Originally Posted by Barefootsies

Agreed.

However I base it more on conversations I have had at shows, or in ICQ. Most of the people that actually do business on the boards, or have any money to their name, are not board personalities.

There are 'some'. But most admit to lingering, and rarely post.

When some name I do not recognize contacts me about content, advertising, or wanting information, asking me about a post, or something else. I will ask which board they hang out on, and who they are (which is how the subject has even come up on ICQ or at conferences).

It probably should not be surprising that a lot of the so called 'BROS' are not active on boards. They admit to breezing the boards, or lingering, but few post. Some of the bigger money deals I have done over the years are with people who you never, or rarely see on a board, but have been in this business for a long time or since the beginning.