# Which forum do you check first on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051 "2016-09-27T17:53:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/21 "2016-09-28T00:14:13Z")
GQ, then on down the list, skipping Debates and Elections and Pit until I get SUPER bored, and I I’ve never even been in Marketplace. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/22 "2016-09-28T00:20:28Z")
BBQ Pit, so I can see if there’s an entry in my all-time favorite thread “The Bundys are at it again.” It’s the gift that keeps on giving. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/23 "2016-09-28T01:20:54Z")
Cafe Society or General Questions ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/24 "2016-09-28T01:32:21Z")
GQ, GD, CS, IMHO, MPSIMS, PIT. Occasionally I do the election one. That’s my order and because that is the sequence they are listed and I assumed that is the way you are required to read them. Bob ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/25 "2016-09-28T11:54:10Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > This. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > That. The other. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/26 "2016-09-28T11:58:43Z")
I’ll usually jump into The Game Room to see how wrestling is doing. Then I go between starting at Cafe and working my way down, or starting at MPSIMS and working my way up. I never ever ever go to the pit, great debates or election crap though. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/27 "2016-09-29T04:13:46Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I start with User CP to check on threads I’ve participated in or am following, then New Posts. This for me, exactly. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/28 "2016-09-29T04:45:42Z")
I just go to the front page. Then, if anything on the most recent threads catches my eye, I go there. Only then do I start looking at individual forums, where it’ll just be whatever I’m feeling that day. Or, sometimes, I’ll just leave and check back later. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/29 "2016-09-29T04:55:50Z")
First check my subscribed threads. Then go to the Forum Jump box. I work through each forum in turn, from top to bottom. I start with ATMB, and finish with MPSIMS. I usually skip over elections and great debates, and don’t often look at marketplace or the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/30 "2016-09-29T08:00:48Z")
Depends. Today for example there was a thread in GD in which I was quite active right before going to bed, so I started there. Normally I’m more likely to start in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/31 "2016-09-29T08:42:58Z")
I used to do GQ, GD, then added BBQ, and now I just jump straight to New Posts. If I’m not satisfied after that, I do Subscribed to see if I might have missed an update in one of those threads. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/32 "2016-09-29T11:47:46Z")
On an almost daily basis **Cafe Society** is the first one I read and the only one if I’m in a hurry. Followed invariably by: **In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)** Then, **Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)** Perhaps 2-3 times a month **General Questions** Then, **Great Debates** Several times a week but only if an important event is coming up or taking place **Elections** and **The Game Room** Extremely rarely, perhaps 2-3 times a year \*\*The BBQ Pit \*\* Never **About This Message Board** **Comments on Cecil’s Columns/Staff Reports** **Thread Games** \*\*Marketplace \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/33 "2016-09-29T12:05:59Z")
Thread Games first, for my favourite there. Next, Cafe Society. Then – in various orders, depending on mood / whim – IMHO / MPSIMS / General Questions / Great Debates. Then, quite often, the Pit. Other forums, I seldom or never look at; I completely avoid Elections, not being American and not being strongly interested in current affairs in general. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051/34 "2016-10-01T00:32:01Z")
I always start with ATMB, to check out who was banned lately :), go to GQ, then over to CS (this is my favorite place), to the Pit to get my fair share of filth and crazyness, a short trip to GD (it’s the most frustrating forum) and then off to relax in the lighter forums, IMHO and MPSIMS which I can never quite tell apart, they’re both the gossip and chitchat forums to me. That’s my daily routine. Beside that, I check my subscribed threads several times a day, mostly with tapatalk on my phone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-forum-do-you-check-first-on-the-sdmb/767051.md?page=1)