I joined ranchers.net in the early 2000's, after seeing a neighbor who lives a bit East of us at the Blackhills Stock Show, who told me about it. Lazy Ace and I are arguing about what year that was...he thinks 2001 or 2002...I'm sorta leaning toward 2003, but he could be right.
Anyway, I was around before Macon bought/acquired the site, and Jody Brown still owned it.
I also remember the uproar when the forum changed to this format....the change would be the demise of the site and us all. Funny, I bet if polled, all of us who'd been at the "old" forum would take this one anyday, if for no other reason, the pictures.
If I remember correctly, (someone correct me if I'm wrong) one of the reasons for the shift of format, was so no one could "assume" someone else's name and post under it. Another reason was so Macon could keep up with Monitoring better.
This is the only site I'm a member of...it takes too much of my time, most of the time, and the rest of the time, my real life takes too much of my time, and I don't post nearly as often as I would like.
I've truly enjoyed this forum and all the folks we've "met" online and in person, and all the friends I've made. I really enjoy the posts and pictures from folks from all parts of our country and world.
Cheers---
TTB :wink: