# What order do you view the forums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292 "2003-01-22T21:35:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/21 "2003-01-23T02:02:54Z")
General Questions, Great Debates, Cafe, IMHO, MPSIMS, BBQPit, and occassionally over to the comments forums. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/22 "2003-01-23T03:31:18Z")
ATMB - (I get all the updates, and its generally quick) GQ - the next three are simply done in alphabetical order, not by order of preference) IMHO MPSIMS CS/PIT (which is first depends on my mood) CoCC/CoSR/GD (though I rarely make it that far, so that, again, depends on my mood - assuming I have time!) ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/23 "2003-01-23T04:00:33Z")
Hmmmm…am I the only one who uses the “View New Posts” link? I go there and just see the most recent threads for all forums and select the ones that I think sound most interesting. Once I get through all the pages, I go back to the first one and see what has happened since I started. If I have to leave my computer before I have read everything, knowing that all the posts have then been marked “Read”, I might pick and choose, depending on my mood, which forums I feel like delving into a little further. ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/24 "2003-01-23T04:03:31Z")
Oh, sorry. Just saw **roadkiller** ’s and **FisherQueen** ’s posts now.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/25 "2003-01-23T04:14:57Z")
Usually I start with either MPSIMS or IMHO, unless it’s Tuesday in which it’s Cafe Society because **JohnBckWLD** ’s amazing 6@6 project is usually up. Then, if I have time, I’ll check out the Pit, GD, and GQ, in that order. I’ll check the other two once every couple weeks, if I’m so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/26 "2003-01-23T04:55:23Z")
I start with **GQ** , Then it’s **IMHO** , and then it’s **MPSIMS**. Lather, rinse, repeat. About every 3rd or 4th rotation, I check **ATMB** , and every 6th or so, I peek in the **Pit** , but I rarely post there. While I frequented it when it started, I haven’t even looked in **GD** in months. I probably make ~40% of my posts in **GQ** , with most of the rest split between **IMHO** and **MPSIMS**. I visit **Cafe Society** and the two **Comments** forums about once or twice a month. Looking at the responses here confirms an observation I’ve made before. When you _do_ take a gander in the **Comments** forums, you find a whole different population of Dopers who apparently don’t traipse through the rest of the board. Tonight I went looking for a friend to tell him about a HouDope we’re having. He apparently hasn’t seen the thread. A search revealed that he’s posted to 46 threads in the last month, with 45 of 'em in one of the **Comments** forums. I guess he’s found _his_ home. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/27 "2003-01-23T06:06:43Z")
MPSIMS IMHO BBQ ATMB more often lately, I’ve found myself going into CS I’ll go into GQ maybe once every week and a half or so… and rarely visit CCC or GD. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![NaSultainne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NaSultainne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NaSultainne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/28 "2003-01-23T08:41:37Z")
I have to start with the new stuff first, so: View New Posts BBQ Pit Great Debates IMHO MPSIMS General Questions And the only time I really check whatevertheheck is left is if I’m really bored and the site is bookin’. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/29 "2003-01-23T10:31:13Z")
ATMB first usually, then a quick look at the Pit. After that, it’s GQ, then MPSIMS, possibly IMHO and Cafe Society. Rarely take a look at GD, like a lot of you here. I’m not one for that style of debate, and it seems pretty much same ol’, same ol’. Sometimes I check out the two columns forums. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/30 "2003-01-23T10:43:43Z")
Search for threads to which I’ve contributed in the past 24 hours. “View New Posts” That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292/31 "2003-01-23T15:25:37Z")
I usually start off in Cafe Society, then make my way to IMHO, then MPSIMS. If I still have more time to waste, then I check out the Pit and GQ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-do-you-view-the-forums/150292.md?page=1)