# Ever forget what board you're on?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 16, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220 "2004-12-16T22:34:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220/1 "2004-12-16T22:34:38Z")

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I post regularly at two boards and infrequently on a few others. At my other regular haunt, I routinely see sequential thread titles and start wondering if there’s a sequential thread title thread going. Completely blank on the fact that it’s the wrong board.

So far I haven’t incorrectly cross-posted anything but it’s probably just a matter of time.

Anyone else do this sort of thing?

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220/2 "2004-12-16T23:09:59Z")

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Once or twice I have accidentally posted something without previewing it on the other message board I’m a member of, because the “preview” and “post” buttons are swapped (and I post here much more frequently than there).

Also, I catch myself hovering my mouse over news site headlines and looking for the preview. All of the time. :smack: If there were one feature of this board that I could implement web-wide, it would be the mouseover preview!

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220/3 "2004-12-17T00:10:45Z")

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You mean there are other boards?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220/4 "2004-12-17T00:35:19Z")

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> [@El Cid Viscoso](#):
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> You mean there are other boards?

No. These are the words of a heretic.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220/5 "2004-12-17T02:45:49Z")

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h@ h@ U R all suxx0rs!!! i ownz U all!!!

I = l33t!!! LOL!!!

Oh, wait, wait, this is the Straight Dope, isn’t it?

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-forget-what-board-youre-on/280220/6 "2004-12-17T02:51:41Z")

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It’s easy for me to remember because each of my haunts has a different look & feel. This is the only one using the new vB software so it’s particularly easy to tell when I’m here. 😃

And yes, sometimes there is the urge to post sequential thread titles.