I wrote something up, but it sounded like an old man reliving the glory days, so lets just say that the old days - especially the founding members - had little to no real musical depth (Look at those RS posts). OR you'd have someone like Murder Junkie/fenixPunk who seemed to have a very specific but intimate (limited) knowledge of music.
I had come from another music forum that was massive, and I love it because it was the only place I could ask questions about music and have people know what I was talking about (i.e. "Do you think Paz's involvement in Zwan means she's no longer in APC?") That was an actual question I asked that, and it was weird to me to not have someone go "WTF did you just say?" That site up and vanished one day and I came here.
The site in the early days was a lot more hostile than it is now. I was routinely told I spoke English worse than people speaking it as their 3rd language. I was also told I only liked 3 bands (or something like that). But I loved the fight, so I stuck around. The community seemed to really like the place then as something that they made and were a part of. You always had people wanting to improve the place. This wasn't always good. For example, we once rationalized a solution to spammers in the form of an arcade. It was fine, but when I look back on it I just wonder "Who the hell thought that was a plan?" Probably me, honestly. I'm sure I thought "This seems genius"
There also was a stronger sense of "I don't care if this offends you" type people back then that really made the place great. Adidasss would often tell people to go **** themselves. Urban had once lines I still think about to this day as just being a 3-lined rebuke better than any wall of text. Right-Track, who I always loved, would often entertain my complete insanity. And Ethan (or many usernames) went from 40-times banned to the most prolific poster we had.
I always, always tried hitting on jibber. She never agreed to go out with me. I think before I die, the one thing I really want from this site is to meet up with someone from here. Just to get their real opinions on the place.
|