# Doper Social Groups! (New feature) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724 "2008-09-02T18:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/21 "2008-09-02T22:25:38Z")
Alright, I still can’t get a message posted to my group. Would I kind person please try it also and let me know the results? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/22 "2008-09-02T22:35:26Z")
[Pacific Northwest Dopers, w00t!](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/group.php?groupid=25) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/23 "2008-09-03T00:10:19Z")
I can’t access to even see what it’s about. What the FUCK! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/24 "2008-09-03T00:12:42Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I can’t access to even see what it’s about. What the FUCK! It’s been disabled. I figured it would be. I still think it’d be a nice thing to have, though, after the new board is sorted out, but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/25 "2008-09-03T00:13:01Z")
Never mind! ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/26 "2008-09-03T00:18:15Z")
I would think that TPTB (Notably Jerry) would realize that once Dopers are allowed to start crawling around their shiny new server we would find just about anything they hadn’t turned off before startup. They (he) probably did but underestimated it’s effects on the database. Perhaps when some of the basic bugs are worked out we can talk them into turning it back on. I’m still not sure what it’s for or what it does, but I want it. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/27 "2008-09-03T00:33:20Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > It’s been disabled. I figured it would be. I still think it’d be a nice thing to have, though, after the new board is sorted out, but that’s just me. I turned it off. Blame me. 😃 It’s just temporary until we get the official go-ahead to get them back going and after we hammer out any rules/guidelines we need to make sure the groups don’t get out of hand. Personally, I think they’re pretty nifty. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/28 "2008-09-03T00:38:27Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > I turned it off. Blame me. 😃 It’s just temporary until we get the official go-ahead to get them back going and after we hammer out any rules/guidelines we need to make sure the groups don’t get out of hand. Personally, I think they’re pretty nifty. Woohoo, a mod thinks they’re nifty too! Makes me regret not meeting you that one AZ dopefest even more now. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/29 "2008-09-03T01:21:17Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > I turned it off. Blame me. 😃 It’s just temporary until we get the official go-ahead to get them back going and after we hammer out any rules/guidelines we need to make sure the groups don’t get out of hand. Personally, I think they’re pretty nifty. Yeah SkipMagic! I am glad it’s being considered, thanks for the update. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/30 "2008-09-03T01:42:41Z")
Yeah, I tried to join the martial arts group and it said I didn’t have sufficient privileges. WTH? So our new, improved board is being cut back already. Figures. And it’s running so slow I have time to play solitaire while I wait for a thread to load. That’ if it does load and doesn’t time out. Weren’t things supposed to be improved? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/31 "2008-09-03T02:34:38Z")
Another suggestion I have is maybe have the groups be for those paying members only? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/32 "2008-09-03T02:52:59Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > …What the FUCK! This question was answered by God over the weekend. 😃 I can’t access those links either, and my membership is paid up. ---
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/33 "2008-09-03T05:14:45Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Another suggestion I have is maybe have the groups be for those paying members only? No, please don’t do that. I hope they do turn them on for us, as I can’t access them right now. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/34 "2008-09-03T09:40:22Z")
Well, heck. Here I am, back for the free posting, got all excited about the military dopers group, only to be thwarted. I, also, hope that they enable this feature for everybody. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/35 "2008-09-03T11:00:16Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I’ve just started one to with a truly awful acronym (HIM – for Health Issues: Mental) and a welcome for anyone who’d like to stay within the actual board to discuss things like depression, etc. So, would a group for physical health issues be HIP, then? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/36 "2008-09-03T14:44:18Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Another suggestion I have is maybe have the groups be for those paying members only? Hell, lets just start a Paying Members group. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/37 "2008-09-03T14:50:02Z")
But if we give the milk away for free who is going to buy the cow? ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/38 "2008-09-03T15:30:46Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > But if we give the milk away for free who is going to buy the cow? The object is not to get people to pay to post, they are trying the advertising money stream. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/39 "2008-09-03T15:39:03Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > I turned it off. Blame me. 😃 It’s just temporary until we get the official go-ahead to get them back going and after we hammer out any rules/guidelines we need to make sure the groups don’t get out of hand. Personally, I think they’re pretty nifty. When you turn them back on, please do some post testing. A bunch of us were unable to post messages in the groups using the \*\*Quick Reply \*\*and the Go \*\*Advance \*\*button did not go anywhere. BTW: I had created two, like \*\*Tripler \*\*suggested, I immediately created one for to facilitate the Jersey Dopefests and I created one called the Entmoot for Tolkien fans to gather. I of course joined **Tripler** ’s military one. Thank you, Jim ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724/40 "2008-09-03T15:39:24Z")
> [@RyJae](#): > > The object is not to get people to pay to post, they are trying the advertising money stream. Oh, I understand the plan. I just thought it was a funny post. Nevermind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-social-groups-new-feature/461724.md?page=3)