How many DU folks that started in 2001 are still here? I hit my profile & the 2001 jumped

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123. I'd stopped by here a few times via links from Bartcop...

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On 9/11 this was actually a pretty good relay place for news, especially in the first hour or two, because regular news sites were completely jammed. I think that was the day I actually registered, to ask a "do they know what kind of plane?" question before the 2nd plane hit.

I met a few DUers at a meetup in NYC Central Park, including Jeff Matson (nostamj). Just a brief acquaintance, but I went to the "Question W Review" he produced and directed. nostamj originated DU's TOON post tradition. After he died unexpectedly in 2005, I took that up for a while, as did others (and hat tip to n2doc, the current keeper of the flame).

I think the only posts I've had removed or hidden in that time were either happened to be in subthreads that got clipped, or once an unflattering comment was taken to be directed at a poster when it was intended for the RW idiot who was the subject of that person's OC. That probably makes me deficient in some respects, but it works for me.

My vote for greatest unsung DU ridiculousness (i.e., excluding the famous ones: fried chicken, Olive Garden, etc.): The influx of Brony memes in 2010. Images of "My Little Pony" dolls and Veruca Salt (from Willy Wonka) had become a way of making "want your pretty pony/want it now/you're being childish" scolds and jabs and flame-trading while keeping the text of a post nominally civil. While this is happening, MLP gets a reboot that develops a fan base completely outside its target demographic. The fans create an assortment of graphics, which start showing up here ("pony shrug" gifs and such) in posts that have nothing to do with the hot-button subjects, but are mistaken for people trying to start and spread flame wars, and hijinks ensued.