# Recommend a good technical message board?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 2, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863 "2002-05-02T14:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863/1 "2002-05-02T14:46:11Z")

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What is your favorite technical questions message board? Could you recommend some?

I’m thinking about general PC hardware/software questions. No offense, Dopers, but maybe SDMB isn’t the best or most appropriate place for these kind of discussions. (SDMB has more important things to settle, like the ultimate fate of the universe, and whether God exists, right? 🙂 )

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**Author:** ![kryptonite2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85e7bf/32.png) [@kryptonite2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kryptonite2)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863/2 "2002-05-02T15:23:00Z")

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[tek-tips.com](http://tek-tips.com)

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863/3 "2002-05-02T15:26:30Z")

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> **[Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/)**
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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863/4 "2002-05-02T15:27:50Z")

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The same question was asked very recently and quite a few sites were mentioned. You might want to do a search. One of the ones I listed was [hardforum.com](http://hardforum.com)

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863/5 "2002-05-02T15:27:58Z")

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There’s [http://www.annoyances.org/](http://www.annoyances.org/) , which is mainly for Windows applications tips, tricks advice, discussion.

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**Author:** ![RGillen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@RGillen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RGillen)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-technical-message-board/106863/6 "2002-05-02T16:07:04Z")

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