Back in 2003, there was a section entitled ‘introductions’ and people would post identifying photos of themselves and their dc. And a post about themselves.
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Anon778833 · 21/09/2022 22:57
ThisUserNameIsAvailableOk · 21/09/2022 23:57
Is this the type of thread where everyone fawns over Xname and begs to know where fuckit and blunt are?
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SoupDragon · 22/09/2022 10:01
I don't remember it either. I tend not to pay attention to that kind of crap though so might not have noticed.
I wonder if part of this is because posters used to be "friends" off board and this came through. I'm not sure you get that so much any more now it's so big and there aren't the same number of meet ups. Not that I went to any meet ups 😂
5zeds · 22/09/2022 09:54
there's less air kissing and sycophantic slobbering over a small group of posters
this is brought up in different ways a lot but I don’t remember it like that at all.
5zeds · 22/09/2022 09:54
there's less air kissing and sycophantic slobbering over a small group of posters
this is brought up in different ways a lot but I don’t remember it like that at all.
ilovesooty · 22/09/2022 09:50
I've been here since 2007. It might not be kinder now but it's bigger and there's less air kissing and sycophantic slobbering over a small group of posters, many of whom seemed pretty toxic anyway.
newtb · 22/09/2022 07:59
There used to be a brilliant poster in relationships, she was especially good about infidelity. Sadly, she was banned. Can't remember her name.
Bluntfuckit · 22/09/2022 10:18
<<waves>>
ThisUserNameIsAvailableOk · 21/09/2022 23:57
Is this the type of thread where everyone fawns over Xname and begs to know where fuckit and blunt are?
🥱
TabithaTittlemouse · 22/09/2022 00:09
We used to look for the unanswered threads and comment on them!
Also we used to get rid of trolls at night by posting hundreds of ridiculous threads to move it off of the main page.
5zeds · 21/09/2022 23:57
People were kinder and if a thread didn’t get answered you tried to say something so the OP wouldn’t feel bad. Meet ups and secret Santa and lots of very rude jokes.
PermanentTemporary · 22/09/2022 05:04
I used to like the random present swaps - not Christmas. I still use a couple of things I got in them, a set of salad servers and a necklace.
Mn could be pretty sharp back then - i once got a one line telling off from expatinscotland that left me shaking.
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newtb · 22/09/2022 07:59
There used to be a brilliant poster in relationships, she was especially good about infidelity. Sadly, she was banned. Can't remember her name.
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