#1 2024-10-04 14:38:34

richard

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Registered: 2005-01-04

Posts: 692

OMG we turned 20 and nobody noticed.

I had lunch with Lauren a few weeks ago and we reminisced on the old days and the birth of Agony.  We may have even made a recording of it.  For those who remember co-founder Lauren who ran the site for the first 10 years, she's doing well and has an awesome family.

I also chatted recently with Shannon who designed the site when she worked for us in the early days.  She hadn't seen the site for a while, she lives in Hollywood now and does other stuff.  While we were swapping emails she had a look.  "You haven't changed a thing!  That's inexcusable!"  I told her that's because it was so good we never saw a reason to change it - but maybe it is time for a bit of a revamp.

Thanks everyone for keeping us going!  Especially the contribs, especially the subscribers, and especially the people who said it was a dumb idea, which just made us want to do it even more.

Babell

Member

Registered: 2023-04-16

Posts: 53

Re: OMG we turned 20 and nobody noticed.

Happy 20th (and a half?) birthday BA!
Thanks for everyone involved in this great dumb idea!

Quacker

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Registered: 2024-02-26

Posts: 12

Re: OMG we turned 20 and nobody noticed.

I actually joined back in... I think April 2004.  I think it was April.

I see no need for a revamp as I can't imagine a better layout.  Simplicity and uniformity works.  It's like a virtual art gallery.   And sometimes it's nice for things not to change to much.  The faces change, the place stays the same.

Last edited by Quacker (2024-10-05 00:05:15)

sculptor

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Registered: 2022-07-19

Posts: 4

Re: OMG we turned 20 and nobody noticed.

We absolutely love keeping you going! Thanks to all involved in such a wonderful project as this. Especially all the beautiful contributors. Keep this going. I don't see a need for a revamp as you have in a way adding Confessions, a more open contribution view and the Restorations of early contributors. Now, any chance those early insightful contributors would like to come back in a Revival? We are all 20 years older we would welcome you. What did being part of Beautiful Agony add to your lives? A 20 year Revival series.

Happy 20th birthday!