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Name: Derek Willis
Joined: June 23, 2000

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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I started using thescoop as an email address when my usual one was already taken by new current ISP. Plus, I'm a reporter (didn't see that coming, huh?). I first started using the Internet in college back in 1989, using the VAX systems to send e-mail.
Seeing some of the earlier sites that contained tons of government data useful for reporting made me a true believer.