User blog comment:TDIwriter/Two Years of TDIwriter/@comment-1874924-20110220025754

Happy 2.0, TDIwriter. I mentioned you on my own anniversary blog last week, in case you missed it. Although I've now been here a year myself, most of the events you described, including the advent of QOS and her sockpuppet army, were before my time.

I first learned of TDI because my wife saw a promo on Cartoon Network. We both found the premise interesting, despite the fact that my DW didn't watch Survivor after Season 2 (and only stuck with it that long because Season 2 was in Australia) and I had only seen two Survivor episodes ever (both in Season 1). Although we weren't familiar with some of the teen-oriented archetypes, most notably the "queen bee", we and my mother (then 73 years old) watched TDI from the beginning. We liked different characters, but all agreed that Gwen was our favorite. This stands to reason, as Gwen has a personality that might be expected to appeal to older viewers.

In my very first blog post, I described in some detail the events that led me to this wiki, but nothing would be gained by repeating them here. The link will suffice, for anyone who's interested and didn't see it the first time around.

Anyway, although it took a while for our paths to cross, I appreciate your support of my work. I'll have to check out your stories, one of these days. Although my level of activity may decline, I'm not going anywhere in the foreseeable future; and here's hoping that you're not, either.