# Just Testing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/45689>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/45689 "2000-12-15T03:39:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Theking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Theking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theking)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/45689/1 "2000-12-15T03:39:09Z")

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I’m making my first post. I don’t have anything to say. I’m just interested in how this works and I want to practice posting a simple message. Thanks

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing/45689/2 "2000-12-15T03:50:14Z")

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If you wander over to the **About This Message Board** Forum, (also called **ATMB** ), you will discover that there are already numerous threads devoted to testing out posts with **bolding** , _italics_, hyperlinks and assorted stuff.

_That_ is the Forum for testing.

_This_ is the Forum for asking questions.

Have a good time.