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The [Dis] Influencer- One Year Anniversary
- Thread starter the.dreamfinder
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1HAPPYGHOSTHOST
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I'd like to think there is a little bit of Troy Porter in all of us....some more than others.Why am I suddenly reminded of that famous scene in the film 'Spartacus'.....?
"I'm Troy Porter!"
"NO....I'M Troy Porter"
"I'm Troy....I'm Troy...!"
"I am Troy Porter...!!"
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Disneyland/DCA
Active Member
Wait, who is Marcy from Mouseinfo again? I need to be reminded every few years.
On an unrelated note, I miss Jonvn.
On an unrelated note, I miss Jonvn.
el_super
Well-Known Member
Maybe if you figure that out, you can start working on who Westsider is.
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
The hubris to think TDA has been paying someone since the usenet days- so 1998- to sway public opinion on Disneyland by targeting a niche group of die hard fans on the forums is astounding. There may have been a few people reading Micechat in the 2000s and maybe the occasional corporate plant but the whole TP angle is just ridiculous.
Especially now with a site that only has a few active posters- I hate to say it but I just don't think we're important enough over here for TDA to give us that much attention.
Especially now with a site that only has a few active posters- I hate to say it but I just don't think we're important enough over here for TDA to give us that much attention.
lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
There were far more than a few people reading Lutz in the 2000s.
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
There definitely were- but if the angle is Troy was ghost writing for Lutz and posted only because of a motive for Disney, why is TP still an active participant? Why didn't he retire when Lutz did?
Creathir
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TP2000
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Oh, wow! Talk about blasts from the past! Marcie was so, so, so dishy and fun in her pandering and smarmy way circa 2003. I always liked to imagine that Marcie was actually Cynthia Harriss, posting from her airy Laguna Beach lair over a glass of Pinot Gris, but I suppose the reality was far less exciting. She was probably just a frumpy middle manager in Marketing posting from a one-bedroom apartment in Brea over a can of Bud Lite Lime.
Although it was a bit telling how quickly she disappeared once the Harriss era ended suddenly to spend more time with family, so I still think Marcie could have been someone from Cynthia's circle, if not her... ilk.
As for jonvn, he was such a grumpy jerk. But I do miss him too. He faded away quickly on Laughingplace after Bob Iger admitted in the Wall Street Journal that DCA was a failure and they were going to spend 1 Billion to fix it.
Thanks, that's a point I remember making a year ago. Or at least thinking it. If it was 2003 I could maybe buy it, but in 2019? To a few dozen diehard fans who populate this fun yet backwater message board in the 2014-2019 age of Twitter and Instagram and YouTube Lifestyle Bloggers?
Also, if I'm supposed to be getting paid for 17 years of posting here, I have a heckuva back paycheck coming my way.
I think my posting here about Disneyland trivia and hotel recommendations and snarky executive bitchfests would have as much impact if I'd been posting on Myspace in 2019. A couple dozen folks might have seen it there too, but what would have been the point?
Seriously gang, look at the short list of names here, look at the viewing counts on threads considering the few dozen regular posters make up the vast majority of those repeated viewing figures.
And then think... why would anyone actually care? How could it impact anything of any importance? I just can't get it to pencil out in my head. Like who honestly cares?
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TP2000
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Oh, how kind of you! Don't worry, I find it all amusing. And the whole chapter last summer strengthened some old friendships, and made some brand new ones. The whole thing was quite pleasing for me, frankly. Long after I stopped laughing hysterically over it all.
And it still makes me chuckle.
Giving you the benefit of the doubt, a lot of what you wrote is inaccurate. Troy was around online communities under TP2000 since the late nineties, his work ghostwriting parts of Al Lutz columns on behalf of Iger/Zenia began around 03-04. MiceChat was one of the top English language Disney fan sites on the internet and only really lost its following 7-8 years ago. Al Lutz’s peak was at a time when there was no FB or twitter or YT, the Disney fan community lived on Disney fan sites and Al was a respected voice at the time.
MC is now an irrelevant site with a dead forum. Sites like MAGIC, the DIS, and some FB groups are monitored very closely by TWDC to see what fans are thinking and, more importantly, what information is leaking out of the company.
He continued to write “MiceAge Update” columns in Al’s voice well after Al’s name had been removed from said columns. Keep in mind that Troy was still posting here as TP2000 during that time period. Troy stopped writing for MC due to a dust up between him and the site’s owner, Dusty Sage aka Todd Reagan. He then began writing the “neighbor lady” columns here because he still was being fed information, even after he left the company in January 2019.
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_caleb
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To be clear: I believe @the.dreamfinder ’s assertion that @TP2000 is Troy Porter. Saying this is not an “attack,” on him, just part of my effort to sort out who is who around here. I love TP’s posts and as I stated before, I really appreciate his presence/participation here. He’s always been very gracious and fun, and the info he posts is usually correct.
_caleb
Well-Known Member
Come on, you know as well as any of us how much “content,“ how many clicks, and how much money a single post on this site can generate as it trickles through the vlogosphere.Seriously gang, look at the short list of names here, look at the viewing counts on threads considering the few dozen regular posters make up the vast majority of those repeated viewing figures.
And then think... why would anyone actually care? How could it impact anything of any importance? I just can't get it to pencil out in my head. Like who honestly cares?
The thing is, @TP2000 is one of the OGs in this game. If I were him, I’d be frustrated with all the imitators.
Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
Here ya’ll go again.
_caleb
Well-Known Member
You might remember my interaction with them a while back. New account, posting about how things behind the scenes “really went down“ and got a bit aggressive when I jokingly mentioned Disney’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer. I appreciated you coming to my defense.
Though looking back, Burny telling me to ”stay in my lane” was actually pretty good advice.
_caleb
Well-Known Member
I know... I’m sorry! Are you not the least bit interested in whether you’re interacting with real people here or marketing personas? I’m not mad/upset/offended, I just want to know!
Burny is a very fair person, they hate everyone involved in this drama!
el_super
Well-Known Member
To what end? You paint this vast deception of men-in-black conspirators operating in the shadows, attempting to subvert the fan community, control the narrative and enact their agendas, all in order to ... increase popcorn sales at ODV Carts? Convince people that Carsland was a good idea? And you're trying to convince us that Iger/Zenia reaching out to the fan community is somehow a bad thing or something that should be admonished? WHY?
Nothing being posted on the internet fan community really has any baring on what Disney does (clearly). Even going back to the Al Lutz days. Most of the insiders here turn out to be wrong more often than not, and almost nothing posted here is worth getting riled up over, at least until it's confirmed on the parks blog.
Long story short: none of it really matters and it's all for entertainment anyway.
Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
I made up my mind as to what/who to believe last year when this initially came up.
No need to apologize. Have fun.
Disneyland/DCA
Active Member
I used to put made up people in my top 8 on Myspace all the time. I enjoy the Twitter and Insta feeds in the persona of the company mascot. I don't care who's talking to me online as long as it's entertaining. Quite frankly, the insiders have a good way of making the gossip entertaining. You want to meet real fans? Go to Ravens meetup or back in time to the old noon miceage meetups.
Though I do agree that finding out how some of the personas work behind the scenes is just as entertaining. I am a Disneyland fan after all. I'll go along with the "magic" as long as the intent isn't malicious. And honestly, trying to sway my opinion about a large conglomerate is the least of my worries.
Though I do agree that finding out how some of the personas work behind the scenes is just as entertaining. I am a Disneyland fan after all. I'll go along with the "magic" as long as the intent isn't malicious. And honestly, trying to sway my opinion about a large conglomerate is the least of my worries.