In my case, it was kind of ironic. When I discovered that there was a
newsgroup devoted to the BBC series RED DWARF, my first thought was that
finally I could get some answers to my questions about the show.
Unfortunately, the first one I posted was a FAQ -- and a thread about it
had apparently just concluded. By asking the question again, I set off
a flamefest that included an anguished plea by one poster that "we need
HOURLY posting of the FAQ!" I apologized, acquired and read the FAQ,
and soon became one of the regular posters.
About a year later, people started noticing that the FAQ was getting out
of date, and the maintainer was no longer posting it (or anything else).
I had saved a copy of the last version, so I started posting it every
few weeks, and sometimes mailed copies to people who asked where they
could find it. Eventually, it was determined that the maintainer had
vanished from the net, and someone needed to take over the job. No one
else stepped forward, and I didn't want to see the FAQ languish, so I
finally screwed up my nerve and volunteered. That was November of '93,
and I'm still doing it.
So I started out as a newbie who got flamed for not reading the FAQ, and
ended up maintaining it! Life is full of surprises, isn't it?
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