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I'm interested to know for how many of you TCS was your first foray into the wonderful world of internet forums?

I like most other people here I would imagine, found TCS while doing a search on the net to try to find some help for Sashka.

What I found was a lot more than I bargained for and over a year later am still here, have made lots of friends and love this place as a place to go to chat with people who have the same interests, from all over the world. It is sooo interesting and a big part of my life now! This was my first forum and until we got Ruby I had no interest in any others - but I found a great dog forum for her and now I'm thinking about looking for one for my other love - fantasy fiction.

How about you guys? Were you a forum virgin when you found TCS or an old hat...?
 

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I was a member of a couple, but left because there were no mods on to keep the trolls at bay who were upsetting a lot of people, so i did a random search then found TCS and the rest is History!
 
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KitEKats4Eva!

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I like that a lot about this forum - the other night was the first time I have experienced trolls on this site and it was really horrible - I found it quite upsetting. I sent a pm to MA straight away but they had posted dozens of threads before anyone could get to them. It was horrid.

I wonder if there are any other sites out there as nice as this one??
 

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I found this forum when I finally gave in and decided to let monsters into my home! I came here to read up and make sure I was ready for them
 

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Definitely an "old hat" here
! My first foray was before "forums," back when there wasn't a WWW, but just the Internet. I had a local BBS (bulletin boards) that I would pop into from time to time since I knew the Sysop. That was back in the early 90's sometime I believe (Interestingly enough it was called the "Birmingham Matrix" looooong before there was a "Matrix" the movie.) Just sort of segued into forums when they came about, although I tend to put all my forum energy into one at a time.

I actually found TCS when researching the boys' breeder. I think she's got a single post waaaaaay back somewhere that a Google for Maine Coon breeders in Alabama brought up.

Came, liked what I saw, stayed.
 

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This is actually the second forum I've ever belonged to, but the other wasn't a place I joined to stay at for a long time. I only went to the other when I needed help after I'd gone through a depressing month (grandmother died, got broken up with by - believe it or not - Brendan). It was a way to sort out my feelings and get things I wasn't comfortable saying to anyone who knew me in real life off of my chest. TCS is the first forum I've actually fallen in love with!
 

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i have to admit if i were 13 i would be a troll haha
i used to do that with a friend but on mIRC chat rooms they were funny. but then again i werent as horrible like those trolls, i just wrote silly things to get people annoyed. And then again when you are 13 you wouldnt think about those horrible things anyway.

Tcs is my first forum and i love it!
 

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I was actually in a forum for Disney movies back when I was maybe 10? That would be 10 years ago, so '95. It was back when AOL was still in version 1.5 or something equally ridiculous and 28000bps was a speed demon of a modem. Dial up was your only option. Oh, the olden days!
 

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this is the 2nd forum for me. The first one i joined ended up with their opinions were the only ones and there was always bashing going on. I got really sick of it really fast.... I love this one, although i do not post as much as many and do not know alot of people you can feel the connection between all of us and the total love for our babies!
 

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This is my first forum. I was looking for info on deaf kitties and came across this site and have been here ever since. I really enjoy it.
 

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Originally Posted by BigKittenDaddy

I hang out at http://bar.baen.com/ sometimes it is a sci fic board for Baen Books.
Really? Interesting, didn't know there was such a thing. I'm not, but my sister and some of her friends are friends with one of the Baen editors, enough so to get invited to "author only" parties at cons.

Heck, I think when we first got online our modem was 2800 baud on dial-up if I'm not mistaken
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This is my 2nd forum. There was a member of TCS that referred to this site a lot. She is still an active member here, so I won't reveal my sources
With her, and another friend who talked about TCS (we had classes together), I decided to check it out and the rest is history....


 

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my first forum was neons.org. and now i spend most of my time here and on srtforums.

trolls are everywhere and on every forum. the key is to just not feed the fire and they will leave and let the admins bring out the ban stick.
 

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I've been to a lot of forums, but this is the first REAL forum I've ever joined. By real, I mean real people talking about real things, and not some kids--or adults in some cases--desperate for attention.

That's why I like it here. I was gone for about a year because I got busy, then I came back to look for something, and I got hooked again. Now it's always one of the first sites I visit after checking my mail in the morning, and I visit throughout the day.
 

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when I was like 14 or 15 (around 10 yrs ago) I frequented a dos based forum (I did not have the capability to have a graphical browser at the time). The forum was for people who used the same internet provider as me. After that I can remember being on this hockey forum for a while but can't remember for the life of me what it was called. After that I pretty much stuck to MUDs rather than a discussion type layout, but now I post at this one and one other which is more of a health and beauty board.
 

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I belong to a company forum - that was my 1st. TCS is my second. I read an insurance adjusters forum, but don't post on it. I also am a member of a forum for my local newspaper.

TCS is BY FAR the best!
 

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I'm a member of 3 credit forums and a pet forum, but since I found TCS I hardly visit any other forums. Some of the forums allow people to be really rude and I'm glad that rude people aren't welcome on TCS.
 
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