One of my first online fandoms was on forums and yahoogroups in 2000 and that was also the year I learned what doxxing was. One of my friends was nearly pushed out of a job because a jealous person from fandom doxxed them.
There have *always* been dickbiscuits around but they didn't get amplified.
There have *always* been dickbiscuits around but they didn't get amplified.
"Fandoms used to be full of nice ppl before covid and then all the bullies and popular kids joined" is literally an "the earth is flat" tier false belief to me
September 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
One of my first online fandoms was on forums and yahoogroups in 2000 and that was also the year I learned what doxxing was. One of my friends was nearly pushed out of a job because a jealous person from fandom doxxed them.
There have *always* been dickbiscuits around but they didn't get amplified.
There have *always* been dickbiscuits around but they didn't get amplified.
For a while in the early 2000's, there was an honest-to-god Yahoogroups Anime and Manga Research Circle Mailing List. Me and 3 other guys were at the heart - two did their PhDs and then went into professional careers, I only got a master's; only one, Brent Allison, is now tenured faculty.
September 22, 2026 at 2:15 AM
For a while in the early 2000's, there was an honest-to-god Yahoogroups Anime and Manga Research Circle Mailing List. Me and 3 other guys were at the heart - two did their PhDs and then went into professional careers, I only got a master's; only one, Brent Allison, is now tenured faculty.
Long. long time ago i saw Sandor first time exposed at yahoogroups and he is still around . Good webslut
September 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Long. long time ago i saw Sandor first time exposed at yahoogroups and he is still around . Good webslut
this all happened between like, 2000 - 2004. on yahoogroups, mostly. lol
August 23, 2026 at 3:21 AM
this all happened between like, 2000 - 2004. on yahoogroups, mostly. lol
Sdds YahooGroups
bom galera sobre o assunto de discord temos uma solução muito simples e que na verdade iria ajudar em muitos outros aspectos: voltar aos fóruns
August 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Sdds YahooGroups
Also didnt we have this argument... sorry discussion back on the Glorantha Yahoogroups in the 2000s? 🤣
August 7, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Also didnt we have this argument... sorry discussion back on the Glorantha Yahoogroups in the 2000s? 🤣
The sooner someone brings back YahooGroups that are based around e-mail mailing lists, the better.
Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
August 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The sooner someone brings back YahooGroups that are based around e-mail mailing lists, the better.
As someone who's been doing this since WebRing guestbooks and YahooGroups (and seen a depressing number of artists vanish over decades), a thing to keep in mind is some creatives are just busy (or uncomfortable with interactions) - don't expect a response/conversation, it's more about the gesture.
July 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
As someone who's been doing this since WebRing guestbooks and YahooGroups (and seen a depressing number of artists vanish over decades), a thing to keep in mind is some creatives are just busy (or uncomfortable with interactions) - don't expect a response/conversation, it's more about the gesture.
I think the death of YahooGroups is one of the saddest things on the net. The rec.arts type forums were a sad loss too.
July 2, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I think the death of YahooGroups is one of the saddest things on the net. The rec.arts type forums were a sad loss too.
my mom was on yahoogroups and listserves with normal people so she trusted me to also know normal
people? idk they didn’t monitor my
comp activity
people? idk they didn’t monitor my
comp activity
June 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
my mom was on yahoogroups and listserves with normal people so she trusted me to also know normal
people? idk they didn’t monitor my
comp activity
people? idk they didn’t monitor my
comp activity
Invite-only yahoogroups, 25 years ago. No riff-raff.
Can I ask y’all a genuine question?
In all your life online, what’s the greatest social media you’ve ever used?
In all your life online, what’s the greatest social media you’ve ever used?
June 17, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Invite-only yahoogroups, 25 years ago. No riff-raff.
Yahoogroups - is dat strikt genomen sociale media?
June 17, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Yahoogroups - is dat strikt genomen sociale media?
The camaraderie of Yahoogroups remains unmatched
June 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The camaraderie of Yahoogroups remains unmatched
YahooGroups
ravelinks(dot)com
Multi-Node BBS's
ravelinks(dot)com
Multi-Node BBS's
Can I ask y’all a genuine question?
In all your life online, what’s the greatest social media you’ve ever used?
In all your life online, what’s the greatest social media you’ve ever used?
June 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
YahooGroups
ravelinks(dot)com
Multi-Node BBS's
ravelinks(dot)com
Multi-Node BBS's
No sé en qué momento se consideró de losers y wokes la idea de una red social de un tamaño manejable en la que se intercambiasen ideas por encima de caos, como si fuera el IRC o las listas de YahooGroups en torno al cambio de milenio, o los blogs de Blogger y Wordpress en torno a 2005-2007.
June 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
No sé en qué momento se consideró de losers y wokes la idea de una red social de un tamaño manejable en la que se intercambiasen ideas por encima de caos, como si fuera el IRC o las listas de YahooGroups en torno al cambio de milenio, o los blogs de Blogger y Wordpress en torno a 2005-2007.
Haha we probably traveled in the same circles at some points. Ever heard of the Cult of Kefka mailing list back on Yahoogroups?
June 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Haha we probably traveled in the same circles at some points. Ever heard of the Cult of Kefka mailing list back on Yahoogroups?
#death
A friend passed away today. We'd been friends for 25 years and we became friends because Beecher & Keller fell in love on Oz and we took to message boards (and then yahoogroups, LJ, Twitter, Tumblr, etc) to talk about that and write stories and found fandom and friendships along the way
A friend passed away today. We'd been friends for 25 years and we became friends because Beecher & Keller fell in love on Oz and we took to message boards (and then yahoogroups, LJ, Twitter, Tumblr, etc) to talk about that and write stories and found fandom and friendships along the way
May 30, 2026 at 3:26 AM
#death
A friend passed away today. We'd been friends for 25 years and we became friends because Beecher & Keller fell in love on Oz and we took to message boards (and then yahoogroups, LJ, Twitter, Tumblr, etc) to talk about that and write stories and found fandom and friendships along the way
A friend passed away today. We'd been friends for 25 years and we became friends because Beecher & Keller fell in love on Oz and we took to message boards (and then yahoogroups, LJ, Twitter, Tumblr, etc) to talk about that and write stories and found fandom and friendships along the way
It breaks my heart to think of Yahoo! as the good old days. Truly was a great company. Yahoogroups made my batch alumni group possible. Yahoo! Messenger was my generation’s pehla pyaar meet-cute. And I blogged for Yahoo’s Real Beauty site too.
May 22, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It breaks my heart to think of Yahoo! as the good old days. Truly was a great company. Yahoogroups made my batch alumni group possible. Yahoo! Messenger was my generation’s pehla pyaar meet-cute. And I blogged for Yahoo’s Real Beauty site too.
Inklings forum revived: for anyone interested in talking about #theology and #literature like the Oxford #Inklings, the group that included C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams et al
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/ink
lings-forum-revived/
#booksky #writingcommunity
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/ink
lings-forum-revived/
#booksky #writingcommunity
Inklings forum revived
YahooGroups is dead: Long live groups.io There have been several Internet mailing lists for discussing the literary works of the Inklings literary group, of whom the best known were C.S. Lewis, Cha…
khanya.wordpress.com
May 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Inklings forum revived: for anyone interested in talking about #theology and #literature like the Oxford #Inklings, the group that included C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams et al
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/ink
lings-forum-revived/
#booksky #writingcommunity
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/ink
lings-forum-revived/
#booksky #writingcommunity
En todo ello (...y en reseñas del Ruta 66 o el Tentaciones que me volaban la cabeza, en otros fanzines alucinantes, los primeros blogs de .mp3, Radio 3, la lotería del Soulseek y Napster, foros de Yahoogroups...) está el germen de lo que yo quería homenajear, y lo hice en unas semanas encerrado >>
May 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
En todo ello (...y en reseñas del Ruta 66 o el Tentaciones que me volaban la cabeza, en otros fanzines alucinantes, los primeros blogs de .mp3, Radio 3, la lotería del Soulseek y Napster, foros de Yahoogroups...) está el germen de lo que yo quería homenajear, y lo hice en unas semanas encerrado >>
Yeah, people 'that's the joke'-ing the joke* isn't a new Bluesky thing.
* We called it 'Aspelling' back in the Yahoogroups days. In honour of the master of joke-reiteration.
* We called it 'Aspelling' back in the Yahoogroups days. In honour of the master of joke-reiteration.
April 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Yeah, people 'that's the joke'-ing the joke* isn't a new Bluesky thing.
* We called it 'Aspelling' back in the Yahoogroups days. In honour of the master of joke-reiteration.
* We called it 'Aspelling' back in the Yahoogroups days. In honour of the master of joke-reiteration.
I did use Myspace, for a bit, and Bebo—met Jennie on LJ. Miss Yahoogroups
But the flip side is it got a huge spike in users and then a falloff, that's normal, and they (the company) never wanted a mass userbase on here, they want the protocol and the ecosystem to work
It does, they can sell that
But the flip side is it got a huge spike in users and then a falloff, that's normal, and they (the company) never wanted a mass userbase on here, they want the protocol and the ecosystem to work
It does, they can sell that
April 4, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I did use Myspace, for a bit, and Bebo—met Jennie on LJ. Miss Yahoogroups
But the flip side is it got a huge spike in users and then a falloff, that's normal, and they (the company) never wanted a mass userbase on here, they want the protocol and the ecosystem to work
It does, they can sell that
But the flip side is it got a huge spike in users and then a falloff, that's normal, and they (the company) never wanted a mass userbase on here, they want the protocol and the ecosystem to work
It does, they can sell that
So many of mine were lost when angelfire went the way of the dodo. Yahoogroups too. I'm a little sad about the loss of all the Buffy fic I wrote when the show was still airing. I was in deeeeeep in that one
April 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
So many of mine were lost when angelfire went the way of the dodo. Yahoogroups too. I'm a little sad about the loss of all the Buffy fic I wrote when the show was still airing. I was in deeeeeep in that one
Inklings forum for discussion of #theology and #literature, after the fashion of the Oxford #Inklings, with a subforum for #writers to discuss their #WIP (works in progress)
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/i...
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/i...
Inklings forum revived
YahooGroups is dead: Long live groups.io There have been several Internet mailing lists for discussing the literary works of the Inklings literary group, of whom the best known were C.S. Lewis, Cha…
khanya.wordpress.com
March 26, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Inklings forum for discussion of #theology and #literature, after the fashion of the Oxford #Inklings, with a subforum for #writers to discuss their #WIP (works in progress)
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/i...
khanya.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/i...
#BookTok was driving me for awhile. As was some of the more esoteric YouTUbe channels. But personal websites in the day of earlyk YahooGroups.
Then there was Compuserve. That was a treasure house.
#SciFiChat
Then there was Compuserve. That was a treasure house.
#SciFiChat
March 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
#BookTok was driving me for awhile. As was some of the more esoteric YouTUbe channels. But personal websites in the day of earlyk YahooGroups.
Then there was Compuserve. That was a treasure house.
#SciFiChat
Then there was Compuserve. That was a treasure house.
#SciFiChat