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What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:23 am
by Ravenfreak
If you ever owned a forum before, think back to your first forum. What was the first forum you ever created? Is it still online or is it long gone? The first forum I ever made was a Pokemon rom hacking community, and I had no clue what I was doing. It was back in 2009, and the forum didn't last long. The only members I had were a few people I knew in real life, and one other person from the sonic community. It was hosted on Forumotion, using their phpBB 3 software.

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:41 am
by Progrumz
I ran a silly little general discussion forum on phpBB 2.0.3 in 2003.

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:12 pm
by Kyng
It was called "Chess Resources Forum".

I started it in 2004, and it it was reasonably successful (in that it got around 40,000 posts and stayed open for five years), but... nobody talked about chess!

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:04 pm
by Megan
I think it was one for a site I had dedicated to a story of mine. Don’t remember what forum software it was. Sometime after that I made my current forum.

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:42 pm
by Progrumz
Megan wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:04 pm I think it was one for a site I had dedicated to a story of mine. Don’t remember what forum software it was. Sometime after that I made my current forum.
Do you remember when you opened the original Caludin.com?

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:48 pm
by Megan
Progrumz wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:42 pm
Megan wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:04 pm I think it was one for a site I had dedicated to a story of mine. Don’t remember what forum software it was. Sometime after that I made my current forum.
Do you remember when you opened the original Caludin.com?
Not exactly. I looked up when I got the domain and it was in 2015. Though I did come across an old button some months back. I totally forgot it had once been called Caludin-Dreams as well. So, guess it’s been around a while. I know it was like the second domain I got.

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:27 am
by Progrumz
I think I remember the Caludin-Dreams name now that you mention it.

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:29 am
by Megan
Progrumz wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:27 am I think I remember the Caludin-Dreams name now that you mention it.
I honestly totally forgot about till I was browsing a friends old site and saw an old button for it. :happy:

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:50 am
by TechWiz18
Yikes... honestly I can't really remember. I have vague memory of messing around with forums and not really doing anything with them.

I think the first forum that I have decent memory of that did half way good was called ReliableAds. It was a forum similar to FroumAdvertiser back in the day or ForumPromotion.

Re: What was the first forum you created?

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:55 am
by Progrumz
TechWiz18 wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:50 am Yikes... honestly I can't really remember. I have vague memory of messing around with forums and not really doing anything with them.

I think the first forum that I have decent memory of that did half way good was called ReliableAds. It was a forum similar to FroumAdvertiser back in the day or ForumPromotion.
That sounds familiar. When was that around?