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No, the old archives of the original eBay community no longer exist ... back then, eBay ran/managed/hosted the community themselves, and there were actual eBay employees who ran it and posted themselves ... no third-party hosting (or separate login) back then.
The first version (as it were) of the community was the answer center (now unfortunately long gone) and the first person who answered a question in the answer center was @glenda -- and she has been a "Community Member since 11-19-2002" so that gives you the overall start date.
Another very early member was @shipscript, who was still active until very recently. She was the last of the original members who was still active. I remember her from very early, and back then, she only posted in the HTML forum. That was her forte, HTML coding, but HTML was banned on most of the forums/boards, except for that one, to help people learn it for use in their descriptions. She originally had trouble posting on the other boards, and thought she was banned from them, so I think her date could probably be used as the best guess for a start date for the HTML forum: "Community Member since 07-03-2003".
Glenda and Shipscript were very early recipients of the first eBay Community Hall of Fame awards, as I recall. However I think all record of this has been removed since then (I would love if anyone could find it). Another early community member (and Hall of Famer) was Glenda's husband, @bobmill: "Community Member since 11-19-2002". I think Glenda and Bobmill were the first two recipients, and then Shipscript was honored a year or two later. If I recall correctly, Shipscript was recognized for her work on the HTML forum.
Oh, I found confirmation of the date when Shipscript was honored in the eBay Hall of Fame ... from one of her other accounts, in the signature:
@shipscript2: eBay Live 2007 Community Hall of Fame Award
No, the old archives of the original eBay community no longer exist ... back then, eBay ran/managed/hosted the community themselves, and there were actual eBay employees who ran it and posted themselves ... no third-party hosting (or separate login) back then.
The first version (as it were) of the community was the answer center (now unfortunately long gone) and the first person who answered a question in the answer center was @glenda -- and she has been a "Community Member since 11-19-2002" so that gives you the overall start date.
Another very early member was @shipscript, who was still active until very recently. She was the last of the original members who was still active. I remember her from very early, and back then, she only posted in the HTML forum. That was her forte, HTML coding, but HTML was banned on most of the forums/boards, except for that one, to help people learn it for use in their descriptions. She originally had trouble posting on the other boards, and thought she was banned from them, so I think her date could probably be used as the best guess for a start date for the HTML forum: "Community Member since 07-03-2003".
Glenda and Shipscript were very early recipients of the first eBay Community Hall of Fame awards, as I recall. However I think all record of this has been removed since then (I would love if anyone could find it). Another early community member (and Hall of Famer) was Glenda's husband, @bobmill: "Community Member since 11-19-2002". I think Glenda and Bobmill were the first two recipients, and then Shipscript was honored a year or two later. If I recall correctly, Shipscript was recognized for her work on the HTML forum.
Oh, I found confirmation of the date when Shipscript was honored in the eBay Hall of Fame ... from one of her other accounts, in the signature:
@shipscript2: eBay Live 2007 Community Hall of Fame Award
