# Not that you care, but I may not be renewing. (Administration of the SDMB) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491 "2005-03-27T20:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/41 "2005-03-28T02:53:01Z")
> [@leander](#): > > No, it’s cause you’re a total schmuck. > > Have been ever since I’ve been around. > > That’s probably the reason no one takes you seriously. Wellnow, I’m not sure how gratuitous **Reeder** -bashing is entirely germane. But your comment doesn’t negate his point. He’s a schmuck, perhaps, but he knows it. He’s not trying to blame it on Nazi mods. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/42 "2005-03-28T03:21:18Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > I invite you to name one instance where popular demand on the board has gotten the administration to reverse a decision. > > Adam TVeblen was kind enough to reopen [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305209) that she had previously closed without noticing my link at the bottom of the OP. You could also check out a poster named, I think **Xamanitix** who was banned, but reinstated. Do I get a cookie for giving you two examples? I have to say that I am completely taken aback by accusations that the board has become more “Nazi” like. If anything, since they’ve gone to P2P, it’s been undermoderated. It takes longer to get idiots banned, they haven’t tagged many socks, and there much slower, if they do it at all, in closing anti-adminitration threads. In my experience here, the boards are much more dominated by flirt, stories, and game threads than ever, yet it hasn’t stopped the bitching about it. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/43 "2005-03-28T03:39:37Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Stick around for a bit, Adam. Maybe things will perk up a bit. I agree that there’s been a change in mood here in the last few months; there’s some detectable tension on the SDMB overall. These things just seem to go in cycles. Every year there’s _at least_ one scandal, one spectacular banning, one ruckus about administrative policy, etc… I really haven’t noticed all that much difference in the last few months, and it’s been positively tepid compared with some of the shit I’ve observed going down here four or five years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/44 "2005-03-28T03:51:01Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > Who besides the mods and admins have the ability to change board protocol? I invite you to name one instance where popular demand on the board has gotten the administration to reverse a decision. > > Adam Well, there’s [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=128401), about **Scylla** ’s testicles, which was locked and then unlocked following the debate in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=128450) In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266080), **Hampshire** wanted to know the secret to a magic trick. Some posters got the mods to close it, based on a faulty understanding of intellectual property law. It led to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266110&highlight=magician), where the IP issues were straightened out, and the original thread was re-opened. Oh, and because of popular demand, the mods now post threads in ATMB explaining why posters are banned. Between me and **Hamlet** , that’s five examples. Still think the mods are Nazis? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/45 "2005-03-28T04:19:00Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > I’ve been berated, hated and suspended… **Reeder** , are you by any chance Arlo Guthrie? > [@andros](#): > > Wellnow, I’m not sure how gratuitous **Reeder** -bashing is entirely germane. Goddamnit, more Godwinism! Leave the Germanes out of this!!! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/46 "2005-03-28T04:56:32Z")
I’m _so fucking glad_ there are no more flirt threads. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/47 "2005-03-28T05:38:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Leave the Germanes out of this!!! Just don’t mention the war. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/48 "2005-03-28T05:45:04Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > I’m _so fucking glad_ there are no more flirt threads. From what I’m aware, flirt things aren’t banned, personals threads are. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/49 "2005-03-28T06:15:43Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > I’m _so fucking glad_ there are no more flirt threads. Hey, **Jackalope** …how _you_ doin’? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/50 "2005-03-28T06:18:25Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > From what I’m aware, flirt things aren’t banned, personals threads are. **Flamsterette\_X** ’s quite harmless flirt thread was locked down. Something to do with supposedly competing with the Chicago Reader’s personal ads, even though most Dopers don’t live in Chicago. But the new registration agreement says: “_Do not start threads expressly for the purpose of meeting other posters for romantic or sexual purposes_.” That does look to put a damper on flirt threads, at least in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Avenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Avenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avenger)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/51 "2005-03-28T06:26:31Z")
Only one way to find out, someone get to MPSIMS and start an ‘official flirt thread’! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/52 "2005-03-28T12:09:57Z")
I care fuckall about flirt threads, but this is something I’ve been interested in since the incident. Bolding mine. > [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > I’ll also come out and say that **TubaDiva** should not have gotten her job back. She exposed the SDMB and _The Chicago Reader_ to an assload of liability by revealing the personal information of a doper and alienated thousands of other dopers in the same breath. \*\*I feel quite a bit less safe about my own personal information now – what could the admins dig up on me and use against me on the board if they were so inclined? \*\* > > \ > > Adam The admins probably couldn’t dig up much more than you’ve already provided every reader of these boards yourself. Here’s a tip. Security begins at home. For instance, if one were interested in keeping personal information secure, one would not, on a popular public message board, post a link to his website (requesting critique), which lists a full name, address, phone number, photo and personal history. That’s like complaining about a peeping tom when you walk the streets with your dick hanging out of your pants. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/53 "2005-03-28T12:29:09Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > But the new registration agreement says: “_Do not start threads expressly for the purpose of meeting other posters for romantic or sexual purposes_.” That does look to put a damper on flirt threads, at least in my opinion. Does this mean we can no longer say “fuck you!”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491/54 "2005-03-28T13:51:51Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > There was a recent thread that involved how to dispose of bodies. Best ways to not get caught even. Instead of actually closing it, it was moved from one forum to one “more properly suited.” > [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > That’s because we mods/admins were reading that thread with _great interest._ That’s the straw that breaks the Trojan Horse, as far as this doper is concerned. Jackbooted moderators and administrators who are in league with Satan are one thing - something this doper can accept, as part of the rich tapestry of doperdom. But sharing the secrets of the most worshipful company of undertakers and morticians is beyond the pale. I shall most certainly not be renewing. And the board has changed not inconsiderably and not for the better since the good old days of **Carruthers** , **Scintilla** and **Thyroid**. I have better uses for my $3.75, which works out at nearly 11 cents a day. In **Carruthers’** day, that would have bought me a return trip to Amsterdam, with enough cash left over to catch any disease I cared for. You don’t get that kind of value here any more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-that-you-care-but-i-may-not-be-renewing-administration-of-the-sdmb/296491.md?page=2)