# I just bought a SA forum account, who else posts there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176 "2004-01-26T16:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/1 "2004-01-26T16:38:20Z")
I finally broke down and bought me an account on the _Something Awful_ forums. Go me. Any Dopers post there? Did I just waste a few bucks? I hear that they like to ban people at the drop of a hat (and GOD knows how often those damned hats fall to the ground), are there any unspoken rules I should know to get along, or to avoid a banning. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/2 "2004-01-26T21:54:44Z")
I’ve been thinking about getting an acount for a while. I’m sure I will eventually, if I can scrounge up ten dollars. I think the SA forums are right up there with the SDMB in terms of humor content, but I don’t know how long I can stand that message board slang that they seem so attatched to over there. ---
**Author:** ![nikjohns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nikjohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikjohns)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/3 "2004-01-26T23:32:27Z")
> [@](#): > > are there any unspoken rules I should know to get along, or to avoid a banning. Pretty much the same as here: Don’t be a jerk (or “dickhead” to use their term) Read the Forum Rules (there’s one at the top of each forum), and also check out the “Leper Colony” forum (between GBS and FYAD forums) to see what other people were banned for. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/4 "2004-01-26T23:53:50Z")
I think I tried to check out the forums there, but I it looked like you had to register or something. Can you at least read them? ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/5 "2004-01-27T00:51:26Z")
Up until about a week ago, yeah you could read some of the forums without being a member, but obviously they changed it to members only. ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/6 "2004-01-27T02:39:53Z")
I used to have an account there. I consider the SDMB a graduation from something awful. General Bullshit is a sad collection of antisocial college freshman who use the internet to seek human contact using pop culture references. If you are used to reading the SD then I think you will quickly tire of the juvenile posts. Debate and Discussion is a weak imitation of [fark.com](http://fark.com), news articles are posted and pointless personal bickering devolve every thread to a point where no useful knowledge is gained. In my opinion you wasted your money. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/7 "2004-01-27T05:45:42Z")
Yeah, but there they post pictures of naked boobies. ---
**Author:** ![jellytoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jellytoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellytoes)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/8 "2004-01-27T08:17:05Z")
**Muad’Dib** You seem desperate for boobies lately. Is this a recent development or a lifelong fascination? Also, I’ve been wanting to do this since I saw your screen name: He is the Kwisatz Haderach! (btw, I did have to look up how to spell that but my copy of Dune was less than an arms-length away. Wow I’m a nerd.) ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/9 "2004-01-27T11:16:03Z")
Dang. Hamsters ate my earlier post. (The hamsters at SA have better manners.) Clichés and catchphrases are part of the Something Awful culture, but 99% of the time they get beaten into the ground. When mods get fed up with a cliché, they will make it bannable, sometimes with little warning. Pay attention to stickied threads. Better yet, just avoid using clichés - they really don’t add anything useful to a thread. SA is sensitive to leeching bandwidth. You can post a link to an image, but don’t use the image tags unless it points to web hosting that you pay for. Don’t ask for warez and serial numbers. Big no-no. Racism and homophobia are bannable. SA isn’t all about juvenile humor and name-calling. A forum member was deployed to Iraq and the Army claimed that his job wasn’t hazardous enough to warrant body armor. The forums started a fund-raising campaign to buy armor (SAPI inserts) for the member _and the rest of his unit_. They raised more than $14,000. Then they got back to the daily business of calling each other “Asshat.” ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/10 "2004-01-27T12:35:22Z")
Just go to Fark for all that stuff you want. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/11 "2004-01-27T15:54:36Z")
I just bought an SA account too. I split my time pretty evenly between here, there, and Fark. Each place has a pretty distinct style of content, so it’s hard to compare the three, and hard to make a recommendation as to “if you like this, you’ll LOVE this”. Fark is a great place for links and one-off joke comments with the occaisional flame war. The SDMB is great for long-running discussions with more than one-sentence or so posts. The SA Forums are the best to lurk in (especially the Comedy Goldmine). The Games board is also light years ahead of GameFAQs because there’s no teenage punks talking leet speak. As for the bannings, I actually think their Forum Rules read less threatening than they used to. A while back I passed up registering because the rules sounded like “if we don’t think you’re cool/funny, we’ll ban you.” They read much more civilized now. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/12 "2004-01-27T16:45:42Z")
I actually see you in Fark all the time **Elwood**. You’re nice and levelheaded compared to most of those guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/13 "2004-01-27T19:00:24Z")
I have an account at SA. My system of posting here and there is pretty nice. When I get tired of the seriousness and sensitivity of the SDMB, I head over to SA. When I get tired of the lighthearted attitudes and humor at SA, I come back here. Don’t have an account at Fark though, though I’ve given it some thought. I think SA was well worth the $10. Hell, just the assboat thread in the Goldmine from last May was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/14 "2004-01-27T19:16:59Z")
I’m there. Haven’t been banned yet, and even got myself platnum and a custom title. It rules. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/15 "2004-01-27T19:35:35Z")
> [@heresiarch](#): > > Racism and homophobia are bannable. Seriously? If true, this is a _huge_ surprise to me, as there are things on the front page update almost every day that would easily get somebody banned for hatespeech here. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/16 "2004-01-28T03:56:14Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > Seriously? If true, this is a _huge_ surprise to me, as there are things on the front page update almost every day that would easily get somebody banned for hatespeech here. Well, people get away with a lot if it’s clear that they’re joking. And the standards are much different than here. But I also see posters calling each other out for racism and there are always a few people banned for racism each month. Lurking is the only way to figure out what’s accepted. Even then the line is sometimes blurry and moderation isn’t an exact science. ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/17 "2004-02-09T18:43:05Z")
Just thought I’d bump this, since they have some interesting projects going on over there right now. To answer the original question, I bought myself an account about a month ago, but haven’t posted with it yet. My unofficial “lurker” period isn’t up yet! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/18 "2004-02-10T01:37:22Z")
I’m over there under a different nickname. SA appeals to my inner twelve-year-old. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-sa-forum-account-who-else-posts-there/226176/19 "2004-02-10T01:54:49Z")
> [@raz](#): > > Up until about a week ago, yeah you could read some of the forums without being a member, but obviously they changed it to members only. Um, I read the forums all the time (which are open in another window as I type this) and I’m not registered…yet. I think only certain forums are readable, however. You do have to be registered for everything (and then not even all of that, if you aren’t a “goon”…heh) you would like to read. I like the site, and the forums. While some of the members are silly and immature, others are very intense and intelligent. I’ll definitely be joining as soon as my paypal stuff is done.