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Good grief, have I really been hanging around here for 20 years? I was fresh out of high school when I joined.

Ahh well, here's to 20 more!


Date registered:June 05, 2004, 11:00:17 AM
Local Time:May 07, 2024, 01:35:31 PM

Old?  Don't even start with me, ya durn whippersnapper.

Glad to have you around.  =)

An interesting chart I stole from Ars Technica which relates to our collective aging:



Full story is here: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/first-post-a-history-of-online-public-messaging/

TLDR version, it's estimated that 5 billion people on the planet use the Internet for some purpose and nearly 50 percent of them use social media. 20 years ago before there was any social media at all, there were only about 1 billion Internet users and maybe just shy of 90 million used web forums like GamesX, AssemblerGames and the like. The world has changed a lot in two decades, but weirdly the behaviors have not at all.

Quote from: kendrick on May 08, 2024, 03:05:54 AMAn interesting chart I stole from Ars Technica which relates to our collective aging:



Full story is here: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/first-post-a-history-of-online-public-messaging/

TLDR version, it's estimated that 5 billion people on the planet use the Internet for some purpose and nearly 50 percent of them use social media. 20 years ago before there was any social media at all, there were only about 1 billion Internet users and maybe just shy of 90 million used web forums like GamesX, AssemblerGames and the like. The world has changed a lot in two decades, but weirdly the behaviors have not at all.

Amazing stats and thread!

haha, yes sometimes I feel old.  but I love this hobby so much and I'm so grateful to GameSX for getting me deeper into it.  So glad these forums are around still!  (forums for life hereee)

apparently I joined 20+ years ago too:

Date registered:
    December 11, 2003, 06:07:26 AM

up at 06:07 AM working on electronics.  Times have not changed much

P.S. I miss AssemblerGames!  sad ObscureGamers didn't last all that long.  Sega-16 forums are back though!  and SMS-Power has always been going pretty strong

After seeing this post I just realised it was my 10th Anniversary on 3rd September!

Blimey, doesn't time fly.....