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lizi -> RE: When you were first new to Collarchat - (9/29/2012 11:57:21 AM)
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When did you first discover the forums?
I made an account here early 2009, didn't notice the forums till later that year. I finally noticed the little scroll feature on the side of the front page and clicked on it.
What was it like when you first started posting regularly?
It was a very knowledgable environment where people didn't hesitate to be honest. I was hooked from the start because that's the environment I prefer. I felt very empowered after reading on the board, I had a lot of questions that I didn't have answers to, here were honest answers. This stuff was new to me when I signed up, I had a learning curve going on, I felt really at home on the forums right away and the empowerment I felt was liberating.
It was a place that allowed me to figure out my feelings on things and helped me form what eventually became my own opinions. You don't know when you get started in this type of thing how little of it is a set program, and how much comes from you internally. You kind of cling to the ideas that you had in the beginning till you get it that you're supposed to take those and use them as a springboard. The forums helped me quite a bit in organizing my outlook on things. Buuuuut.....I've always worked like that- I gather information, mull it over, and then pull out my opinion/plan. It's just the way I've always done things and this place is perfect for that.
Were people nice or mean to you?
I didn't post much in the beginning. They mostly kind of ignored me then, here and there someone would agree with me and that was nice but not necessary. I wasn't going to stop posting if I didn't get it. Once in the beginning I said something disingenuous and kind of silly and LadyPact called me on it, lol, I dont remember what it was. But that reinforced what i'd seen that you'd better have put in some thought on what you're going to say or risk, rightfully, being called on it. I can get behind that.
I can't say they were nice or mean, they were fair. I just about always thought people were fair whether they were being one thing or the other so it didn't matter. I didn't want the meaningless pats on the back being handed out to posters. If I'm putting in my time and effort to reading then I want a payback and that payback is being able to learn something - I don't get that from people being "nice". I've always wanted things here to be fair, and I've never been disappointed in that. I don't care much how the fairness and honesty is packaged as long as it's not someone being outright nasty.
What are the most classic threads you can think of?
Ghostman was awesome, now it's a shell of what it was when it was happening because of all the things edited out by the OP and the mods. You had to be reading that one as it happened. There have been others but heck if I can remember them.
Mostly I'm blown away when someone shares their own personal struggle, truth, or philosophy...and it happens fairly often. There is a very knowledgable group of people here that don't hesitate to share, how cool is that? And posters that are willing to put pieces of themselves out on display so others may learn. It always takes my breath away when that happens. I've learned so much about life here that I want to thank everyone for.
Who was/is your all time favorite poster?
There are many, there certainly are people I'll scan things over and look for first. I hesitate to name people because inevitably I'll miss a name and it does that person a disservice by not having them there so I'll pass on naming names. I will say I miss some people that have been here in the past - Jeffff, Domi, LadynTrainer, FuckinTroll, Fornica, UniqueRaven, etc.
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