# Bubby List?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 14, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293 "2002-03-14T16:56:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293/1 "2002-03-14T16:56:13Z")

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Anybody know what the buddy list is for/does?

Cheers

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293/2 "2002-03-14T17:01:05Z")

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From the FAQ (imagine that!):

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> The bubby list is used to keep track of the friends you have made on this board. By going to your “My vB Home”, you’ll be able to see which of your friends are currently online, and be able to send them a private message. Adding people to your buddy list also allow you to send private messages to multiple board members at the same time. You may add any member of this board to your buddy list by clicking this button in a member’s posts.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293/3 "2002-03-14T17:05:41Z")

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See the button on the upper right of your screen that says “f.a.q.”? That’s the f.a.q. about vBulletin features. Your question is one of those f.a.q., and the answer can be found there.

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**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293/4 "2002-03-14T17:09:17Z")

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I think Private Messaging has been disabled, however your Buddy List can show you when your Buddies are logged in to the Straight Dope. Unless they tick the privacy box in their User CP that allows them to log in anonymously.

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293/5 "2002-03-14T17:33:04Z")

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My kids have a bubby list. There’s Bubby Harriet and Bubby Hadassa (plus, due to remarriages and great-grandparents) other Grandmas as well. 🙂

(“Bubby” is the Yiddish word for Grandmother. See the title of the thread.) ;j

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubby-list/98293/6 "2002-03-14T17:35:17Z")

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Tried the FAQ earlier on but the site kept crashing on me 🙂

Asked here instead.

Thanks