What would message boards like DU Lounge, Ask Reddit, etc. have been like in the 1980s?

[hunter]

7. Hey, I remember very well what those boards were like.

If you think I'm a lunatic now you should have seen me then...

Some foolish people gave me an internet account in 1979 and I've been here since.

I also had accounts on GEnie and Delphi.

As I recall Fidonet was awful. Too many asshole misogynistic libertarians who thought they were computer gods. The saddest thing was they didn't know how wretched they were.

Nintendo and Sega didn't exist in my world. I was an Atari 800 guy and fairly competent in the Apple II ecosystem as well. In many ways the 6502 was the first RISC processor and the forerunner of the ARM processors that have taken over the world. The X86 ecosystem is bullshit. Always has been.

As someone who went to school with people who became celebrity pop, porn, and political stars, it may seem odd I wasn't involved in any of those cultures because my grandma and her sister were Hollywood. They tried to engage me in that madness but I flunked out when I was four years old. Only two of my siblings passed and have television and movie credits. One sister maintains her SAG membership.

The odd thing about discussion boards, etc., of the 'eighties is that very few people had any idea that whatever they posting could live forever.

It's not something I've ever worried about.

I was hot. I was messy.

There are plenty of naked pics and I still am.