# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/21 "2011-02-25T20:38:19Z")
Thanx. There certainly are specialized boards out there. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/22 "2011-02-25T21:22:13Z")
I’ve been with this board for almost exactly 10 years. I’ve been with another board for over 10 years. That board introduced me to this one. I’ve belonged to a third board for almost 3 years. I have a harem of boards, or maybe I’m just a board slut. ---
**Author:** ![Nadir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nadir/32/7302_2.png) [@Nadir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadir)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/23 "2011-02-25T21:26:59Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > …or maybe I’m just a board slut. I’m just a bored slut lover. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/24 "2011-02-25T21:28:55Z")
No, but I do feel guilty when I post on inferior boards. Like, it’s OK to cheat but I shouldn’t be slumming. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/25 "2011-02-25T22:21:23Z")
I wouldn’t know. This is the only board I post on regularly, because it’s just so darn cool. There is one other where I am an occasional poster, but mostly read. I spend more time on my blogs than that other board. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/26 "2011-02-25T23:35:34Z")
I join a lot actually, but stay on few. I’d say out of every 10 I join, only 1-2 are active enough to have new posts on a daily basis. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/27 "2011-02-26T00:02:14Z")
No and I don’t consider a vibrator cheating either! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/28 "2011-02-26T07:41:52Z")
It depends. Am I joining just to make a comment or two? Am I joining because it’s the official forum of a webcomic I want to comment on? In either of those cases, it’s more like just being friends. But if I actually start feeling more at home, I do feel a bit like I’m cheating. I also felt like I was cheating on the board when I spent so much time here yet not only didn’t I pay, but I had to use Adblock. I don’t feel that way on any other board. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/29 "2011-02-26T08:27:55Z")
> [@Not\_Approved](#): > > Do you think I should come clean with them? Are they the sorts you think deserve a passive/aggressive approach? You know.. a good old fashioned knuckle-buffing noogie to the tops of their skulls? No? I’d probably just keep a low profile, then. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/30 "2011-02-26T10:33:25Z")
I felt like I was cheating on my old message board when I first discovered the Dope, but the passion had been dying out for a while. I dumped it when this place made me realise what I’d been missing out on. Now I still occasionally post to the old one, but that’s not cheating, we’re just staying friends. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605/31 "2011-02-26T14:05:52Z")
Not really. I register at other boards to discuss some burning question, and they greet me with open arms, and it’s like I’m this pristine, born-again, bright new thing to be welcomed and made right at home there. This honeymoon lasts until about my third posting, and then the relationship goes downhill, I realize I am dealing with 15 year olds who can’t spell, and I get bored and move on. I’ll never be at peace. I’m eternally moving on, but that’s OK. The search for knowledge never ends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-join-a-new-message-board/572605.md?page=1)