NY Times Article on StyleForum - Page 6

Originally Posted by somatoform

Honorable mentions go to "Marcus": one of the original 2002 members, 13th person to sign up, still active to this day, and only 65 posts. That's awesome.

Originally Posted by lasbar

Really?

Has he been in a coma for 8 years or what?

Originally Posted by bringusingoodale

But in keeping with my same line of frugality and best bang for your buck thinking, I thought where else can a poor man like myself commingle, if only by virtual association, with a person of patrician standing? Where else could a man such as myself enjoy a vicarious conversation with perhaps our best modern day equivalent of a gadabout with an animus for acerbic wit--For FREE!

Originally Posted by F. Corbera

I'm all for a public face of moderator effectiveness, even if it's false.

Good job.

Originally Posted by RSS

I only came to know SF when many of the better posters left Ask Andy. I reall began to miss them until I discovered that most had come here. Now so many of them have left SF ... where are they going this time? I'm feeling abandonded once again. Is it time to move on?

Originally Posted by Geezer

"These sites seem to speak to a demographic other than young city-dwelling grooming enthusiasts "” those wishing to rescue the arena of men's haberdashery from the feminizing influence of the new men's shopping magazines like Cargo. The posters on these sites seek to distinguish themselves as connoisseurs of clothing rather than followers of fashion."

This sums up why, after a lot of lurking, I decided to join and lurk, and then occasionally post.

That and the snark.

Originally Posted by Matt

we have Brad to thank for that. Was pretty funny.

SF went down, we all hit AAAC en masse, started posting in the thick of that site's Trad phase (most trad dog anyone?), for the most part we were all trying to participate, fit in with the differing tone of that site and differing discussions.

Then Bradford starts a thread "Your favorite hoodie"... the response of the board was hilarious, as they found hoodie discussion in there among the Madras pant worship - totally like There Goes The Neighbourhood - and pretty promptly thereafter, we had ourselves a refugee camp to keep our filthy faded jeans away from their freshly pressed cuffed khakis

Still, was super cool of them to put us up over there, the sites aren't as close as they used to be, but really appreciate the help.

Originally Posted by Matt

feel free to start one....

Originally Posted by Metlin

Is that thread still around? Couldn't find it on AAAC.

Originally Posted by Matt

no, they set up a private SF refugee camp board for us, and I think moved that in to it immediately (this is all like 4 yrs ago now I guess). When SF got back up post crash, they closed the refugee camp board down.

Originally Posted by Fanthom

I suppose I am afraid to find out what is in "Current Events" when I round 100 posts..

Originally Posted by Matt

we used to keep a no-slangin'-the-other-boards rule around here, which was a pretty good rule to keep to, so let's not let this thread degenerate too far down that road, and keep a good natured thread as good natured as possible...but I will say that I poked my head in there a couple of months back and really did find the layout unsatisfying. Not sure if any of the powers that be over there read SF any more, but if they are...boys, happy new year, and take the above as some constructive feedback.

Originally Posted by FIHTies

The other issue is the layout. The ads have taken over almost 30-40% of the screen which makes viewing bothersome. That still exists.

Originally Posted by Matt

SF went down, we all hit AAAC en masse, started posting in the thick of that site's Trad phase (most trad dog anyone?), for the most part we were all trying to participate, fit in with the differing tone of that site and differing discussions.

Originally Posted by foodguy

did you call each other "uncle" and "cousin"?

Originally Posted by Matt

On to more important topics...wth happened between Manton and an African dictator???