....I've been around for a while but don't know when this forum really did originate. Anybody on now know...?
Quentin
Looking back at forum content as an historical timeline, I'd say that the level of moderation that we all currently "enjoy" is the biggest change.
In days of old when knights were bold, and the ladies not so particular...it was often fun to contemplate political obscurities here with other members we all knew and loved. And before anyone trot's out the stale old admonishments beckoning "if you want to talk politics, then go to a political forum, blah blah, blah... coward...yada yada..." I'd just like to point out what should be obvious to all other than complete mental midgets. For those hoping to recruit mindset, the (quote)political (unquote) forums are generally pretty slim pickings. Most of the regulars at political forums are pretty set in their ways, they don't want to learn anything new, and so there is very little to recruit. In contrast, a forum such as this is often teaming with fence sitters who might not have all the facts on a particular issue, and may even be grateful for access to all the information that will allow them to make truly informed decisions
I'm certainly not a charter member, but I just found one of my old posts from November 2001. I was (Dough814) at the time. I know that Brakie was around then and was quite helpful. I think he could claim the title of charter member.
The biggest thing that I remember was the old forum style in which you had to click on each individual thread. It remained even as other forums moved to this modern style of scrolling down. I dropped off around that period and lost my screen name. When I came back the modern forums were here!
This section of the TRAINS Magazine Forum now has 908 pages of posts. I wonder, how many of you original members are still active and posting? Also, what kind of changes have you seen this forum go through?
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