I remember signing up around 2006 when I was around 11 years old.
My first post was some really lame comparison between an early STW9 logo and the square Nine logo that had launched that year. I was quickly told not to start new threads.
A bit of a shame that the old site is now lost to history, because I think it would have been enjoyable to read the real-time reactions to events taking place over those years.
I have been around since 2004 and would have loved to read some of my early posts to find out if i have really “matured” as a Media Spy “analyst” … or not.
Yeah there used to be a collection of caps devoted to individual personalities and the threads got rather creepy. Fortunately that was disestablished around 2010 maybe? And not a moment too soon.
There was a user who I think was called ‘mercat’ that was disturbingly obsessed with Jo Hall back in the early days of Media Spy. I remember reading the (then) National Nine News thread from around 2006-07 and there were pages and pages of caps with Hall presenting that he’d uploaded, complemented by some rather creepy comments.
Yeah it was definitely Mercat. God that brings back some memories. A user called BUCKIE had a similar obsession with Mel Doyle’s legs IIIRC.
It was almost like two boards for a while, those who came to discuss media and those who came to ogle presenters and never appear elsewhere in the forum.
That wouldn’t be something you’d want out publicly. There were no news presenters under the age of 18, so that would not have been a problem anyway. Just creepy people drooling over Jo Hall and Mel Doyle.
I remember being made a mod like in 2008 and seeing some of the old mod threads. Basically ruled like an iron fist. Mr. Q had moderating blitz weekends if I recall where nothing out of line by posters was tolerated.
Oh god yeah. i think i signed up in 2008. I was an absolute tool back then. Its like going back to old facebook posts and cringing and then deleting. Although I’m still i bit of a tool.