From the first moment I first went online in 1996, forums were the main place to hang out. In fact the very first thing I did was join an online forum run by the Greek magazine "PC Master" so I could directly to my favourite game reviewers (for me it was Tsourinakis, for those old [...]
  • db0OPEnglish
    7•2 months ago

    Browsers and the internet protocols were pretty sweet, man

    • Draconic NEOEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      Didn’t usenet also have a lot of spam problems associated with it?

      • db0OPEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        Everything had spam problems 😅

        • Draconic NEOEnglish
          2•2 months ago

          Good point, spam always has been and always will be an issue.

      • @marx2kEnglish
        2•26 days ago

        Yes. Still does. Though blocking Google groups cuts down on most of it

        • Draconic NEOEnglish
          1•25 days ago

          Yeah I’ve heard the spam problems have gotten worse these days but I always knew people complained about that because many of the services just didn’t moderate spam.