-11-30T04:22:36Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > If you start a blog elsewhere, you can post about any damn thing you want. > > Here, you have been enjoined from posting on any of these topics. By “you can post about any damn thing you want” does that also mean my sex life? > [@twickster](#): > > …He may provide a link to that blog in his signature and anyone who wants to read it may do so. I’m thinking of starting a blog here: (the link is an example blog) > **[Need Montage Music - The Giraffe Boards](https://www.giraffeboards.com/blog.php?b=1548)** > > Need Montage Music Iris ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/63 "2014-11-30T09:10:14Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > By “you can post about any damn thing you want” does that also mean my sex life? Why are you asking a mod here about what you’ll be able to post in your own blog somewhere else? That’s the point of having a blog, you can write _about anything you like._ ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/64 "2014-11-30T16:53:24Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Why are you asking a mod here about what you’ll be able to post in your own blog somewhere else? That’s the point of having a blog, you can write _about anything you like._ He (JohnClay) is trying to be clever with the wording - While the moderator is clearly implying that he can post anything he wants to a blog _ **elsewhere** _ - JohnClay is trying to twist the wording to mean that if he posts it elsewhere, he can also post it here. [QUOTE=twickster] If you start a blog elsewhere, you can post about any damn thing you want. [/QUOTE] I would request that **twickster** be more explicit in his meaning here. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/65 "2014-11-30T16:57:36Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > If you start a blog elsewhere, you can post about any damn thing you want. > [@simster](#): > > I would request that **twickster** be more explicit in his meaning here. **JohnClay** , if you start a blog elsewhere, you can post any damn thing you want _in that blog_. The prohibition \*here \*on your posting about your mental issues, marriage, sex life, etc., will continue to be in effect. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/66 "2014-11-30T17:47:25Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Here, you have been enjoined from posting on any of these topics. There’s part of the problem. One of the meanings of enjoined is; instruct or urge (someone) to do something. In fact, that’s the first definition given. Mod instructions should be clear and concise, not open to multiple meanings. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/67 "2014-11-30T18:57:33Z")
> [@simster](#): > > He (JohnClay) is trying to be clever with the wording. Huh. Guess I’m just not cunning and subtle enough for his machinations. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/68 "2014-11-30T19:05:23Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > When someone basically tells not to post anything personal about yourself because reasons, it doesn’t exactly feel you with the warm fuzzies. > > And as far as people complaining because **John** is being **John** , well that’s just silly, nobody is being forced to post in his threads. > […] Does this last sentence ever mean anything? Yes, no one is being forced to post in **JohnClay** ’s threads but people who _do_ post in them have certain valid expectations about doing so and when those expectations consistently are not met, they have equally valid reasons to report the thread. Also, wasn’t it Goebbels who said nobody was forcing anyone to read 'Dolfie’s posts on the inferiority of other nations compared to Germany? Ha-ha, _Godwinized_ the thread! I win, er, lose! Note : I left **Shake** ’s first sentence in the quote because I rather like the idea of someone feeling me with the warm fuzzies. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/69 "2014-11-30T21:11:51Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > If you start a blog elsewhere, you can post about any damn thing you want. > > Here, you have been enjoined from posting on any of these topics. > [@Morgenstern](#): > > There’s part of the problem. > > One of the meanings of enjoined is; > instruct or urge (someone) to do something. > > In fact, that’s the first definition given. Mod instructions should be clear and concise, not open to multiple meanings. Well, he’s already been sanctioned. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/70 "2014-11-30T21:54:06Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > By “you can post about any damn thing you want” does that also mean my sex life? > I’m thinking of starting a blog here: (the link is an example blog) > [Need Montage Music - The Giraffe Boards](http://www.giraffeboards.com/blog.php?b=1548) You should give it a shot. I hear it’s a pretty good site with very welcoming people. Be sure and participate in all of the forums. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/71 "2014-11-30T22:14:51Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > You should give it a shot. I hear it’s a pretty good site with very welcoming people. Be sure and participate in all of the forums. Good luck! I see what you did there. 😛 Personally, if I were JohnClay, I’d choose a blog platform with a wider audience. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/72 "2014-12-01T06:08:46Z")
Hi I was thinking about starting a thread about this but anyway - any requests for what I could talk about in my blog? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/73 "2014-12-01T06:16:34Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Hi I was thinking about starting a thread about this but anyway - any requests for what I could talk about in my blog? Whatever’s on your mind. Isn’t a blog for posting _your_ thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/74 "2014-12-01T06:19:05Z")
It’s for an audience though and I want to think of them too… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/75 "2014-12-01T06:21:14Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > …Personally, if I were JohnClay, I’d choose a blog platform with a wider audience. Yeah there is an audience to consider. And I could make money on the side with ads 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/76 "2014-12-01T06:32:55Z")
> [@simster](#): > > He (JohnClay) is trying to be clever with the wording - > > While the moderator is clearly implying that he can post anything he wants to a blog _ **elsewhere** _ - JohnClay is trying to twist the wording to mean that if he posts it elsewhere, he can also post it here… Actually I didn’t think of that loophole… I just wanted to be sure that twickster was ok that the linked to blog might contain controversial things… ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/77 "2014-12-01T06:48:43Z")
My signature isn’t showing up - I’ll post again and see if it will show up now: ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590/78 "2014-12-01T07:17:24Z")
**Moderator Action** Topic requests for your blog have nothing to do with the SDMB. Since the discussion here seems to have drifted away from things that do have something to do with the SDMB, I am going to close this. Thread closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpsims-threads-closed-for-being-mundane-and-pointless/705590.md?page=3)