# Question About Site **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 1, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727 "2002-12-01T03:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Makes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Makes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makes)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/1 "2002-12-01T03:07:36Z")
The index is everything there is on the site? If not, how do I access the other material? Just wondering… Seems like a troll/commie hangout. True? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/2 "2002-12-01T03:08:53Z")
Just curious… Who did you used to be? ---
**Author:** ![Makes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Makes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Makes)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/3 "2002-12-01T03:10:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Just curious… > Who did you used to be? \*\* Who did I used to be? What sort of grammar is that? Can you answer the question or am I right? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/4 "2002-12-01T03:43:56Z")
This is the Straight Dope Message Board. It provides interaction for those who enjoy the columns of Cecil Adams that may be found here: [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) Those are the official sites maintained by the Chicago Reader. Various members of this message board have set up their own sites and pages to exchange information and photographs, but they are not directly connected to this site. Given the large number of rabid Capitalists who inhabit **GD** , **GQ** , and the **Pit** , it is clearly an overstatement to suggest that it is a hangout for commies. On the other hand, encountering snotty comments in the **General Questions** Forum might suggest to some that we do have at least one troll. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/5 "2002-12-01T08:12:51Z")
This seems to be a question About This Message Board rather than a General Question with a factual answer. I’ll move this to ATMB for you. Off to ATMB. **DrMatrix** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/6 "2002-12-01T17:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Makes \* > \*\*Seems like a troll/commie hangout. True? \*\* False. Our membership encompasses people of all political persuasions, and trolls are banned systematically. Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/7 "2002-12-01T19:29:11Z")
I, for one, am most definitely not a “commie”. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/8 "2002-12-02T05:40:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*I, for one, am most definitely not a “commie”. \*\* That’s what they all say. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/9 "2002-12-02T06:19:52Z")
McCarthyism **again**? I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Communist Party. They are too middle-of-the-road for me. 😉 I am curious to know if those of you who are inclined to be Conservative are embarrassed by OP’s like this. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/10 "2002-12-02T10:29:21Z")
I, for one, am most definitely not “conservative”. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/11 "2002-12-02T17:00:19Z")
Why would we be embarrassed? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-site/139727/12 "2002-12-02T18:16:06Z")
Agreed. First, eedjits come in all forms and political persuasions. Second, who says the OP is a conservative? He could be part of an autonomous collective for all I know.