What got you into forums?

What was the start of your interests in running your own forum?

Long ago in the late 90s, my parents let me use the WebTV and get online. I made a website using the website creator feature. I learned basic HTML and made it better.

Then after I got a real computer, a friend told me about forums.

Initially, I was using phpBB1, but version 2 came out and I went to it and got serious. Back then you had to code in plugins. It took forever especially on dialup internet, LOL. Smartphones weren’t around so I couldn’t watch slop while I waited for the page to load. 😛

That was my start.

I feel like I used some of the older forums before, but never made one until phpBB1.

I also have a proboards forum right when they came out, but didn’t stick to it for very long.

How about you all? What’s your story?