Thanks for Such a Great Year!

	posted by Scott on Monday December 31, @06:59PM from the announcements-and-thanks dept.
	As the founder of Mensactivism.org, I'd like to take a few moments to thank the people who have made this site such a success this year, and more than I ever expected it to be. Click Read More below to read some notes on the history of MANN, the people who have brought us to our current point, and the top five comment posters. Let the good times roll...

	When it all started.... Most people don't know that when I started MANN in May of 2000, I was almost certain that it was going to be a flop, and I thought of it mainly as an exercise in learning some web and database administration skills. I figured I would maintain interest in it for no more than six months at the most. But I was definitely wrong - an entire user community sprung up around this site and has kept it going the whole time. Since then I've suffered through network outages, a web server port block from my ISP during the "Code Red" worm crisis, hundreds of attempted break-ins, and many lost hours of sleep queuing news stories and customizing the site's interface (anyone remember when logged in users would get a message like "This page was generated by a team of stealth ninjas" at the top of the main page?). I've also had a blast while doing all of this, and the effort has always been more than worthwhile. This site is only here because you are. One of the reasons why Mensactivism.org is different from other web sites is that it is almost completely user-driven. Users send in news stories. Users write editorials. Users participate in the on-line chats. Users post comments and agree, debate, troll (!), and inform one another. Somehow this web engine has combined the features of an e-mail list, web message board, and portal site in a way that appeals to you folks, and keeps you coming back. You are the most important part of this site, and if you've contributed content in any form to it, it's just as much the result of your efforts as it is of myself and the other admins. I would like to thank everyone who visits this site regularly, who posts productive comments, who submits news stories, who has written an original article that has been posted here, has made a financial donation to the site, or any combination of the above. Each of you is living proof that the efforts of an individual can have a significant impact, and you have helped shape the direction of this site and even the men's movement itself. Admins keep this site running smoothly... A very special thanks to James Hanback (aka Nightmist) and Adam Hartney, "Adam," who have made a special dedication of their time to help ensure Mensactivism.org is updated frequently with the best selection of user submissions available, for helping to reduce the impact of trolls and divisive infighting, and sharing the workload of maintaining the content of MANN. Nightmist has devoted an immense amount of time to MANN, was the stimulus for our relationship with Wendy McElroy and iFeminists.com, and on top of that posts more comments here than I do! Adam, too has posted dozens of articles here, and written a couple of his own. As our only Admin from the UK, Adam's input is very useful and a great help to us. Thomas will be coming on board as an admin starting very soon, and I'd like to thank him for offering his help to us. Brad isn't an admin, but he did send us some nice graphics for our news topics. Likewise, Tom Parker spruced up our main banner logo. Thanks guys! The Top Five Commentors The following is a list of the top five MANN comment posters to date. I originally wanted to list the top five news submitters, but the database apparently doesn't keep track of the number of stories submitted, though it does keep track of the number of comments. One person, by far, posted the greatest number of comments on MANN. Anonymous User led the pack by a wide margin with more than 107,000 posts. What a dedicated guy! Ok, seriously though, here are the others: Thomas frank h BusterB Claire4Liberty Hawth (I've excluded Nightmist from the list since he's an admin, though he would have taken the #1 spot here if I had included him) While the quantity of posts doesn't mean everything, these people are undoubtably familiar names to most readers, and I'd like to thank them for being such active participants on our comment boards. I'm a bit uncomfortable singling people out here because there are so many others that deserve praise too. You know who you are, and again, I thank you for your efforts. It has been a wonderful year. Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for everything you've done. Sincerely, Scott Garman Founder and Site Admin PS - Happy New Year!

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Thank you, Scott (Score:1) by Thomas on Monday December 31, @07:11PM EST (#1) (User #280 Info) Thank you for all of your efforts, Scott. You are a mover and shaker in the egalitarian movement. All of your work is deeply appreciated. Because of you, and many others whom I could only begin to list, the world is becoming a better place. Whatever "blessings" may be to you, I hope you have many of them.

Re:Thank you, Scott (Score:1) by collins on Monday December 31, @10:41PM EST (#9) (User #311 Info) I'd like to add my thanks to Scott and all the others, including our female friends, who contribute to the MANN site and the men's movement in general. You're doing a great job and we're all making a positive difference. Happy New Year!                                 Collins

Re:Thank you, Scott (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Wednesday January 02, @05:49AM EST (#20) Thanks from Germany as well! Do not forget that your efforts are taken up by menīs rights activists in other countries as well. You create a lot of resonance you often donīt even know about. For example some of the news collected by you and other activists went into a book-publication and a bi-weekly e-zine of mine which is in turn read by probably between 1000 and 2000 people. As Germany is lagging about 5 to 10 years behind the US when it comes to Menīs Rights, these publications are already causing a lot of stir.     Arne Hoffmann

Thank you... (Score:1) by Uberganger on Wednesday January 02, @09:51AM EST (#21) (User #308 Info) for(n=1; n=1000000, n++){         print("Thank You!\n") } Know what I mean?

Echoing Thomas (Score:2) by Nightmist (nightmist@mensactivism.org) on Monday December 31, @07:51PM EST (#2) (User #187 Info) http://www.jameshanbackjr.com Scott, when I first found this site (while I was researching an article for the Nashville Scene on men's Web sites, I never dreamed I would become an active part of it. I'm happy to have helped, and, honestly, I'm glad someone like you was here to launch it. You remain the constant voice of reason here, and your sacrifice of time and energy to keep this place running smoothly is an inspiration. Without MANN, I think our success stories would be much fewer and farther between. Happy New Year, man.

Others Deserving Thanks (Score:1) by Thomas on Monday December 31, @08:06PM EST (#3) (User #280 Info) What the heck! I will thank others, who have contributed to the egalitarian movement, and I'd love to hear of those I've missed. (I'll only refer here to those whose work I know personally.) Very special thanks to Nightmist and Adam as well as Brad and Tom Parker for their contributions to this site. Also, a sincere expression of gratitude to Warren Farrell and Asa Baber for their continuing efforts and to the women who are so devoted to truth, justice and plain, simple decency: Wendy McElroy, Cathy Young, Christina Hoff Sommers, Daphne Patai and Donna Laframboise. Thanks to the women and men at the Independant Women's Forum. And, though he has written is a somewhat lighter vein, I'd like to thank Garrison Keillor for his "Complete Book of Guys." I might not agree with everything that these people say, but they are clearly devoted to advancing the cause of equality. Let's keep up the good work and celebrate ourselves and each other for our efforts and continuing successes.

Re:Others Deserving Thanks (Score:1) by Adam H (adam@mensactivism.org) on Monday December 31, @08:13PM EST (#4) (User #362 Info) What can I say? I'm lost for words. I shall just thank you all, and wish you a great new year in your endeavours.

Great work Scott! (Score:1) by Tom on Monday December 31, @08:28PM EST (#5) (User #192 Info) Great Scott! :) Thanks for all you do to make this site so valuble. You have connected us all. When connected we can act in a concerted manner and our power increases. Blessings. Happy new year!

Re:Great work Scott! (Score:2) by Nightmist (nightmist@mensactivism.org) on Monday December 31, @09:04PM EST (#6) (User #187 Info) http://www.jameshanbackjr.com Thomas frank h BusterB Claire4Liberty Hawth Hey, where is BusterB anyway? I don't think I've seen a post from him in a while. :(

The elusive BusterB (Score:1) by Mars on Monday December 31, @10:21PM EST (#7) (User #73 Info) I scared him away. Happy 2002. Mars

Re:Great work Scott! (Score:1) by Hawth on Monday December 31, @10:26PM EST (#8) (User #197 Info) I haven't posted in a little while, either. I sincerely apologize for my absence. The holiday season (and lots of overtime at work, with people taking their Christmas vacations) had me busy! Also - and I'm ashamed to admit it - I really wanted to enjoy the holidays, and sometimes the things I read here get me down. But, as I can see, there was cause for celebration around here, as well. Sorry I wasn't a part of it. But, I may soon be adding my two cents to certain threads I missed out on that haven't gone into archive yet - even though I'm not sure who will see them now. Also, I'm hoping that I can make good on my New Year's resolution - to write the novel I've been developing in recent months. Let's just say it's very heavy on the themes we commonly discuss at this forum! Believe me - if it gets written and published, you all will be the first to know! But, for now, I feel very honored (and touched!) to be part of "the list". I can honestly say that the MANN experience has been nothing but invigorating, educational and therapeutic for me. God bless all of you guys (and girls!) whom I now consider "family", in a sense. I promise to begin making up for lost time, posthaste. Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to everyone! Here's hoping the next one will be just as good, if not better! Hawth (P.S. Hopefully I'll someday be brave enough to post my real full name as well - although my pseudonym should probably clue you in to what my first name is, anyway!) (P.P.S. It's the slightly shorter version of the name!) ;-)

end of year (Score:1) by Angry Harry on Tuesday January 01, @12:07AM EST (#10) (User #195 Info) And a big THANK YOU from all of us here in the UK! Karl

Great website (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Tuesday January 01, @12:17AM EST (#11) This is a great website. Continue your good work ! Happy New Year

Re:Great website (Score:1) by LadyRivka (abrouty@wells.edu) on Tuesday January 01, @01:24AM EST (#12) (User #552 Info) http://devoted.to/jinzouningen Happy New Year to all! You guys are doing a wonderful job! Keep up the hard work! (and I'm hoping you'll attract more women to this site in 2002, as the exception proves the rule...OK, OK, more people in general.) "Female men's activist" is not an oxymoron.

Re: Great website (Score:1) by AFG (afg2112@yahoo.ca) on Tuesday January 01, @02:34AM EST (#13) (User #355 Info) http://afg78.tripod.ca/home.html I'm fairly new to this site (and the men's movement in general), but I am glad that there are some who are willing to stick up for what is right. Thanks to Scott and the others for making this community possible. Happy new year all. You need your beets -- you recycle, recycle! Don't eat your beets -- recycle, recycle!

Happy New Year and Best Wishes for 2002 (Score:1) by Raymond Cuttill on Tuesday January 01, @06:54AM EST (#14) (User #266 Info) Hope 2002 is a good year for you and mensactivism.org and Men's Activism in general. Feminists are started to look worried, but not yet on the run. Maybe in 2002.

Keep it up (Score:1) by jaxom on Tuesday January 01, @08:46AM EST (#15) (User #505 Info) http://clix.to/support/ Thanks to Scott and the admins. As we, in our own ways, keep up the pressure more and more people will make the transition to a fair and reasonable view of gender. Greg the Volksgaren Project: Intelligent Abuse Recovery, http://clix.to/support/, jaxom@amtelecom.net, 519-773-9644

Thank you is small praise, my friend... (Score:1) by Mike LaSalle on Tuesday January 01, @09:43AM EST (#16) (User #591 Info) Scott- thanks for the incredible work you've done on MANN. It think it's a no-brainer to say that this site has galvanized the Men's Movement in a way that's never happened before. MANN is the foundation on which Men's News Daily and a dozen other sites have been built to take back something that's been lost since the dawn of Feminism. Thank you for your brains, dedication and even-temper. -Mike LaSalle

Re:Thank you is small praise, my friend... (Score:0) by Anonymous User on Tuesday January 01, @11:19AM EST (#17) Thanks Scott! D.

Excellent Site, Tremendous Work, Thanks (Score:1) by Will on Tuesday January 01, @12:57PM EST (#18) (User #519 Info) Thanks to Scott, the admins, and all others who have contributed so much. This is incredibly important work. I think we will make a difference for millions of men and women, whether they are ever directly aware of us or not. Had there been anything like this in the 70's and 80's when my sibs and I were growing up in a gender feminist family it would have made a lot of difference in our lives. All of us in my family, both the boys and the girls, were badly harmed by the misandrist bigotry that our parents taught us. Bit by bit we can change that scenario. Good luck to Mensactivism, to our allies, and to each of us in 2002. Will

Re:Excellent Site, Tremendous Work, Thanks (Score:2) by frank h on Tuesday January 01, @03:05PM EST (#19) (User #141 Info) I want to thank Scott and all who administer this site for: 1) giving me a comfortable place to complain a little bit about how men are being treated; 2) making me feel a part of a community that, even though it is spread out over the nation and the world, carries a closeness that I cherish; 3) imprinting gender politics with testosterone in a way that makes it increasingly difficult for the radical feminists to ignore. I wish all of the men and women that visit this site a warm and propserous New Year. Frank H

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