# Other message boards used for asking general questions?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 30, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336 "2010-03-30T14:55:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336/1 "2010-03-30T14:55:39Z")
So are there any other message boards that are frequently used and similarly populated with users that are used by posters to find answers to general questions?
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336/2 "2010-03-30T15:15:14Z")
Well, there are Yahoo Answers and [Wiki.Answers.com](http://Wiki.Answers.com) but they’re not so much message boards as “places to go to ask questions [and get dubious answers]”
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336/3 "2010-03-30T15:16:45Z")
There is [about.com](http://about.com)
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### Author:  [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336/4 "2010-03-30T17:43:20Z")
There were some replies to a thread on this question here: [http:
[//boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526601](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526601)]([Recommend other forums where one can lurk and kibitz, sometimes, somewhat seriously? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=526601))
Also one might try scanning [http://www.big-boards.com/](http://www.big-boards.com/)
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### Author:  [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336/5 "2010-03-30T17:43:43Z")
Not any good ones, no.
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### Author:  [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336/6 "2010-03-30T22:02:06Z")
[http://fff.fathom.org/forums/index.php](http://fff.fathom.org/forums/index.php)
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### Author:  [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-message-boards-used-for-asking-general-questions/534336/7 "2010-03-31T20:10:06Z")
There’s also
[http://uclue.com/](http://uclue.com/)
where you have to pay for an answer, but the answers are always very high quality. I’ve used them myself on several occasions.
J.