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what's your best internet community related memory, Beehaw? (self.chat)

submitted 2 years ago by alyaza to c/chat

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many people who have joined have related their extended stints on communities Reddit, Dig, Slashdot, or even older places like Usenet, and i'm super interested in what your best memories and favorite experiences on places like that have been in your time using them

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[–] honeyontoast 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This happened on the RuneScape forums when I was 11.

I was a pretty active forum user at the time, and I joined a Star Wars themed clan that role played as Jedi. It was primarily forum based with some in-game events.

I got really into it. So into it I applied to their "council" which was basically a team that led the clan. Every member of the council chose a Jedi name from the canon, but the only one I knew that wasn't taken was Anakin. I was accepted, and this became my clan name.

Not long after they decided to split the council in two, the upper council did actual leadership things and the lower council basically moderated. Power-mad 11 year old me was not happy with being placed in the lower council and threw a bit of a tantrum, ultimately leaving the clan to immediately go join a Sith based clan instead.

The irony was lost on me. It was not lost on anyone else involved.

Looking back I think it must have been quite amusing to observe.

[–] SaintPaul 7 points 2 years ago

Love the story. I’m glad you mentioned this because when I joined Beehaw it gave me a lot of nostalgia about those old forums in the early 2000s.