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Fan Forum's 20th Anniversary Celebration!
Credit: chaos blues Twenty years! What an amazing milestone! In November 1998 Fan Forum was started to give fans from all over the world a place to discuss the TV show Dawson's Creek. Soon it became apparent that people wanted and needed a place to discuss their Fandoms with others who shared their passions. Over the next year we expanded to include boards for general interests such as Movies, Music & Off Topic. Before long we realized that people loved or hated knowing in advance what might happen on their favorite show, so a separate board was created for Spoilers. Boards for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Roswell were added creating a comprehensive forum for fans. We would like to make special mention of the Young Americans fandom. This show aired 8 episodes in the summer of 2000, and the board is still going strong today. I can't believe it's been 20 years already! When I launched Fan Forum in 1998 I had no idea what it would turn into. I was obsessed with Dawson's Creek at the time, so we started with that, but it branched out from there quickly. The growing community was completely responsible for the direction that Fan Forum went in, and still is to this day. Without such a great community Fan Forum would never have made it to this point. This has been such an amazing thing to be a part of and I am really proud of the site and everyone involved. Thank you all for making Fan Forum such a unique and awesome place! ~ Leif I’m so incredibly proud and thrilled that Fan Forum has reached such a major milestone in its history as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary. From a website that started out with one forum and a couple hundred members, we’ve grown into a website with over 200,000 registered members and so many loyal Members, Moderators, Team Members and Managers who’ve helped make Fan Forum the best website of its kind on the Internet. There are so many people who’ve contributed so much to this website, from the Moderators and Moderator Managers who help make sure all the forums here run smoothly to the Graphics Team Members and Managers who contribute their considerable talent to giving each forum here its unique look, to the Communications Team Managers and Members who “get the word out there” on various Social Media Sites about our website, and to the Moderator Support Team Managers and Members who make sure that all of our forums are covered when people are away or when we add new forums. I’m very happy to have played a small part in watching this website grow and prosper during all of the changes and challenges that we’ve faced over the years, and I look forward to continuing to lead this website as we move into the future. I’d especially like to thank the following people:
Most of all, I’d like to thank all of the Members of this website, because without you, we wouldn’t be here. There have been a lot of changes over the last 20 years, and a lot of websites have come and gone, but we’re still here because of you, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ~ Jerry Banner Credit: chaos blues ~ Boards organized by forum number. Credit: banner - shinebrighterxx, images- Damocles General & Fan Extras Categories Credit: chaos blues Fan Forum is the place it is today because of our members. For our 20th anniversary, we'd like to acknowledge our long term posters. Long Term Top 20 Posters ~ Members since 2000 with at least 10,000 posts, and have posted this year. Post counts as of November 20th. Thanks so much to the people who shared a memory.
Current Top 20 Posters ~ Post counts as of November 20th.
We'd also like to recognize and thank all the members who have served on our various teams. The Communications TeamCommunications Team Members: looking at the stars ~ Appointed: 07-06-2010 dancing in the rain ~ Appointed: 01-25-2015 unbreakable clarity ~ Appointed: 08-16-2016 Sashimi ~ Appointed: 10-01-2016 Sweet Embrace ~ Appointed: 02-13-2018 beyond insane ~ Appointed: 07-28-2018 Tina ~ Appointed: 07-28-2018 The Graphics TeamGraphics Team Members: lana piranha ~ Appointed: 01-27-2009 spacekru ~ Appointed: 01-23-2013 shinebrighterxx ~ Appointed: 05-08-2014 dancing in the rain ~ Appointed: 03-11-2015 my turn to cry ~ Appointed: 07-12-2015 Queen of Babble ~ Appointed: 09-18-2015 chaos blues ~ Appointed: 11-17-2016 vale decem ~ Appointed: 04-21-2017 Mazikeen ~ Appointed: 05-05-2017 Mi||iê Måë ~ Appointed: 07-01-2018 The Moderator Support TeamModerator Support Team Members: NikNak ~ Appointed: 08-14-2005 Quarterley ~ Appointed: February 2006 Daring Rebel ~ Appointed: 07-09-2011 Drunk On You ~ Appointed: 07-09-2011 fly me to the moon ~ Appointed: Sept 2013 Madam Regal ~ Appointed: Sept 2013 Cadenf ~ Appointed: 08-16-2014 ♥ Gale's Fragile Beauty ♥ ~ Appointed: 08-16-2014 Impossible Girl ~ Appointed: 08-16-2014 Queen of Babble ~ Appointed: 05-31-2015 very close talking ~ Appointed: 05-31-2015 ~AnastasiaGrey~ ~ Appointed: 09-18-2016 ☆Follow☆the☆Stars☆ ~ Appointed: 09-18-2016 Giotto ~ Appointed: 09-18-2016 heartღaflutter ~ Appointed: 09-18-2016 lana piranha ~ Appointed: 09-18-2016 maplezbear ~ Appointed: 09-18-2016 wickedrum ~ Appointed: 09-18-2016 Barstool Prophet ~ Appointed: 02-04-2018 nine-nine! ~ Appointed: 02-04-2018 ~jo♥jo~ ~ Appointed: 02-04-2018 Sulieter ~ Appointed: 02-04-2018 Sashimi ~ Appointed: 04-03-2018 Artemis ~ Appointed: 07-17-2018 Karma Police ~ Appointed: 07-17-2018 you're my lifeline ~ Appointed: 07-17-2018 Moderator Team Members: **Anja**, *Dark_Angel*, -x-Lilac-x-, @l3jandra, a little chaos, a new hope, adambrodyrocks, albion_princess, April7739, Artemis, aubie_ocean, azure angel, baileycat, Barrybgb, Barstool Prophet, beloved of the sky, betty cooper, beyond insane, Big Head want Dolly,BL.Arinna_1982, Black mamba, blaↄkpink, BlackWhiteRose, BlondieLeigh, BlueDog9, Broony,Cadenf, Camibra, canflam, canthaveyou, Cereal Killer, Charlone, Charmed Slayer Angel, Chris's Heart 79, ChristinaL80, Cmtaylor531, CohenGal, Copop, could never leave you,crazy_diamond, Cristofle, cry pretty, Crystal Clear, Damocles, Daring Rebel, dbn, destroyer of worlds, Det.Logan, Devil's Cry,Didi, Drunk On You, Ekua, ennaxor, Erinღ, eternal◘fate,everwoodfan52, evesix, fire for a heart, fly me to the moon, FoxPhile, FoxyRox, fractured moonlight, FreakyFlyBry, GardenSirens, Giotto, girl under the floor, gladluvgrey, golden tattoo, golden_girl, Gracie, Grazzhopper, heartღaflutter, heyitsrachel, Holland Fan Forever, Immunity, Impossible Girl, ina_am, Indigo Five Alpha, In Omnia Paratus, in the dark, italiangal, Jaime Bee, Jared ❤︎ Jensen, JDM's❤︎Sweetheart, Jen's Herald, JJH85, J-LawForever, jls2971, JoJoF92, Julie, JustMe2000, kaleidocat, Kaleiokalani, karamel, Karma Police, kerbear28, KingMikeTarzan, kiss the wind, Lauren Helen Graham, Legenmarried, lessismore, LG Stargirl, LilMouse, Lindsay, livstevi21, LWS53, Madame Regal, majesdane, maplezbear, Mason30, Meliana, Melis, Michelsita, Mi||iê Måë, Miranda, miranstarr, Miss Cam, Misskitty36, MistyMountainHop, Movies, Movietime Blues, Ms Cyatt, msstock87, my turn to cry, My Kind Of Crazy, never broken, nicky83, nine-nine!, NotDoneAbusingYou, northernsoul, now.it.all.begins, oxalys, PhoenixRising, Quarterley, QueenMeredith, Queen of Babble, quin0611, ramgirl, Renata M., Roaring Like A Lion, rocky845, Ropetuned, rossfangirl86, Roswell 10/2/00, samira_86, Sandy0401, Sashimi, Scarlet Speedster, s e r e n i t y, sinsajo, Si_Crazy, SojournHeart11, soulmatejunkee, sourburst, SouthernSweetieTX, sparksღfly, Stay to the Lights, Sternbetrachter, stlavin95, SuitUp, Sulieter, sum1, Summer Falls, sunnykerr, Sweetgirl465, T'Lynn, Talula78, Tati_SwanJones, thepoison, There You'll Be, the_strawberry_girl, tragedy, twilightfan14, upchitzcreek, vampirediariesfan, very close talking, WeBuiltThePyramids, where we belong, wickedrum, Wilpen, wolkenfuehlen, worthyoflove, Yellow Mustang Girl, you're my lifeline, your midnights,x♥xBeautiful_Butterflyx♥x, ~AnastasiaGrey~, ~jo♥jo~, ★ darling, just hold on ★, ☆Follow☆the☆Stars☆, ♥true_crime_beauty64♥ Long Term Moderators For this celebration we'd like to recognize people who have been continuously moderating the same board for 10 years or more . Appointment Dates: 2001 Management Team Administrators: Thank you to everybody who has served on any team here. Contest: Would you to enter a contest to win a name change or custom title for the rest of the year? Just post on this thread telling us something you like about Fan Forum, or share a memory. Then copy & paste your post in a PM to Chris titled either name change or special title. Entry deadline is November 30th. ~~~ Winners __________________
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. - John F. Kennedy
There are those who look at things the way they are and ask why - I dream of things that never were and ask why not. - Robert F. Kennedy |
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Thanks for posting this Jerry.
I got a bit of a whiplash again seeing the old so now I'm currently listening to Paula Cole's "I Don't Want To Wait" while posting here because ah, bless those good old days and all the shipper wars. Happy 20 years ! I'm so proud of this forum and all the amazing people I have met here some of which are my online friends and some of which are already my friends in real life. I have been here on this site longer than I have been in any of my jobs which is saying a lot. FF has been a place where I can have fun and relieve any stress in real life and while these past 20 years have not been all smooth sailing, it's the people here that has made me come back again and again (and has made me stay). In particular Harry Potter is a board that I am so proud of and I have been on the longest. It's a board that holds a special place in my heart and in spite of all the stress that comes to moderating that board many years ago, it's still the fandom that I love the most. Cheers to more milestones and achievements ahead! Thank you to all the posters, mods, managers & admin team for making this such a wonderful place to be a part of. __________________
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this!! TY for posting it Jerry!
I joined in 2012, I was watching The Vampire Diaries at the time. I was looking for an Ian Somerhalder message board, so I googled and that's how I found ! Love being a part of Fan Forum, have met a lot of great people on here! __________________
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And how appropriate that this is around Thanksgiving (in the U.S.). Thankful for ! Happy 20th to the forum!
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wow, the OP is awesome! congrats on 20 years! thanks everyone who was here originally and to all who have come here since, love this place! keep up the great work!
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Yay Happy 20th Anniversary to I love the op too!
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Happy anniversary . 20 years is amazing, I still can't wrap my head around that one. Its incredible & I hope that the site sticks around for many many more years. The site has been through a lot & its a wonderful place to come to & find people just like you who understand you & your passion for various topics. It may be a huge community but it has so many mini communities & I love how they all can intermix & come together & be a part of such a fantastic thing. This site is a credit to every single poster who comes & posts or has posted over the years, along with all of the moderators, managers, team members, ect. working hard to keep each board & aspect of the site going. Thank you to everyone who's made it possible for this site to still be here today
To be perfectly honest I originally found from a random Google search. A friend & I wanted to know if Jared Padalecki & Genevieve Cortese were dating & the search results brought us to their thread on Jared's board. I never signed up to the site, just wanted an answer, & was quite happy just posting on another forum & didn't think much of this one at all. My friend was the curious one who did join & explore a bit, eventually (about three months later) convinced me to join too. I'm glad she did as this is a wonderful place. I've joined a number of different forums & this is one which has all I need. There are so many people here who can share my passion for various fandoms & understand me. These are things I don't necessarily get off-screen. I craved being able to share my excitement over certain things & this site gave me that. I've been able to share the joys of fantastic moments & the frustrations of those moments where you lose a cast member or you don't understand a storyline, ect. I'm grateful to have experienced that & to have this place for that. Thank you to Leif for what you've created & to everyone who has contributed to what this site has become in the 20 years __________________
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Thanks for the celebration, it was great to read through all that.
I wish I'd found sooner when I was heavily into the fandom of Lotr in the early part of the century. Still I found it in the end through a love of Once Upon a Time. It's great to be a moderator here. __________________
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This is awesome Congrats to FF and everyone involved!
It's so hard to pinpoint a memory because it's been literally half of my life I do cherish the good old days on the Buffy board, especially the Spuffy thread and the anti BA thread with all of sum1's parodies Also the Brazilian thread on the HP board! Sometimes when I'm bored I look through those old threads just to laugh One of my favorite memories was also getting appointed mod on the SW board after so many years of being away from FF, the SW board made me start posting again and I took a chance with that modship and I'm so glad it payed off __________________
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wow 20 years i was 8 years old when this boards started
congratulations everyone this is a huge milestone i must say i love looking at the old boards and how they were set up makes me so happy __________________
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20 years what an achievement and congrats to those forums or posters that have been here for most of those 20 years. I’m proud to have been around mainly for 16 years
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20 years is such an incredible milestone! I found in 2000 when looking for information about the show Young Americans. At that point I just lurked, but was totally amazed to find out that other people enjoyed the show as much as I did. In January of 2001 I took the leap of faith and joined to share my own opinions, and haven't looked back. Although if you had told me then that I'd still be active here 18 years later, I wouldn't have believed it.
Soon after joining, I got involved in the Star Trek campaign. That board has been my online home ever since the board was opened in December 2001. I've made some wonderful friends here over the years. There's nothing like to make time zones and world events real. I remember hearing about 9-11 and being anxious to check in here to find out if online friends were okay. Thankfully they were, but one person lost a brother. Thank you to: - Leif for creating and continuing to keep the site online. - Jerry for being a great administrator - my fellow managers for all your behind the scenes work - moderators for stepping up and supervising the individual boards, without you we wouldn't have such a diverse site - moderator support team members for filling in as necessary, - graphics team for creating our beautiful and individualized boards - communications team for promoting the site - all of our members for supporting the site - to the long term members who shared a memory for the OP, Damocles for the historic screencaps, shinebrighterxx & chaos blues for artwork __________________
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Happy Anniversary !
This has been a wonderful place to connect with people who love the same topics we do, and I'm glad to have been apart of it for the last 13 years. Thanks to the Gilmore Girls board for drawing me here, and everyone else for keeping me here! __________________
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Wow... 20 years... that's amazing. Thank you for all the work all the fan forum staff has done through the years and thank you for all the work you have done this past year.
I joined in December 2011 and met a lot of nice people around the board. My most memorable experience was the Posting challenge in January 2014 with the Kat Grahm board. That posting group was amazing. That year was amazing too as I helped a few other posting challenges and met lots of great people. These past 12 months I wasn't as active..but these past few months, I've been working on assisting boards with Celebration Opening Posts and a cross-board Fantasy Trivia game. I'll be doing more of the same these next few months during the Holidays Its been a pleasure to be part of Fan Forum |
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Speaking of how found related to me it was in regards to Roswell
A memorable experience was back in the day related to the thread over on Off Topic back like 10-12 years ago when it use to be super active Since returning full-time approx 5 years ago memorable had been both of the 2 posting challenges held on Nina Dobrev Also worthy was bringing back a board for 2 of my all time favorite shows related to Battlestar Galactica and Prison Break The posting challenge on Star Wars last year was extremely memorable due to how I never left and ended up becoming moderator Most recently was joining Communication Team which means a lot to me related to joining the Affiliation Team Oh also the memories on Damon|Bonnie going back like 8-9 years ago back when I posted a lot of that thread before not being the most active on TVD but now that's a different story Star Trek is always close to my heart even if its always random of my stopping by it __________________
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