It wasn't. You were a contributer, but not terribly much more than anyone else who did it. Kinda like our that one chick something like sweet and sour only typed in caps. She didn't start it, just contributed to the fad.
When I see my blogs/comments/EVERYTHING from my n00b stage, I cringe. What was I thinking??!!!
I like to humoor myself that I was already on the road to recovery when I met you and Endof on that Why Why Why? post. But that was the real turn-around point for me.