The Dope vs. the soapbox

[raven]

_detroit has for years been trying to persuade me to come to the soapbox to play. She likes it very much. I've never been much of a message board person, so I never took her up on her offer. However, today was different. Today, I was bored, and more significantly, the Dope was down. It seems to be constantly inactive lately. Damn hamsters. Anyway, as it was down, I decided to finally make myself known at the other place. So off I went.

Immediately, I was struck by the similarities. They both use the same basic message board template, so that was unsettling to begin with. I'm comfortable with the familiar Dope forums - The Pit, Café Society, IMHO and MPSIMS - so these were a shock to the system. Then there's the other similarity - _detroit informed me that Courtney Love herself does appear every so often. At the other board, Cecil Adams appears every so often.

But then, the differences. The Straight Dope is minimalist in the extreme - it uses dull greys as its main colour scheme and has avatars and the < img > tag disabled. The soapbox is a riot of colour in contrast. The Dope is full of established posters and people who all know each other. Now, I may be wrong, but I don't feel the same is the case at the soapbox, especially as it's got so many more people as members. Then, the inhabitants of the Dope are abrasive and scathing, delight in pissing people off, and value knowlege above all things... and I rest my case.

I'm bored, in case you couldn't tell. I'm sick of revision.