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Old 11-04-2007, 11:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Contact with TFP members beyond the boards

Do you have contact with other TFP members besides the normal back-and-forth postings on the boards?

I'm not asking about real time meetings. I know those happen occasionally.

I'm asking about your interactions through private messages, emails, and instant messages.

I started wondering about this because I recently had a short conversation with another member through the TFP Private Messaging system. I've been around here for a long time, and I can count on one hand the number of times that has happened.

I don't contact other members very often and I'm not contacted very often. I get a few birthday messages every year, which is nice. Sometimes I'll PM someone when I want to privately follow up on something that was discussed on a board. Other than that, there's not much going on. Is my low level of off-board interaction with other TFP members representative or unusual?
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:12 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I once sent something that was my grandmother's to Shani-Faye for her wedding, and I got a post card from 3 or 4 people on here in "The postcard game"....

Otherwise, no.
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:15 AM   #3 (permalink)
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and its still one of my most prized possesions SF

There are many many people I talk to off the boards more than I interact with them in threads
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:22 AM   #4 (permalink)
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aw, well youre welcome, but you can call me Adam you know!
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I talk to one special member on MSN everyday and some others and I've been known to phone a few from time to time
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:25 AM   #6 (permalink)
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well hell Adam lol I always like that our usernames had the same initials
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:34 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I've had quite a few for various reasons.

Some have asked me health questions.
Some have thanked me for advice.
Some have told me what a great post something was when they didn't have the guts to post it outright when the subject is controversial.
A lot have said welcome back after my last hiatus.
And some have told me to play nice or else.

There are times when a public post isn't the best way to reach out to someone..

I'm still hoping for someone who likes to show off on cam (ladies, gentlemen don't get those hopes up), but alas

Edit: I'll add that when more of my political ilk were on tfp we would PM each other various observations to avoid seeing that yellow text.
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Old 11-04-2007, 12:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
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There are two tfp members that I exchange emails with on a fairly consistent basis and many whom I have casual interaction with through pm and on myspace.
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Old 11-04-2007, 12:17 PM   #9 (permalink)
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A few of my closest friends I talk to daily, via phone, IM, and email, are on here, and I met them through TFP.
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Old 11-04-2007, 12:25 PM   #10 (permalink)
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i get together with a couple TFP people at least once a year and e-mail all the time. there are a few of us who PM each other on a more or less irregular basis...
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Old 11-04-2007, 12:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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theres only one or two that i'll PM. but other than that no. though this is an interactive board, i find that its not as interactive as say other social websites like facebook and what not. but then again i guess its not meant to be.
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Old 11-04-2007, 12:47 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I talk to a few people from TFP on AIM and MSN from time to time, some more regularly than others. I may not be the best conversationalist on AIM (i'm usually distracted by other things irl) but I do like it when TFPers IM me.

I gotta say, Martian has kept me company many a late night on AIM.
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Old 11-04-2007, 12:50 PM   #13 (permalink)
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The only other place I talk to TFP members (other then in real life) in on MySpace.


And that's not that often.
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Old 11-04-2007, 01:03 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I gotta say, Martian has kept me company many a late night on AIM.
It's a mutual thing.

I also talk with several members on MSN and/or AIM, as well as doing some PM correspondence with a couple folks. I hang out in chat occasionally, and may become a Saturday night fixture there in the future.
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Old 11-04-2007, 01:58 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Old 11-04-2007, 02:25 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I've talked to some on the phone, some on chat, and some by e-mail. I've talked to them more often in the past. I spend much less time on the computer now and stay pretty busy most days so I talk very little with others from TFP.
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Old 11-04-2007, 03:10 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I've contacted a few people outside of the forum, whether to say something, make an off-the-record comment, or to thank someone for a contribution. I've invited a few people to join, and I just had to log my brother off to log myself on.
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I've had sexual intercourse with 95% of all current and former tfp members.
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Old 11-04-2007, 03:27 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Besides a couple of meet-ups, I do talk to a handful of TFPers on MSN, AIM or in chat. One special person I chat with every day on MSN, even if just for a brief moment, it's nice to know he's there.
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Old 11-04-2007, 03:33 PM   #19 (permalink)
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There is a contingency of New York TFPers who meet up frequently
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Old 11-04-2007, 04:26 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Quote:
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I've had sexual intercourse with 95% of all current and former tfp members.
You missed me.
You didn't miss much...
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Old 11-04-2007, 05:09 PM   #21 (permalink)
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You didn't miss much...
Dude, that never happens to me, it was just that once, i swear.
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Old 11-04-2007, 05:27 PM   #22 (permalink)
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A couple people I've dated joined while I was dating them and are still on. One of them is now on the forum staff.

I think the extent of my 'met on tfp, then in real life' experience was that I went bowling with Phred Green.

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Old 11-04-2007, 05:56 PM   #23 (permalink)
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A couple people I've dated joined while I was dating them and are still on. One of them is now on the forum staff.

I think the extent of my 'met on tfp, then in real life' experience was that I went bowling with Phred Green.

I forgot about that till you mentioned it

Dating someone quite successfully who I met through the board.. and I can also quote Spec verbatim that some of the closest day to day friends that i catch by phone, email, IM, or in person, were a result of TFP.
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Old 11-04-2007, 10:14 PM   #24 (permalink)
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I met some people, although they were not very influential around here.
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Old 11-04-2007, 11:21 PM   #25 (permalink)
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There is a contingency of New York TFPers who meet up frequently
I promise I'll hop on the train and join you guys some day, really.
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Old 11-05-2007, 12:10 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I keep pretty loose contact with several people. Some people I talk to regularly, and some I talk to all the time. The list has fluctuated here and there over time, things change and people's priorities like work and school change. I'm also in chat here and there, though not nearly like I used to be (which was practically all the time lol). Chat may be part of the board, but it's really a totally different level and type of interaction that it almost doesn't count as being "part of" the boards in this context.
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Old 11-05-2007, 12:53 AM   #27 (permalink)
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I have one member I'm in extremely close contact with over IM and various online calling services.

They've even offered me a place to crash when I go travelling later this year.
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Old 11-05-2007, 02:53 AM   #28 (permalink)
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I've had sexual intercourse with 95% of all current and former tfp members.

How do I go about making that 95.1%?

I haven't met anyone on TFP yet. I've played World of Warcraft with a few of them though. Kept in touch through PMs and stuff
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:42 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Met several, IM a bit with a few, including some who don't come around any more.
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Old 11-05-2007, 05:49 AM   #30 (permalink)
 
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Have PM'd/been PM'd by more than I can remember... sometimes I just love those brief exchanges. In my most harebrained moods, I get a lot of support from random PM'ers coming out of the woodwork. I have several members on Facebook... and G-chat quite regularly (or used to, when she wasn't insanely busy) with one in particular. (This is in addition to attending several meetups on both US coasts, and one in Iceland.)

The internet is not just "the internet," for me. It crosses and re-crosses paths in real life, all the time, pretty much seamlessly. I like it that way... feels less compartmentalized, I guess.
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Old 11-06-2007, 11:51 AM   #31 (permalink)
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I get an occasional pm, maybe once a month, but it isn't really a social thing. I do email and chat sometimes on YIM with two of TFP'ers.
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Old 11-06-2007, 12:00 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Old 11-06-2007, 12:07 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Back in the day when I was a single gal I met one of the ex male members in person. It became a little more then I wanted it to be as he was a tad to clingy.
I have made quite a few other friendships on here and I tend to think of them as life long.
Halx and I used to talk on the phone every now and then also That was nice
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Old 11-06-2007, 01:09 PM   #34 (permalink)
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I've had sexual intercourse with 95% of all current and former tfp members.

Awww... You remembered St. Louis!
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Old 11-06-2007, 05:58 PM   #35 (permalink)
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I attended a Salt Lake City meetup a couple of years ago, and the majority of the people there no longer post. I do post at another forum run by a member here and have contact with her, but not as frequently as I would like. Other than that, I have a random PM or pop into chat once in awhile, and that's about it.
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Old 11-06-2007, 06:48 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Awww... You remembered St. Louis!
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Old 11-06-2007, 08:46 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Some I knew before. Others, I didn't. And I rely on them now, they're part of my family of friends. I've sort of adopted several members into real life so that their real names are far more familiar than their TFP names.

I have so much love for this board... you don't even know! If I know your name, and some even that I don't... you are my people. And I really really really give a damn what happens in your lives, no matter how stupid busy I get.

*sniffle*
I heart you guys.

And filterton, I'm getting pissed! What's wrong with NYC, mofo?
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Old 11-06-2007, 10:06 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Old 11-06-2007, 11:28 PM   #39 (permalink)
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The more PM's you send, the more you'll get. I feel pretty connected with Siege, Cyn, and Art... others, too. But it's not a regular communication - then again, I'm not here often enough for it to be so.
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Old 11-07-2007, 06:35 AM   #40 (permalink)
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I find facebook to be good for that as well. I've connected with a few scattered tfp'ers that way, and MSN is great for that as well. Just last night I was having a three-way (conversation) with Shani and Gaia. It's that sort of thing that keeps me sane.
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