# When you join a new message board... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605 "2011-02-25T17:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Not\_Approved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a8b319/32.png) [@Not\_Approved](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Approved)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/1 "2011-02-25T17:33:01Z")
…do you ever feel like you are cheating on your old message board? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/2 "2011-02-25T17:34:47Z")
There’s another message board? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/3 "2011-02-25T17:35:15Z")
There are other message boards? I only have eyes for the SDMB. Sure we argue sometimes, maybe even become estranged, but we always kiss and make up and get back together. The SDMB is my boo. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/4 "2011-02-25T17:50:33Z")
Well, my old message board cheated on me with a KNITTING BLOG, so as far as I’m concerned the bastard had it coming.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/5 "2011-02-25T18:07:07Z")
> [@Not\_Approved](#): > > …do you ever feel like you are cheating on your old message board? Yes! But I know of at least one person who posts to both. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/6 "2011-02-25T18:08:13Z")
No. Message boards are open relationships. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/7 "2011-02-25T18:12:06Z")
I just lost interest in the subject matter of my old board…the one I used to moderate. After 10 years, it seemed like every aspect of that particular subject had been done over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/8 "2011-02-25T18:13:40Z")
Na. I have four that I regularly visit, and often times when one or the other is slow, other ones are busy. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/9 "2011-02-25T18:21:19Z")
Not sure about my answer, but members on the _other_ message board not only think you’re cheating when posting here, they think you’re a two bit whore. But they’re just jealous, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Approved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a8b319/32.png) [@Not\_Approved](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Approved)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/10 "2011-02-25T18:42:44Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Not sure about my answer, but members on the _other_ message board not only think you’re cheating when posting here, they think you’re a two bit whore. But they’re just jealous, that’s all. Do you think I should come clean with them? ---
**Author:** ![mookieblaylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@mookieblaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mookieblaylock)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/11 "2011-02-25T19:15:55Z")
Not at all, considering they never miss me on the old board. Which, funny enough, is the exact same direction I’m headed in here. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/12 "2011-02-25T19:19:32Z")
no because I still post on my other ones (I have too much free time) ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Approved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a8b319/32.png) [@Not\_Approved](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Approved)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/13 "2011-02-25T19:47:28Z")
> [@mookieblaylock](#): > > Not at all, considering they never miss me on the old board. > > Which, funny enough, is the exact same direction I’m headed in here. You wouldn’t happen to go by mookie on the other board, would you? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/14 "2011-02-25T19:48:51Z")
We tried counseling because of my rampant infidelity, but nothing panned out. My last board cited “irreconcilable differences.” And then she winds up getting HALF my shit! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/15 "2011-02-25T19:50:16Z")
> [@Not\_Approved](#): > > You wouldn’t happen to go by mookie on the other board, would you? Not quick enough, he can’t answer. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Approved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a8b319/32.png) [@Not\_Approved](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Approved)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/16 "2011-02-25T19:55:31Z")
Weird… I looked at some of his old posts. There was a mookie at another board that pulled the pity party stuff. He was right no one missed him there. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/17 "2011-02-25T19:59:54Z")
I am a refugee from a couple of other boards. BTW, I note no one has mentioned any other board by name in this thread. Some boards discourage discussing other boards by name, is that the case here? I would not want to offend . . . ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/18 "2011-02-25T20:04:13Z")
I’m on several, but the others are more specialized. Not cheating… I’m just dating around. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Approved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a8b319/32.png) [@Not\_Approved](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Approved)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/19 "2011-02-25T20:08:41Z")
> [@Heyoka13](#): > > I am a refugee from a couple of other boards. > > BTW, I note no one has mentioned any other board by name in this thread. Some boards discourage discussing other boards by name, is that the case here? I would not want to offend . . . Dunno. I’m new here too. Just don’t make smart-aleck comments about PA and you’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/20 "2011-02-25T20:14:04Z")
> [@Heyoka13](#): > > I am a refugee from a couple of other boards. > > BTW, I note no one has mentioned any other board by name in this thread. Some boards discourage discussing other boards by name, is that the case here? I would not want to offend . . . As long as you’re not trying to start a board war or only trying to drive traffic to the other board(spamming, in other words), you should be fine. I’ve seen a number of times where a poster is advised to seek advice at a more specialized board. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605.md?page=2)