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AP article on MuggleNet and HP fan sites
A new article by the AP examines the rise of Harry Potter fan sites and includes a bunch of quotes from MuggleNet webmaster Emerson Spartz. The piece states, "Spartz and his many fellow Webmasters are looking back at their own place on this record-breaking ride. The story of Potter has all along been a story of its fans, and, like everything else about Potter, the fan sites are in a special class, for their size, and for their influence."
Posted by Ciaran on Apr 11th |
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HP fansites are definitely the best, and MuggleNet especially deserves the recognition.
Mugglenet is #1 in my book!
It's about time people see you guys as amazing!
Go MUGGLENET!! w00t!! :D
MN rooocks, all of us...i mean, everybody wants a piece of Emerson, he's a cutie n__n
HP fansites give us all a chance to get closer to a single passion! No wonder that they are finally getting much deserved recognition!
oooooh yay emerson! i luv mugglenet! yay yay yay yay coolio v coolio
Mugglenet is my brother from another mother
Good for MuggleNet.
Woooo, Emerson! Hooray for Mugglenet. :]
top 10?
woohoo i love mugglenet!!! Thee best site ever !!!
"The site exploded in content and design offerings, and traffic went through the roof," says Spartz, who now has a staff of 120, virtually all volunteers. Haha, that's crazy. 120 people working on this site, amazing what Emerson (and the rest) has achieved over the years. :D
yay for Emerson! go mugglenet! woo!
GREAT JOB GUYS...AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHO THEY'RE DEALING WITH NOW :)
Mugglenet is better than ice cream. It rocks. I check it twice a day and have read every editorial ever written on it. and of course, the hilarious caption contest. basically, mugglenet pwns.
I LUV MuggleNet! I get on it everyday at least 5 times! Yall rock and keep up the good work!
MUGGLENET RULES! go emerson :D
oh they said the series ends in there i wouldn't let my self believe it but i have 2 let go i guess.WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Less than one hundred days 'till Deathly Hallows! (For us Brits that is. I'm not sure about the time difference - are you ahead of or behind us?)
Hundreds of articles have done this, why is there a post about this one?
sweet.nice going mugglenet! TomMarvoloRiddle ,you're 6 hours ahead of us.
YAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! MUGGLENET IS THE BEST! THEY DEFINATLY** DESERVE THE PROPS!! KEEP IT UP DUDES! i think i'm high on something, lol, o well, HP ROCKS A*S!!
W00T!!! GO EMERSON. =D Okay, that was random....
Good job, Mugglenet and viewers! Thanks Emerson for creating the best site that has ever, does, and will ever exist! You are awesome!
Nice one: in theory I'll know the ending before you! Excellent. In practise, though, I won't because I'm a slow reader. darn.
Nifty! :D
Go Mugglenet!! I've been a proud Muggleneter since 2003 and it is just so great being conceted to the Harry Potter comunity (can't spell). I don't know if everyone feels like this, but the Harry Potter fans are spread out and not together. Not only mugglenet, but Leaky, HPANA. VTM, etc. brings us Harry Potter fans together. If we all had a city together.... let's just say it would be HUGE! Again, Go Mugglenet and great job Emerson.
Umm, duh, why are they JUST realizing this now? Mugglenet has been a constant. It is not something "new". It is THE fan site that MADE it all a debate, a discussion, a editorial, an information highway, and a place to meet other Potter-Nuts. Go Mugglenet!
Congratulations on a very nice article! And I'm sure it's not the last article this year, either!
Mugglenet rocks.
Yay! I think...yeah, so I'm pretty sure this is good! I love haunting mugglenet.
Congratulations Mugglenet! And Yay..Leaky is there too =D!
wooooo! I love MuggleNet! I remember when I found it while Googling "Harry Potter" a few years ago. It's great! I love coming here every day after school to check up on all the new HP news. It's the best. (at the end of the article, what Melissa said made me want to cry!! lol)
mugglene, u rock my individuallly coloured socks! lol the best HP site EVER!
mugglenet, you rock! (wow, how original am I?)
So technically, this makes us all be a part of this historic event. Awesome,,,,
great job mugglenet and all other hp fan sites! without these websites, i don't think i would be obsessed with hp! :) keep up the good work
YEAH. Maybe when I'm old I can say, "I was part of the Harry Potter fandom. Therefore, I am awesome."
Yay Go Mugglenet!! Woot! Haha. Cool all the HP sites are getting recognised, I check them everyday and mugglenet is defintely the best. *Proud to be an obssessed Harry Potter freak!!*
MuggleNet, my anti-drug, lol. I can remember back to when MN only had four layouts (wasn't much of a Potter fanatic before then >_
"...and other than message boards, there was no interactivity between fans.'' I have to point out that I think it's so awesome HP fans, even if they're total strangers, can talk to each other like long time friends. I've met a lot of really cool people on HP sites and forums, it's really awesome. Yay for Mugglenet getting props! And wicked props to Melissa to, I can't wait until she finishes with Harry, A History! "...There does come a time when the people currently involved in the site will have to move on with their lives; running it takes a lot of time, effort and energy from everyone involved." I'll be sad when that happens. Of course by the time that happens I'll probably be way too busy to obsess at these sites :-P
i love mugglenet to death. seriousley, if there is a new podcast out or something it makes my day. :)
woohoo! yay for mugglenet and emerson!!!!!!!! U ROCK!
good ol' AP, haha. Yay Mugglenet :-)
YAY!!!!!!!!!! but we all already knew that MUGGLENET RULES ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO MUGGLENET AND GO EMERSON FOR CREATING IT!!!!!!!! NONE OF THISS COULDVE HAPPENED WITHOUT U!!!!! i love u soooooo much mugglenet!!!!!!!!! u are amazing!!!!!!!!!! and go emerson!!!!!!! u rock!!!!!!! I LOVE HP AND IM PROUD OF IT!!!!!!!!!!! IM ON A SUGAR HIGH can u tell????!!!!!!!!!!!!!(roo t beer does that to u! lol!) I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LUV U EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yayayayayayayayayayayyaya yayayayayayayayayayayayya yayayayayay! HORAY< WOOT
Amazing that the #1 HP fansite with 120 staffers started off from a 12 year old messing around on the computer! Well I'm glad it happened and that MN got some well deserved recognition. And also has anyone else noticed it's posts like these that nobody argues about? It's cuz we all agree about MN's awesomeness! GO MN!!!!
cool congratz b/c its true =]
Lumos (logs on)WWWOOO emerson....aahhh we love u congrats too but as luv_hp_4ever- said....we already know that mugglenet rules....i love this site to death.....wwwoooo mn rocks!!!! Nox (logs off)
Go Mugglenet!! I LOVE IT!!
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