The Different Eras of The Ledge
 

Alright, we've discussed our favorite eras of the Mac and its members at various points, and it got me thinking! The Ledge has been around for what.... 10 years or something? In that stretch of time, the dynamic, and most prominent members have changed, come and gone and whatnot. So I was wondering, if we were to look at the Ledge's very eclectic history, how many era would we break it into, and how long did they run???? This will be interesting to see what people have to say... I haven't been here THAT terribly long, so I can't really say much, but to me it seems that within the past 6 months or so, we have gained a lot of new members, most of them fairly younger. :nod:

What all do you have to say about the Eras of The Ledge????

Much Love,
Ethan

Well young Ethan.....I would have to say The Ledge reached it's peak when I came into the picture. I guess you could consider me the "Stevie" of the forum. haha. So that means....The Ledge is having it's best era ever right at this moment.

It's all a hazy mess to me, to be honest. I don't think of it in terms of eras. Every now and then, someone will bring up a name I've long forgotten... but I've always been terrible with the names. To this day, I still don't recall, oh... 80% of your real names.? :sorry:

that's funny, i would have pegged you for a bekka bramlett.

Geez Brandon. Hopefully I make a strong enough impression you'll remember mine :laugh:

I feel like everyone else knows everyones real names haha, I'm Chris.

Bekka? hahahhaha. Nope. Not the Bekka type at all.

But anywho. I love the era The Ledge is in right now. I don't know how it's been pre-June, back when I joined, but I like the diversity that we have. I was surprised to find so many younger fans, such as myself.

I have to admit....sometimes when Ledgies add me on Facebook, I don't exactly know or remember their Ledge names.

Is that sayin you know us as ledgies or facebookers?
haha

:laugh: Both perhaps????

Anyone know when the Ledge first started???

I think 2009 is kind of a new era in The Ledge, with the influx of young hot mammas and such!!!

everyone on here have a facebook?

i have facebook just search for Michelle Armstead. im the one with the cat

About 1997 I think. The present board about 2000.

I realise the main purpose of your statement is to flirt with the young girls here, but there's always been young people on The Ledge, Ethan, it's not a new thing. You, for instance, always reminded me of a Ledgie called Diamondsnake.

I think that's right. Maybe 1996. I remember Marty built a virtual Benifols on his (then new) Web site, Penguin, & told us all about it in IRC. A little while after that, I think he set up the Ledge, a single forum using the old Matt Wright script. Web boards were pretty new then, & I didn't think they were cool. All the cool cats, like Nepotista & Christopher Small, hung out on IRC, so I wouldn't even join the new Ledge. It took me another year or so.

Oh, I remember that kid! He bugged me at first (in the nicest possible way), but he got cooler. And then he left! Where did he go? Maybe he found other bands to love.

I think everyone in the world has a Facebook it seems. Not always a good thing. I hate some coworkers knowing my business.

I am not on Facebook or Myspace. But I do Twitter.

Mark follow me! http://twitter.com/daniellaaarisen

Are you suggesting that Ethan starts threads to get the attention of/draw the attention to a selectively particular group of 2-3 17-20 year old girls he likes?!? No way!

You mean to say that his recent "dating in other states" thread wasn't just a passive agressive swipe at his unrequited desire for Christine L?

Learn something new every day!

This is something I read about Facebook the other day that holds the same opinion.

"In high school, I jealously watched my older sister on her laptop. She was on Facebook, a network exclusively for college kids. I couldn’t wait for college — if not for the freedom, then definitely for the college e-mail address that would grant my entry into the elite Facebook club.

Fast forward four years, and the world is on Facebook. When Facebook extended its membership to high school students, my friends and I gladly canceled our MySpace accounts and made the switch. When my 12-year-old brother logged in, I was miffed, but I put him on limited profile and moved on. When my friends’ hip mothers picked up on the trend, I ignored my pangs of annoyance and begrudgingly accepted their requests.

Now, my mom is begging me to let her create an account. Though I appreciate her asking my permission, I will deny her until I am 40. When my 80-year-old Grandma Hilda popped up as a “Friend I Might Know,” I lost it. What happened to my prized Facebook world, my online playground of funny photos and last night’s inside jokes plastered on my page for my friends and I to enjoy, away from the prying eyes of our nosy relatives?

What was once the addictive toy for college students has become the entire world’s new pastime.

Friends of mine have recently disabled their walls, made their pictures private or even removed their surname from their account, all in an effort to preserve their personal lives. We know that employers check out job applicants on the Internet. We must be responsible, but censoring ourselves makes Facebook lose part of its entertainment value.

I keep my pictures classy, avoid crude remarks and prevent anything even slightly offensive from surfacing on my Web space, but the online perks of adolescent life are over. What was once a simple, social networking tool for students has become a database exchange for professors, parents and even children. Social networking is now public networking."

I don't have Facebook either. Always seemed a bit labor intensive for my liking. :P

As for the Ledge, I'm new...I've missed so much of the fun :(

You really are my favorite Ledgie... I thought you should know that! :laugh: :woohoo: :D

How about we have a 'name the new era' thing going.

I too don't really think there have been definable eras in the Ledge. I've lurked since probably around '97-'98, but didn't join until '01 at JohnnyStew's urging. There is definitely a hugely different dynamic here than there was 10 years ago. Back at the turn of the millennia (:laugh:) the board was hugely cliquish and confrontational, and that's why I avoided joining up for so long. It's always been the single best source of information on the 'net though. Unfortunately, except for some long-termers like David and ChiliD, much of the deep well of knowledge on the Ledge has since moved on. There were a lot of crazy knowledgeable people here at one time, and now much of that has been lost. Not that I don't enjoy the newer crop of fans here... I do! In fact, the newer generation around here seems to be much more level headed and positive. But could I break the history of the Ledge into eras? Not really. Seems things started changing around here in '05ish, but that could just be me. All I know is that I'm enjoying the board now more than I ever have. :nod:

Your no spring chicken to The Ledge, Louie. I guess I am the latest spring chicken :)!

Maybe I'm just getting old but I can't remember a thing about the Ledge back in 1997/98 even though I was here. I think I lurked more than posted then though. Michele asked me when I rejoined what my user-name was back then, and I couldn't really remember...it was all so long ago.

The only people I remember from back in the day were mainly from the newsgroup before the trolls got it. I think I just about recall a couple of names but even those memories are kind of fuzzy.

I do remember I think that the ledge was closed down for a while when everything got a little too nasty.

I agree with other posters though that there are certainly a large number of younger fans these days, and I assume most of them them have become fans due to the reforming of Fleetwood Mac. I suspect back in 1997 when I was 23 years of age I would have been one of the younger members at the time :shrug:

Well I've been on The Ledge for about 9 months now and I soooo wish I'd joined much, much earlier. I really enjoy this forum and have had some great chats with peiople in the past few months! I'm not going anywhere and look forward to the day when I'm classed as an old-time Ledgie!

Same to you!!! :)

How long do you have to be around here to be classified as an old time Ledgie!!! :laugh:

Oh, I'd say about 11 or 12 years.

You're gettin' there, Chili! :laugh:

Got there, bought the postcard & mailed it. :laugh:

Well, ya gotta remember, The Ledge was around before the 2000 date it shows that I signed up...that was just when Marty reopened revamped Ledge after he'd closed it for a while. The original Ledge was started in 95 or 96 or so...I've been around these here parts for somewhere close to 13 years.

The Rumours line up-- Dissention, Paula, Amber, Lux, Greg.

I notice that you did not mention Tyshiria. Oversight?

My favorites include Ava, miriamswell, Garett & Jen (they are as one), Les, Lisa, Dan Matsumoto, probably Hayley, Brian J., Bly, sodascouts (despite her silly Stevie ideas), Brian (bjk3047), mike_nh, & even Hawkeye gets me in the funny bone.

So many marvelous people -- hundreds, really.

Wish I was an "older" fan like most of you...and had been here so I could tell how it has changed and stuff...tho I'm pretty "proud" of being a young fan :D When I became a member here I had just turned 15 (March 2008) and now I have been here in 1 year and 8 months!!!!! Yay!!! haha :)

Since a board search turned up nothing under that name, I'm going to go with no. :woohoo:

Holyeeeee cow!

Yeah I started snooping around sometime around the summer of 2000... I finally joined when TISL came out.

I'm not on Facebook, nor do I ever want to be!! Guess I'm sort of a 'keep to myself' type! Way back in '00 when I was first online, I used to go to the Fleetwood Mac Legacy page often. When I used to post on 'newsgroups', there was this girl named 'NiaRhiannon' who was often rude to me, so I stopped posting! I like the overall vibe of The Ledge. I like it that (usually) we can agree to disagree and have fun doing so!

She was a major bitch to everyone- don't feel too bad :)

I don't have a Facebook (yet) but just have a Myspace I've had since maybe late 2004. I think I fear getting settled into one place and then another social site will come along that will be the trend, so I just have stuck with the one.

Everytime you post with a sarcastic tone, a fairy dies. :p

And I have days I feel like just doing away with Myspace too.

Thanks for letting me know that! :) I could never figure out what I had done wrong to her! I hope she's mellowed out in the last 10 years! :laugh:

Hmmmmm....:wavey:

You didn't mention ME? Oversight??? :shrug: