It was incredibly easy to get banned there as many with the ability to ban were as petty and spiteful as the average SA poster. I had seen accounts get banned for something as little as not using punctuation and paragraphs(I’m not exaggerating).
I had my icon changed several times by other users to mock me on a regular basis
Why do I remember this as good internet
Didn’t you have to pay real money to change icons? So that was invested mocking instead of the low-committed, low-effort mockings of today.
Earlyish forums on the web were sometimes a bit anal about proper grammar. I remember posting on a Cedar Point (a large amusement park in Ohio) fan forum back in the late 90s early 00s and written into the terms of service was an agreement to use proper grammar and punctuation.
Uft, the amount of forum threads from 10 years ago that start out helpful for whatever I’m trying to solve which descend into massive arguments about miniscule things is frustrating.
I see grammar arguments a lot.
Which is why threaded conversations are better. The petty argument goes in one direction, and the information goes another.
Although linear threads are much easier for timeline based searching
In all fairness, the rules strongly suggested you lurk for an extended period of time so you don’t get banned. They definitely had some non-traditional rules.
