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Actually, you weren't such a lurker, probably. Things used to go a lot slower.
There was a time when you could check this forum once a day, post, and then not need to check it again until the next day.
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When was that Amka? I've been here since July of '99, and I don't remember it ever being that slow.
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Noemon, I used to hatrack once a day for maybe an hour or two. Read everything new (I read everything at one time) and post my 3 or 4 posts a day and that was it. It DID use to be much slower, I'm pretty sure. Now you have to check page two or else miss stuff that happened just since the day before. And I check the forum a lot more often than once a day now. And just forget trying to read everything! Does anyone manage that anymore? I don't think there's any way I could, though I used to read every blessed word. Posts: 2843 | Registered: A Long Time Ago!
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That's a good point Anne Kate. When I first started I would read every word routinely, and it didn't keep me from getting my work done. Not only that, but I went back and read through all of the old folders, and the archived folders on the old Hatrack system. I must just be misremembering how slow it was back then, if I had time to do all of that.
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Back then I only viewed the internet as a tool for research. I wound up researching whole cartoons on broadband, though.
Most of my experience with BBS's and Chat had been bad, all ASL and that. I'd try to duck out, (sorry guys, thought this was supposed to be a discussion of comic book artists!) then get hit with a porn link or an ASL request.
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I was fortunate enough to have Hatrack be my introduction to online interactions with people I didn't know. Now I occasionally visit Mike's forum on sakeriver.com and John's forum on grenme.com, and once in a very long while I'll take a look at Ornery's forums, but that's about it.
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Thank you! But honestly, I wasn't doing the self-pity thing this time, simply pointing out that, if being an integral part of this community is your goal, it doesn't really take very long. Heck, as was pointed out to me last night, I haven't been here anywhere near as long as Ralphie, and yet folks like you are so nice to me and treat me like I'm thpecial!
::warm fuzzies::
And heck, speaking of, Cor probably has only a couple hundred posts or so, but people are always nice to her as well, and remember what her interests and hobbies are, etc. So you don't have to have been here since the dawn of UBB to fit in.
quote:See, I have to admit, I've never gotten the alure of the last post thread.
Amen.
My method of trying to establish myself was to wander in and pick a fight with the person who posted most often. It wasn't a concious method; that was just what it took for me to be invested enough in "what happened next" that I looked often enough to feel comfortable. Go figure. I didn't even really get to pick a fight, because I picked someone who refused to argue with me. Very sad.
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Pajeba, you are in luck! I'm offering a two month free mentorship and the great thing about the mentorship is you don't need a credit card to start it up. You can just sell me your soul for 2 months and that will work also.
Benefits of being in my mentorship:
Suddenly, you are cooler than before. You can ask any question about anything and I will answer with a question. I will inform you of all the inside jokes you need to know, along with an extensive profile on every member including phone number, mailing address, age, sex, location, eye color, threads they've started worth remembering, Credit Card numbers.... Well, you get to say you are T's minion. And thats just cool.
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Judge me by my size, do you? Size matters not. It's not the size of the jedi, but how they use the force, if ya know what I mean. Posts: 9754 | Registered: Jul 2002
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I think that makes you my great grandminion. Ask your evil lord about his wings and boobs.
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