# What's with the (redundant) Barn House forum? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 29, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234 "2011-10-29T22:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/21 "2011-11-01T16:10:51Z")
A Monkey, are you hitting the [SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb) forum list, or the [SDMB/Main](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=15) forum list? Barn House is in “Side Conversations”, which does not show up in “Main”. “Straight Dope Chicago” was moved into Main under Comments some time back. It is still there. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/22 "2011-11-01T19:07:06Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > A Monkey, are you hitting the [SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb) forum list, or the [SDMB/Main](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=15) forum list? > > Barn House is in “Side Conversations”, which does not show up in “Main”. > > “Straight Dope Chicago” was moved into Main under Comments some time back. It is still there. erm… “main”. I wasn’t aware there was a difference till now. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/23 "2011-11-01T19:15:07Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > erm… “main”. I wasn’t aware there was a difference till now. Guess I feel a little less alone in my Fortress then: > **[Fortress of Solitude Syndrome?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626407)** > > Why the Hell did I notice the Side Conversations and Barn House forums only today, after more than one year on the Dope?? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/24 "2011-11-02T14:54:53Z")
So did that solve your problem? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/25 "2011-11-04T00:17:10Z")
For those of you still asking “Who is Ed Zotti? And who is Cecil Adams?” this article may be helpful: > **[Who is Cecil Adams?](https://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/who-is-cecil-adams)** > > In search of the real-life know-it-all behind the Chicago Reader’s "The Straight Dope." ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/26 "2011-11-04T04:29:35Z")
Huh. Time Out Chicago asked me all these questions, and only put one sentence in from what I sent in reply. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/27 "2011-11-04T05:10:47Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Huh. Time Out Chicago asked me all these questions, and only put one sentence in from what I sent in reply. 😕 So you are a pseudonym? Why didn’t you tell us? Here I thought you were related to Markus Persson, the creator of Minecraft.😉 > [@](#): > > “We’re not making millions, but we’re always in the black,” Zotti cheerily reports. Really, then it’s (IMHO) high time we redecorate this place. How about different color themes for the different forums. I can already see it for The BBQ Pit - black with animated flames at the bottom of the page.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/28 "2011-11-05T00:06:59Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > So you are a pseudonym? Why didn’t you tell us? Here I thought you were related to Markus Persson, the creator of Minecraft.😉 I’ve worked in a few mines…and sometimes I have to wear a hard hat because **Cecil** throws things at me. That’s about as close as I can get to Minecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/29 "2011-11-05T00:20:35Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > Ed is Cecil. Why people like to be so secretive about it is anyone’s guess. Because we _like it that way._🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/30 "2011-11-05T00:36:11Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Because we _like it that way._🙂 No. We don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/31 "2011-11-05T01:23:07Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > No. We don’t. Yes, we do!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/32 "2011-11-05T01:24:39Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > No. We don’t. **Wabbit Season!** ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/33 "2011-11-05T05:20:34Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > So did that solve your problem? The problem of me not seeing it, or the problem of me being an unobservant idiot? There’s a difference, you know. 🙂 Yes, I see them both now. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234/34 "2011-11-05T05:27:47Z")
And thank you, **Irishman**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-redundant-barn-house-forum/601234.md?page=1)