# Where did all the forums go? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272 "2008-09-06T02:06:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/1 "2008-09-06T02:06:18Z")
What the fuck? I’m sober, I swear, but the forums are disappearing… Only the Pit and the Barn House left. Is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/2 "2008-09-06T02:07:51Z")
Umm. Nevermind. I found something called “Side Conversations.” Fucking upgrade… :o ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/3 "2008-09-06T02:09:24Z")
Looks like someone’s trying to set up subforums. Yup, all the usual ones are back now, plus “Side Conversations.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/4 "2008-09-06T02:10:05Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Umm. Nevermind. I found something called “Side Conversations.” Fucking upgrade… :o Hey cool, maybe that will shut up all the bitchers. I wonder what else might go there. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/5 "2008-09-06T02:12:40Z")
Gone to graveyards, every one. When will we ever learn? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/6 "2008-09-06T02:12:56Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Looks like someone’s trying to set up subforums. > Yup, all the usual ones are back now, plus “Side Conversations.” Oh, I wasn’t the only one that saw that? Whew… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/7 "2008-09-06T02:14:01Z")
You can click the little up-arrow icon on the “Side Conversations” banner bar and hide it. Or, do the same for the “Main” category, instead, if you’re a huge Zotti fan. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/8 "2008-09-06T02:17:55Z")
Not a bad change, but I was a bit weirded out that now the regular forums show up in the drop-down menu as black on gray. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-all-the-forums-go/462272/9 "2008-09-06T02:44:08Z")
I think that it’s sad that Ed moved his little forum out of the mainstream. Sure, it was commercial and self-indulgent, but we’d all do it if we could and we had a book to sell. As it is, I’m forced to bump threads and [link to them](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481080) while feigning innocence and claiming I’m doing it for the people in the Pit who stay out of Cafe Society.