Originally Posted by Diode (Post 183379)

2003-2007 or so.

Originally Posted by namix (Post 183261)

I got love for this hobby today because of what it was in the past.

Because of like-minded people who shared a desire to convey their creativity through the written word --- and in a competitive environment. A competitive environment that helped me tap into a side of me that does, believe it or not, make me better at pretty much EVERYTHING i do today.

TROLL THIS YO: TEXT MADE ME BETTER IN REAL LIFE.

Text made me better at conveying my thoughts through words, written or spoken. Better at puttin my heart to paper through pen. Better in VERY SPECIFIC ways like a more extensive vocabulary which enables me to translate technical concepts to business executives as a digital strategist, and better at conceptualizing VERY HIGH-LEVEL concepts by being exposed to unique world-views and interacting with diverse individuals which have little else in common -- but THIS.

Damn straight text influenced my REAL LIFE. And if it's not influencing yours, then why are you wasting it?

Originally Posted by Certain (Post 183704)

On the real, no, there wasn't. I don't know what site Mike Wrecka came from, but that was never true of B-boys. Or Rap Music. Or Rap Battles. Or Urban Prowlers. Or Rap Flava. Or Mr. Blunt. Or 411Hype. Or RhymeNReason. Or SOHH. Or UGHH. Or Braggingwrites. Or ... God, I forget the names of some of these sites.

I've been on these sites since 2000. The discussion forums always dominated, though sometimes they were mislabeled "Emcee Hookups" or shit like that.

Originally Posted by Rocket Ninja Pirate Slayer (Post 183538)

Trolling made me better in life. Text that.

Originally Posted by Certain (Post 183704)

On the real, no, there wasn't. I don't know what site Mike Wrecka came from, but that was never true of B-boys. Or Rap Music. Or Rap Battles. Or Urban Prowlers. Or Rap Flava. Or Mr. Blunt. Or 411Hype. Or RhymeNReason. Or SOHH. Or UGHH. Or Braggingwrites. Or ... God, I forget the names of some of these sites.

I've been on these sites since 2000. The discussion forums always dominated, though sometimes they were mislabeled "Emcee Hookups" or shit like that.

Originally Posted by Mike Wrecka (Post 183745)

you are telling me that in 2000 people were trolling on text sites? well the circle of sites I was at thankfully never had that element. Emcee Hookups were just that. setting up collabs. the OM style verses would get all the attention and views and responses. you don't remember when text sites had like the six or seven discussion forums? one would be like sports, the other would be music shit like that. no one ever went in there.

I owned and ran a moderately successful text site in 2000 that didn't even have a discussion or emcee hookup forum. it was dwarfed by the sites you named but it had around a 100 loyal members that posted about thirty OM verses a day. we used to all talk through AIM or chat rooms.

ok enough reminiscing fuck you all

Originally Posted by Mike Wrecka (Post 183745)

you are telling me that in 2000 people were trolling on text sites?

Originally Posted by Certain (Post 183835)

You: "there was a time when the discussion forums were the least active part of a text site"

Not you: "There was a time when there were more writers than trolls."

Had you said the later, I would have agreed. But the former was never true at any of the major text sites.

But also, yes, there were trolls forever throughout the entire Internet. There were biters. There were hate votes. There were ignorant motherfuckers. There were people putting on acts. Some sites (Rap Music, Rap Battles) had more than others (RhymeNReason, Mr. Blunt). But trolls are forever.

Originally Posted by Certain (Post 183911)

Diode said 2003 to 2007.

Originally Posted by Clutter Buck (Post 183917)

yes there was, mainly hiphop discussion, but the boards i was at did and that was at latest early 2002