Nope.
When we were on AOL we had two forums: Comments on Cecil’s Columns and General Questions. Ed was of the opinion that the entire world could be divided up that way.
We did not have other forum areas until we got out on our own. Here’s the earliest capture I could find from archive.org:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990828095410/http://www.straightdope.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi
Jenny
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