Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Its noteworthy that many of those people -- who didn't know each other at all outside of the messageboard -- gathered together en masse probably 20 times during the existance of that board and continue to do so now.
I know a lot of people from this board -- in person -- who's only connection to me is this board. I'm not quite sure what the differences are that you're highlighting between HFStival.com and this board. My experience was the insanity of the back and forth flooding, started by HFS (as it was a new 'tactic' over here) for that week taht was..well, insane.
That said, after the battle, I started reading and posting over at HFStival. Didn't find it all that much more civil, but got some good info, and that's what I'm after!
I was glad you came over here, Julian, when you did.