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Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, January 2007

emw said:
So did jsw answer by not answering? ;)
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It wasn't on my questionnaire. I think mine said "What could we possibly do to get you to leave?"

*** still waiting for briefcase filled with unmarked, non-sequential, low-denomination bills ***
 
Have you made lasting friendships here?

Interview question:
Have you made lasting friendships here that will outlive your active forum membership?​

My comments:
Online friends aren't quite like "real" friends, but they each have their advantages. For example, online friends judge you by different characteristics than those you meet in person. For example, forums are good for people who smell bad! :p The anonymity forums offer can let you be yourself (speak honestly) or can put a barrier between you and others.

Once you know dozens of people in an online community, and think of them as friends, they have the magic ability to always be around (because some of them are around at almost any given time) and that gives you the feeling they are each a constant presence. You never lack for friends in a 24/7 forum system. But to have them as friends in the real world, you have to make an effort to get to know them in other ways. Living near each other makes that easier; it's harder to have lunch with somebody in another time zone!

My other important observation is that bousozoku is more succient than ~Shard~. ;)​
Interview answers:

Backtothemac:
Eyelikeart just called me the other day. I also used to sell mac to people here, and have had some interaction with many users here. Also the acts of kindness about a year ago when we were broke were truly something special to me. I am still in touch with Mr. Anderson (dukestreet). I don't talk to Arn much anymore, but he will remember my name I am sure.​

bousozoku:
I hope so.​

Doctor Q:
It's already true, since I'm friends with some who have left the forums.​

jelloshotsrule:
I suppose at some point even more of the people with whom I've formed relationships on the site will fade away and we'll just be keeping in touch outside of the forums, but even now, most of the regulars that I joke/talk with I don't really talk to outside. Whereas, yes, I do have several friends from the forums, a couple of which will probably be at my wedding. Go figure!​

jsw:
I've made friends that I've stayed in touch with as they've become inactive here, and I suspect, were I ever to leave, I'd keep in touch with people who were still active here - not that I can imagine leaving.​

MacBandit:
I did make a few friends that carried on outside of the forums but as of late, unfortunately I have kind of let them slip as well.​

mad jew:
[Do you think of forum members as your friends?] Yeah. I feel I know some of them quite well. Scarily, I feel some of you know me quite well too. :eek: [Have you made lasting friendships here that will outlive your active forum membership?] Well, pragmatically, probably not. As I said, I'm hopeless at Internet communication. Without these forums, I'd struggle to keep in contact with anyone here. However, it's not like I wouldn't want to. It'd be easier if I'd met some of you in real life.​

mkrishnan:
I do consider a number of people here friends, and their lives are important to me. I hope that we stay friends and stay active here, but even if one or both of us isn't active here, I do hope the friendship stays.​

Mr. Anderson:
I've personally met more than a handful of members who have travelled to see me or I've travelled to see them and call them I've met people from the forums that I definitely hope to keep in touch with even if I don't visit the site as much.​

shadowfax:
I don't think that I've developed any friendships that have stayed on, unfortunately. It didn't help me that I was an immobile teenager at the time, and then a busy college student who couldn't afford to fly anywhere to meet people, and that I lived far away from most of the people. It wasn't always this way.​

~Shard~:
There are people I have developed friendships on MacRumors with due to interests in completely non Mac-related topics! Otherwise I would never have became friends with them, however our common underlying interest in macs brought us together. As a result I have some friends I chat exclusively with about Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who and perhaps most interesting (for a Mac Forum) Foreign Exchnage trading! I also appreciate the the powers-that-be allow these types of threads to exist as well - it really makes for a well-rounded, dynamic, healthy community in my opinion. :cool: I would like to think that there are a couple people I will stay in touch when I eventually leave MacRumors, but it's tough to say. I did quite enjoy meeting CanadaRAM and Duff-Man this past summer though, as they were the first MacRumors members I actually met in person!​

vniow:
I've had real life friends that haven't made me laugh as hard as some people here. I should hope that real-life friendships outlast the boards here, I've met a few in person and hope to meet many more.​

wdlove:
Yes, I made lasting friends. I'm very happy to be a member of MacRumors.​
 
These interview Q&A's are great - from a relative n00b point of view it's nice to learn more about MR and it's senior members.

Thanks Dr Q

:)
 
Doctor Q said:
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Name            Will pass Mr. Anderson
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Chip NoVaMac    November 16, 2083

[/quote]

Been a while since I really looked at the many postings here on MR. 

Yep, I have tried to find a life beyond the internet. Sometimes successful, sometimes not. 

Late November saw a promotion to Assistant Manager for me. It also saw 6 day weeks, and the Xmas crush. So there went December. January saw a slow down, but also a re-evaluation of how I spend my personal time. 

The past four years have been one of some ups and downs. But the people here on MR has always been there for me. Whether it was issues about my Mac, issues in my personal life, or even my love of photography. 

In particular after my last vacation cruise last week, I am trying to find a more happy balance in my life. 

I suspect that in the next go round of stats, I will fall further behind. No problem. I will still be around. I will still support MR. For who will help me with my issues with the iPhone?:D
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Who were the big posters when you joined?

Interview question for those who joined 2002 or before:
Who do you remember as the most frequent posters, or those with the most posts, when you joined?​

My comments:
This one was hard for some people to remember, and the answers obviously depended on when they joined. I've added the starting years after the names here. I was glad I got to ask Macmaniac this question, even though he isn't a top poster.​

Interview answers:

Backtothemac (joined 2002):
Dukestreet (Mr. Anderson), Eyelikeart, Jelloshotsrule, Teabgs, mcrain, me, and many more.​

bousozoku (joined 2002):
jefthatfield was everywhere, and Dukestreet (Mr. Anderson).​

edesignuk (joined 2002):
Ensign Paris was one that stuck out for me, at the time of my joining he was the biggest UK poster.​

eyelikeart (joined 2001):
I remember Jefhatfield, Mymemory, AlphaTech, BacktotheMac & Dukestreet (now Mr. A).​

MacBandit (joined 2002):
When I joined the main posters were contributing members and moderators. Many of which I got to know fairly well and enjoyed chatting with. A few names I remember are jefhatfield, edesignuk, Mr. Anderson and many others. Don't feel bad if I didn't mention one of you older members (I actually had to look back to some of my original posts to recall names. When I joined MacRumors posts counts were still visible next to each of your posts. As you can imagine this created a lot of unecessary posting contests that mainly just filled the forums with spam. I hate to admit it but I did keep track of my posts and wanted a cpu tag when I was still new here but after a while that kind of gets old. When that happens is when a member really starts becoming part of the community and making regular useful contributions.​

Mr. Anderson (joined 2001):
When I first got here in the fall of 2001 it was eyelikeart and jefhatfield and just a few others who had tars. Blakespot beat me to 500, but even then there were only a handful of avatars. Alphatech, beej.​

Rower_CPU (joined 2001):
At one time the Macrumors account actually had the most posts. I think eyelikeart soon took over first and then Mr. Anderson (dukestreet, then) slowly passed him.​

shadowfax (joined 2002):
I remember Jane [member Janey] was positively prolific. of course I remember Mr. Anderson as well, and vniow.​
 
Cassie said:
In another five years, I expect mad jew to have over 50,000 posts!:eek:
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The forum software detects an overflow, deletes all past threads and posts, cancels all memberships, and shuts down permanently as soon as the first person gets to 65,537 posts. It's like the Y2K problem, except you don't know exactly when it will happen, and no amount of money can prevent it. ;)
 
Haha oh man, I had completely forgotten about mcrain and Teabgs. Was it really almost 5 years ago that I first joined? That's unbelievable to think about.

Whatever happened to Teabgs anyways? Any idea jellosnots? ;)

I remember when I first joined, I went by the username "hitman."

I definitely remember Alphatech, dukestreet, jelloshotsrule, krossfyter, Backtothemac, AmbitiousLemon, blakespot, mcrain, Teabgs, King Cobra, Durandal7 aka asurace, groovebuster, MacBandit and many many others.

Half the time I come to the forums now, I don't recognize anyone's name.
 
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