I’ve wanted to do this for a while. But I thought it would be fun to run through the top 50 most active list of YS Forum posters and just give my simple gut reactions about what I know of them. I don’t think I’ve ever personally met ANY of the top 50. This isn’t done to judge or anything, it’s just what I think.
Here’s the Top 25 posters… I’ll do the rest later.
My scale will be 1-10 on my “credibility chart”
- DKST0426 6 Derek is a cool guy. A fellow golfer. But he is so involved in the fun discussions that when I read his posts I have a hard time taking him seriously. (See blog link)
- Deneice 8 Deneice strikes me as an intense person who longs to have fun… but struggles to. I respect her openess in her struggle and I know that she knows pain. (See her blog link)
- amzgrc 7 How did he get so many posts? When Brian posts seriously, I listen. He often has excellent things to say. (See his blog link)
- MSLeader 6 I don’t think I’ve interacted with this poster very often. He’s got some good resources, a nice perspective.
- TML N/A I have no idea who this is. All the posts must be on the back-end.
- wmhartz 4 I used to respect Bill a lot more. But he so rarely posts anything of value. Sorry! I’m sure he is good at what he does though… we would probably get along in person.
- AtypicalGirl 8 Spunky and fun. Always has good things to say. She strikes me as not being super experienced in ministry… but has a great perspective.
- Xtreme_Xian 6 Old X has had his moments. At times he can be good and thought provoking. But most of the time he can just be argumentative for no reason. Seems overly concerned with his point of view.
- Casper 9 Very good guy. Rarely if ever read a post that I didn’t like.
- POPYouthGal 6 Hangs out mostly in the silly areas. But I’ve also seem some good questions posed and some nice answers.
- Sir Andy Of Here 9 A solid admin person. I like the fact that he still posts whatever he wants even though he’s gotten slapped with a forum title. I listen to what Andy says.
- Ruthless 10 She lives up to her name. Very respected by all.
- drew That’s me… I have no idea where I stand with people.
- strongbadgirl 6 Rarely read her posts. Hangs out mostly in the misc. category.
- barndog 7 Low rating reflects only that I’ve never really had much interaction. Can’t think of many discussions he’s jumped on.
- mac 6 No real reason… just doesn’t have a lot of cred with me.
- preacherphelps 6 Still feels pretty new. Can’t think of a lot of discussions I’ve seen with him as a big player.
- JeffPom 8 I’d like to read more of his posts.
- youthministerman 8 Same as above.
- Schnerples 9 I really like the way he handles himself on the boards.
- mbrow 7 Don’t know too well
- Pastor Matthew 9 Been a good moderator. But he also has had a lot of good things to say.
- StMarysLoren 5 Don’t think I’ve ever really seen her outside of the misc. category.
- kitkatyouthmin 5 Other than being Derek’s girlfriend… I don’t think I know much about her. She’s really nice but I would like to see her contribute more to the think tank.
- whd507 5 A NorCal boy… he strikes me as making loads of mistakes in the name of ministry. I lost a lot of respect for him over the IRS thing.
Isn’t this fun? I’m sure I’ll take flack for having this list out there…. but it’s only what I think. If you don’t like it, no one is forcing you to read it. I’ll do 26-50 later.
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