other way around, we were all friends beforehand and slowly started working in the same place. i met 3 other rpers and 1 former rper while working here though, so at least there's that. it was really exciting when i glanced over at someone else's screen once and saw plurk up.

haven't converted anyone; this office is nerdy but it's not THAT nerdy, you find out if you've got common ground before you start telling people you pretend to be fictional people on the internet.