Appreciation thread for our friend Rhiannon12866
She will probably hit 200,000 posts before The Dawns Early Light, all this while only 29 years old.
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By posting a large number of the videos, in particular, that most of us want to see!
And, when I was newish to DU and trying my hand at MIRT, she was beyond helpful and kind to me. DUers helping DUers. She sets the bar.
She was very kind to me when I was new to a group here, and has given me a great deal of help. I think she's awesome.
Congratulations, Rhiannon12866!! 
to Rhiannon for all the invaluable work she does on DU
Mahalo, Rhiannon!
as a night shift worker I appreciate the folk who do the regular thing, they keep me on track at DU 
To this MASSIVE pile!! All very well-deserved. We appreciate ALL you do!! Thank you!!
I never miss reading one of your posts! You are on my must read list.
You go, girl. You are one of DU's most prolific posters. A fellow New Yorker! EXCELSIOR!
I was waiting for the John Oliver premiere video to be uploaded after the show and I fell asleep. Needless to say, I'm a bit overwhelmed and slightly embarrassed as well. As I said to my buddy, KS Toronado, it's not that I'm all that chatty, but I served as a DU.2 mod, a DU.3 host and on MIRT numerous times and it adds up. And I have been here since DU.1. 
But I truly appreciate all the kind replies - and the plethora of hearts which was truly overwhelming. And I can hardly complain since the ever popular hearts week (which I love!) is all to benefit DU. And I hope that I did my part since I believe that everyone here, no matter how or how much you participate deserves a boatload of hearts just for being here and supporting both the site and sharing so much knowledge and important news each and every day. I found DU back in 2003 after being scared witless by 9/11. I was in my dentist's chair in Albany, N.Y. when all hell broke loose and all I had to do was watch the TV turned to CNN by my dentist and see that second plane hit the WTC over and over - and I eventually walked out into the September sun believing that the world was about to end. 
I'd always voted, mostly for Democrats, but the news often put me to sleep, now I watch little else. And I'd never been on any message board before so when I got a reply on my very first post, I kinda freaked out - but it turned out to be DU's one person welcoming committee, newyawker99 (who many of you will remember) welcoming me to DU. And she became my first DU friend - and not only did I come back, I now count so many fellow DUers as friends and DU is my online home - where I continue to learn from all of you every day.
So thank you for your kindness and letting me know that I do belong. And I try to pay it forward.
Rhiannon
to say that Rhiannon has always been one of the voices and personas that makes DU the wonderful welcoming charming insightful thought-provoking place that it's been for so many years...