# Strange things are afoot at the SDMB ... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 3, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162 "2001-01-03T00:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/1 "2001-01-03T00:40:49Z")
I was just scrolling through, reading some threads, and suddenly my window transformed into one as though I’d clicked to post into the thread. In the box where we typically type in our posts were everybody’s posts from the thread, with commands for bolding, italics and quoting in brackets as though they’d just been typed. It looked as though I could have modified people’s posts if I’d so chose. This happened to me a couple of times over the course of the past half-hour. Clicking the ‘back’ button returned me to my regularly scheduled thread. What’s up with that? Is this occurring with anyone else? If it happens again, I’m changing Stoidela’s posts to read, “I wanna do for George W. what Monica did for Bill.” (I’m kidding.) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/2 "2001-01-03T02:20:05Z")
I’ll alert the authorities… could you make a couple of screen shots and mail them to [Tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:Tubadiva@aol.com) when it happens again (just press “print screen” on a Windows machine, and “paste” in a graphics program like Paint Shop)? Sounds weird. And thanks, for informing us. ---
**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/3 "2001-01-03T02:38:49Z")
So did _all_ the posts come up, or just one at a time? Sounds like you might have accidentally clicked on the “edit post” button. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/4 "2001-01-03T02:50:45Z")
I suspect you’ve found another bug for us, as I do not see anything that would cause this to happen otherwise. Please send me an email and tell me about your set up, all the machine specs, operating system, etc. And yeah, some screen shots would be helpful too. Thanks, sorry it weirded you out. your humble TubaDiva Administrator [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/5 "2001-01-03T03:06:41Z")
This could be the First Manifestation of Moderatordom for **Milo.** I’ve heard vague whisperings of this sort of thing. And I’ve heard that **John Corrado** and **UncleBeer** are tired of being the only Right Wing Loonies with moderator powers…at the semi-monthly Moderator Orgies, **manhattan** and **Gaudere** and **Alphagene** and **TVeblen** are always giving them hotfoots and putting up buckets of water over their doors. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/6 "2001-01-03T03:22:57Z")
::::::: A ‘view source’ type of thing. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/7 "2001-01-03T04:48:31Z")
If this is what I’m thinking of, it has happened to me a couple of times before as well. I just always figured it as a strange glitch–it never occurred to me to think devious thoughts like changing posts (like Milo). I just always hit the ‘back’ button and go on. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/8 "2001-01-03T05:02:43Z")
Mods: OK. It hasn’t happened since. I will do the ‘print screen’ thing if it does. > [@](#): > > \*\*Please send me an email and tell me about your set up, all the machine specs, operating system, etc. \*\* Heh heh. Ms. Diva, you vastly overrate my understanding of these here computers. It’s all I can do to send email. It’s a hunk o’ junk PC, Windows 95, Using IE 5.0. Anything else? You’ll have to guide me through it like a second-grader. > [@](#): > > \*\*So did all the posts come up, or just one at a time? Sounds like you might have accidentally clicked on the “edit post” button. \*\* Everybody’s posts were together in the text box, like one very long post. The two or three times this happened, I _definitely_ didn’t hit any buttons. I was just hitting the down arrow on the right, scrolling down the thread. > [@](#): > > \*\*This could be the First Manifestation of Moderatordom for Milo. \*\* I guess all of Gadarene’s, wring’s, Stoid’s and RTA’s campaigning on my behalf is finally paying off. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/9 "2001-01-03T06:34:24Z")
Yep, you’ll be too busy with your new duties–you’ll be out of our hair! 🙂 I think you’d probably make a good moderator, actually. Smart enough for it. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/10 "2001-01-03T11:18:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Anything else? You’ll have to guide me through it like a second-grader. Find the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop (what you see when all windows are minimized). Right-click on it, then click on “Properties”. That should bring up a little window that displays your CPU, RAM, and manufacturer, and maybe a few other nifty tidbits of info. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-sdmb/48162/11 "2001-01-03T15:43:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Milossarian \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\*This could be the First Manifestation of Moderatordom for Milo. > > \*\* > > I guess all of Gadarene’s, wring’s, Stoid’s and RTA’s campaigning on my behalf is finally paying off. 😃 > \*\* There must have been a mistake. I nominated you for the “miss congeniality award”. 😃