# Have you ever bumped into a poster on a BB that you knew IRL?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 10, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bumped-into-a-poster-on-a-bb-that-you-knew-irl/86663 "2001-10-10T21:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bumped-into-a-poster-on-a-bb-that-you-knew-irl/86663/1 "2001-10-10T21:15:58Z")

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Have you ever met someone on a message board (or in a chat room for that matter) who you then discovered was someone that you knew in ‘real’ life?

And it doesn’t count if it was **you** that introduced them to the BB, or recommended it to them.