History of Dance-Forums.com

[Pacion]

How did it come about?

I only discovered it by chance and as I play "catchup" am amazed by the knowledge, the friendliness of everyone and that I am in the company of champions :shock: Wow, oh wow, oh wow!

:notworth:


:lol: This is amazing! Where have you (meaning DF) been "all my life"?!?

[SDsalsaguy]

Unfortunately I have to get to campus at the moment, but I'll try and give you the history of the DF later today (unless DanceMentor gets to it first?)!

[Sagitta]

I am interested too. I've had bits and pieces, but I don't think I have completely finished the jigsaw puzzle of df history, yet!! :)

[SDsalsaguy]

OK, not sure if I'll be able to get to this today (but I promise I'll try), but I'll make sure to get to it by tomorrow at the latest...

[SDsalsaguy]

OK, so I'm a day late... :?

So, in brief, here’s the deal… (please note, there have been *many* members who have contributed to the growth of these forums, some as former moderators and many more through their participation. As a history of how the DF came about, most of those I’m mentioning by name are members of the current administrative team)

DanceMentor first launched these forums (back on September 18, 2002) out of a desire to have a place where quality information about dance could be discussed and exchanged free from commercial interests.

Of the currently active members the earliest to join the DF include Spitfire who joined on Jan 24, 2003, as the 19th member and Larinda McRaven who joined on Feb. 7, 2003, as the 20th member.

I stumbled across this site and joined on March 28, 2003, as the 38th member. While I was (and am) a member of several other dance discussion sites, I really liked the lack of commercial interest associated with this site and, after my initial participation, was invited to become a Moderator, first of the ballroom forum and shortly thereafter of the salsa forum as well. Not too much later, as we started adding other active moderators, I became Site Moderator.

Salsarhythms joined on April 4, 2003, as the 46th member and became moderator of the Salsa Forum on April 19, 2003. Vince A. joined the DF, as the 88th member on May 16, 2003 and d nice joined on July 10, 2003 as the 128th member (at the moment I’m unsure of the exact dates that they both became Swing Forum moderators, but it was sometime in August 2003). The next member of the current team to join was Swing Kitten who joined on Aug. 10, 2003, as the 185th member, and became Dancers Anonymous and Funstuff & Inspiration moderator on Sep 9, 2003. Pygmalion joined as the 210th member on Aug. 22, 2003 and became Ballroom moderator on Sep. 8, 2003. Our resident poet, Borikensalsero, joined us on Aug. 27, 2003, as the 225th DF member, and joined Salsarhythms as a Salsa moderator on 23, 2003. MadamSamba joined the DF on Oct. 4, 2003, as the 296th, and took over as Argentine Tango moderator on Jan 23, 2004. The last member of our current team to join was Sagitta who joined on Oct. 23, 2003, as the 336th member, and joined Vince A. as moderator for General Dance on Dec 19, 2003.

Here are some other historic events/milestones in the evolution of the DF…

Sep. 18, 2002: 1st DF post :!:
July 3, 2003: 1,000 total posts
Aug. 11, 2003: 2,000 total posts
Aug. 14, 2003: 200 registered members and 7 “registered” members all logged in at the same time…then a record! (LOL)
Aug. 26, 2003: 3,000 total posts
Sep. 12, 2003: 5,000 total posts
Sep. 13, 2003: General is the first individual forum to reach 1,000 total posts
Sep. 18, 2003: 6,000 total posts
Sep. 26, 2003: 7,000 total posts…and Swing & DA join General in the 1,000 posts Forums club
Oct. 3, 2003: 8,000 total posts
Oct. 4, 2003: 300 registered members
Oct. 6, 2003: Photo Album (http://www.dance-forums.com/album/)added to the DF!
Oct. 10, 2003: 9,000 total posts
Oct. 19, 2003: 10,000 total posts
Oct. 26, 2003: 11,000 total posts (and SwingKitten makes the 11,111th DF post!)
Nov. 3, 2003: 12,000 total posts (and 12,000 views reached for the Photo Album)
Nov. 10, 2003: 13,000 total posts
Nov. 18, 2003: 14,000 total posts
Nov. 21, 2003: 400 registered members
Nov. 25, 2003: 15,000 total posts
Dec. 3, 2003: 16,000 total posts
Dec. 10, 2003: 17,000 total posts
Dec. 19, 2003: 18,000 total posts
Dec. 25, 2003: 19,000 total posts (and the Photo Album reaches 25,000 views)

20,000 posts reached before New Year’s!!!!

Jan. 1, 2004: The 2003 Dance Forums Awards!!! (http://www.dance-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=1862)
Jan. 4, 2004: 21,000 total posts
Jan. 8, 2004: 22,000 total posts
Jan. 11, 2004: Help the Dance Forums (http://www.dance-forums.com/donate.php)added
Jan. 14, 2004: 23,000 total posts
Jan. 21, 2004: 600 registered members
Jan. 22, 2004: 24,000 total posts
Jan. 30, 2004: 25,000 total posts
Feb. 5, 2004: 26,000 total posts
Feb. 11, 2004: 27,000 total posts
Feb. 15, 2004: Dance Forums switches hosts, form WestHost to Pair.com
Feb. 17, 2004: 28,000 total posts
Feb. 21, 2004: 29,000 total posts
Feb. 26, 2004: 30,000 total posts

[NeoDevin]

Tsk tsk, you forgot to put in when I joined :P ;)

[SDsalsaguy]

Forgot? :wink:

[NeoDevin]

I gave you the benefit of the doubt...

[Pacion]

:lol: SD and NeoDevin.

Hey SD you also forgot:

700+ registered users, by Feb 26. Not bad going for a forum that has been in existence for just under one and a half years. :banana:

[pygmalion]

And it looks like we'll hit 800 today or tomorrow. It's really amazing when you see see the exponential growth rate over the past few months. Yay for us! :D :banana:

[Sagitta]

Yup!! It looks as if df has taken off and is one what promises to be a really long adventurous productive....flight. :)

[pygmalion]

I also want to support SD's point. We might not be here now if not for the work and support of some folks who, for whatever reason, are not currently with us. MissAlyssa, I miss you. You were a great and fun DF contributor, and you really helped get the DF ball rolling. I know you're busy now, with your jobs and your life, but don't think your contribution has been forgotten. It hasn't. 8)

[SDsalsaguy]

Yup, many, many others have contributed to making the DF what it is today. Or, mor3e accurately, *everyone who's ever posted* has played a role!

Just to name a few more, some of the more substantial contributions from those not currently part of the DF staff include:

Spitfire, who initially suggested seperating non-dance items from the general forum... a suggestion that I later revived and from which DanceMentor created the DA.

MissAlyssa, who jumpstarted the forums with what is still a record (70+ posts in one day!!! :shock:) and was a moderator for F&I & DA.

Will35, who singlehandedly kept the AT forum running for quite some time.

[salsachinita]

To EVERYBODY in the DF family........

:notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth:

[Pacion]

Another question :wink: What was so significant about February 15th that 110 users were online :roll: :wink: :lol:

[pygmalion]

I think that's an artificially inflated number. That was the day we were making the transition from one web host to another, I believe. I don't think that 110 is correct. Bummer. :? But, the way we're going, it will be soon. :D

[SDsalsaguy]

Actually, the 110 on Feb 14th is accurate... :shock: :banana:

It seems, primarily, to have had to do with a swing couple on Star Search from the "views" per/topic...

[pygmalion]

You're kidding! I was logged in when we hit 110 (what a shocker LOL), but it never occured to me that there were actually 109 other people out there. Cool! :D

[SDsalsaguy]

If you want a *real* shock Jenn, just before we switched hosts we actually had 400+ as part of the search I mentioned above! :shock: :shock: :shock:

DM actually looked into it, and it wasn't a spider, etc.!!!

[Swing Kitten]

If you want a *real* shock Jenn, just before we switched hosts we actually had 400+ as part of the search I mentioned above! :shock: :shock: :shock:

DM actually looked into it, and it wasn't a spider, etc.!!!

so THAT'S what that was!? I was there for that and figured it had to do with the switch... hmm

[Vince A]

This is interesting reading . . .

[SDsalsaguy]

[Note: everything above this is from almost three years ago]

Some questions about DF history came up in this thread (http://www.dance-forums.com/showthread.php?t=15927) in the salsa forum, so I'm updating this thread... (sorry for any repetition, I'd written up what follows before I remembered this thread)

OK, some very brief DF history... founded by DanceMentor, who at the time was also the webmaster for Showtime Dance shoes, DF was originally launched in September 2002 as a non-commercial source for discussion and information about partner dancing. To say that the membership numbers and activity levels were low at the time would be an understatement, as I was only the 38th member to register when I did so nearly five months later, on March 28, 2003. What most attracted me to DF at the time was its non-commercial nature, and in fact I had started a yahoo group (ballroom life) around the same time for similar purposes [1]. DF was still in its infancy at the time, and as I originally became one of the more active posters in ballroom, DanceMentor invited me to help out as a moderator for the Ballroom and then the Salsa forums. Then, later that year, and as we began to grow, I became the ‘Site Moderator’, essentially splitting the ongoing administration of the DF between the technical (DanceMentor) and the content (SD).

An indispensable part of this growth—and really one of the underlying keys to the success of DF (and least in my mind)—has, of course, been the tremendous series of moderators we’ve had over the years. Some of the past mods are long gone from DF, some still mods, and others still active members, but each and every one of them has spent more time and effort trying to help the DF be the best that it can be then I think almost anyone (but other past/current mods) really appreciates. More than just time, dedication, and headaches, the mods suggest new ideas, shoot down bad ones and, overall, help ensure that the DF is never just about ‘status quo’ for long, but rather about always trying to see what we can do better. Especially in a forum this size we can’t please everyone, but all the mods have helped tremendously in making sure that there are a variety of perspectives voiced and represented as the DF continues to evolve and develop.

As far as the growth itself, over the next two years, with DanceMentor and I as administrators and with the great staff of volunteer forum moderators helping run the site, DF emerged as the largest and most active English language partner-dance website in the world [2]. Still primarily a discussion board—as it started out—DF has added several additional features over the years, some used more than others, such as a dance directory (http://www.dance-forums.com/directory/), photo album (http://www.dance-forums.com/album/), dance music guide (http://www.dance-forums.com/music/), competition and event guide (http://www.dance-forums.com/competitions/), and google map (http://www.dance-forums.com/VBGooglemap.php).

And, just to put some of the numbers in perspective, please realize that two years ago today we had just gone over 24,000 total posts while, as I am writing this, we are over 366,825! While there have been growing pains (sometimes more than others), the DF remains a non-commercial site [3] intending and dedicated to serving as a clearinghouse for “quality information about partner dancing of all kinds.”


[1] Somewhat ironically, due to the success of DF that yahoo group never went anywhere, although technically it still exists.

[2] In early 2004, for instance, we were averaging over two thousand posts per week and well over one million page views per month.

[3] All operating costs are derived from Google ads and periodically solicited member donations and fund raising efforts (such as an annual silent auction conducted on line).

[samina]

thanks, SD... am grateful this site exists, and thus for all your hard work & dedication, as well as that of DF's mods...

heartfelt gratitude...:notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth:

[Pacion]

...with the great staff of volunteer forum moderators...

Does this mean that if sainthoods were being given out, we would be eligible? :raisebro: :raisebro: :raisebro: :raisebro:

[SDsalsaguy]

Absofreakinlutely!!!!

[Terpsichorean Clod]

Does this mean that if sainthoods were being given out, we would be eligible? :raisebro: :raisebro:
I thought you have to be dead in order to receive sainthood. :confused: ;)

[pr]

[Note: everything above this is from almost two years ago]
Even almost three years... ;)

[SDsalsaguy]

Even almost three years... ;)
:doh:

[LucyDiamond]

Thanks for a great site!!!

:notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth:

[fascination]

thank YOU for contributing

[latingal]

Can't thank DanceMentor and SD enough for carrying the load to keep DF up and running, it's an awesome place.

And to all the mods past and present, more thanks for volunteering time, effort and caring to keep this an open and welcoming place for the members!

[Joe]

I thought you have to be dead in order to receive sainthood. :confused: ;)
That can easily be arranged for interested parties. :twisted:

[Peaches]

That can easily be arranged for interested parties. :twisted:

Or, as DH likes to quote from one of the numerous Terry Pratchett books lying around the house,

"If per capita is not to your liking, then decapita can be arranged."

Something like that...

[fascination]

That can easily be arranged for interested parties. :twisted:oh thanks...now you're offering our antagonists your murderous services...and you know what I look like...great, special, perfect...runs for hair dye

[Joe]

Well, you're already a saint. ;)

[fascination]

whew, you totally blind-sided me with that one joe...I don't know whther to thank you or raise an eybrow...I think I will thank you...insert kiss blowing emoticon here

[fascination]

BUT, btw...not really a saint...trust me...or ask pro dh and dtr

[Peaches]

whew, you totally blind-sided me with that one joe...I don't know whther to thank you or raise an eybrow...I think I will thank you...insert kiss blowing emoticon here

Yeah, a bit odd for Joe, I must say. Although you got top billing above some other chick-y on the mistletoe thread, so not wholly unsupported. (I remember only b/c I had to look up the other chick-y.)

...but in double checking to make sure that my memory was not wrong about the mistletoe thing...

I get a kiss, Fascination, for the same reason as Joe? B/c I have "an edge"??? Waltz Tango Foxtrot? I don't have an edge? No edges in sight! I've got some curves going on, but, alas, no edges. I feel very maligned...

How do people keep getting this impression of me??? My teacher seems to have the same impression, and I've only every been nice to him, too. I don't get it.

I don't have an edge...I don't.

[samina]

you crack me up, peach... "no edge"... :snort:

i bet you're really a marshmallow... a diamond-shaped marshmallow, the edges hiding your inner squishiness. ;)

[fascination]

peaches...I own a shirt that says "runs with scissors" and my son calls me the beast...takes one to know one, all I'm gonna say...including the plausible deniability...

[fascination]

must go check out mistletoe thread...brb...

[fascination]

holy moley....

[Peaches]

you crack me up, peach... "no edge"... :snort:
Mind your manners, dear. Ladies don't snort.


i bet you're really a marshmallow... a diamond-shaped marshmallow, the edges hiding your inner squishiness. ;)


In real life I actually am, very much, a marhmallow. Although I think I object to being compared to a marshmallow, on general principle. I'm actually very quiet, very shy, extremely non-confrontational, and very easy going. It takes a hell of a lot to get me to push back at anyone. The only exceptions, and the people who know me to be feisty, are DH, my immediate family, and a few very close friends.

Admittedly, sarcastic comments are something of a forte, but that hardly gives me an edge. ...And hardly justifies being called a b***h by my teacher, although not in so many words...

I don't know where this edge idea comes from...

OK...un-hijack.

Oh...and another thing! Regarding the diamond shaped marshmallow, with edges hiding squishiness...I'd say it's more the other way around. Generally nice and marshmallow-y, but with a pretty solid center.

[Peaches]

peaches...I own a shirt that says "runs with scissors" and my son calls me the beast...takes one to know one, all I'm gonna say...including the plausible deniability...


Ooooh, I'm so jealous--I'd love a shirt like that.

[fascination]

woman, I am generally too lazy, but don't you make me go and do a search for incriminating posts...b/c I CAN you know....but okay, guard your illusions....trying to think now if the pro has every really said the
B word to my face....hmmm I don't think so, but well, is there really any question?

[fascination]

Ooooh, I'm so jealous--I'd love a shirt like that.signals or wireless...dh got "plays well with others"...how annoying ...pouty stomp...I want plays well with others...harummmph:rolleyes:

[Peaches]

He didn't actually use the B word. I just pointed out to him that the comments he made were, more-or-less, the same as calling me a B to my face. He just shrugged and laughed.

Kinda wish he would, though, b/c it would give me license to call him other names in the book, which would feel very gratifiying when I get frustrated.

[samina]

well, you both have spunk, that's for sure.

i think i'm the other way around, personality-wise, peach... i wear my marshmallow on the outside... more of a velvet glove/iron fist sort, i think.

[fascination]

He didn't actually use the B word. I just pointed out to him that the comments he made were, more-or-less, the same as calling me a B to my face. He just shrugged and laughed.

Kinda wish he would, though, b/c it would give me license to call him other names in the book, which would feel very gratifiying when I get frustrated.lol, did I mention that this week we got into a huge fight that essentially ended in "well, my next instructor..." and "well, why do you go find him?";)

[fascination]

well, you both have spunk, that's for sure.

i think i'm the other way around, personality-wise, peach... i wear my marshmallow on the outside... more of a velvet glove/iron fist sort, i think.
an excellent quality...that is my DH...didn't know what hit you...like that saying about the Irish...they can tell you to go to hell so that you look forward to the trip

[Peaches]

Whoa! That's waaaay more...heated...than I'm thinking of getting. (Although if he doesn't back off with the competing nonsense, I could just get there...)

I'd just like to know that I have license to call him an arse now and again, and know he wouldn't take it wrong.

[Peaches]

an excellent quality...that is my DH...didn't know what hit you...like that saying about the Irish...they can tell you to go to hell so that you look forward to the trip

Ditto with my DH. I've never heard that saying, but yep, it describes him pretty well. Especially business wise. Dear god, he's frightening on the phone.

[samina]

...like that saying about the Irish...they can tell you to go to hell so that you look forward to the trip

never heard that before! :)

well, gtg... responsibilities call. have been ignoring them long enuf...
:)

[fascination]

thank goodness...will make it easire for me to go...sometimes I just pray that the two of you won't be on

[fascination]

Ditto with my DH. I've never heard that saying, but yep, it describes him pretty well. Especially business wise. Dear god, he's frightening on the phone.
oh yea...that little sweetheart is lethal..opposing counsel is 12 miles down the road before they realize that they just got hosed...that is so sexy

[fascination]

Whoa! That's waaaay more...heated...than I'm thinking of getting. (Although if he doesn't back off with the competing nonsense, I could just get there...)

I'd just like to know that I have license to call him an arse now and again, and know he wouldn't take it wrong.he'd prolly take it better than you would...and btw, if you start competing it will get worse..but hey, it's fun in a twisted sort of way

[Peaches]

he'd prolly take it better than you would...and btw, if you start competing it will get worse..but hey, it's fun in a twisted sort of way

Yeah, you're probably right. He seems to have gotten thoroughly accostomed to my cursing-while-dancing.

...and competing won't happen...

[fascination]

meh, will see

[samina]

thank goodness...will make it easire for me to go...sometimes I just pray that the two of you won't be on

lmao... glad to see you, too, f.
;)

[Peaches]

meh, will see


Where the hell is the piqued emoticon when I want it???

What the hell is going on with people around me, lately? Why is EVERYONE riding my [butt] to compete? My friend, DH, teacher, teacher's wife/partner/my friend, other teacher, my mom (she's supposed to be on my side...she's my mom)... And now you, F.

Whatever happened to "no means no"?

[Peaches]

lmao... glad to see you, too, f.
;)

You're still here? ;-)

Whatever happened to needing to log off and do stuff? :p

[samina]

oh yea...that little sweetheart is lethal..opposing counsel is 12 miles down the road before they realize that they just got hosed...

i think i must have a bit of that goin on... done the lawyer thing against my will but apparently not too shabbily.

was an interesting feeling, turning into a power-gun in court against mafia-types and having my share of wins. wouldn't want to do that again, but i appreciated the fun in being underestimated & coming through with costly surprises for my adversary..

[samina]

You're still here? ;-)

Whatever happened to needing to log off and do stuff? :p

i am now at my desk at work, thankyouverymuch... my warmup, and then i'll locking myself out of DF until i finish something pressing <lol>

[fascination]

Where the hell is the piqued emoticon when I want it???

What the hell is going on with people around me, lately? Why is EVERYONE riding my [butt] to compete? My friend, DH, teacher, teacher's wife/partner/my friend, other teacher, my mom (she's supposed to be on my side...she's my mom)... And now you, F.

Whatever happened to "no means no"?well, I don't care whether or not you compete, but YOU clearly do;) ...as in "methinks thou doth protest too much":cool:

[fascination]

You're still here? ;-)

Whatever happened to needing to log off and do stuff? :paddictive personality, she is (said in yoda fashion)

[Peaches]

Methinks thou art sorely mistaken.

[Peaches]

addictive personality, she is (said in yoda fashion)

huh??? Lost me on that one.

[fascination]

Where the hell is the piqued emoticon when I want it???

What the hell is going on with people around me, lately? Why is EVERYONE riding my [butt] to compete? My friend, DH, teacher, teacher's wife/partner/my friend, other teacher, my mom (she's supposed to be on my side...she's my mom)... And now you, F.

Whatever happened to "no means no"?
btw...peaches, no one is on the side of people like you and me...no one...did I tell you that there is a club that friends of dh and mine have started called the "poor Greg club"?????...that's dh's name...how's that for feelin' the love????:rolleyes:

[samina]

peach... i think she's talkin about me, luv...
:)

and i prefer to think of it as dedicated, intense, or passionate, thankyouverymuch.

<lol>

[fascination]

huh??? Lost me on that one.
she can't stay off...and yoda would never say "she's an addictive personality" but rather "an addictive personality, she is"...you are losing your nerd merit points on that one

[Peaches]

peach... i think she's talkin about me, luv...
:)

and i prefer to think of it as dedicated, intense, or passionate, thankyouverymuch.

<lol>


Yeah, I get that she was responding to you.

But the syntax, and the "yoda" explanation doesn't ring any bells with me. The only thing I know of "yoda" is that my friend's cat is named Yoda.

[fascination]

peach... i think she's talkin about me, luv...
:)

and i prefer to think of it as dedicated, intense, or passionate, thankyouverymuch.

<lol>
what is it with denial today??? okay I am 29, and hot, and men are lined up to dance with me...let's see what else?...oh, and I can eat all of the burritos I want, washed down with margaritas and never get fat or hungover...and I am going to be a US champ this year...and drive around in my vintage jaguar...yada yada

[samina]

Yeah, I get that she was responding to you.

But the syntax, and the "yoda" explanation doesn't ring any bells with me. The only thing I know of "yoda" is that my friend's cat is named Yoda.

you're a magic fan & you haven't seen star wars???

<hey, where'd the googley-eyed emoticon go????????????!>

[fascination]

Yeah, I get that she was responding to you.

But the syntax, and the "yoda" explanation doesn't ring any bells with me. The only thing I know of "yoda" is that my friend's cat is named Yoda.
helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo? star wars? the wise sage...goodness...rent it:rolleyes:

[Peaches]

btw...peaches, no one is on the side of people like you and me...no one...did I tell you that there is a club that friends of dh and mine have started called the "poor Greg club"?????...that's dh's name...how's that for feelin' the love????:rolleyes:

Which side are you and I both on, again? ;-) You compete, I don't.

Although mentioning the additional cost of competing is a good way of shutting up DH when he gets on my case, I've found.

I don't see why there should be a "poor Greg club." Isn't he always traveling on business trips--seems like "poor Fascination" is more appropriate.

[fascination]

Methinks thou art sorely mistaken.I am scarcely EVER mistaken...see deity status please:cool:

[samina]

what is it with denial today??? okay I am 29, and hot, and men are lined up to dance with me...let's see what else?...oh, and I can eat all of the burritos I want, washed down with margaritas and never get fat or hungover...and I am going to be a US champ this year...and drive around in my vintage jaguar...yada yada

roflmao....

"addict" has such a judgment to it, tho, y'know? i'm happy being intense... i don't need an intervention or 12-step program. LOL i'm happy & the least neurotic person i know... so i'll DF as much as i want.

if you knew how much work i still manage to get done in the background, you'd be quite impressed.
LOL

[Peaches]

what is it with denial today???
I've got no idea what's going in in Egypt, m'dear.


okay I am 29, and hot, and men are lined up to dance with me...let's see what else?...oh, and I can eat all of the burritos I want, washed down with margaritas and never get fat or hungover...and I am going to be a US champ this year...and drive around in my vintage jaguar...yada yada


Well, of course you are! There's no need to rub it in...

[fascination]

Which side are you and I both on, again? ;-) You compete, I don't.

Although mentioning the additional cost of competing is a good way of shutting up DH when he gets on my case, I've found.

I don't see why there should be a "poor Greg club." Isn't he always traveling on business trips--seems like "poor Fascination" is more appropriate.er well, unlike certain person's who shall remain nameless who are in denial...bottom line is this...I am sort of ...well...fierce...and uh, loud, and uh, emotional, and well, stronger than he is;)

[Peaches]

I am scarcely EVER mistaken...see deity status please:cool:

This must be one of the rare times, then. It must be because you're only a Demigod. Don't worry, when you become a full-fledged deity, I'm sure these embarassing things won't happen anymore. There, there.

[fascination]

roflmao....

"addict" has such a judgment to it, tho, y'know? i'm happy being intense... i don't need an intervention or 12-step program. LOL i'm happy & the least neurotic person i know... so i'll DF as much as i want.

if you knew how much work i still manage to get done in the background, you'd be quite impressed.
LOLwhistling...realizing that I am wasting my time here...la la la..okay sam...whatever you say...I get stuff done too btw...LOL

[latingal]

*ahem* ladies, I was wondering what was going on in the history of dance forums thread that would cause 5 pages of posts since I checked in last night....sounds like it's been fun....but um isn't this a 5 page hijack?? *grin*

[Peaches]

In response to both of you...

OHHHH, Star Wars. Not interested...

[fascination]

This must be one of the rare times, then. It must be because you're only a Demigod. Don't worry, when you become a full-fledged deity, I'm sure these embarassing things won't happen anymore. There, there.
sends thunderbolt in the direction of your heinie

[fascination]

In response to both of you...

OHHHH, Star Wars. Not interested...then you aren't a real nerd...real nerds have collected and can quote the originals

[Peaches]

*ahem* ladies, I was wondering what was going on in the history of dance forums thread that would cause 5 pages of posts since I checked in last night....sounds like it's been fun....but um isn't this a 5 page hijack?? *grin*

Sorry, Mom...

*un-hijack*

(She started it!!!)

[samina]

good point, LG...

<duly taking my own "addicted" heinie off to other pastures...>

[fascination]

who made her a mod?..off to speak to the management...okay....okay but highjacking IS part of the history of DF...and besides, what else is there to say about it?...okay questions anyone?

[fascination]

Sorry, Mom...

*un-hijack*

(She started it!!!)did not

[fascination]

good point, LG...

<duly taking my own "addicted" heinie off to other pastures...>okay...I'll go elsewhere too, but hey, sam, didya notice my post count?...it isn't exactly a criticism;)

[latingal]

who made her a mod?..off to speak to the management...okay....okay but highjacking IS part of the history of DF...and besides, what else is there to say about it

*lol* you know the saying....get a room? ladies...get a new thread!

[fascination]

SOME people....give em a little bit of power....so okay, DF...it's history....insert contribution here

[latingal]

Sorry, Mom...

*un-hijack*

(She started it!!!)

did not

I love this place! *grin*

[Beto]

In response to both of you...

OHHHH, Star Wars. Not interested...
:shock: :shock: Great, now you're gonna tell us you haven't seen The Princess Bride either...

[samina]

okay...I'll go elsewhere too, but hey, sam, didya notice my post count?...it isn't exactly a criticism;)

i have indeed noticed it creeping up... you're nearly trailing my addicted heinie... <lol>

[Peaches]

Don't even think about trying to escape. The chains are far too thick.
Get back, Witch! I'm not a witch, I'm you're wife!
Chocolate makes it go down easier.
Hello, Lady!
There is a shortage of perfect breasts in the world, it would be a shame to ruin yours.
Gently!!
Farm boy...

All from memory. You were saying something???

[samina]

and you've got a point... i'm gonna hit "royal guard" in less than 3 months on DF... <would insert the googley-eyed emoticon here... if i could FIND it...>

it's the job, i tell ya. you'd never hear from me if i wasn't bound by a ball & chain to the greatest tedium the world has ever known (ok, so a little hyperbolic, here)

DF is my saving grace... one more month of this freekin project...

[samina]

Don't even think about trying to escape. The chains are far too thick.
Get back, Witch! I'm not a witch, I'm you're wife!
Chocolate makes it go down easier.
Hello, Lady!
There is a shortage of perfect breasts in the world, it would be a shame to ruin yours.
Gently!!
Farm boy...

All from memory. You were saying something???

heeeeyyyy... i'm impressed.

what a great movie <sigh>

[samina]

i think i wanna marry inigo.

and i'm marriage-phobic.
<lol>

[Peaches]

Anybody want a peanut?

[samina]

"inconCEIVable!!!"

[edited: "i before e, except after c..."]

[Peaches]

i think i wanna marry inigo.

and i'm marriage-phobic.
<lol>

Well, he sings beautifully, if a bit high for my tastes.

We should re-un-hijack! ;-)

[Peaches]

"inconCIEVable!!!"
You keep using that word...I do not think it means what you think it means.

[samina]

what does he say about the fire swamp... "we could be quite cozy here!"

[Peaches]

Well, I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely.

[latingal]

We should re-un-hijack! ;-)

yeah that....(and how the heck did I get to be the one with the club?)

[samina]

<two seals haul pulpy remains off the thread...>
;)

[fascination]

yea...knock it off in there ...you too...don't make LG open up her very first can of ...uh...well you know....go find someplace else to be troublesome...I SWEAR, some people

[samina]

oy. two-face.
:-p

[samina]

sorry, LG
<appropriately contrite>
<batting seal-pup eyes>
;)

[fascination]

see my rebuttal elsewhere...IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII...don't highjack

[pr]

Whoa.... :shock: :shock: This thread is much longer since I last visited it... :o

[Peaches]

And, yet, no more informative! lol.

Is your avatar (which I think is new) in response to the hijacking? ;-)

[pr]

And, yet, no more informative! lol.
Just what I thought hehe. It happens when some mods are part of the hijack cartel... :lol:

Is your avatar (which I think is new) in response to the hijacking? ;-)
Yes, it could be... ;) (I think the avatar is a little bit funny... :p)

[fascination]

I was merely contributing to the post count and keeping an eye on those two troublemakers...now about the history of DF...who can name the most mods...past and present?

[SDsalsaguy]

...now about the history of DF...who can name the most mods...past and present?
Hmmm.... me? ;)

[fascination]

SD! THIS is what I get for trying to be a good girl???? ....I should have known it would pay better dividends to be naughty

[Terpsichorean Clod]

That can easily be arranged for interested parties. :twisted:
Please save the shoes if you...er...create any saints. I wear about a size 8. ;)

[SDsalsaguy]

....I should have known it would pay better dividends to be naughty
Was there ever a question? :raisebro:

[fascination]

where's that newb mod when you need her?...I believe the admin has just highjacked AND flirted outside of the flirting thread...(why do I love that so much?)...okay you, snap out of it

say something historical(it won't be as fun, but I'll still have a warm glow)

[latingal]

Man, I go out for a couple hours and what happens??

....the admin hi-jacks the thread (to flirt nonetheless) - and TC well he's hawking Joe for his victims dance shoes.....aaarrgghh!!!

*shakes head and covers eyes*

I give, I give - today's just been a hi-jacking day....(this has got to be a newbie mod initiation thing)

[fascination]

darlin....if that's all you get initiated with you may bow at the altar of the gods and thank your merciful heavens

[Ray Sison]

Dance Forums has quite a storied history. I never imagined...

[Spitfire]

Hmmm, who has been here longer than I have and still active?

[fascination]

just glad that you are :)

[Ray Sison]

Always an interesting thread to revisit from time to time, especially for the newer folk...

[pygmalion]

Too lazy to read. What is this thread about? :rolleyes:

[samina]

hah... it's about 1/20th History of Dance-Forums... and the rest various hijacking chatter. :rolleyes:

brings back some nice memories.

[pygmalion]

Ah. Gotcha. Pacion, Sagitta and/or DancePoet, if I had to hazard a guess. Those folks were incorrigible, IIRC. No thread was safe from silliness. Okay heading back to read. :car:

[pygmalion]

Okay. I'm back. I remember those days -- we used to celebrate every thousand posts. It was hard work, but a lot of fun. Shout outs to borikensalsero, VinceA, dnice, MissAlyssa, Pacion, Sagitta - all former moderators who helped make DF what it is.

And then there are all the former DF members that need to be thanked.

[Peaches]

Ah. Gotcha. Pacion, Sagitta and/or DancePoet, if I had to hazard a guess. Those folks were incorrigible, IIRC. No thread was safe from silliness. Okay heading back to read. :car:
Yeah. Back before people started clamping down on hijacking so much, and before things got so prudish and proper. I miss those days...it was so much more fun around here.

[pygmalion]

And when one could talk like an adult without excessive censorship. Eh. It is what it is. Gotta take the good with the bad. *shrug*

[samina]

Ah. Gotcha. Pacion, Sagitta and/or DancePoet, if I had to hazard a guess. Those folks were incorrigible, IIRC. No thread was safe from silliness. Okay heading back to read. :car:

nope... fasc, peach, and sam :cool:

[samina]

Yeah. Back before people started clamping down on hijacking so much, and before things got so prudish and proper. I miss those days...it was so much more fun around here.
wistful sigh...

[pygmalion]

You hijacker, you! :tongue: :lol:

[flashdance]

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1138/dffordummies.jpg

[Peaches]

And when one could talk like an adult without excessive censorship. Eh. It is what it is. Gotta take the good with the bad. *shrug*
Yup. And as we can see, I'm still here so for all my complaining I haven't changed my behavior.

[samina]

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1138/dffordummies.jpg
hysterical. FD... love you

[Larinda McRaven]

flashdance (((((:)))))))

[pygmalion]

Yup. And as we can see, I'm still here so for all my complaining I haven't changed my behavior.


Eh. You and me and Hobbes. The social contract and all that. If you want to be part of a community, you have to decide whether you're willing to live by its rules. It's that simple.

When I left DF, I left because of the censorship. But now I just don't care. There are so many things more important to me than which curse words get censored and which ones don't. It just doesn't matter to me anymore. It's that simple.

[pygmalion]

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1138/dffordummies.jpg




All right. Where'd you get this? I want to prank a friend. :wink:

[Larinda McRaven]

Hmmm, who has been here longer than I have and still active?


Of the currently active members the earliest to join the DF include Spitfire who joined on Jan 24, 2003, as the 19th member and Larinda McRaven who joined on Feb. 7, 2003, as the 20th member. I stumbled across this site and joined on March 28, 2003, as the 38th member.

No one. :)

And as a funny note, when I first showed up I was a "spammer"! I posted a link to a website for a dance studio.... And I was reprimanded then, just as the majority of my participation here is now behind the scenes cleaning up spam and hassling with advertisers, nasty business.... karma huh!

[pygmalion]

Spitfire absolutely rocks. He's been a quiet force in the background at DF since before I joined. He doesn't say much, but he has always been there, starting threads, encouraging conversation.

Thanks, SF! :notworth:

[flashdance]

All right. Where'd you get this? I want to prank a friend. :wink:

http://www.jellymuffin.com/generators/fordummies/

I had to print screen then import/crop into Paint.... :)

[pygmalion]

Awesome. thanks. :-)

[samina]

No one. :)

And as a funny note, when I first showed up I was a "spammer"! I posted a link to a website for a dance studio....
bad girl...

[Ray Sison]

Spitfire absolutely rocks. He's been a quiet force in the background at DF since before I joined. He doesn't say much, but he has always been there, starting threads, encouraging conversation.

Thanks, SF! :notworth:

I second and third that. Spitfire :rocker:!

[Spitfire]

So many here not even a third of the time as I, but I have only a third as many posts as they do!

[wooh]

So many here not even a third of the time as I, but I have only a third as many posts as they do!

Quality. NOT quantity.

I post at a board for others in my profession. They have the "kudos" function enabled, and I'm rather proud of the fact that my kudos to post ratio is quite high, even if my overall post count is not. I'm a lot more proud of that than reaching some arbitrary number of posts.

[Joe]

Spitfire, just think of it this way: your S/N ratio is very high! :)

[Ray Sison]

Quality. NOT quantity.

I post at a board for others in my profession. They have the "kudos" function enabled, and I'm rather proud of the fact that my kudos to post ratio is quite high, even if my overall post count is not. I'm a lot more proud of that than reaching some arbitrary number of posts.

wooh, truly something to be proud of!

[Spitfire]

Quality. NOT quantity.

I post at a board for others in my profession. They have the "kudos" function enabled, and I'm rather proud of the fact that my kudos to post ratio is quite high, even if my overall post count is not. I'm a lot more proud of that than reaching some arbitrary number of posts.


Spitfire, just think of it this way: your S/N ratio is very high! :)

Oh, I didn't say that I think I don't post enough, just not as much as many of you. ;)

[Ray Sison]

Oh, I didn't say that I think I don't post enough, just not as much as many of you. ;)

Spitfire is as classy as his cool avatar--as I'd say on the "Say Something Nice about the Person above You" thread...

[SDsalsaguy]

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1138/dffordummies.jpg
Had missed this amidst a couple of weeks of craziness, but its just too funny! Thanks flashdance! :lol:

[Spitfire]

You know, I always have this "dream" of us getting together for our very own DF social dance. That would be so cool. :cool:

[Amanda Coyle]

i'm going to enjoy this thread