# Doperspotting on the Web. Ever run into anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254 "2003-01-08T05:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/1 "2003-01-08T05:00:03Z")
So I’m minding my own business, looking up some Everquest quests for the hubby to do, and lo and behold, who do I find? [Opalcat!](http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=441). Reminds me of running into that person you went to high school with while vacationing in France. Anyone else have a virtual run in? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/2 "2003-01-08T05:27:59Z")
While browsing a friend’s LiveJournal, I looked at her profile and saw that she had our college listed as one of her interests. I clicked on the name, and up came a short (very short) list of other LJ users. There was my friend, two of our other classmates, and. . .a well-known, popular, and intelligent Doper! I was very pleased to see that such a distinguished personage was a graduate of my school. I was tempted to e-mail her about it, but I thought that might seem kinda creepy since we’ve never corresponded before, not even here on the SDMB. That’s why I haven’t even said her name here. I feel icky revealing personal information (even something as minor as this) about anyone else, especially when she may not even know who I am! ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/3 "2003-01-08T06:14:10Z")
Found out a Doper is a mod at the [wrestlingclassics.com](http://wrestlingclassics.com) boards. I don’t know who though… he posted in a thread “Are you hardy from SDMB?” but never gave his Doper name. I still want to know, Mystery Doper and I will keep your secret. 😃 Besides, there’s only one other Doper at wcmb…that I know about anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/4 "2003-01-08T08:34:31Z")
I have a friend who I just re-established contact with… we were discussing caffiene, and she sent me a link to a Cecil column! I don’t know if she’s part of the board. The one time years ago I asked her about SDMB, she thought I was asking her about SM/BD… interesting conversation, if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/5 "2003-01-08T10:29:58Z")
I stumbled upon a **jinwicked** page (I think it was part of a journal or something) when I was looking up something completely unrelated. Like a movie review or a tutorial on Photoshop. Something totally non-SDMB-related. Weirded me out. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/6 "2003-01-08T14:43:27Z")
Yup. I would link to the thread but I believe it has been vaporized. Anyway, I was reading about some old TV shows I used to watch and came across a post on IMDB by Esprix regarding one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/7 "2003-01-08T15:11:34Z")
I believe **rjung** used to write some intelligent posts in rec.arts.comics and still does so here. There was another poster that borrowed a topic from Cafe Society and started a thread in Usenet, so I talked to him a bit, but now I can’t remember his name. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/8 "2003-01-08T15:12:09Z")
Not the Web so much, but **dreamer** and I ended up at the same house in The Sims Online just the other day. The only reason we discovered it was because I overheard her mention her experience auditioning for Cirque du Soleil and I thought, “Two people auditioning for CdS in Vegas in such a short time? That would be an amazing coincidence.” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/9 "2003-01-08T15:21:03Z")
I’ve never run into anyone else, but I’ve been run into. Several years ago I wrote a short piece about the lyrics to a Grateful Dead song, and the piece was quoted on the SDMB by another poster. It was nice to see that someone thought enough of my earlier analysis to quote from it. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/10 "2003-01-08T15:40:57Z")
This serves as a reminder to me just how un-net-savvy I am. Oh, that’s a “no.” ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/11 "2003-01-08T15:46:57Z")
I have seen **Green Bean** posting over on Fametracker…wasn’t sure if it was the same person until I saw her mention the SDMB totally tangentially. That was kind of neat. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/12 "2003-01-08T15:51:49Z")
I’ve seen Dr. Lao at other boards. Tdn and Sam Clem I saw at the snopes board before I ever came here. Guinastasia was _everywhere_ for a while, but that made me think maybe I was seeing a lot of dopers, but just noticing her because her name is so distinctive. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/13 "2003-01-08T17:48:39Z")
rjung from Transformers fandom, alt.toys.transformers. CMK, I ‘knew’ for years as part of Legion of Superheroes fandom, he keeps the FAQ and the faith. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/14 "2003-01-08T17:52:27Z")
Oh, when I was in high school (late '90s) I used a web article about Sappho as a reference for a paper I was writing, and discovered only a few months ago that the author was the SDMB’s own **Anthracite**! ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/15 "2003-01-08T18:10:02Z")
I’ve noticed a couple Dopers on fan fiction sites but never made contact. It did seem kind of strange… like “Hey… what’re _they_ doing here?” Kind of like when you were a kid and saw a teacher out in public- you never thought of them existing outside of the space you knew them in. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/16 "2003-01-08T18:22:06Z")
I keep running into **Mercutio** in various bathhouses, but I’m not supposed to talk about it. 😉 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/17 "2003-01-08T18:23:28Z")
I got a few comments on my Livejournal from **imthjckaz** a while ago, and as I’m a newbie here, it took me _forever_ to figure out how he knew me. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/18 "2003-01-08T18:34:59Z")
I ran into **Jurhael** on the VNV Nation boards at Audiogalaxy last year. ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/19 "2003-01-08T18:41:50Z")
**Bad Astronomer** ’s website. I get lots of space related e-mails and sometimes his pages are mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254/20 "2003-01-08T18:44:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yosemitebabe \* > \*\*I stumbled upon a **jinwicked** page (I think it was part of a journal or something) when I was looking up something completely unrelated. Like a movie review or a tutorial on Photoshop. Something totally non-SDMB-related. Weirded me out. \*\* I stumbled across her webcam once. That was a surreal experience, particularly considering the site I was on at the time… (When I think Jinn, I don’t really think “Stileproject”…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperspotting-on-the-web-ever-run-into-anyone/147254.md?page=2)