# What other forums?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forums/30251>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forums/30251 "2000-08-22T01:44:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forums/30251/1 "2000-08-22T01:44:03Z")

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In reading some other posters, I’ve noticed several other boards being mentioned. I’m familiar with snopes (just joined, actually) but are there any others that contain a lot of dopers, or just interesting boards in general?

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forums/30251/2 "2000-08-22T01:54:34Z")

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[Jedi mind trick]There are no other forums.[/Jedi mind trick]

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**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forums/30251/3 "2000-08-22T06:04:37Z")

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My personal opinion is that there aren’t really any others that are worth a great deal of our time, but it really depends on your personal tastes.

This is the best-rounded one and the posters here tend to be a more intelligent breed (no, I’m not being intellectually snobby). They’re fun anyway.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forums/30251/4 "2000-08-22T15:11:54Z")

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Newsgroups:

**alt.fan.cecil-adams** The folks are nice enough, although there is a bit of an attitude about moderated boards and web-based boards, so there are occasional sniping shots at the SDMB (since this is a moderated, web-based board).

**misc.facts.straight-dope** Started before this MB truly got up and running. Original core was AOL/SDMB folks who preferred NewsGroups to Message Boards. It has picked up some visitors from alt.fan.cecil-adams and some “outsiders.” It is not a very high volume site. There have been some really good discussions and some very nasty feuds–both magnified by the smaller number of posters.

**alt.fan.urban-legends** which deals in many of the same topics as Cecil, but which has developed a reputation as a group that is hostile to newbies.

Message Boards:

[[http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?"](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?%22)]Fabulous]( [url) Forums of Fathom a general topics and fun site which is run by **OpalCat** and includes a number of posters from this site.

[The Pizza Parlor](http://thebruces.stormbirds.org/forum/index.php) which is a refuge for escapees from the **Left Behind Message Board** since that site became an armed camp (with all the guards’ guns pointed inward at the members). It is a friendly place, oriented toward (but not limited to) Fundamentalist Christianity. They are _not_ looking for rationalist vs religious debate.

And, as you mentioned, snopes now has their own message board.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forums/30251/5 "2000-08-22T15:14:44Z")

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Aaack! I think that link still works, but just to be sure:

[Fabulous Forums of Fathom](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?)