Zone1 When Did you enter a Forum for the First time?

[Zebra]

I’m not sure there were real Forums in 1990 ( there were chat features between High end Travel Agents and Airlines in the 80s ( but those were not in what we call the true World Wide Web but an early pretender system …

proto.forums, so to speak

 

[Zebra]

September 2001

because of 9/11 then?

 

[Failzero]

proto.forums, so to speak

I thought the Forums started after Al Gore created them ?

 

[Stryder50]

IIRC about 1990 or shortly after. I think it was the Art Bell BBS(Late night talk radio). Stumbled about a few others there after.
Recall meeting up in person with several other members of the Art Bell BBS who also lived here in the PNW, both Washington and British Columbia back in the early 90s.

 

[Slyhunter]

9/11. I didn't care about Politics prior to that happening.

 

[buck eye]

I was on Yahoo in the late 2010s and early 2020s. It went belly up around 2022. It was great because there was little moderation. Contrary to some belief, it did not get out of control. I observe that people eventually get tired of the excess profanity and insults and things iron out. Sure, there were lots of socks and shills, but they were easy to spot. The great thing is that the openness exposed those socks and the shills.

The forum had its share of snitches, but they were often mocked for dumb reporting. The reason is because Yahoo hired dirt cheap mods in Asia who never did much of anything. I got emails from two different girls who were more interested in doing their nails than moderation. I laughed at them and they ceased. That place was a blast.

I joined a baseball forum shortly after Yahoo. I'm not there a lot, but it can be tedious because it's civilized to the hilt. There is still a lot of good information on there and some great posters.

Oh yeah, I once visited a weed forum, even tho I don't smoke. Hardly any arguments and I was surprised at the level of civility. Weed really does relax, I guess.

 

[Failzero]

IIRC about 1990 or shortly after. I think it was the Art Bell BBS(Late night talk radio). Stumbled about a few others there after.
Recall meeting up in person with several other members of the Art Bell BBS who also lived here in the PNW, both Washington and British Columbia back in the early 90s.

I was in the Redding ( Ripple) Chapter of the Art bell fan club from 1998 -2010

 

[Eman623]

As a kid I used to watch the Lakers play at the Fabulous Forum in the early 70's. Don't remember the exact date I first entered the Forum.

 

[Failzero]

As a kid I used to watch the Lakers play at the Fabulous Forum in the early 70's. Don't remember the exact date I first entered the Forum.

I saw a performance of the Ice Capades there around 1968 ( first time there )