I really think this thread is necessary. To show our respect for the flood of appreciation threads, we dont actually ever appreciate the appreciation though. It is an unsung hero, in the dark and grizzly forum world.

The origins of the appreciation thread, on tranceaddict at least, can be traced back to humble beginnings. The board was rife with turmoil, dj_psygnosis playing tracks on the radio which he simply shouldnt have and people debating the correctness of his actions. Then came along slade and smoothed it all over, and everyone had an excellent laugh in the thread. While many pictures have since been taken down, and replaced with beautiful red x's, reading through the thread again cements it as one of ta's funniest threads. Until the evil iron fist moderator WEBMEISTER closed the thread, and issued Slade with his "first and last warning", drama ahoy!Link

Soon after this excellent thread, came the ves appreciation thread. Au TA's own little piece of hottie jail bait ass. Slade was again the creator, no doubt he wanted to get her attention and perhaps start a cyber relationship. While not as popular as the first, it was still a fun read, and worth the post. I then represented and tried to get ves to post some nudes of her selves. She indirectly said yes, but i was never pm'd the link. Im still waiting honey. Link

The next in the series of appreciation threads was creating by our resident piss head, gumble. It was dedicated to Slade himself. In it most people admitted that while slade was a bit of a ****, we all still liked him and found him, rather amusing. Many a shoe, and al bundy, joke was made. A notable post is the one on page 3. LA Gear, certainly is, Kareems choice. As well as the amazing Jordan 9's, perhaps the greatest shoe ever made. This thread marks the appreciating of the original appreciator, but not, the appreciation of the appreciation, of which this thread is about.
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Unfortunatley since that thread, there has been a flurry of imposter appreciation threads which are trying to suck readers in by abusing the appreciation title. The only exception to this statement is the Dj Lanithium appreciation thread which was created by the original appreciator, however was not as successful as the landmark first 3 appreciation threads.

Hopefully this post will warn others away from the creation of imposter appreciation threads, and will encourage only the proper use of this prestigious title when it is necessary.

Last edited by escee on Dec-29-2003 at 17:45