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?
There are a lot of posters who never meet other FT'ers in person but get to know each other via the boards themselves. You can tell a lot about people based on what they post after awhile. There are some posters I'd go out of my way to meet and others that I could pass on meeting without hesitation.
There is a good sized contingent of FT'ers, that is always growing, that do meet with each other in person in different cities around the world. The attendees for each Do are not the same and that keeps it interesting to attend a Do you haven't been to before, or visit a new country. There is almost always someone around to meet up with for a drink or dinner with a common interest in travel, miles & points
Originally Posted by bursa
If so, was this before joining FT or after joining FT? From business? At "Do's" and get togethers, how do you know who's from FT? Do you purposely go just to meet someone you've never met?
Just wondering...
Someone I work with showed me FlyerTalk, but I've taken it from there so to speak. While I have met some people at industry conferences who know or post to FlyerTalk, I don't think of this as business related at all.
I enjoy meeting new people and the diversity and experience of the FT group is truly amazing. That said, now that I know many FT'ers personally, sometimes I'll select a Do to attend for the company and at other times it's for the location and usually the combination of the two. 
To add to the stats above, I have met everyone on the thread with the exception of the OP and two posters.
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