When Was The First Time You Met Someone You Met From the Internet

[Bundy Bear]

With the AFF gathering on this weekend, http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/com...events/aff-gathers-melbourne-1-3-a-12837.html
I thought it would be interesting to find out when you was first time you met someone from the internet from a discussion forum.

For me it was March 2002 when I went to Townsville for a weekend and I had a few spare hours so I met up with someone I had met from the internet.

So when was it for everyone else. Maybe a FT or AFF gathering was your first time.

 

[oz_mark]

From memory, would have been having drinks with Lindsay Wilson on one of his trips to Perth (stevePER was there as well)

 

[Kendall Roy]

Interesting question.....

Can't say I've met anyone from a random web based source such as a public discussion forum.

That said, it'll be interesting walking into a room with 20+ people who I've never held dialogue with either in person or via the telephone.

 

[serfty]

For me it was the 2004 FT Xmas meet on Nov 30th; I met quite a few over 25 minutes and 3 HP's.

Easy to find at the designated FT corner - first guy I spoke to was thadocta (Hi Dave, sent any PM's to newbies lately)

I'd come across AFF/FT two weeks earlier; In July I had booked flights MEL-SYD and SYD-BNE (end-on-end) return flights for that evening, transferring though SYD. (back than MEL-BNE was 10 SC's in discount WHY), for ~ $115 each rt, also had upgraded to J [no restrictions on upgrading back then either])

 

[dot]

For me it was at this year's FT AGM in BNE (Feb)

 

[Ric]

End of Dec 2007. Boonie Doon Golf Club, Sydney.
Met up with JohnK to hand over 100,000th post prize.

 

[v8Statesman]

Can anyone bet 1994?

Was at the dawn of WWW, I was still holding on to Gopher.

Oh the memmories, Using a UWA internet dialin that I "borrowed". Then the days of a simple "Hex" edit of an OZEmail install disk that would get you unlimted time to "signup" or perhaps do other things

 

[Keith009]

My first meet-up wasn't a pre-arranged one. I met someone in a pub who I happened to have been chatting for ages with already on gaydar. This was probably back in 2002.

 

[jswong]

Perhaps I was an early adopter (or i'm just old) but for me it was 1996

Jeff

 

[oz_mark]

Can anyone bet 1994?

We'll be needing a who did you meet on FidoNet thread the way this is going

As for the WWW, Lynx was the first 'browser' I used!

 

[Mwenenzi]

For me meeting up with Seat 2A (from FT) for a beer at MEL airport in early 2003. A few months later went to Oz Fest 1 in Sydney.

It seem from posts above seems many have meet first thru FT - AFF. Have yet to meet anyone from the internet who is not associated with FT or AFF

 

[v8Statesman]

We'll be needing a who did you meet on FidoNet thread the way this is going

As for the WWW, Lynx was the first 'browser' I used!

At midnight I was thinking TCP/IP

Forgot all about the x-modem and the improved speed z-modem days

 

[v8Statesman]

Forgot all about the x-modem and the improved speed z-modem days

Come out of the woodwork and show hands if you have any idea what I am talking about

 

[moa999]

Lynx,
Trumpet Winsock (who would have though Tassie connected everyone to the Internet)
Bulletin Board's....

My first PC came from Imagineering - Jodie Rich's PC company before he started one.tel (also went broke) - an XT Turbo if I remember correctly (that is before 286s)

 

[dot]

Come out of the woodwork and show hands if you have any idea what I am talking about

Oh yes, I remember those days and my 300baud modem (later upgraded to 1200/75 baud) and BBS (before most BBS's were connected to the Internet) - in those days, the people I was chatting with were people I already knew in real life - mostly friends from Uni. My first web browser (which came along later) was Mosaic - the uni project that was the precursor to Netscape Navigator.

 

[kpc]

For me meeting up with Seat 2A (from FT) for a beer at MEL airport in early 2003. A few months later went to Oz Fest 1 in Sydney.

I think this was when I found out that Mwenenzi was really Alan:mrgreen:

It seem from posts above seems many have meet first thru FT - AFF. Have yet to meet anyone from the internet who is not associated with FT or AFF

Feb 03 for me via FT on this thread:mrgreen:: FT meeting - BNE QC, 21 Feb, 2.30pm onwards - FlyerTalk Forums

That Lindsay Wilson person again appears to be responsible...

 

[JohnK]

The first time I had met someone from AFF was on December 26 2005, Boxing Day, invited by Lindsay Wilson to the BNE First Class Lounge. I was off to SIN then BKK whilst Lindsay and Vicky were on their way to the good old US of A.

Since then I have been to 3 Ozfests, an FT AGM in BNE, a Kiwi Mainland Do and countless meetings at airports (most notable the F lounge run last year), Golf clubhouses (Ric), Holiday Inns, Grand Finals to meet up with wonderful people who all have a common hobby/passion.

It is sad to miss the AFF gathering this weekend but I will at CHC for the Kiwi Mainland DO, the next FT AGM in BNE and hopefully next Ozfest in CNS....

 

[simongr]

I met some people from a TV discussion forum in about 2002 I think - things really changed on the forum after that...

 

[v8Statesman]

I met some people from a TV discussion forum in about 2002 I think - things really changed on the forum after that...

This is the playground....Do tell

 

[straitman]

For me it was meeting Lindsay Wilson (and others) at the Brisbane Ozfest.