Sh33p's Fluff Message Board: Difference between revisions

The Sh33p's Fluff Message Board was created by [[Thea Zara]], with the help of Gamer*, on 5th October 2003. Conceived of as an alternative message board for people who wanted a forum with a different ethos to that of the [[Paperpusher's Message Board]], the name was created and agreed on in an [[SFMB2]] chat between [[Thea Zara]], [[Ben Yee]], [[Gamer]], [[Reese Kaine]], [[Wyvern]], [[Brandon League]], srdarkwing, and [[Deref]].

One, but not the only, driver was the ability to discuss adult topics. Another driver was to provide a home for what was [[IUF|a growing band of second-generation Daria fans]] who had come to the show via the Noggin Network, a heavily (and many felt ridiculously) censored re-broadcast. Some of the denizens of the Paperpusher's board were becoming increasingly annoyed by what they felt was juvenilia posted by [[IUF|the enthusiastic new young fans]]. Wanting to encourage them, Thea Zara gave them a place of their own - [http://www.sh33pie.com/thecave.htm Tanandaria, a.k.a. "The Cave"] - on the Sh33p's Fluff, while protecting them from adult topics by making the adult forums accessible by invitation only.

* According to [[Thea Zara]] it went like this: