Oldbies and BNFs

[David]

Cindy wrote:

> Anyway, about this title of "Olbie" . . . I suggest that 
an "olbie" 
> be defined as someone who has been a continuous and reasonably 
> active member of the list for over one year.  'Cause under that 
> definition, I get to be an "Oldbie!"  ;-)

I don't know about definitions, but I think a reasonably good test 
is when you have been away for a few weeks or more, and then start 
to post.

>From the point of view of the the then-active list, a complete 
stranger pops up, saying, 'Hi, I'm back', with the result that a 
slew of other complete strangers crawl out of the woodwork, 
saying, 'Hi, Cindy' (or Suzanne, or Jeralyn, as the case may be).

Looking at it the other way round, you know you are an oldbie when 
you come back after a few weeks and it's the active list that is the 
strangers.

Anne U wrote:

> Mostly I'm focusing on a few of the BNFs (AngieJ, Lissanne, Lori, 
> now working on Barb's HP and the Psychic Serpent, which is lots of 
> fun).

Here's another term requiring definition.  I assume BNF stands for 
Big Name Fan?  How does one decide one of those?  Is there a list 
somewhere?  I suppose it's too much to hope that all names are equal 
here, but seeing a categorisation like that does make me perversely 
proud that I don't know who Lissanne is.  (Apologies to him/her if 
it's somebody regular here under another name.)

David