Old Skool CG Reunion Thread

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

(She's fine, by the way, I know one of y'all was gonna have a fit when you noticed she hadn't posted lately.)

I'm glad to see that - I had been wondering where she was but I know she takes breaks. She didn't forget her password again, did she?

To be honest, I joined in 2004, so I guess I don't have much to add along "Old School" lines, but the real name thing makes me sad. I mean, I know quite a number of poster's real (at least first) names, but I would never think to call them by their real name on the forums anymore, and that was something that was more common when I was still a newb.

Most of the time I don't care what a poster's real name is but it makes me a little sad that we have to be so guarded. Of course, real names and linking between different social media sites/blogs is what leads to livejournal stalking, personal threats, etc etc by the cray crays.

[AlphaFrog]

I know I take a risk putting my stuff out there, but I know that doing what I'm doing, I've got to be willing to put myself out there. One nice thing, if I ever do "make it big" is that my husband's hometown is literally not even on the map, so I always have there to go hide from the paparazzi. Yes, I've thought of this.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by agzg

I'm glad to see that - I had been wondering where she was but I know she takes breaks. She didn't forget her password again, did she?

To be honest, I joined in 2004, so I guess I don't have much to add along "Old School" lines, but the real name thing makes me sad. I mean, I know quite a number of poster's real (at least first) names, but I would never think to call them by their real name on the forums anymore, and that was something that was more common when I was still a newb.

Most of the time I don't care what a poster's real name is but it makes me a little sad that we have to be so guarded. Of course, real names and linking between different social media sites/blogs is what leads to livejournal stalking, personal threats, etc etc by the cray crays.

Having a job where I have to be a lot more careful about my clients knowing where I live and about my regular life has, I think, made me care a bit less about the e-stalking sort of thing, if only because I think I could handle whatever comes from that appropriately. I worry more about the RL safety issues, but even that is more of an awareness than a worry. I guess it's just a new perspective?

I think we still have really good discussions here, just not the ones started by our troll.

/2005 is SIX years ago guys. Totally old school.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I think we still have really good discussions here, just not the ones started by our troll.

Yea, my favorite threads are the ones that cause discussion (even when we all don't agree). There seemed to be more of those back in the day (listen to me...), but there are still enough to keep me coming back.

/2005 is SIX years ago guys. Totally old school.

n00b.

[OleMissGlitter]

I have been a member since 2001 but I never really posted that much until I became a chapter advisor around 2003/2004. I do agree that sometimes posters are very hostile to new posters on here. I hope I don't ever come off rude or mean!