# The Long-Necked Animal Message Board

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800 "2018-01-17T03:49:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800/118 "2018-01-21T08:47:49Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> I don’t see much difference between Behind Your Back and the “Omnibus Trolls Я Us” thread in the Pit. Each board has its own place for snark, but it doesn’t represent the forums as a whole.

There is a significant difference, and that is that the SDMB has a general rule against critiquing posts and posters on other boards here on the SDMB. The Giraffe Boards, on the other hand, has a forum where that is encouraged. I think that’s the reason for the accusation that posters on the Giraffe Boards are cowardly, because they don’t make their critiques of SDMB posters here.

The SDMB’s policy against posts about posts and posters on other boards was explained by a former moderator of the SDMB:

> [@The rule about not mentioning the other board should be lifted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rule-about-not-mentioning-the-other-board-should-be-lifted/461712/4):
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> Yeah, it’s fine to say “SnarkPit” when referring to the site. If we wanted to ban all reference to it, we’d also have to ban references like “the board that shall not be named” and that seems like a pain in the butt for everybody with no real benefit.
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> We do ask that you please not directly link to it, to maintain a clear separation between the two sites. **Also, please keep any drama that results from stuff posted on there off the boards, i.e. if someone posts something shitty about you there, don’t Pit them here for it.**

(My emphasis)

ETA: and after posting, I see that **Spice Weasel** has re-iterated that general rule here in this thread:

> [@Spice Weasel](#):
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> \*\*Leave specific off-board drama out of this thread. \*\*

(Her emphasis.)

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