Wow, that was an interesting read...usually I just skip long posts.
I remember how things were just before/after I joined. Many of the more "senior" (
) members were still about then...but not so many are still here now.
First time I came here was when I asked someone over MSN if she could remember the last came we spoke online, and she was able to tell me the exact date and time of our last conversation. I was amazed. She explained about Messenger Plus! and it's chat logging ability, and within minutes I was doing a google search. These forums were the first result...but at the time (in all my n00bishness) I'd only just got the internet and had no idea what a forum was untill I explored around a little. After finding out about the forums at the MediaUK website and more at TheSite, and in a similar way to that which Chrono explains, I was hooked (I know, I had a life, but I lost it when I "got connected"
). I came back here one day to check for a new version of Plus! and realised "Hey, this is a forum too!" and spammed (posted
) here from that day onwards.
Nowadays, I don't visit the other forums I started with very often. The Messenger Plus! forums is where I spend most of my posting time, and I think it will stay that way for a long time to come.
I like reading about how things used to be. Although I'm not one of the very original members, I've been here long enough to remember some of "The good old days" you are talking about...even the wonderful days of the busy forums and "Maximum server load" message.
In fact, my very earliest memory of the forum, was the old skin used when the forums was powered by devBB, and the
christmas logo at the top, which I was reminded about the other day...
* musicalmidget wonders how many current members will still be here this time next year.
By the way Chrono...how the heck did you get that many smilies in one post, I thought the limit was 10.
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