It’s Celebration Time again!

February 25 marks 15 years since the Spiceworks Community officially came to be, and if you are reading this, you are part of that, whether you joined up today or way back then.

We have been getting less cake since Sean-of-a-Thousand-Birthdays isn’t around as much, so we need to rectify that with some Birthday/Anniversary goodies. I wish I could get together with all of you and have some real cake, but instead we’ll be updating everyone’s profiles with the new 15th Anniversary badge (shown in the picture above), which, with the help of the awesome devs, should start showing up on your profiles tomorrow (the actual anniversary). If you don’t get one by Monday and you want one, shoot us a request at community@spiceworks.com with a link to your profile.

The Spiceworks Community is amazing in a lot of ways. It is a place where we can come to support each other, to get help and to dispense advice, and a place that boosts us both personally and professionally.

It could also do with some upgrades of course. A nice dark mode, or maybe a kindly, sentient AI that can answer all of our questions without error. :slight_smile:

If you want to join in on the celebration, tell us one thing that you love about the community, and one thing that you would add if you had a magic wand (doesn’t have to be realistic). Do you love SpiceWorld above all else, but desperately wish that community members were called the SpiceBrigade instead? Whatever it is, you can tell us below. :slight_smile:

Hope you like the badges. Can you believe it has been 15 years?

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Happy Birthday Spiceworks!

One more year and SpiceRex can get his driver’s license!

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Happy Birthday I love this community! Also Dark Mode yes please!

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Happy Birthday and I hope there are many, many more.
This has been a great resource for all things IT for me.

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Crickey, hadn’t realized it has been that long. Think I joined late 2008/early2009 when looking for a free helpdesk at a new position.

Doesn’t time fly when you’re intoxicated. :slight_smile:

What do I love - clearly the watercooler, what to improve - easier access to spicerex plush toys…

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I’m thrilled to have finally become a part of this community, after viewing from afar for so many years. It has been invaluable to me and has allowed me to better serve my company and save lots of money thanks to some of the GG’s here! The one thing at the top of my wish list is better search capability. It has seemed to improve over the years, but I still have to rely on Google to accurately find what I’m looking for, as opposed to just doing a search within SW itself.

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To channel my inner-Redditor, “Happy cake day!”

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I love how everyone is willing to help each other out.

And I’d never say no to Dark Mode.

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Happy Birthday!

I love cake and I luv badges!

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How did the community start? Was it built around the software?

My favorite part is mostly the Water Cooler but also the Soapbox. I love being able to watch people argue and rant at each other while being on a “work related” site.

I wish Spiceworks had… the old on-prem helpdesk again!

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Happy birthday Community!!

Now, where is the cake? Or is the cake a lie???

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Yep, it started around that, and then opened up to more. :slight_smile:

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Wow, I started back at v1.5!

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I’ve been here a long, long, time. Not as active as I used to be because things change. But over the years, Spiceworks has helped me tremendously.

I remember when we voted on being Spiceheads, and when SpiceRex was born. Gosh, 15 years? how the time does fly!

Happy Birthday Spiceworks Community!

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Happy birthday!

Yes on that dark mode! I do love this community, it’s very welcoming and responsive! I would want quizzes/ways to show off your skills sets!

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Love the questions/answers - it’s my go-to place when I get stuck!! :slight_smile:

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Happy Birthday!

Dark mode would fit in nicely here. It’s crazy that it’s already been 15 years.

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The software was great, but the community of IT techs was always there to answer questions and help each other. It is also nice you don’t have to filter the hustles from posters to buy stuff. Ads are ok, but they keep the blogs free of the trash you see on other sites. Thanks team.

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Happy birfday, Spiceworks! Does this mean Spiceworld 23 is going to be a rager complete with bacon cupcakes?

I honestly joined for the ticketing system but stayed for the water cooler.

Even got to meet a some great people through Spicecorps MKE!!!

@lamacchiaitguy @dgranberry @geekylibrarian

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