When was your (Forums) first time?

[zba78]

The first time you ever posted in a Web Forum?

Mine was at an online community that is now sadly dying a slow death. It was a Formula 1 (motorsport) forum called Alpha F1. Those days there was a great deal of excitement over Geoff Crammond's F1GP games for the PC.

I stopped posting/visiting there late 2003 and when I went back to check up on it a few weeks ago I discovered the community is practically dead. I was actually a little saddened by that.

So when/where was your first time?

[techieMoe]

Mine was either a forum for SuSE Linux or one for Xandros. I forget which. I also ran around MepisForums and the Linspire Forums for a while before this one.

[oz]

Mine was at AnandTech back in the late 90's.

[MikeTbob]

I've posted in a couple of other forums, and never went back. So that kinda don't count. Linuxforums is the only one that I subscribe to, religiously.
It's a nice place and I feel home here.

[fingal]

This one! I post to another Forum (not computer related) under a different name. I knew very little about Forums before posting here.

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For a laugh I read my horoscope on the train yesterday. It said, 'Don't be insulted but today you are small green and wrinkly. Yes! You're Yoda and you know everything. Remember what he said, "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." Bear this in mind.'

Hmmmmmm ...
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[Roxoff]

This one! I post to another Forum (not computer related) under a different name. I knew very little about Forums before posting here.

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For a laugh I read my horoscope on the train yesterday. It said, 'Don't be insulted but today you are small green and wrinkly. Yes! You're Yoda and you know everything. Remember what he said, "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." Bear this in mind.'

Hmmmmmm ...
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It's not true though, is it. Fear leads to running away and hiding. Being cut up in a queue of traffic leads to anger. Dont think Yoda would have come out with that one though.

Anyway. My first postings on forums began sometime in the mid to late 90's; I was a member of several forums. The only one I can really remember is the official forum of my football team, which I was a member of for many years, until they shut it down because they couldn't moderate out criticism as quickly as it was posted.

[devils casper]

LinuxFourms only.

[TechmanBD]

Man, trying to think what was my first forum. I think is was Thumpertalk.com. A forum for 4 stoke dirt bikes.

[bigtomrodney]

This was my first internet forum. I was never attracted to online communities before this and always thought I'd be better off without joining. But after a while using Linux and lurking around here for several months (back when it was kind of a red colour) I decided to join up because I thought I could help someone.

Actually there was one other intranet forum we had at work that I was a member of. That was great until I got into trouble for saying something on it. Funny thing is they just wouldn't tell me what I said

[TobyKY76]

My first forum (on a regular basis) would probably have to have been a forum set up for our racing team. Online drag racing. Can't remember the name of it now. I now post to and browse several different forums: Linuxforums.org / Shot-Online.com / MaximumPC.com + another not officially associeated with that one / FX-Gamerz.com (curently down). I have nothing else to do at work but go through the forums.

I need a life