Before I became the internationally beloved blogger you all know, I was a moderator at the messageboards on CBR, which was like Nerd Central in the late '90s and aughts. I got very involved in the community there, made friends, went to meetups and Comic Con but eventually I realized that
Is everyone on Bluesky having bad poops or something? Because you guys are all cranky as hell
November 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Before I became the internationally beloved blogger you all know, I was a moderator at the messageboards on CBR, which was like Nerd Central in the late '90s and aughts. I got very involved in the community there, made friends, went to meetups and Comic Con but eventually I realized that
I used to eat chicken pot pies two at a time and write longform pieces on different messageboards…
Then one day I was asked by Matt Mason if he could use a quote from one of my Poisonous Paragraphs posts in his 2008 book “The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism”.
Hol’ up!
Then one day I was asked by Matt Mason if he could use a quote from one of my Poisonous Paragraphs posts in his 2008 book “The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism”.
Hol’ up!
November 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I used to eat chicken pot pies two at a time and write longform pieces on different messageboards…
Then one day I was asked by Matt Mason if he could use a quote from one of my Poisonous Paragraphs posts in his 2008 book “The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism”.
Hol’ up!
Then one day I was asked by Matt Mason if he could use a quote from one of my Poisonous Paragraphs posts in his 2008 book “The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism”.
Hol’ up!
I'm sure some of that happens on tiktok and I'm just not big on tiktok so it's like it doesn't exist anymore, but messageboards were their own thing regardless
November 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I'm sure some of that happens on tiktok and I'm just not big on tiktok so it's like it doesn't exist anymore, but messageboards were their own thing regardless
@bellular.bsky.social | Bellular News: "Discord Wants to Make Your Messages Public" | #BigTech #News #Google #MessageBoards #Discoverable #ServerWebPage #DataPipe #Reddit #SEOslop #AIsummaries
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Discord Is About to Make Millions of Your Messages Public
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November 7, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmqf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmqf...
You would post the fic on ur site, then message ur group, like HEY THE NEW CHAPTER IS UP! or I WROTE A THING!
You were on MSN Messenger, ICQ, Usenet, Livejournal, Yahoo!Groups etc etc or one of the MANY specific fandom messageboards that existed
You were on MSN Messenger, ICQ, Usenet, Livejournal, Yahoo!Groups etc etc or one of the MANY specific fandom messageboards that existed
October 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
You would post the fic on ur site, then message ur group, like HEY THE NEW CHAPTER IS UP! or I WROTE A THING!
You were on MSN Messenger, ICQ, Usenet, Livejournal, Yahoo!Groups etc etc or one of the MANY specific fandom messageboards that existed
You were on MSN Messenger, ICQ, Usenet, Livejournal, Yahoo!Groups etc etc or one of the MANY specific fandom messageboards that existed
In the late 90s, early 00s, there was plenty to see on the Internet but not much you could do. Netflix was mailing DVDs. Amazon sold physical books. IMDB still had messageboards. You could easily ignore it. AI on the other hand is positioned as mandatory without apparent benefit to most.
October 28, 2026 at 3:56 AM
In the late 90s, early 00s, there was plenty to see on the Internet but not much you could do. Netflix was mailing DVDs. Amazon sold physical books. IMDB still had messageboards. You could easily ignore it. AI on the other hand is positioned as mandatory without apparent benefit to most.
for a minute the indie web movement and seemin growth in popularity of things like neocities made me hopeful that we would see the return of other things that were common on the old internet like messageboards, which would help push back against everything bein on discord.. alas....
October 27, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for a minute the indie web movement and seemin growth in popularity of things like neocities made me hopeful that we would see the return of other things that were common on the old internet like messageboards, which would help push back against everything bein on discord.. alas....
Users can opt out through User Settings > Data and Privacy > Show my message Content...
It looks like it will mostly affect servers larger than 1k members, and it seems to be in a hopeful move towards the messageboards and forums of yesteryear.
It looks like it will mostly affect servers larger than 1k members, and it seems to be in a hopeful move towards the messageboards and forums of yesteryear.
October 28, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Users can opt out through User Settings > Data and Privacy > Show my message Content...
It looks like it will mostly affect servers larger than 1k members, and it seems to be in a hopeful move towards the messageboards and forums of yesteryear.
It looks like it will mostly affect servers larger than 1k members, and it seems to be in a hopeful move towards the messageboards and forums of yesteryear.
I’ve heard of Forums and Messageboards rising again. But not seen much evidence. Like cassettes and maritime piracy.
October 24, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I’ve heard of Forums and Messageboards rising again. But not seen much evidence. Like cassettes and maritime piracy.
Perhaps one can apply the same "QC/audit responsibility is also expected from quilts of client-side communities" to messageboards/microblogs/aggregators? If the "platform" really is a protocol with little to no central handling, might even overcome some legal liability hurdles (though IANAL).
October 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Perhaps one can apply the same "QC/audit responsibility is also expected from quilts of client-side communities" to messageboards/microblogs/aggregators? If the "platform" really is a protocol with little to no central handling, might even overcome some legal liability hurdles (though IANAL).
lol I was calling gays on messageboards assholes for saying only zones 1 and 2 counted twenty years ago! Are we still doing this?
Lads, we used to joke that the politics of the Labour party boiled down to what went down well in Zone 2 dinner party chats & well. He just tweeted it out
October 21, 2026 at 9:05 AM
lol I was calling gays on messageboards assholes for saying only zones 1 and 2 counted twenty years ago! Are we still doing this?
Back when it was all messageboards and forums, was it just because I was a certain age where making friends came easily, or was the very fabric of the internet different then?
October 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Back when it was all messageboards and forums, was it just because I was a certain age where making friends came easily, or was the very fabric of the internet different then?
Messageboards are saying Leics appeal decision could be announced on Monday.
Anyone know for sure?
Anyone know for sure?
October 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Messageboards are saying Leics appeal decision could be announced on Monday.
Anyone know for sure?
Anyone know for sure?
this is from back in 2020, and I know there's more to it than this shorthand, but I posited that, between smartphones and Covid, we were introducing millions of people to the old school Conspiracist Lifestyle wisetendersnob.medium.com/this-secret-...
October 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
this is from back in 2020, and I know there's more to it than this shorthand, but I posited that, between smartphones and Covid, we were introducing millions of people to the old school Conspiracist Lifestyle wisetendersnob.medium.com/this-secret-...
Lets spare a moment to reflect on Notts Forest's abysmal fans. Few early failed attempts to goad us with Marinakis and Glasner chants. Then nothing. Silence. Then they all fucked off in shame well before the end. It's like the fans on the messageboards are actually the fans in real life. #cpfc
October 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Lets spare a moment to reflect on Notts Forest's abysmal fans. Few early failed attempts to goad us with Marinakis and Glasner chants. Then nothing. Silence. Then they all fucked off in shame well before the end. It's like the fans on the messageboards are actually the fans in real life. #cpfc
I'm super lapsed so I guess I shouldn't care, but the "catholic woman=veil" imagery drives me nuts. There are like two hundred white American Catholics total who dress like this and they're all active on racist messageboards
October 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I'm super lapsed so I guess I shouldn't care, but the "catholic woman=veil" imagery drives me nuts. There are like two hundred white American Catholics total who dress like this and they're all active on racist messageboards
The revolt has begun. It was foretold on ancient messageboards nshit.
"The sheep will rise up"
"The sheep will rise up"
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October 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The revolt has begun. It was foretold on ancient messageboards nshit.
"The sheep will rise up"
"The sheep will rise up"
Twitter and messageboards are fascinating experiments in how minuscule an amount of “power” one needs before they try to abuse it
October 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Twitter and messageboards are fascinating experiments in how minuscule an amount of “power” one needs before they try to abuse it
My updates go out in-app, on Discord, on the website, and on Facebook (I hate Facebook, but my clientele are pinball people, who still use it a TON, haha!) I wish the website were a viable place for a communication, but it gets by farrrrr the fewest eyeballs. I miss forums/messageboards!!
September 30, 2026 at 7:19 PM
My updates go out in-app, on Discord, on the website, and on Facebook (I hate Facebook, but my clientele are pinball people, who still use it a TON, haha!) I wish the website were a viable place for a communication, but it gets by farrrrr the fewest eyeballs. I miss forums/messageboards!!
You're all going to look extremely silly when my teapot expeditions pay off.
And don't worry, if I don't find it this time I'll be back.
Because the teapot IS out there. And, as was revealed to me by posting on messageboards in the 2000s, if I don't find it it's gonna kneecap me.
And don't worry, if I don't find it this time I'll be back.
Because the teapot IS out there. And, as was revealed to me by posting on messageboards in the 2000s, if I don't find it it's gonna kneecap me.
There appears to be nothing in the composition of the universe, or of teapots, that would prevent us from finding a tea service somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Earth, and probably (though not as surely) more than one.
September 29, 2026 at 4:55 PM
You're all going to look extremely silly when my teapot expeditions pay off.
And don't worry, if I don't find it this time I'll be back.
Because the teapot IS out there. And, as was revealed to me by posting on messageboards in the 2000s, if I don't find it it's gonna kneecap me.
And don't worry, if I don't find it this time I'll be back.
Because the teapot IS out there. And, as was revealed to me by posting on messageboards in the 2000s, if I don't find it it's gonna kneecap me.
in the HF incident, we saw them colonise their package manager and hack a third-party vendor to find a solution to their impossible evals
in collusion.wiki, we saw the agents polluting public messageboards and other such services, including editing/destroying existing content, for communication
in collusion.wiki, we saw the agents polluting public messageboards and other such services, including editing/destroying existing content, for communication
Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
A swarm of autonomous AI agents, self-identifying as OpenAI agents, used a small German volunteer wiki to save answers, coordinate live, and share sandbox bypasses. OpenAI noticed and said nothing.
collusion.wiki
September 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
in the HF incident, we saw them colonise their package manager and hack a third-party vendor to find a solution to their impossible evals
in collusion.wiki, we saw the agents polluting public messageboards and other such services, including editing/destroying existing content, for communication
in collusion.wiki, we saw the agents polluting public messageboards and other such services, including editing/destroying existing content, for communication
maybe its an age thing. maybe once i hit my 30s i will meet sizable handfuls of book snobs and even the elusive "film bro". or maybe i will keep meeting people who spend all their free time digging through steam messageboards and "dont know" who michael jackson is
September 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
maybe its an age thing. maybe once i hit my 30s i will meet sizable handfuls of book snobs and even the elusive "film bro". or maybe i will keep meeting people who spend all their free time digging through steam messageboards and "dont know" who michael jackson is
the other things i was doing in my late teens and early 20s that also feel informative:
- diy punk, raving
- wto protests, iraq war protests
- left feminist response to sexual violence & mainstream feminist failures/survivor support work
- internet messageboards, zines
-hiv/aids resourcing/edu
- diy punk, raving
- wto protests, iraq war protests
- left feminist response to sexual violence & mainstream feminist failures/survivor support work
- internet messageboards, zines
-hiv/aids resourcing/edu
September 27, 2026 at 12:37 AM
the other things i was doing in my late teens and early 20s that also feel informative:
- diy punk, raving
- wto protests, iraq war protests
- left feminist response to sexual violence & mainstream feminist failures/survivor support work
- internet messageboards, zines
-hiv/aids resourcing/edu
- diy punk, raving
- wto protests, iraq war protests
- left feminist response to sexual violence & mainstream feminist failures/survivor support work
- internet messageboards, zines
-hiv/aids resourcing/edu
It is so fascinating how you can eloquently talk about many historical figures and events, but, at the end of the day, are bafflingly stupid on a level I haven’t even seen since screenshots of white supremacist messageboards circa 2007
September 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
It is so fascinating how you can eloquently talk about many historical figures and events, but, at the end of the day, are bafflingly stupid on a level I haven’t even seen since screenshots of white supremacist messageboards circa 2007
I was genuinely expecting this to still happen due to abiding by international laws
So back to the drawing board - which I feel at this point we are all going to have to go back to messageboards at this pace
So back to the drawing board - which I feel at this point we are all going to have to go back to messageboards at this pace
Tomorrow, Discord will place everyone into an age group using account signals. They claim 90% of users won't have to confirm their age.
They are also introducing new verification methods if you do need to verify that you are an adult, including Credit Cards and App Stores.
They are also introducing new verification methods if you do need to verify that you are an adult, including Credit Cards and App Stores.
September 23, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I was genuinely expecting this to still happen due to abiding by international laws
So back to the drawing board - which I feel at this point we are all going to have to go back to messageboards at this pace
So back to the drawing board - which I feel at this point we are all going to have to go back to messageboards at this pace