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Offline SWSF Hoppus

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What were aol forums called
« on: September 12, 2019, 08:27:54 PM »
Does anyone know what they were called? Forums? Message boards? Newsgroup? I want to find screenshots of how they used to look.

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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2019, 08:30:18 PM »
Message boards.


Bonus points if you saved your posts to floppy drive.


We are Elder Millennials.


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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2019, 09:06:52 PM »
Online Gaming Forums

Cant find screenshots tho

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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2019, 09:07:43 PM »
I did save my storyline to a floppy disk. I colored the label in pink and black sharpie which I thought was super hip. It was the template of what Socially Acceptable Monsters eventually became. 
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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2019, 09:11:29 PM »
That disk was also labeled in my AOL handle, SyReNsCrEaM. Cuz we were emo cool with the stylizing pre-millennium. 
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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2019, 09:24:15 PM »
Do yall remember how they looked? I remember having each post being in its own window?

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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2019, 09:48:27 PM »
We are Elder Millennials.


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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2019, 08:34:05 AM »
Gen-X scum!!
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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2019, 01:34:15 PM »
The default skin is growing on me. Started working on the custom forum software.

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Re: What were aol forums called
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2019, 02:55:06 PM »

I liked the old one better ;p   but this is ok for now to keep us truckin while you work on our homebrew =)

i could care less about a similary to old aol looks myself, but I think something more generic like an entire starfield back-background for the main frame (whatever the terminology is) would be fitting if possible.
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