Are you still part of a classic message board? If so what is it?
Does gearspace count?
I understand why it had to happen, but I miss seeing the old name everywhere ☹️
Anything phpbb still makes me smile.
I have some good news for you then.
There was a celebrity nudity message board I was a member of that had been running since the mid 90’s that shut down late last year.
There’s also a harm reduction message board that I joined in 2000. It was the center of my existence for years. I traveled all over the country hanging out with people I met on the board. Had a ton of fun, did a bunch of stupid things, ran from the cops a few times, almost died a few times… I even ended up shacking up with a girl I met on the board for a few years. This board helped me turn my 20’s into a vague blur of gonzo madness… And it’s still running. I’ll pop in from time to time to see how it’s going but it’ll never be like it was back in the heyday. That’s probably for the best though, since I’m too old for that life now.
Reddit mostly replaced a lot of the places I used to go. Now that I’m off Reddit I’m trying to find ways to get back into decentralized communities like those.
ran from the cops a few times, almost died a few times
You say it was about “harm reduction”?
HardOCP was an awesome board back in the day. When it came to building PCs and overlocking them, there was nowhere better. It still exist but it is just a shell of its former self. https://hardocp.com/
Kuro5hin.
Old school forum from '99. Was a bit of a home for slashdot refugees.
Most notable memory:
One of the MIT students that was in the group that card counted in Vegas, which became the 2008 movie 21 posted a long form story about the incident. It was the first public announcement of the story and much of the detail was in the movie.
