Question for MATT

“Would it be possible to list the name of the person starting a thread beside the thread title? That sure would save a lot of time. Thanks”

“snob”

“Good idea!

Or we could do it ourselves - just put this at the end of the title: (not CX)”

“Not a bad idea. It would save a lot of time.”

“I'm not sure it would save me a lot of time now. Hey, kleetn, who the heck are half of these folks? I been a long time gone.”

“Arcie, about 1/2 of them are Tarpy.”

“The other half are CX and the third half is WC. I am you but you are too deranged to realize it. Wait a minute. No I'm not. I mean no you're not, I'm me. ( I think, (sometimes))
8d”

“Let me take this one Matt.

What seems like a good idea to us is not necessarily a good idea for Matt. If we know who posted the thread we might not click on it. One less hit. Ya see in the internet world it is all about the hits. Sort of like the body count that the US government did in Vietnam. It isn't the quality, it is the quality.

Ever notice that no matter whose browser you use you often have to hit 'reload' or 'refresh' to get the latest post?

One more hit. Chaaaaaching.

The hits just keep on rolling....”

“With the market for banner ads being so red hot these days, I'm sure those hits are worth a fortune. ;-)”

“bacpac,
Yes hits are nice, but I prefer quality of quantity. I have tried everything to get rid of the caching of threads. You may have even noticed that I have only one ad space on each page. If I really wanted the ad revenue, I would have about 5 ad spaces on each page (which I could do very easily). But I want people to come and use the website, not just come to look at an ad.”

“Oh Lucy, You don hafta splain to me.”

“Thanks matt, for keeping us =a one ad site.”

“Matt, it often seems that your one ad (Burstnet) is the thing that keeps hanging up or crashing though it hasn't happened in a while (it did slow down this afternoon, but I guess thats Friday afternoon rush hour on the info highway)
I enjoy hanging out here. Thanks for maintaining the clubhouse. So Matt, do you troll? Come on, as who? Mtn Gal? Bacpac? Mutt? CX? Ice Tea? Kleetn? Give us a hint.”

“Hey Matt-
who is that in the Trail Talk picture at the top of the page?? The one standing at the edge of the mountains with the thumbs up or something”

“Okay, flyguy6x, it's time for me to come clean. I am Matt, the webmaster, as well as one of mel's llamas. I cannot, however, reveal at this time which llama.”

“For all those curious souls, I am a lurker by nature. So I only post under my name. I am not a Troll. But it is fun knowing which people have multiple personalities.

I am not sure who is in the picture at the top of TT. The picture was submitted to me and you can find the rest in the Pictures section under Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.”

“Yeah, well a personality profile would be fun for us too. How bout naming names and letting the chips fall where they may.

It would also be cool to post peoples IP number so I could send a little note to their bosses, telling them what a good job they are doing.

Moooooo Haha”

“bacpac, get to work!”

“Matt,

You are the one person who can clear my name of slander. everyone thinks I am a troll, but I only change my name once in a while for various reasons, including being trolled myself.

Please tell everyone I only use one name, and that I am not every troll that comes along!”

“Are you going to post a Beta Version of the site to test out?”

“CX,
Yes, you are not the only trolling personality on this site. Even though you have multiple names, you only use one at a time. The newest troll is not CX/Tarpy.

deathmarch,
I am still working on the new site. Once I get closer to finishing it I will see what I can do about a beta.”

“SWEEEEET!!!!!!

Thanks!”

“Matt,

can you send me my Tarp Rat password, I lost it a long time ago?

send it to jednh@hotmail.com is you can?”

“9”

“Hey Matt”

“Matt, were you at Trail Days? If not you should look into your site security. I think prosecutions are in order.

Nevermind, I deduced where the security slip happened. Somewhere between my keyboard and my seat.
last edited: 5/21/07 12:04:45 AM”

“I am a lovely boy.”

“and very honest.

Try it again, I think I fixed your wagon this time.”

“and still drunk?”

“no, I made the cardinal mistake of posting from someone else's computer when picking them up for trail days and not logging out when I left. I suppose its fair since while I was on his computer I sent a sexually explicit IM to Carlette telling her what I was going to do to her when she got to traildays under his username. hehehehehe”