US posters appear more loyal to ILX than UK ones...why?

I could probably think of as many US as UK posters who don't post any more. Perhaps Grandpont Genie is noticing it more because he knows more of the missing British posters personally?

spencer i think you have more friends on the board than you have enemies anyway

Wait, wtf is 'offensive' about Spencer?

Here we go!

The concept of an ILX friend is great. The concept of an ILX enemy is completely fucking laughable.

Max, it used to be friends and people I didn't know. Now there's friends and "enemies" and I'm thinking why deal with it at all?

suzy, OTM. Hate away, folks, I couldn't really care less.

I am more comfortable with people hating now.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u51/EreKosETheEternal_bucket/Haterz.png

hoodieasbomakingsignbehinddavidcameron.jpg

But anyway, to get back to the main theme, I think a number of key American Anglophiles who sort of bridged the cultural gap aren't really posting anymore.

And I feel like Ned is posting less.

But maybe not, let me check the stats...

wonder how many ilxors have been posting regularly for five years or more without some kind of lengthy spell away

Hah, well I've been posting less this month, certainly. But my attention is a little more broadly spread out these days.

spencer is cool and handsome

jw doesn't like him iirc because he is a 'ricer'?

ask me anything re the history of ilx.xls obv

sweet

xpost, haha I think it's more than that.

wonder how many ilxors have been posting regularly for five years or more without some kind of lengthy spell away

hi

(i'm not proud of this)

Spencer, I've noticed a few times you've gotten zinged and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with you at all, it's just people talking shit and trying to be funny. It's probably not worth letting it get to you, unless it's to the point where it outweighs any enjoyment you get from ILX. (I know some people will probably find this rich coming from me, since I have a habit of taking things quite personally, but I think I've learned to let the trivial stuff slide.)

wonder how many ilxors have been posting regularly for five years or more without some kind of lengthy spell away

I just had my 5-year ILXversary a month or two ago.

I also feel that on ILM very few people (like Steve and 3 others maybe) are discussing music that I care about. I wonder where those people have gone.

dude don't even make out like ur .xls is bigger than mine

I think the last serious ILX break I took was in the wake of 9/11 when I was looking for a job.

i wonder which contingent donated the most to 'ILX2'

wonder how many ilxors have been posting regularly for five years or more without some kind of lengthy spell away

I just had my 5-year ILXversary a month or two ago.

Yeah me too, and even though there have been times when I've posted less, I've never had a total break from ILX.

2001 on

We're like people that made friends as teenagers and have grown to have different interests in life but are very good, fun friends.

Weird, Abbott, I have no recollections of you posting prior to '07

i wonder which contingent donated the most to 'ILX2'

I'm thinking it was...THE CLUSTER GANG

made friends as teenagers and have grown to have different interests in life but are very good, fun friends.

haha i have NO friends like this irl

I'm thinking it was...THE CLUSTER GANG

i can't remember who this was

xp

me and my old roomie are like this. we used to write counterpart political columns for the high school newspaper. he is libertarian fundie now and maybe a little nuts, but we still have beers and the occassional "john justen and fluffy bear will watch it" style awful movie night

who the hell are the cluster gang?

xp

sadly been posting since 2001 over here

wasn't it a momus thing? xp

yeah, "classic" thread

Gangs of ILX: Introducing THE CLUSTER GANG

Wait a hold it - how long have I been around? This is scaring me. I have lived in this apartment for four years, and can recall being really excited about ILB in the apartment before this one. And posting away.
Yikes!
I'm loyal for a few reasons - lots of people are funny here, and Ned's war reporting has been the BEST source of information for the past four years.

I wasn't around for Lunagate, but I think it's sad that that community (of which I was a member) got broken up.

I'm probably a special case in some respects. Been reading ILX since around 2000 and I probably
post on average about once a month! If that. Can't explain the loyalty other than being a creature of habit and ILX is near the top of my bookmarks. Plus this place is often a fantastic resource. I'm american, specifically Texan, a grad student, and I have no personal relationships with anyone else who posts!

ryan why are you scared to get close to us

He's seen too many of us get hurt!

you guys need a gang

I've been posting to ILX for ~5.5 yrs

Is there a way to figure it out?

You seem pretty new in this thread.

personal relationships/posting a lot are the things are contribute to people leaving ILX in the first place!

ive been posting forever.