I haven't been here that long. I joined in '03. I remember that I was part of the TrekWeb forums, and some people that were pissed at how this place was run came there and complained about it. It was known as "The place across the street" or something like that. It was in fashion to make fun of TrekBBS for some reason. The moderators were dumb and members had ranks based on post count, and for some reason, that was lame and something to sneer at.
It was probably partly-motivated over jealousy because TrekBBS had better forum software and a larger community. That's why I joined here, at any rate. There seemed to be more discussion and the software was less of a pain to use.
I remember this place being fun and informative, but rather clique-ish. It still is clique-ish to an extent, but more in the sense of "old friends"...probably because with the advent of social media, many members know each other better over a long period of time.
I've never been part of The Neutral Zone, so I've never seen that side of the BBS. But I do remember a much rowdier version of Misc., and a time when Misc. was chockablock full of "relationship discussions." People always seemed to have dating issues and discussed them here back in the day. It was...odd. I have no idea if that still occurs, or whether that was a relic of the early-mid 2000's version of the BBS community.
