# What happened to the "no linking to porn" rule? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919 "2003-01-16T04:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/1 "2003-01-16T04:57:56Z")
I’m not saying this as a criticism of the moderators, just a question about board policy. IIRC quite a few people have gotten into trouble for posting links to porn in the past. So how come this Playboy link was allowed to stay? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=154175&pagenumber=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=154175&pagenumber=2) Is the rule different now? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/2 "2003-01-16T05:12:51Z")
After thoroughly examining the link I found that I, um, wanted to see more like it. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/3 "2003-01-16T05:18:34Z")
He was warned for it (rather sternly) on the third page, but I thought it was odd that the links didn’t get edited. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/4 "2003-01-16T14:22:07Z")
It’s fixed now. Thanks for the heads up. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/5 "2003-01-16T19:10:48Z")
It was odd that those links weren’t removed. Dunno how such sloppy moderating coulda possibly happened. Damned details, I tell ya, damned details always trippin’ me up. Guess I won’t be getting a glowing performance review from Cecil this year . . . again. Thanks, Czarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/6 "2003-01-16T21:23:17Z")
Oh man. Im always show up after the party’s over! HMPH! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/7 "2003-01-16T22:55:08Z")
Moral of the story: Mods can’t be everywhere all at once. We do rely on your help. You see something like that, email a mod or administrator and we’ll handle it, and we’re grateful for your help. Our gratitude and $4.95 will buy you a cup of coffee, but there it is. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/8 "2003-01-17T00:19:54Z")
Rockford, I posted one once, it was a really cool link to a breast test, where you rated breasts… Like wow, however, I got a email from one of the mods in a new york minute. Still, as you mentioned, some links get through. I remember seeing an animation of breasts link staying for days… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/9 "2003-01-18T07:39:34Z")
That’s expensive coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/10 "2003-01-18T16:37:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > That’s expensive coffee. Perhaps the mods only drink [kopi luwak](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010525.html) coffee? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/11 "2003-01-18T19:27:34Z")
Starbuck’s large (or ventigrandoteveriveribigi, as they like to call it) vanilla cafe au lait is exactly 4.95 in NY. I think they charge by how fancy the name sounds. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/12 "2003-01-18T23:07:07Z")
Someday, **Guano** , we’ll explain the concept of “joke” to you. Over a $7.95 cup of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/13 "2003-01-19T00:40:47Z")
Inflation! Jeez! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SilentSpeak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SilentSpeak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentSpeak)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/14 "2003-01-19T00:44:26Z")
Shh, don’t tell them! Aw, goddamn it… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/15 "2003-01-19T08:01:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Someday, **Guano** , we’ll explain the concept of “joke” to you. \*\* 🙂 And I’ll do the same for you, my friend 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/16 "2003-01-20T21:16:29Z")
For future reference, by the way, it’s probably better to e-mail the mod _instead of_, rather than _in addition to_, posting about it. E-mail to the mods, the mods will see it. Post it to the boards, and the mods will also eventually see it, but in the meantime, the problem is that much worse. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/17 "2003-01-20T22:42:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*Starbuck’s large (or ventigrandoteveriveribigi, as they like to call it) vanilla cafe au lait is exactly 4.95 in NY. \*\* Cripes! The most expensive drink I can think of on our menu here in Orange County is an iced ventimassivehugesuperslammogulp white mocha, and that’s $4.45. Remind me to bring my own coffee if I ever come to New York … – Dragonblink, Green-aproned Corporate Wench ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-no-linking-to-porn-rule/148919/18 "2003-01-21T04:10:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*For future reference, by the way, it’s probably better to e-mail the mod _instead of_, rather than _in addition to_, posting about it. E-mail to the mods, the mods will see it. Post it to the boards, and the mods will also eventually see it, but in the meantime, the problem is that much worse. \*\* Even better: use the “Report this post to a moderator”-button under the offending post. That way, all the moderators for the particular forum are e-mailed instantly, with a link to the post. It saves both the reporting poster and the moderators time and effort.