Broadway.com Message Boards

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 6:52pm

I think it's time for a history lesson. What exactly led to the downfall of the Broadway.com Message Boards? How many posters here were once posters there? But more importantly, was it less bitchy, as bitchy, or more bitchy as it is here???

[zoran912]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 7:59pm

I remember it being more bitchy. I was only a lurker there. I was shocked when it was closed though. I remember a lot of shills. I thought that the shills killed it in the end.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 8:14pm

Who said this site is bitchy?

Ascerbic? Yes!

Bitchy? No!

[insomniak]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 8:24pm

What is 'schills'?

And thanks for this thread, the broadway.com boards were before I became an internet-junkie, so I've always wondered about them.

[zoran912]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 8:28pm

A shill is a poster who is on a show's payroll. They come to message boards and try to promote their show. It gets annoying after a while.

[PJ]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 10:43pm

I joined the board a while before it was shut down. I even became a 'Senior Member' there. It was a momentous occasion. However, I do remember quite a bit of bitchiness there. But it introduced me to Broadway message boarding in general. And for that, I will forever be thankful. I've learned a lot from these boards. Updated On: 8/14/04 at 10:43 PM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:11pm

I was there on a different username.

It was get very heated and controversial over there. Several immature people (some of those immature people moved here, sadly) which caused the destruction of the boards.

But in the end, it was good. Without their demise, the BroadwayWorld.com boards may not be as popular as they are now.

[CJR]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:33am

I was there. Proud to say I was the infamous VelmaKelly.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:37am

I posted there under the same identity I use now. I don't know if that was a crack against me Capn.

[Amneris]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 11:22am

dont get me started , dont even get me started...

HATE isnt the word for bway.com =)

[Maggie]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 11:25am

I was a senior member too! Too much censorship caused the downfall.

Not to mention the fact that they banned our favorite poster...after that it was all downhill. Updated On: 8/15/04 at 11:25 AM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 11:28am

I was a senior member too! Too little censorship caused the downfall.

Also, like this current board, there were too many silly posts. At least Rob has the sense to create an off-topic board to alleviate that problem.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:06pm

I was EnemaMan at Broadway.Com.

Remember the Theme Park Thread we started there?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:09pm

Nope, not you sumofallthings.

[Bret]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:12pm

I was a senior poster there, with some 800 posts. I was BroadwayBret then. I was a member until Dollypop and I got kicked off for mass posting in rage (possibly something to do with the evil FPF?).

[PJ]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:46pm

I AM FAITH PRINCE FAN! Haha, just kidding. I posted there as PJ as well. I couldn't think of a nifty pseudonym for bwayworld.com.

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 1:48pm

I was there for the downfall only.
It was sooo much more bitchy.
And hilarious.
-d.b.j-

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 2:00pm

Like the hopes that were dashed
When the stock market crashed
HAHAHAHA
Those were the good ol' days!
I'd walk a million miles or more
For some of the gore
Of those
Good
Ol'
Days!

[Mike3]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 4:02pm

Dolly, I remember the theme park well. In fact, my very first post was to propose Audra McDonalds.

[DAME]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 9:38pm

I missed the whole thing. But I probaly would have been DAME there too. And you all would have still been hussys.

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 10:37pm

I was never there. What happenned??



*eyes wide, munching popcorn and waiting for a story*

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 10:51pm

story time!

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 10:56pm

YAY! STORIES!!

[insomniak]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 11:02pm

Can we all sit in a circle and make s'mores?

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 11:04pm

It was the age of kings.
The age of Namo
The age of DollyPop
The age of self inflated egos, specifically my own.