Have you changed...?

Started by Chiru December 17th, 2005 1:00 PM
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Chiru

I dun use this account any mo'

Age 31
Seen May 30th, 2013
Posted June 27th, 2007
1,228 posts
17.9 Years
This question just popped into my mind: do you think you have changed a lot since you first got involved with the wonderful world of forums and other internet communication? Have you changed gradually from a total n00b to a person respected by many people? Did you instantly become popular? Or are you too new to this stuff to notice any change? And if you have changed, how exactly have you changed? Are you more mature now, are you better at spelling/punctuation/whatever, what? Yeah, a lot of questions, I know.

I was looking at my forum posts from two years ago on other forums, and I was actually pretty embarrassed at some of the things that I had written!

Example of actual post that I made back in my n00bish days:

WHAT THE SHINTAKE IS THAT ABOUT????????? I MISSED THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF TODAY'S EPISODE!!!!!!!!! DID THEY EVER GET BACK HOME? THIS IS
SO *&^*&^&*^&^ING STUPID!
Yeah. So, I've changed from a person who overuses capital letters and punctuation marks and makes annoying posts to a person who uses mostly correct punctuation and grammar and makes annoying posts. I'm also much more mature now.

(666 posts XD)
If you need me, I'm now using the account "BlueberryPoffin". Look for me. :D

Dawg 2005

The original Dawg 2005

Age 30
H-Town, Texas
Seen March 17th, 2021
Posted December 30th, 2013
6,094 posts
18.2 Years
Nice thread, and yes I've changed. I've started better grammer and such, you know, aside from the XD's and others. XD.

And it caused me to come on the internet alot more, XD.

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Chiru

I dun use this account any mo'

Age 31
Seen May 30th, 2013
Posted June 27th, 2007
1,228 posts
17.9 Years
Wow, I get two replies in like half a minute.

Apparently I used to take great pride in being overly hyper and crazy. I was best known as "that crazy cat freak". I also remember something about a war RPG with someone that turned into a huge spam war with all kinds of god-modding. Half the forum got involved, and the two of us almost got banned. It was pretty funny looking back on how stupid we were though XD.
If you need me, I'm now using the account "BlueberryPoffin". Look for me. :D

Crystal Clair

Shinji lover

Age 33
In the Forest of Hesitation with Shinji
Seen March 24th, 2013
Posted March 8th, 2012
3,464 posts
18.2 Years
CC: I used to be a total pest, a n00b. I was a rabid Misty fan, overloved PokeShipping and bashed May and AdvancedShippers to no end. That explains why I got banned from that old site. Serebii, if you must know, but it's been over a year and I'm ready to start over there, I wont leave PC though.
I remember my old post, oversuing XD and trying to act cool.
Now people appreciate me for who I am, an artist and a friendly member who wont back down if her pride is bashed ie:
Clair, homosexual love, the pretty girls of Pokemon, PokeShipping, AdvancedCloneShipping, DraggirlShipping, NeoShipping ans Tloz Majora's mask.
I have really changed but I never did type really bad
Clair: that's right 83 nyaa!
CC: Clair's also helped me evolve.

Sammi

Age 33
she/her
The States
Seen 5 Days Ago
Posted November 8th, 2021
14,085 posts
18.3 Years
Interesting question.

I have changed since I've started going on forums, almost two years ago. When I first joined forums, I wasn't the best member at all. I would post links to my fanfiction (surprisingly, no one yelled at me for it), and I would be extremely strange. I remember my sigs... they were the oddest things ever. I would have big LOLS, which was a really weird habit. As time goes by, my weirder habits go away. I become a more mature member.
I never really had issues with spelling and punctuation. Okay, so I do spell pretty bad... but if I know I probably misspelled something, I usually put the post though a spellchecker before I post (like this post). I don't want to look like an idiot.

I also felt like I was a suck-up and a desperate mod-wannabe back then. I'd side with the admin sometimes, even if it made more sense to be against them. I would do anything to be a mod (I reported way too many small things when I really wanted to be one), and I actually cried about it when others got modded and I did not. That was extremely stupid of me. The saddest part of it was that the new mods had been modded where I didn't even go. I wanted the glory and my name on the Forum Leaders page... which is a stupid reason to become a mod.
These days, I don't care if I get modded or not (although it's handy to help, I won't deny that at all). If it comes, cool. If it doesn't, oh well. I'll still have a blast here, no matter if I have power or not.

I wasn't a popular member when I joined my first forum. Time went by, and more people started to recognize me. People started adding me to MSN. I even got added to some insane convos with extremely popular members. Those were the days... but then, I wasn't as popular. No one would PM me, and not many people would add me to MSN. Then a few months ago, I started getting PMs from people. I guess I was starting to get popular again? Or maybe I just seemed like a friendly member. Today, I wouldn't say I'm hugely popular, but I'm certainly not a nobody.

Overall, I felt like I've changed. Mainly, it's been with maturity and doing stupid things.

EDIT: You should be impressed, this poll is popular. As I type this, there are 8 members viewing. I haven't seen that, ever.

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Age 31
Seen July 9th, 2009
Posted January 27th, 2006
335 posts
17.7 Years
But of course. Change is the inevitable, after all.

During my first years of computers and Internet, I was a spammy, happy-go-lucky 10 year old whom thought her art was better then anyone elses. My self esteem has fallen dramatically by now, and my grammar and typing have improved a lot since then. I've also learned that I can be mean to people and that profanity isn't bad. :3 Right?


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Kayota

Age 30
Male
Seen June 8th, 2013
Posted June 7th, 2013
1,077 posts
18.3 Years
I'm changing into a teen. And I'm just plain changing. Instead of typing "what" I type a British what, "wot", and instead of typing "Hmm, let's see..." I type "Let's have a think." Curses, rping people with British accents makes me type british-like. 0.o; Whateva... My sig's not as messy either. And I have a decent avvy.
Female
Insert Location Here
Seen October 18th, 2009
Posted October 10th, 2009
3,918 posts
18.4 Years
I have changed a lot. I was looking at my old post from two years ago. (I was charizard_ma before) I was into the RP section a lot back them. ALl my post were in the RP section. I wasn't very good eirther too. I mean no caps and it was script too. Horrible. My spelling was ok. Then I also used to say this all the time "Hey Hey Hey" in every non-RP post that I posted.

Now, I am a bit more mature. I have really came out of my shell becasue I was very to myself when I came. Now I have som nice friends and even a pair. I have change somewhat since two years ago. I use caps now.

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Age 34
Alone :(
Seen October 29th, 2006
Posted October 29th, 2006
2,790 posts
19 Years
I was a very kind, honest, religious closed minded person :3

I am now a bit more harsh (teh n00b make me go mad XD) and I am a lot more open minded to the thought of having friends who are gay =)

I also have grown in my knowledge since coming to the internet in 98'

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Away from the Sun
Seen April 1st, 2012
Posted July 15th, 2011
1,392 posts
18.2 Years
I have probably changed quite a bit in regard to my attitude and the content of my posts. No doubt my spelling and grammar has improved as well. However, I do not believe I ever typed without punctuation, capitalization, etc. Proper grammar was always a part of my posts . . . I was simply somewhat poor in implementing it. ^-^;;


Amy-chan

Has vacated the premises

Age 30
Paradise...
Seen August 20th, 2007
Posted September 29th, 2006
2,339 posts
19.5 Years
Well, yes, I have changed quite a bit since I first came here, not entirely for the positive.... This was my first and only message board, and still is, really(well, it's the only one I'm active on....). At first this place was just fun, but now it worries me a little, like: Am I getting too addicted to this site, message boards, the internet in general? What will people think of this post? and so on. I'm wondering if I have lost my life entirely.... But anyway, I have a lot more friends than I used to, at least, though I've never met any of them person-to-person before. Seeing other people's written works has also humbled me a bit, and made me more realistic about my own. So I think, mostly, this forum has improved me.
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