How long have you been using forums?

1996 was my first one, and been hooked ever since

2021, I'm been at it since November. It's be a fun ride, I'll tell you that!

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So just a few months now? That's awesome that you've got into the hobby! There's nothing quite like a forum imo, it's the best way to communicate IMO.

Absolutely, they're usually far less toxic and far more interactive

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Whoa 1996? That's quite a long time! I was only 6 years old in 1996, I remember my cousins did have a computer back then but I only went on Nick.com and played games. xD

Yeah, I was 9 :D. Joined my first forum, fell in love with how everyone interacted and then, being a bit of a nerd, starting looking into the forum software itself and got a bit hooked

Been into forums since 2003/2004, I was thinking a while back it was in the late 90s however I remember starting forums when the first COD game was released.

I've been using forums on and off for about 10+ years. I tend to spend a few months on them and then leave again and then come back after a while so it doesn't get stale and boring.

I joined the first forum in 2015. between 2016 and 2018 I was posting on over two dozen forums regularly and making $150 per month just from forum posting.

I didn't really do forums until 2005. When I had my first forum 15 years ago, I was on several others for health as well as a variety of topics that were of interest to me at that time. I had gotten out of forums after. A few years ago I tried Facebook & Mewe but honestly didn’t care for the format & missed the community of forums. Had my forum for 2 years & been on a lot of forums since

The very first forum that was introduced to me in 2011 was Forum coin. It was the first place that I earn my first $5 online which made me believe that it's possible to work online and make money.

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I'm curious to see how long everyone has been using forums for. I've been using them since 2006, the first one I ever joined was Glitch City Labs. (It's sadly no longer online and now the new community is only on Discord...) It was a website dedicated to discussions around the various glitches found in the Pokemon games. If I had a computer sooner I would have joined a bunch of other communities sooner but my parents were too broke to get a computer back in the day...

Yo I used to be obsessed with Glitch City and reading all the Pokemon stuff.

I joined my first forum in 2001. It was a Rareware forum called Rare-Extreme. I joined so I could post in the "Banjo Threeie Ideas" thread. Guess which game still doesn't exist in the year of our lord 2022.

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Were you ever active on Glitch City? I went by this username there, though I had a few different accounts. :V Long story short I kept making accounts rather than trying to reset my password, but to be fair the first account I joined with I lost access to the email associated with it. (Plus my username was embarrassing. :V) I was part of the Member+ usergroup before it shut down.

I probably joined the forums at some point (with this username) but I don't think I was very active. I mostly just read the glitch stuff on the website.

I would say 16-17 years now? My very first forum was the G4tv forums, miss that place. Been running my own site for nearly 15 years now.

Since…. about 2006 or 2007 I believe.

For a lot of years now have been using forums prefer them over social media, started using forum since the late 90s early 00s then in 2004 started my own music based forum that lasted all the way until social media growth arrived with Facebook, Soundcloud etc