# I don't understand MPSIMS vs IMHO **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 22, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452 "2002-06-22T16:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/1 "2002-06-22T16:05:45Z")
I’m sorry, I don’t understand which threads go where. I was gone when the new forum was created, and I just never figured it out. Several of my threads have been moved. So, before I post this: A thread asking people to share stories of supernatural occurences – MPSIMS or IMHO? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/2 "2002-06-22T16:09:09Z")
IMHO is more for polling and personal opinions. MPSIMS tends to be a catch-all for anything that doesn’t really fit into any of the other categories. To use your example : “Do you believe in supernatural phenomena” since you’re asking for others’ opinions would be IMHO while “Share your supernatural stories” since it’s just story-telling would be MPSIMS. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/3 "2002-06-22T16:20:23Z")
Ok, here goes… For future reference, which is less annoying: me posting here to ask about threads, or me acidently posting in the wrong forum a whole bunch of times? Although I will try to avoid both. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/4 "2002-06-22T16:28:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cessandra \* > \*\*Ok, here goes… > > For future reference, which is less annoying: me posting here to ask about threads, or me acidently posting in the wrong forum a whole bunch of times? > > Although I will try to avoid both. \*\* I believe that this question is better suited for IMHO. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/5 "2002-06-23T02:36:15Z")
Asking questions in ATMB is never annoying. Posting repeatedly in the wrong forums is always annoying. Sooooo… [rocket science] 😃 To address the OP: IMHO is for polling, and for “Great Debates Lite”. MPSIMS is for Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. Does that help? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2002, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/6 "2002-06-24T22:17:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cessandra \* > For future reference, which is less annoying: me posting here to ask about threads, or me acidently posting in the wrong forum a whole bunch of times? My personal preference is that posters ask in ATMB or via e-mail if they’re not sure where to start a thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/7 "2002-06-25T00:29:29Z")
Ok, that’s what I will do. Thank you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/8 "2002-06-28T12:10:36Z")
All that having been said, please note that: (a) it’s not a cardinal sin to inadvertently post in the wrong thread once in a while; (b) sometimes the distinction of where a particular topic should go is not clear – even mods disagree; and © if you do happen to post in a forum and the moderator thinks it belongs elsewhere, it’ll get moved with a link… hence, see (a) above. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/9 "2002-06-28T20:00:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > it’s not a cardinal sin to inadvertently post in the wrong thread once in a while Maybe in **your** belief system. But how do you know what we atheists/unitarians classify as a cardinal sin? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/10 "2002-06-28T21:10:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Maybe in **your** belief system. But how do you know what we atheists/unitarians classify as a cardinal sin? \*\* I think this question really belongs in Great Debates. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/11 "2002-07-01T04:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Maybe in **your** belief system. But how do you know what we atheists/unitarians classify as a cardinal sin? \*\* Wasn’t Cardinal Sin that Philipino guy with the expensive hat? –Nott:D ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/12 "2002-07-03T19:51:24Z")
Recent Thread: How many music CDs do you have? In IMHO. True it is sort of like a poll. But the question itself is definitely definable as pointless or mundane…not to mention the fact it fits well in Cafe Society ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/13 "2002-07-04T03:36:17Z")
Yes, “how many CDs do you have” is a poll, so it’s in the right place. There’s more to MPSIMS than “mundane pointless”: Mundane, pointless threads can show up in any forum (although they’re rather rare in GQ, say). The key is “stuff I must share”. In MPSIMS, it’s the OP who’s sharing, whereas in IMHO the OP is asking everyone else to share. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-mpsims-vs-imho/115452/14 "2002-07-04T14:30:55Z")
Just to clarify further, just a poll asking for the number of CDs you have would be IMHO. Talking _about_ the CDs themselves would be Cafe Society.