# What order do you go in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447 "2005-03-27T08:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/21 "2005-03-28T02:48:07Z")
1. MPSIMS 2. The Pit 3. Cafe Society 4. IMHO I usually just stick to those, but I will go into GQ about once a week. Great Debates is good when I have time to read it. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/22 "2005-03-28T02:50:25Z")
GQ IMHO The Pit (first if I’m engaged in a war there) MPSIMS If I exhaust those, then I carry on to: GD ATMB Cecil Comments Staff Comments This is not set in stone, and if there’s something interesting happening in a certain forum, I’ll change my order. If I spot something interesting or somebody I know as the latest thread on the front page, I’ll go there first. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/23 "2005-03-28T02:52:50Z")
I just go from top to bottom, skipping CCC and CSR (except when there’s a new column) and GD. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/24 "2005-03-28T02:55:49Z")
1. GQ 2. Cafe Society 3. MPSIMS 4. BBQ I rarely visit the others. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/25 "2005-03-28T14:34:43Z")
1)Cafe Society 2)IMHO 3)MPSIMS 4)GQ 5)BBQ Pit 6)ATMB (once a week or so) I always avoid GD – seems like too much posturing for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/26 "2005-03-28T14:48:00Z")
MPSIMS till I’m caught up then it’s pretty much “New Posts” the rest of the day. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/27 "2005-03-28T14:51:45Z")
User Control Panel first, to see what’s up with my subscribed threads. Then, usually: GQ GD CS BBQ Occasionally MPSIMS gets added on at the bottom of that list. IMHO comes after MPSIMS, but only rarely. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/28 "2005-03-28T15:06:24Z")
Depends on what threads I’m participating in. I usually wind up starting in the BBQ Pit or Cafe Society, then work my way up or down from the starting point. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/29 "2005-03-28T15:06:45Z")
GQ GD The Pit CCC CSR MPSIMS IMHO CS ATMB Then I usually head back into the Pit or GQ. I don’t post in either of those places very often, however, even though I often find issues that rile me up, I have nothing useful to contribute that either hasn’t already been said, or is simply an opinion that I don’t feel will have much influence (ie: the half that agrees with me already will nod, and the half that doesn’t will shake their heads… violently… with curse words - but otherwise, it wouldn’t have shifted the weight of the argument one way or another). I chime in once in a while, though, even if it’s useless information, or just personal experience. I try to keep in the mindset that if I’m going to say anything in the Pit or GQ, I want it to be worthwhile. A quick search would reveal that that hasn’t happened yet, though 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/30 "2005-03-28T15:43:45Z")
GD CS IMHO Generally, that’s all the farther I get. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/31 "2005-03-28T18:09:33Z")
MPSIMS, the Pit, Cafe Society, IMHO, Great Debates, General Questions–generally, not much else. ---
**Author:** ![rewindforward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@rewindforward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rewindforward)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/32 "2005-03-29T02:37:27Z")
I only check out the mundane and the general… > [@bigdfrombigd](#): > > Every night when I log on to the \*\*Straight Dope \*\* I browse exactly the same way: > > (1) **Cafe Society** > (2) **Mundane Pointless Stuff I must Share** > (3) **General Questions** > (4) **In My Humble Opinion** > (5) **Great Debates** > (6) **The BBQ Pit** > > It never changes. That’s all. Out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/33 "2005-03-29T03:30:58Z")
[ol] [li]ATMB[/li][li]CCC[/li][li]CSR (those three go quickly)[/li][li]GQ (usually reading much more than I post)[/li][li]BBQ[/li][li]MPSIMS[/li][li]IMHO[/li][li]Cafe Society (finishing up with the fun stuff–I hardly ever visit GD)[/li][/ol] ---
**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:** [March 29, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/34 "2005-03-29T04:07:17Z")
It seems a lot of us avoid Great Debates. Let’s face it, places like GQ, Cafe Society, MPSIS will produce genuine answers OR a thread gets some participation and a new one comes along. However, I bet I could go into Great Debates right now and find threads like “Abortion Is Murder”, “A Woman Has the Right To Choose” , etc. Two years from now I bet I could go into Great Debates and find the exact same topics being discussed with probably the same arguments, examples, cites, etc. When I first started on the SDMB, Great Debates was the #1 spot I’d visit and/or post. Basically, I’ve given up. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/35 "2005-03-29T05:21:23Z")
I check my subscribed threads first. Then MPSIMS, IMHO, CS, GD, GQ, and then the Pit for last. If nothing’s brewing, sometimes I do a little vanity search, but since many people don’t type my username exactly right, I often don’t find myself. I also occasionally do username searches on Dopers whose posts I find interesting. What’s that? Of course you’re all talking about me. How could you not? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/36 "2005-03-29T05:27:38Z")
BBQ Pit MPSIMS IMHO and then maybe one of the other fora. I used to frequent GD constantly, but I’ve moved to the BBQ Pit. They’re nicer. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/37 "2005-03-29T05:41:56Z")
Always the same order GQ IMHO Pit MPSIMS CS ATMB (as needed) ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/38 "2005-04-02T20:17:29Z")
1. Reported posts 2. GQ 3. Threads I’ve participated in in the past week. 4. ATMB If time permits, BBQ Pit, MPSIMS/IMHO. Rarely, GD. Barely, the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447/39 "2005-04-02T21:16:51Z")
I am shocked (Shocked! I tell you) at how few people go to their user control panel first to check subscribed threads. That’s actually the link I use to get here, so it’s always the first stop for me. Then I always check GQ. If I have time, I proceed to other fora, in an order that depends on my mood. Usually MPSIMS, the pit (only if I’m feeling grouchy), and GD, followed by others in random order. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-go-in/296447.md?page=1)