Did you have prior forum experience?

[mikeyj23]

I was thinking about what it'd be like to see an online message board or forum for the very first time, and what impressions that first visit might make. I remember the first forums/message boards I saw were not very interesting, and turned me off to the idea.

How many of you had forum or message board experience before joining Club Stogie (or Cigar Asylum, for the very new)?

[Gophernut]

I used to spend most of my time on a fishing/hunting forum that was pretty similar in vein to CA in terms of helpful people, and a mod team that wouldn't allow threads to get out of hand. It ended up getting kinda cliquey, so I don't spend too much time there, just when I am getting stoked about deer season or opening fishing. It's a good site, but I smoke cigars more than I hunt or fish.

[DrDubzz]

Orangebloods.com since 2003
CS, CAficionado, Studentdoctor.net, a few others

so yes, I've been participating in dicussion boards for about 5-6 years now

[kayaker]

I have been active on a couple of paddling forums in the past. But not as active as I have been here and at CS.

We got a great gig going on here.:ss

[shilala]

Since 1999. :)
I pretty much live here, visit a couple other places occasionally.

[md4958]

Yeah, I had a little prior experience but not like CA

Im like a freakin CA crack whore... i cant get enough of you silly bastages. Especially the Massholes

[hotreds]

Airshow forums. CS/CA is by far the best and most active!

[loki]

dec 01 is when I joined my first one...that I remember maybe 00 on corvette forum...can't remember

[weak_link]

I have more forum 'experience' than I'm comfortable admitting to.:bh:al

[awsmith4]

CS was the first forum I ever joined, I had read posts at CF and a couple of others but CS was the first one I joined.

[Darrell]

I've been using forums since around 99. I have been a Moderator, Admin, etc on several forums around the net. :tu

[Scimmia]

Been on various forums since ~'99, and on usenet before that.

[poker]

I had a little forum experience.
;)

[MithShrike]

I got on my first forum in 1999. I was a member of a clan for a video game. I met some really cool people online there and I still talk to three of them pretty regularly.

I met shilala on a generally bullshit forum tfnn.net. shilala and another fellow started another forum but it's pretty much dead, I'm an admin there though.

I got on BOTL.org in '06 and didn't stay long. I got on CS so I could find a deal at CigarKing last year and it's been downhill since.

This place is my cigar home.

[cbsmokin]

Car forums is where I cut my teeth. My favorite is rennlist and 6speed is pretty cool as well.

[elderboy02]

Yep. :)

[Scottw]

Never, don't even have a myspace or facebook page. I only used to use the computer for work (yes I consider p**n work too). Other than that, I didn't know how to use one.

[shilala]

...shilala and another fellow started another forum but it's pretty much dead, I'm an admin there though.


I was there today. It's how I keep up with auls. :tu

[jrw]

Faithfully lurking at www.timezone.com for watches, since 1998.

[Ace$nyper]

I've been on car sites before.

This isn't the first site i've been on, but it's one of the ones I'm most active one.

www.htuner.com is my "home" forum. I won't bore anyone with the story but the owner/creator is a great guy and for Honda people it's a safe haven, tons of true pros there, everyone is mature, most people actively race. It's a small site but it's a great mix of a ton of personal friends and net buddies.

I've helped start a few sites and modded on others, honestly I like it here, pop on read posts learn some and be done, no coding, no dealing with members fighting spam etc.

[DrDubzz]

Orangebloods.com since 2003
CS, CAficionado, Studentdoctor.net, a few others

so yes, I've been participating in dicussion boards for about 5-6 years now

oh yeah, VWvortex.com and the old ESPN fantasy league forums as well (not anymore on the espn stuff though)

[SmokeyJoe]

CS was my first back in '06... pretty much stick to the cigar forums. :ss

[yourchoice]

I voted no, but I have lurked at a yahoo message board (harnesslist) for years. Never posted though. Other than that, I'm an active member of cigar boards only. Have joined another board or two, but for informational purposes only.

[floydp]

Been a member on forums for over 10 years, mostly computer related. Never posted much until CS.

[MithShrike]

I was there today. It's how I keep up with auls. :tu

I used the Winston smiley. :D

[icehog3]

I have been a member of a hockey related forum since the mid 90s.

[Vitis]

various wine forums for 10+ yrs

[rizzle]

Yes, but no cigar forums.

[Don Fernando]

How many of you had forum or message board experience before joining Club Stogie (or Cigar Asylum, for the very new)?

several, and somehow I managed to get banned on most of them :r

[zmancbr]

I have been on several forums for many many years... some are gone, but some are still there. The ones that are there I joined in around 2005ish maybe 2004... that was when I started to get into the whole forum thing... :D

[Drat]

I was on a west coast fishing forum since the mid/late 90s. They now refer to those times as the "Jerry Springer" years, it was wild. There have been many, many forums/message boards since.

[MNSmoker]

Club Stogie was the first board that I joined. CS and CA are the only forums that I contribute to.

[BroncoHorvath]

Other fishing boards only before I decided to look for a cigar board and I found CS and then CA....

[GTsetGO]

I have a crap ton of forums experience. I have been on any # of mustang sites for the past 5 years.

moddedmustangs.com site admin
bluemustangsociety.com admin
moddedautos.com site moderator
badmustangsclub.com
unitedstangs.com

cigarasylum.com
clubstogie.com

[mikeyj23]

Very interesting - didn't know at all what to expect with this poll.

Looks like between 3/4 and 4/5 of the members on CA were forum junkies or at least forum participants before joining CS or CA.

I wonder how many cigar lovers are out there with a great deal of cigar knowledge/insight but don't "get" the whole forum culture, and I wonder how we could reach those individuals or make our community more accessible to them.

[Tikihut27]

I wonder how many cigar lovers are out there with a great deal of cigar knowledge/insight but don't "get" the whole forum culture, and I wonder how we could reach those individuals or make our community more accessible to them.

Well, not everybody can (or wants to) get into the right internet state of mind, if you follow me. There are a lot of folks who feel that interacting with others online is a poor substitute for actual human contact.

I think what CA has going for it is WoM (Word of Mouth). If we all talk it up with our "live" smoking buddies, we can bring more people into the fold. I refer people to the reviews all the time.

As for me, I never participated in a forum before CS. I only logged on to thank you all for what you do for the troops. Ya got me hooked. Since then I joined another couple of forums for other hobbies of mine, but this one seems to be special. I'm the most comfortable here.

[G G]

Yeah, glocktalk for a couple of years.