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<blockquote data-quote="EldarOfSuburbia" data-source="post: 210499" data-attributes="member: 4106"><p>I started off my internet life in 1992 on a text-based bulletin board (which still exists, and which I still have an account on, though I very rarely visit any longer) and I'd say a large proportion of the people I know are from there. We went through university, getting jobs, becoming grownups, marriage, kids, and now becoming forty-somethings together. There were regular meet-ups, parties, pub gatherings, all that. The community itself was very wide-ranging; there were a whole bunch of topics you could join in with, it was about as an eclectic a mix as you can imagine.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I met my own wife via this bulletin board, and the name I've used from day 1 there is "eldar", I only added the "OfSuburbia" bit recently because the shorter version was usually taken. Kinda like when people starting taking surnames to differentiate Bob in this village from Bob in that village.</p><p></p><p>Okay, history lesson aside, I think I got used to going to one place for general discussion about anything, and going to specialized places for specialized discussion. Back then it would've been rec.games.pinball for the latest rules sheets and pinball talk, or the Lurker's Guide to read up on Babylon 5, and so on.</p><p></p><p>That said, I know a lot of people like to have off-topic stuff going on, and a lot of people will come for the pinball (or whatever), but stay for the off-topic stuff even after they've got bored of whatever the prevailing subject matter is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EldarOfSuburbia, post: 210499, member: 4106"] I started off my internet life in 1992 on a text-based bulletin board (which still exists, and which I still have an account on, though I very rarely visit any longer) and I'd say a large proportion of the people I know are from there. We went through university, getting jobs, becoming grownups, marriage, kids, and now becoming forty-somethings together. There were regular meet-ups, parties, pub gatherings, all that. The community itself was very wide-ranging; there were a whole bunch of topics you could join in with, it was about as an eclectic a mix as you can imagine. Oh, and I met my own wife via this bulletin board, and the name I've used from day 1 there is "eldar", I only added the "OfSuburbia" bit recently because the shorter version was usually taken. Kinda like when people starting taking surnames to differentiate Bob in this village from Bob in that village. Okay, history lesson aside, I think I got used to going to one place for general discussion about anything, and going to specialized places for specialized discussion. Back then it would've been rec.games.pinball for the latest rules sheets and pinball talk, or the Lurker's Guide to read up on Babylon 5, and so on. That said, I know a lot of people like to have off-topic stuff going on, and a lot of people will come for the pinball (or whatever), but stay for the off-topic stuff even after they've got bored of whatever the prevailing subject matter is. [/QUOTE]
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