My profile says I joined in 2002, but there was a server migration that happened before then. I'm pretty sure I joined after the series finale of Voyager (2001). ETA: Oops, didn't realize this was a zombie thread.
It’s not really a statement about quality; @Gryffindorian was just referring to the rule about not posting in a thread if it has sat dormant for a year or more, as this one had. (Sorry for explaining this if you already knew it; I really have no idea what the rules were like here before your 20-year hiatus.) Since we do have a bit of discretion around that issue, my personal thought is that I’m fine with leaving this open to give a common home to the “Hey, remember when...” posts. (Well, I guess technically there are two threads, but “Three Years of Starscream” is kinda an institution at this point!) If there were threads that were allowed to stay open long-term, it would make sense that the board nostalgia thread would be one of them. Although please note, I’m not the only mod on Team Misc, and I can’t speak for everyone.
Suffice it to say that the moderation standards here seem to have only improved in 20 years. Bravo, sir.
The best of friends, again. I was a member of this board when Star Trek was full of people that were actually more evolved than us, and when you did need a mushroom drive and a zillion bangs, special effects and unfulfilled plot threads to hold everyone's attention. (I'm *this* far from rocking on my porch waving my fist at those damned kids)
It might be intersting to see a list of active membres vs join date to see who has stuck around the longest.
I am only months away from my 20th anniversary myself. I registered in Dec 2001 under a different name. It was however a silly one-joke type of name that got old really fast. So in Feb 2002 I quietly stopped using that account and registered this one. I didn't tell anybody about it for years though (early 2002 was the height of paranoia on this website and the merest hint of a second account got you kicked to kingdom come fast then Janeway racing towards a nebular full of coffee!
When I registered my first account in Dec 2001 I had a membership number of about 11,000. So there was definitely a lot of nerds who at least registered back then! LOL
My profile says June 2001, but I was definitely here before that. Probably very late 1999 or early 2000. I originally registered the name Captain Napalm, then switched to the more obvious Calvin & Hobbes reference.
Hey Spiff, long time no see buddy! You were one of the green men for a long time, good to see you got promoted