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Hello MoFos.
Well, the timing couldn't have been worse, in a way: MoFo's 8-Year Anniversary came and went yesterday (July 14th) without much fanfare, or even a thread from yours truly. Sadly, I was too wrapped up in work and some computer problems to mark the occasion in the fashion I would have liked.
I will say, though, that I am as grateful as ever to the people who choose to put a part of themselves into this place, in one way or another. We may all get a bit of personal satisfaction in telling someone to use the search page, or answering a "halp wut is this movie???" question thread, but it's still something that generally enhances the community.
By doing those sorts of things in your own spare time, or even by posting your thoughts and responding to those of others, you're showing me that you enjoy this site, and care about what happens to it. I take every review, every thoughtful post, every clever wisecrack, to be a personal compliment, no matter who it is directed at. The mere fact that it happens here, when there are so many sites to choose from, is high praise indeed.
Looking back, the past year was easily the most eventful in the site's history. Traffic records were broken, the Movie Club and Lists areas were built from scratch, the Box Office area was relaunched, The Shoutbox was completely rebuilt, we held the first MoFo Oscar Chat, the Help page was reworked, and we finally got the flippin' Movie Questions forum in plain view (props to Holden for keeping on me about it). Also, the number of User Reviews more than doubled.
All in all, not a bad year. It'll be hard to top it, but I've got more ideas, some of which I'm positively giddy about trying. And it's genuinely flattering that you guys choose, almost every day, to come back to see it alll.
In short: thank you.
Well, the timing couldn't have been worse, in a way: MoFo's 8-Year Anniversary came and went yesterday (July 14th) without much fanfare, or even a thread from yours truly. Sadly, I was too wrapped up in work and some computer problems to mark the occasion in the fashion I would have liked.
I will say, though, that I am as grateful as ever to the people who choose to put a part of themselves into this place, in one way or another. We may all get a bit of personal satisfaction in telling someone to use the search page, or answering a "halp wut is this movie???" question thread, but it's still something that generally enhances the community.
By doing those sorts of things in your own spare time, or even by posting your thoughts and responding to those of others, you're showing me that you enjoy this site, and care about what happens to it. I take every review, every thoughtful post, every clever wisecrack, to be a personal compliment, no matter who it is directed at. The mere fact that it happens here, when there are so many sites to choose from, is high praise indeed.
Looking back, the past year was easily the most eventful in the site's history. Traffic records were broken, the Movie Club and Lists areas were built from scratch, the Box Office area was relaunched, The Shoutbox was completely rebuilt, we held the first MoFo Oscar Chat, the Help page was reworked, and we finally got the flippin' Movie Questions forum in plain view (props to Holden for keeping on me about it). Also, the number of User Reviews more than doubled.
All in all, not a bad year. It'll be hard to top it, but I've got more ideas, some of which I'm positively giddy about trying. And it's genuinely flattering that you guys choose, almost every day, to come back to see it alll.
In short: thank you.
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