How long have you been hanging around?

"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
12/04/2014 at 16:15 • Filed to: The wayback machine

I was cleaning out some old email for some reason and came upon this gem. A while back I was trying to remember just how much time I've wasted long I've been lurking about. I now have a definitive answer:

How long have you been milling about?

DISCUSSION (38)

TheOnelectronic > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:18

2009, if I had to guess.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:19

It's been at least since summer of '12 that I've been actively commenting, though I think I used to bounce through the Jalopnik front page as far back as '09 or so. I wasn't sticky enough to comment at that time.

CB > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:20

I've been here for two and a half years now, I think. It's been alright.

EDIT: My question has always been how many people actually recognize me, not to sound like an asshole. I realize I'm not a huge personality here, but still.

Sweet Trav > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:20

2007-ish

Bandit > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:21

April 14, 2012

macanamera > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:22

Reading since early college (2008?), only recently started contributing (March?)

$kaycog > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:23

I lurked sometime before making my first comment in August of 2009. That comment was to an article by Murilee Martin.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:23

I was reading from 2009 and finally was able to comment when kinja came about. Before kinja it would always give me error messages when I tried to make an account.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:25

Since the dawn of time. So around 2009 or so.

Takuro Spirit > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:25

When did Autoblog get bought by AOL? It was then.

For Sweden > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:27

Kinja'd!!!

You even earned a star!

Gamecat235 > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:28

I started reading Kotaku sometime around 2008-ish, and discovered Jalopnik in 2009/10 and started commenting on Jalopnik in 2010.

MonkeePuzzle > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:28

I trolled FP articles for fun long before I found a home in oppo :P

someone show me how to find my first comment and I'll let you know

For Sweden > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/04/2014 at 16:29

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/ahoy-thar-mate…

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:30

I've been reading and commenting for about 2 years. and have been posting for about 1 year.

I can't remember how I stumbled on Jalopnik for the first time but it's been the best/worst thing to ever happen to me.

Best because it's awesome, worst because I can't get any damn work done anymore.

RazoE > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:31

A few years atleast. I had the "Jalopnik" app on my phone as well.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > For Sweden
12/04/2014 at 16:32

Wow, my first real chunk of my sarcasm to be found here. There might be comment burrired deep down in a QOTD from years ago asking about parent kid bonding car projects. Might have gone by 76pinto or something like that.

cazzyodo > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:37

My first post on Oppo was early 2013...maybe March?

First post on Gawker was for Gizmodo sometime in high school...guessing early 2007. Got the star in 2009 I believe.

First Jalopnik post, idk. Can't just keep scrolling back like we used to.

WhiskeyGolf > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:37

I believe my first comment is late 2010. It's interesting to go through some of the "best of" posts earlier and see one of my comments.

Anon > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:39

Around the end of 2011.

fhrblig > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:40

Lurking since 2007, started posting in Off Topic since January 2008. I was starred by Murilee, I don't remember what my comment was though.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:41

Lurking on the FP since ~June 2013, commenting since the 6th of October 2014.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:43

Since around the Jordan Taylor AMA. Kinda dropped off for a few weeks after then things started back around the 4th of July this past summer. So around 5 months at this point.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:45

I'd been reading the front page since 2011 or 2012, I made an account and joined Oppo in February.

cazzyodo > cazzyodo
12/04/2014 at 16:52

Either my perception of time is off or we can no longer look back very far...I found a post from May of 2011 on Gizmodo, but I'm not in the grey. Stupid search function.

If you want to look back that far go to username.kinja.com/private/mine?startTime=1312415013399 That time is 5/31/11 it seems.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 16:57

I've read Jalopnik for a while, but barely if at all commented...definitely didn't comment while I was still in grad school (finished end of 2010). First comment I have on Kinja is from September of 2012.

EDIT: Just looked through, the first time I shared a Jalopnik article was in June of 2009, shortly after I finished undergrad (I may have using my university e-mail address, but that's lost to history).

Sn210 > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 17:00

I started on Oppo in August 2013, but I read Jalopnik a few months before that. Call it a year and a half.

desertdog5051 > Takuro Spirit
12/04/2014 at 17:05

2005.

Takuro Spirit > desertdog5051
12/04/2014 at 17:06

Jeezus

RockThrillz89 > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 17:26

Since I started my current job. So about year now.

Tekamul > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 17:59

I started reading in April '08, and flapping my gums in June '08

http://jalopnik.com/397055/what-ki…

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 18:04

I started lurking around 2005 but from a government computer and never got around to creating an ID. I finally did with my facebook around 2009 between AFG deployments, and then when I got rid of my facebook started again with my Google+ last year (2013).

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Takuro Spirit
12/04/2014 at 18:05

Same

ranwhenparked > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 18:36

I'm not totally sure. The oldest email I have is from 2009, but it was confirming an account update probably related to some commenting system revision, I was definitely already around way before then. I want to say maybe around the 2005-2006 timeframe, but not positive.

Brian, The Life of > ranwhenparked
12/04/2014 at 21:10

I'm certain you've been around as long as I have. I distinctly remember laughing at your handle the first time I saw it :)

ranwhenparked > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 21:21

I had a similar reaction to your Pythonesque one. I'm thinking it must have been sometime in 2006, with some lurking beforehand.

BorkBorkBjork > Brian, The Life of
12/04/2014 at 21:53

The oldest record I found of myself was from 2007 where I argued with whoever was on this site back then (and Johnny Lieberman) about whether or not the BMW M5 was a supercar (I was rather opinionated in College). Then I lurked for a long while, and as of last week I have started commenting again.

Man, that was over 7 years ago...

Brian, The Life of > BorkBorkBjork
12/05/2014 at 02:23

Yeah ... never argue with Jonny.