Originally Posted by bursa
I've seen many quite personal comments and other references to aspects of people that seem to know each other quite well. Do most of you FTers out there know others?
Considering that there are WELL OVER 40,000 REGISTERED USERS on FlyerTalk.... There are some of us who know each other, certainly, but I highly doubt that "most" (i.e., tens of thousands) of registered FlyerTalkers have met each other. @:-)
If so, was this before joining FT or after joining FT?
After.
Never.
At "Do's" and get togethers, how do you know who's from FT?
Virtually everyone at a FlyerTalk Do is a FlyerTalk member. The main exceptions are significant others, family members, or friends who have been brought along.
Do you purposely go just to meet someone you've never met?
Of course. I have met some 250 to 300 FTers (have made a list that contains over 200 handles, and I've forgotten some of the handles of others I have met). I never knew any of them before FT.