hi there,

been thinking..geez that hurts

i have a few question......

who started foolmoon up and when did it occur ?

are the founders still around ?

what was the purpose of the exercise ?

has that purpose been achieved ?

what is the target?

is there any commercial involvement, besides the pop-ups?


your answers would be welcomed.....


pete

Dax and myself are the founders. We are still around.

Long long ago, in an economy far far away (1997), two people (a newly married couple) worked for a very large online company called "Compuserve". When Compuserve was acquired by the monolithic monopolistic behemouth AOL, many positions in the two companies were duplicated, so about half of them were redundant, therefore expendable. The two folks from Compuserve got downsized so that AOL folks could have their jobs.

"Hmmmm", they thought. Why don't we keep on working the way we always did, but for ourselves instead of a big company?" They scratched their heads a while. "But we want it to be a *nice* place, where people can come to chat and play, make friends and exchange ideas, and not be harassed by people who are hostile."

They put their heads together, and scraped up everything they had, and formed a little Mom & Pop community called "Fool Moon".

The two folks are Dax and me. We called it "Fool Moon" because at the time we were talking about writing a series of fantasy novels with a jester (fool) as the hero, and Fool Moon was one of our planned titles, along with other Foolish titles like "Fool's Errand", "Fool and his Money", "Fool for Love", Fools Rush In", "Fool's Cap", and many more. We may actually still write the series some day... when we have time! But right now, Fool Moon is our 24-hour-a-day job, and I have to say that Dax and I are darn proud of the place.

How do we manage to keep it friendly? Well, in many cases, a soft answer turneth away wrath. When a soft answer won't do, a shotgun usually does the trick.

We are vigilant here in our message boards and in our chat rooms, always trying to dissuade folks from using inappropriate language or making ad hominem attacks. When someone won't listen to a polite request for better behavior, we simply show them the door, and change the locks if necessary.

There are people who thrive on discord and fighting, but they generally are disappointed with the results of their efforts to stir up hatred and dissent here, and they wander off disconsolate, in search of easier pickin's.

Our dreams and hard work, and the help of our wonderful devoted staff, make Fool Moon one of the best places on the internet to visit, and we aim to keep it that way.


Hope that answers your questions!

What a great idea you had. What a nice way to describe it also.

I have been so happy to be here. I even like the chat rooms. I had been to a few other chatrooms and they were always so sexually suggestive. (I think sex is great but should be private) I was often embarrassed to be there. Not so here.

Really love this site. And everyone is so helpful and kind makes it easy for someone who is old but new to computers. Some places just make you feel stupid. Not so here.

AOL"s loss was our gain. Thank you for your work.

Awww, thanks Puzzeled! It's nice people like you that we had in mind when we created this place, and your comments are very encouraging. Thank you for being part of our community!

I too would like to thank Dax and Helice and the staff
for this great site.

Well a lot of you know I went looking for a chat site to prove to my kids that they were no good.
Foolmoon was the first one I found, and guess who has been around ever since. My first 12 months is up next month.

Dax and Helice, congrats on a great site.

Helice,

thank you very much for your answers to my question.
you both are to be congratulated for a job well done.....

you created a place where it is good to be.

thank you again, pete

Yes T think this is one of the best sites I have ever been in....so thanks to Helice and Dax for all the effort and work they must put into it
Keep it up....love you all to bits

I'm in agreement with all of you,

I ment Ray the moderator of the Town Meeting Room in a site that kept having trouble keeping on-line.


I missed the people too much and thought we better exchange E-mail addresses and find a different one in case it happens again, in search of a better site.

Well, Ray was the only one that kept in touch and he got me here. I was into politics and issues and So was my brother Matt. We all needed our fix.

So, we thought how about a room to discuss issues and politics ? Then Town Meeting Room was born.

What a can of worms we started. Matt's a city councilman for a real town and I am running for State Rep. The practice in debating mostly from Matt all these 30 some odd years.

Now Ray, You never know what side of the fence he's on sometimes.

Well with flyers at the school I worked at and others we meet here on-line I had to meet some of them in person. Now, Blizzard (Miss Blizzy) is my real Hon, Also my neighbor, hopefully in Nov., My constituant !


Thanks to Dax and Helice,

Politics, as we know it in Minnesota, may change forever. How'd I do with this post Ray !?