# Choosing the right forum is not always easy..

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 23, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-the-right-forum-is-not-always-easy/457440 "2008-07-23T02:20:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-the-right-forum-is-not-always-easy/457440/1 "2008-07-23T02:20:30Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9971048#post9971048](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9971048#post9971048)

I refer to the post from scrambledeggs that got him a warning. His question was “What is it so hard to get a federal job?” He posted it in Great Debates, he was warned and it was moved to GQ.

Now, I don’t think he was all that out of line in GD. Obviously there is not one simple factual answer to that question. Some people might say that it is because Bush will only let die-hard Republicans get a job and someone else will argue that it is because the Jews control everything. So it really isn’t GQ, and could be GD.

Maybe it is also less than cosmic, so it should be in IMHO. Not everything fits so neatly…

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**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-the-right-forum-is-not-always-easy/457440/2 "2008-07-23T03:14:19Z")

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I would have put it in IMHO, sounds like a poll.

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-the-right-forum-is-not-always-easy/457440/3 "2008-07-23T04:35:32Z")

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FWIW, that thread doesn’t seem to have a debate in it. Everyone is posting factual answers and not conspiracy theories.

You either know the answer to the question or you don’t. There isn’t any middle ground.