I'll bite... nyarf!

1. What is the longest you have been with a message board?
About four years on Pokemasters.

2a. Do you start topics?
Sometimes, when I feel like it.

2b. Why?
If I've got something I'd like to start a discussion on, something that I don't think anyone else has been talking about recently, I post a topic. Sometimes I need to ask a big question, so I post a topic on that. If I want to find out something from a lot of people, I post a topic on that, too...

2c. What do you gain from entertaining/enlightening/isulting the ppl here, who you've never met and can call most strangers?
In my life, everyone's a stranger, so... I'm used to that. I like informing people on stuff I'm pretty sure they don't know, helps me to learn how to inform people. I'm not a very social creature and I'm a perpetual student when it comes to learning about the social life.

3a. Do you care about the number of replies you get for your topic?
Well, perchance my topics get a lot of replies, I'm kinda pleased...

3b. Why?
When people see a topic with a lot of replies, then they usually think, "Hey, maybe this topic is worth checking out," and when they read it and decide to post a reply, I'm glad that they had something to add to the discussion. It provides another point of view.

4. What do you gain from posting replies? (see q2)
It's my duty to hald add something to a discussion if I know something about it and no one else has taken my viewpoint yet. They need to know, dadgummit.

5a. Do you care about the opinions of others at a board?
Most of the time.

5b. Why?
If it's just "I agree" or "I don't agree" it doesn't matter to me, but if I see a nice, well-rounded reply with a firmly-based opinion and all that schtuff like dat dere, then I care... yeah.

6a. Do you care about the number of posts you have?
Nah, but in some cases it shows how long I've been on...

6b. If so, then what do you believe it says about a person?
I'll answer this one anyway... if someone has a small post count, then they're either new or they prefer to read rather than reply. It doesn't mean that they have nothing to contribute, just that they would rather stand back and learn by being an observer. A person with a lot of posts is either a mod, someone who has a lot of info to share, or is a spammer.

7. Do you post truthfully?
Well, I don't like lying, so.... yeah. I think. If I get proven wrong, then I apologize and fix my info so that it's more factual.

8. Why do you think people spam?
To get attention.

9a. Do you get into conflicts?
I don't get into flame wars, well... not often, if that's what you mean.

9b. Why?
Not because I started it, because I wanna try and finish it by bringing the truth into perspective.

10. At a board, is it worse to be ignored or to be hated?
To be hated.

11a. Is your personality/identity/image/actions at a message board different from when you’re with family or friends?
Heck, yes.

11b. If so, then how? Is it closer to the ‘real’ you?
I talk a lot on the message boards, and being a person with Asperger's Syndrome, it's way more than how much I talk in real life... I don't really talk at all, unless I have something really interesting to talk about, and it has to be interesting only to me, myself, and I. But with my interests, no one really wants to listen, so I just clam up.

11c. Are they different at different boards?
I think so, I'm not sure. On Neopets, it's really different. I have to yell at scammers and beggars a lot.


12. Do you feel like you know the people at a message board?
Not at all.

13. Are there people you’ve met at a board that you consider friends as much as real life friends?
Nope.

14. What qualities do you look for in your signature, account name and profile?
I like original images. They reflect the member's personality. The text usually relfects the member's tastes and preferences in pop culture.

15. Why do you think people post the names of their clubs and board friends in their sigs?
Because they're the social type who like to show off what positions they've earned in their social sphere.

16a. Would you like to be a mod?
Not really, I'm already a mod.

16b. Why?
As for wanting to be a mod, I became one so that I could help out with building the main site and making sure that some shallow flamer doesn't have his way on the message board. Aside from that, I'm not really a good mediator. I'm better at moving topics that don't belong in certain forums and closing topics that had officially become flame wars.