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I have seriously ambivalent feelings every time DV gets mentioned.On the one hand I remember it as the second ever pony site I found (TP was first) and my hour a week at the library when I was 15 and printing out the whole ID pages and getting all excited about all the ponies I never knew existed. For that I will always love it.On the other hand, between around 1998 and 2001, DV did not update information on its international sections. And let's just say this created problems. Not updating was a personal choice by DV, because of the sheer volume of people complaining about the errors (which should have been the reason to update, but Idk). The international pages ultimately got taken down.That part is a less pleasant memory.So yeah, I love DV for being that gateway into MLP in the US and pony ID and the internet in the late 1990s and I have a lot of respect for it taking that step and giving us that first site.On the other hand, I wish it had been better at correcting information sooner, or even at all, in that key crucial period when it was the go-to site and international ponies were flooding onto the market.DV is an important historical milestone in our community but it should stay in the past and be left there.Please, nobody go there for pony ID now. There's nothing that DV can tell you that the Wiki can't, and the Wiki is probably more accurate.I think it's really important to underscore that fact. We've come a long way with our pony knowledge - but most of the problems/errors in information that still endure began with DV, and are still here because of DV.
You mean pretty bow isn’t a UK exclusive?!?! 😂😂😂 oh man what a trip down memory lane!
Quote from: Mermaid on August 08, 2020, 11:11:46 PMYou mean pretty bow isn’t a UK exclusive?!?! 😂😂😂 oh man what a trip down memory lane! Though in seriousness, there was a lot of unpleasantness at the time. It was very hard to be someone not from the US when DV was the only site dictating what ponies were sold everywhere. And it took a lot of work to get to the point that we have the better int'l knowledge we have today. Which is absolutely no thanks to DV.
Quote from: Mermaid on August 08, 2020, 11:11:46 PMYou mean pretty bow isn’t a UK exclusive?!?! 😂😂😂 oh man what a trip down memory lane![/quote Though in seriousness, there was a lot of unpleasantness at the time. It was very hard to be someone not from the US when DV was the only site dictating what ponies were sold everywhere. And it took a lot of work to get to the point that we have the better int'l knowledge we have today. Which is absolutely no thanks to DV.I hear you! I remember people including you challenging the norm of dream valley for years! I always checked other sites and reference other sites including yours before dream valley!
You mean pretty bow isn’t a UK exclusive?!?! 😂😂😂 oh man what a trip down memory lane![/quote Though in seriousness, there was a lot of unpleasantness at the time. It was very hard to be someone not from the US when DV was the only site dictating what ponies were sold everywhere. And it took a lot of work to get to the point that we have the better int'l knowledge we have today. Which is absolutely no thanks to DV.
Right now I can't find the oldest version of my site, but the wayback has this one from 2001 (recorded in 2009 I think, but you can tell by IPD and other things that it's from 2001)https://web.archive.org/web/20081009204216/http://www.taffeta.250x.com/ponypage/idhome.htm
Quote from: Taffeta on August 10, 2020, 09:08:05 AMRight now I can't find the oldest version of my site, but the wayback has this one from 2001 (recorded in 2009 I think, but you can tell by IPD and other things that it's from 2001)https://web.archive.org/web/20081009204216/http://www.taffeta.250x.com/ponypage/idhome.htmNon Beddy Bye eyes ponies? Non So soft ponies? Oh no Taffeta, you didnt!
I still call you Uni I'm wondering if DV chat was where we met now, actually...it was a long time ago. I know we used to chat originally on...ICQ? But I guess DV chat was probably the place.DV Chat - one of the best things DV had until it got shut down for the aforementioned trolling.
The curse that made me realize I needed more than 8 ponies.