# Here, you are a Doper, but elsewhere, what are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990 "2010-03-10T16:47:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/1 "2010-03-10T16:47:05Z")
Collectively, we who post here on the SDMB, are known as Dopers (or the Teeming Millions). So I was wondering… what are collective nicknames belonging to fans of other places on the internet? I don’t care how well known or obscure these places are. I’m just interested in other collective nicknames given to those who frequent any particular sites online. The sites don’t have to be discussion forums. They can be blogs, web sites, facebook, etc. It doesn’t matter as long as the internet fan base is collectively referred to some nickname. A well known example: Those who post on the “Something Awful” Forums are known as Goons. An example for myself: I am a fan of Paul and Storm, so I am known as a Minion. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/2 "2010-03-10T17:58:05Z")
I am a Georger - [http://www.wheresgeorge.com](http://www.wheresgeorge.com) No other communities I frequent name themselves. Maybe FARKer, but I don’t pay for the membership, I just read… Joe ---
**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 10, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/3 "2010-03-10T18:52:34Z")
People that participate in the online community for the Sluggy Freelance webcomic call themselves Sluggites. [http://www.sluggy.net/forum/](http://www.sluggy.net/forum/) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/4 "2010-03-10T20:42:20Z")
I am a TGP’er - I frequent The Gear Page for guitar geek stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Treycalski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Treycalski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treycalski)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/5 "2010-03-10T20:48:02Z")
“Maggot” - Teton Gravity Research (ski film maker) message boards. Comes from people originally posting on the Power Magazine (hence maggot) board. There was a mass migration over to TGR when an overzealous adminstrator deleted a bunch of old posts. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/6 "2010-03-10T20:52:48Z")
I’m a “goon,” a member of the SomethingAwful forums. I know a few other Dopers are, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/7 "2010-03-10T20:53:16Z")
I used to frequent the Adult Swim message boards a lot (but I haven’t posted anything since August) and I typically stayed in the Action Discussion folder–otherwise known as AD. AD discusses anime shows that Adult Swim currently airs or has the legal rights to. So, I was an ADer. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/8 "2010-03-10T21:01:24Z")
When I was on 419eater I was a baiter. (As a matter of fact, two of the post ranks there are “master baiter” and “master of master baiters”. They have a weird sense of humor). ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/9 "2010-03-10T21:03:16Z")
I am really just a reader as opposed to a participant, but I am a TPMer (TalkingPointsMemo) and a Kossack (Daily Kos). ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/10 "2010-03-10T21:07:12Z")
People on TVTropes are “Tropers”. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/11 "2010-03-10T21:08:00Z")
I’m a Son of Sam Horn, or SoSH. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/12 "2010-03-10T22:42:37Z")
I’m a [Bauxite](http://www.battersbox.ca) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/13 "2010-03-10T22:48:20Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > When I was on 419eater I was a baiter. (As a matter of fact, two of the post ranks there are “master baiter” and “master of master baiters”. They have a weird sense of humor). Whoa, you were a baiter? Cool! I love to read those baits - I especially enjoy when the lad realizes that he is a _mugu_. Rock on, dude! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/14 "2010-03-11T00:09:22Z")
_Was_ a baiter. I was pretty bad at it (although I did have an amusing few-months exchange with a unicorn seller). ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/15 "2010-03-11T00:18:52Z")
[Cyburbian](http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/) (where people also post questions to The Throbbing Brain. Real life user gatherings are “laefests”, a bastardization of “alefest”.) [Goon](http://forums.somethingawful.com/). [Raffer](http://www.giraffeboards.com). [Farker](http://www.fark.com). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/16 "2010-03-11T04:38:58Z")
I haven’t been active in a long time, but I was a high-ranking member of the Dark Legion. We were a Starcraft clan on US-East and were pretty big 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/17 "2010-03-11T04:45:03Z")
Lessee: [Raffer](http://www.giraffeboards.com/index.php) [Troper](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage) And I used to be an LPer. (And I may again someday.) But not anymore. > [@elmwood](#): > > [Goon](http://forums.somethingawful.com/). Wow. Are you guys as scary as you’re rumored to be? I’ve heard…stories. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/18 "2010-03-11T05:49:55Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > [Troper](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage) Where’s the “In anime and manga” section of this post? You’re slacking, **ped**. I also don’t see an “In anime and manga” section in any of your other posts. What would happen if I told the other Tropers that? ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/19 "2010-03-11T05:50:10Z")
Probably I shouldn’t mention this or how I know it 😉 but users of one board which I do not want to mention (for reasons that are probably obvious) are known as /b/tards. Snopes’ message board has snopesters, and there is another well known group (again who I probably do not need to name) known as anonymous. disclaimer: I personally am none of the above. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990/20 "2010-03-11T05:52:57Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Wow. Are you guys as scary as you’re rumored to be? I’ve heard…stories. Nope. We’re not talking about 4chan, even though it seems like it’s in the same neighborhood, in a way. I’m only an occasional poster there; probably not a full-fledged Goon in the eyes of those that make SA their virtual local. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-you-are-a-doper-but-elsewhere-what-are-you/531990.md?page=2)