# In what order to you browse the forums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805 "2008-12-05T03:18:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/1 "2008-12-05T03:18:36Z")
So, you’ve just logged on to SDMB for the first time today. What forum do you normally start with, and then where do you go? Me, I go MPSIMS IMHO Cafe Society Game Room Then, time permitting, Pit Great Debates General Questions Assuming you actually have a system, what is your forum order? (Didn’t know where to stick this, maybe this is IMHO material. Mods, move as you see fit) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/2 "2008-12-05T03:23:05Z")
New Posts ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/3 "2008-12-05T03:28:28Z")
Cafe Society The Game Room The BBQ Pit Then it’s usually MPSIMS and finally In My Humble Opinion, unless MPSIMS currently has the better threads, in which case I’ll save it for last. ---
**Author:** ![TheBori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TheBori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBori)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/4 "2008-12-05T03:33:06Z")
Interesting…I just assumed everyone went top to bottom. I do General Questions, then IMHO then MPSIMS…occasionally the Pit, if I’m not at work. I’ve never been the Game Room and te Ed Zotti book thing seems a little forward. Thanks for making me think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/5 "2008-12-05T03:33:25Z")
Cafe Society IMHO MPSIMS Then maybe GQ or The Pit if I feel so inclined, occasionally The Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/6 "2008-12-05T03:37:03Z")
IMHO MPSIMS PIT Sometimes GQ I rarely even browse the others. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/7 "2008-12-05T03:37:18Z")
Generally, I’ll start with Cafe Society, the wander through IMHO, MPSIMS, and the Pit, then drop in on GQ just to see what’s going on, then check GD to see if somebody has started something interesting. I check the Game Room once a day to see what the new Feud is. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/8 "2008-12-05T03:49:26Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > New Posts Same here. I find there’s almost always something in every forum worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/9 "2008-12-05T09:32:12Z")
I start with my Subscribed threads Then: GQ CS Game Room IMHO MPSIMS And if I’m bored The Pit GD ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/10 "2008-12-05T10:47:06Z")
new posts and when time permitting GQ IMHO Cafe society Game room MPSIMS pit ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/11 "2008-12-05T13:58:13Z")
New Posts vary rarely anything else. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/12 "2008-12-05T14:07:15Z")
Game Room BBQ Pit IMHO Either GD, Cafe Society, or MPSIMS depending on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/13 "2008-12-05T14:12:22Z")
MPSIMS The Game Room Cafe Society The Pit IMHO ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/14 "2008-12-05T14:24:31Z")
Cafe Society, hop down to IMHO, MPSIMS, jump up to General Questions, then a quick visit to the Pit. Maybe once a month I’ll glance at The Game Room. I think I’ve been in GD maybe twice. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/15 "2008-12-05T14:41:21Z")
Cafe Society, and then it’s pretty much random after that. Second is usually the Pit or Great Debates, depending on whether I want to be entertained by stimulating exchange of ideas or gratuitous insults (I forget which is which). ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/16 "2008-12-05T14:45:40Z")
I go to Cafe Society and from there to “New Posts”. Except sometimes “New Posts” will give back an error, and I have to go to each board manually rather than wait five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/17 "2008-12-05T14:46:57Z")
Top to bottom, unless I’m engaged in a discussion somewhere, skipping Debates and Games. I never venture “south of the border”. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/18 "2008-12-05T14:50:54Z")
General Questions Cafe Society Game Room IMHO MPSIMS The Pit ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/19 "2008-12-05T15:29:44Z")
I now realize I have absolutely NO creativity whatsoever: ATMB GQ GD CS TGR IMHO MPSIMS BBQ Pit signed, MikeTheSheep 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805/20 "2008-12-05T19:46:17Z")
Top to bottom, spending very little time in Great Debates and the Game Room. Like others, didn’t even notice the new Chicago fora until they were mentioned in The Pit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-order-to-you-browse-the-forums/475805.md?page=2)