# What is the best message board about website design?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-message-board-about-website-design/285726>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 20, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-message-board-about-website-design/285726 "2005-01-20T15:35:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-message-board-about-website-design/285726/1 "2005-01-20T15:35:53Z")

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The Internet seems to have a plethora of Message Boards specifically related to web building, design, etc. Which do you think is the best?  
I’ve joined a few but the enthusiasm and membership is _nothing_ like that of the SDMB. All the ones I’ve joined have a membership that quickly becomes inactive. OR some of these boards have about 5 people that just chat with each other and do not answer questions from “outsiders”.  
So, any recommendations for a good web design message board?

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-message-board-about-website-design/285726/2 "2005-01-20T16:14:45Z")

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Why not right here? We have our share of web designers, people who know something about web design, etc., and they’re all SDMB members.

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-message-board-about-website-design/285726/3 "2005-01-20T17:02:52Z")

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**ulrafilter**  
Oh the SDMB is a fantastic message board and I have asked several questions about HTML, JavaScript, etc and have received _very_ helpful answers.

I was thinking in terms of categories such as “rate my site” or “suggestions to improve my site”. Now that I think of it, I suppose I could ask those right here in IMHO correct?

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**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-message-board-about-website-design/285726/4 "2005-01-20T22:06:10Z")

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This is a great site for anyone who does any kind of design to be aware of.

[http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/](http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/)

IMHO, Edward Tufte is the Cecil of design.

There is a moderated forum on the site. I am not sure how active it is, or whether your sample questions really fit with the tone, but if you network a little I bet you could connect with some very talented folks.

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-message-board-about-website-design/285726/5 "2005-01-21T02:51:00Z")

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**Harriet** - If nothing else that sight looks very impressive. Thanks for the suggestion.