# Other Boards - SDMB Related **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 25, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251 "2009-07-25T22:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/61 "2009-07-27T18:38:25Z")
> [@Syntropy](#): > > Ah, there you are DSYoung. I was afraid you’d been hung up. I did mention ‘brown nosers’ for a reason, you know. Well, I do have a real life from time to time. 😉 But, you’ll be happy to know I’ve branched out. I’ve actually been, you know, like _critical_ of staff a time or two lately. Still, as a teacher, I recognize that, for those who think that the height of fun is to make life miserable for them as are in power (mostly because their own deficiencies mean they are never going to be in power themselves), the fact that there are those who agree with them in power just can’t be born. So I take the term as a badge of honor, considering I consider the alternative to be the functional equivalent of excrement wallower. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/62 "2009-07-28T00:13:24Z")
Well, if your legal prowess is equal to your powers of deductive reasoning, I can certainly understand why you’ve chosen teaching. 🙂 I don’t really see being in charge of an internet message board as ‘power,’ but whatever floats your boat. I’d say I’m more along the lines of someone who prefers to see rules applied consistently and isn’t afraid to point out disparity when I see it. But then I fall more under the category of ‘those who can, do.’ ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/63 "2009-07-28T01:48:12Z")
> [@Syntropy](#): > > Well, if your legal prowess is equal to your powers of deductive reasoning, I can certainly understand why you’ve chosen teaching. 🙂 I don’t really see being in charge of an internet message board as ‘power,’ but whatever floats your boat. > > I’d say I’m more along the lines of someone who prefers to see rules applied consistently and isn’t afraid to point out disparity when I see it. But then I fall more under the category of ‘those who can, do.’ Oh, a touch. I fear I shall die. :rolleyes: Oh, wait, you didn’t touch me, because you didn’t even address what I brought up. You simply went for a trite joke. Whew! I was worried. Pointing out disparity is fine. But casting aspersions at anyone who disagrees with you (e.g.: brown noser) in order to attempt to devalue their statements, rather than rationally discussing those statements does nothing for demonstrating your “powers of deductive reasoning.” Fortunately, as an attorney, I understood the difference between reasoned discussion of an issue and _argumentum ad hominem_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/64 "2009-07-28T13:55:49Z")
Is this like that Karl Rove maneuver where you accuse your opponent of some lame action so that you’re then able to perform that same action without fear of remonstrance? Because really…if you’re going to insult someone, hiding it behind a smiley isn’t really all that subtle. I understand that it’s important to you that everyone here know what you do IRL. I’m sure we’re all very impressed. I know I am. And the fact that you added Esq. to your username so no one misses it just in case they don’t read your posts? Not even a little needy or insecure. As to the rest: I wouldn’t try to ‘touch’ you. Not even if there were such a thing as internet penicillin. I’m just a little bored of turning around and seeing you there every time I post. Please take your internet hardon elsewhere. It’s starting to verge on stalkery and it’s more than a little creepy. If you consider me beneath your notice then please, by all means…quit noticing me. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/65 "2009-07-28T14:17:24Z")
Alright, everyone, enough with the personal insults. If you want to take shots at one another, stop hijacking this thread and take it to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/66 "2009-07-28T14:50:28Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Alright, everyone, enough with the personal insults. If you want to take shots at one another, stop hijacking this thread and take it to the Pit. Quick question for clarification. Is it correct that we can talk about the various splinter/spin-off boards if we don’t post links? Are there specific boards we cannot post links to? If so, which ones please? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/67 "2009-07-28T14:58:47Z")
> [@Syntropy](#): > > Is this like that Karl Rove maneuver where you accuse your opponent of some lame action so that you’re then able to perform that same action without fear of remonstrance? Because really…if you’re going to insult someone, hiding it behind a smiley isn’t really all that subtle. > > I understand that it’s important to you that everyone here know what you do IRL. I’m sure we’re all very impressed. I know I am. And the fact that you added Esq. to your username so no one misses it just in case they don’t read your posts? Not even a little needy or insecure. > > As to the rest: I wouldn’t try to ‘touch’ you. Not even if there were such a thing as internet penicillin. I’m just a little bored of turning around and seeing you there every time I post. Please take your internet hardon elsewhere. It’s starting to verge on stalkery and it’s more than a little creepy. If you consider me beneath your notice then please, by all means…quit noticing me. I will only respond to the part about “Esq”, since that comes up at times: When I started posting here, it was back in the AOL days. My AOL screen name was used for work, and since my clients (insurance adjusters, mostly) equated “Esq” with “attorney”, I added it to the screen name so that they would know who the email was from. But I never used it in my signatures. So my screen name here comes from that, and I’ve seen no reason to change it. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/68 "2009-07-29T17:30:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > “Psst! Who here snarks on Dopers at our site?” is trolling as far as I and the other mods who weighed in were concerned Cute, Except that didn’t happen in the thread you disappeared. It only happened in your head. The thread was a “Quote memes from the snarkpit” thread and was filled with such horrible trolling responses as “NO U!” or “I AM THE FRED COLLAPZOR” I’m sure sensitive dopers wept at the horror of seeing things like “I like pie!” or “First post, bitch!” but _it’s not against any rules_. and again and again and again: you all have stated explicitly that it’s not against the rules to discuss other sites. I can pull hundreds of examples, including the specific rule laid down in the Pit where we’re point-blank told by a mod that it’s fine to discuss the snarkpit as long as you don’t link to it. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/69 "2009-07-29T18:15:36Z")
I squashed a big spider in the bathroom last night and didn’t kill it right off the bat–tell you what, even when it was trying to run away with only three functioning legs it was still considerably less lame than **Marley’s** attempted justifications. At least the spider got to stop eventually. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/70 "2009-08-01T22:11:20Z")
Wow. I thought the SnarkPit was just another way to refer to the Pit here. Not that it’s probably worth reading. Since it generally hasn’t been talked about as being distinct from the Pit since I’ve been on, and there have been a lot of guests joining since leaving pay-to-post, I propose that there are a lot of other people who don’t know about that place. Granted, few of the probably read ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/71 "2009-08-02T01:09:07Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Quick question for clarification. > Is it correct that we can talk about the various splinter/spin-off boards if we don’t post links? > Are there specific boards we cannot post links to? > If so, which ones please? Has this question been answered? I can’t seem to find it. I ask because of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11401442#post11401442) where someone is asking recommendations for other message boards. I replied without links to other boards including the splinter boards. Another poster gave direct links to his recommendations (not any of the splinter boards, but others). I’d just as soon be able to post the links. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/72 "2009-08-02T05:06:23Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Has this question been answered? I can’t seem to find it. > > I ask because of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11401442#post11401442) where someone is asking recommendations for other message boards. I replied without links to other boards including the splinter boards. Another poster gave direct links to his recommendations (not any of the splinter boards, but others). > > I’d just as soon be able to post the links. I was told no links to Domebo and Giraffe. I don’t know the status of Fathom. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/73 "2009-08-02T08:22:18Z")
No links to Domebo and Giraffe? _Why?_ ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/74 "2009-08-02T13:27:01Z")
And when did it change? As Giraffe specifically got permission to link to his site, which he does in his sig. Jim, I thought you had been given permission to do so as well. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/75 "2009-08-02T14:08:12Z")
If this is Tuesday, it must be “No links to Snark in sig line” day here on SD. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/76 "2009-08-02T14:46:27Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I was told no links to Domebo and Giraffe. I don’t know the status of Fathom. Do you happen to have a link to that? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/77 "2009-08-02T15:04:08Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I was told no links to Domebo and Giraffe. I don’t know the status of Fathom. As far as I’m aware, the only thing you’ve been asked is to stop [advertising for other sites](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=516666). ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/78 "2009-08-02T15:06:54Z")
**Skip** , is there a policy regarding threads such as the one I linked to, where folks are just asking opinions about other message boards to read? Is it okay to give direct links to other sites, and if any are ‘not okay’, which ones are they? I just don’t want to put my foot wrong. Yanno? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/79 "2009-08-02T16:18:07Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > **Skip** , is there a policy regarding threads such as the one I linked to, where folks are just asking opinions about other message boards to read? There’s no policy in a situation like that, and I (personally) don’t think there should be. We ask that site and board promotions be cleared with us, first (which is true for all advertising, including charities and whatnot), but if someone’s asking, “Hey, what other sites out there might interest me?”, links would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards-sdmb-related/504251/80 "2009-08-02T16:55:24Z")
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