FabSwingers.com forum: The ghosts of social media past

By *zero OP Man
7 hours ago

Glasgow

So what platforms did you use if you used them?

MySpace, Bebo, Profileheaven, Faceparty?

I found my old MySpace a couple of years ago and deleted it instantly. Cringed hard at what I used to post.

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By *alcon2Man
7 hours ago

North

I had a myspace music page.

Was great for uploading compositions and speaking/networking with other musicians from around the world.

It slowly but surely became a train wreck of a site after it was purchased by news corp/ murdoch...difficult to navigate, incredibly clunky etc.

Must have finally deleted my page around 2010/11.

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
7 hours ago

Glasgow / London

I used to use Six Degrees. That was waaay back when. Then Cycosmos for a little while. The ‘real’ social media sites started to pop up after that. I guess Friends Reunited was one of the early ones? Never really used that.

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By *929Man
7 hours ago

northumberland

I remember faceparty that was a good laugh in it’s original format don’t think I was on any others

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By *oubleswing2019Man
7 hours ago

Colchester

I was there at the beginning.

US Robotics 56.6K modem.

"Dialling up" to the internet.

Using a newsreader to then get a list of boards to join.

I think most revolved around gaming/music.

That was how you did "social media" back in the day. And I think I somehow preferred the experience. You looked and found what interested you, instead of having things foisted upon you.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
7 hours ago

walsall

I think friends reunited was the first one I remember.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
7 hours ago

North West

I only really used MSN Messenger and AOL forum board thingies

I don't think I started a MySpace or Bebo page.

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By *zero OP Man
6 hours ago

Glasgow

"I only really used MSN Messenger and AOL forum board thingies

I don't think I started a MySpace or Bebo page. "

I still have my aol email address 😁

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By *zero OP Man
6 hours ago

Glasgow

"I remember faceparty that was a good laugh in it’s original format don’t think I was on any others "

I remember the people who ran it had a complete meltdown and suspended the accounts of people over a certain age on a whim.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
6 hours ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

Friends reunited, MySpace, MSN.

You can tell someone is old when they used to have a freeserve email address. 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂😭

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By *artfordBlokeMan
6 hours ago

Dartford

I had a MySpace for my photography, great fun

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By *r.and.Mrs.DSCouple
6 hours ago

N. Wales

Omg, I loved MySpace! I'd cringe at all the emo pic angles now, I'm sure 🤣

MSN Groups was also my forte, and probably why I like the forums here tbh.

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By *viatrixWoman
6 hours ago

Redhill

I was already too old for MySpace or Bebo. At those times I used ICQ to chat.

Before that, I used Bulletin Board Systems- BBSes. All DOS and text based. Skynet in Norway, ISCA in Iowa in the US, amongst many others.

There were news digests we would print on a pin printer and take the reams home to enjoy reading.

Chatting on Bitnet/IRC relays ….

I wasted so much fucking time and my dad’s money on university tuition doing this.

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By *tephenAndHisPicklenicMan
6 hours ago

Ends

I would hate me too if I had the same MySpace views as you.

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By *inkyycurvyyWoman
6 hours ago

Manchester

MySpace and faceparty really back in the day. I used to use the AOL chatrooms when I was like 13 and really shouldn't have be on there 😅 back when there was no such thing as safeguarding online. Saw some sights 🤣

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By *rHotNottsMan
6 hours ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Loved BBS , ICQ my first ever cybersex…

Who remembers “what’s your ASL ?”

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By *inkyycurvyyWoman
6 hours ago

Manchester

Also used MSN for keeping in touch with real life friends as well as the online degenerates 😂

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By *ostindreamsMan
6 hours ago

London

Orkut. Luckily they took down the whole site

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By *inkyycurvyyWoman
6 hours ago

Manchester

Oh there was also mingleville if I remember rightly but that was shit.

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By *tephenAndHisPicklenicMan
6 hours ago

Ends

"Also used MSN for keeping in touch with real life friends as well as the online degenerates 😂"
msn 😍

Nudge

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By *rHotNottsMan
6 hours ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"I had a MySpace for my photography, great fun"

We had one for our band

I remember when Facebook first came out and people describing it like a shit version of my space where you can’t customise anything and people saying what’s the point of it then?

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By *inkyycurvyyWoman
6 hours ago

Manchester

Oh I also used collarspace. No wonder I turned out the way I did

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By *eliWoman
6 hours ago

MySpace. Couldn't really get onboard with Bebo but MySpace? Yeah, I went full emo Lit student. Quotes. Music playing. Shameful fringe and pen bun. Dog collar. Hatred of people. I was so unique.

(^_^)

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By *ostindreamsMan
6 hours ago

London

"Oh I also used collarspace. No wonder I turned out the way I did

Wasn't that collarme? Or was it a different one?

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By *inkyycurvyyWoman
6 hours ago

Manchester

"Oh I also used collarspace. No wonder I turned out the way I did

Wasn't that collarme? Or was it a different one?"

I think that was a different one, unless it changed it's name. I'm sure it was Collarspace when I used it. It was very similar to here in layout/design but even more shit and archaic looking. Fab for kinky people basically.

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By *inkyycurvyyWoman
6 hours ago

Manchester

"Also used MSN for keeping in touch with real life friends as well as the online degenerates 😂msn 😍

Nudge "

Logging in and out to get attention 😂

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
5 hours ago

North West

"Also used MSN for keeping in touch with real life friends as well as the online degenerates 😂msn 😍

Nudge "

Our early relationship was largely curated via MSN Messenger, especially when Mr KC worked offshore

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
5 hours ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Loved BBS , ICQ my first ever cybersex…

Who remembers “what’s your ASL ?”"

Always a few years older than in reality, the right gender and somewhere more interesting than where I actually lived. 😇😇😂😂😂

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By *viatrixWoman
5 hours ago

Redhill

"Loved BBS , ICQ my first ever cybersex…

Who remembers “what’s your ASL ?”

Always a few years older than in reality, the right gender and somewhere more interesting than where I actually lived. 😇😇😂😂😂"

Everyone was somewhere more interesting than where we actually lived…

One Bitnet mod was in Cyprus. I couldn’t get my head around that. Cyprus. Had to pull out dad’s world atlas to pinpoint its exact location.

Now I go to Larnaca for work there and back once in a while, haha!

Please bear in mind I was in North America at the time, so islands where the height of exotic.

Later on came the Antarctica researchers … Mind.Boggling.

Now I can see them on TikTok anytime I like. Don’t know if that is necessarily a good thing.

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By *ostindreamsMan
5 hours ago

London

"Oh I also used collarspace. No wonder I turned out the way I did

Wasn't that collarme? Or was it a different one?

Ah we are talking about different websites then

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By *ostindreamsMan
5 hours ago

London

Yahoo chatrooms were popular before the social media things kicked off

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By *DKartelMan
5 hours ago

The High Castle

There was an online diary thing, can't remember the name. Having a diary public seems odd thinking about it. I was no Samuel Pepys that's for sure.

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By *r.and.Mrs.DSCouple
5 hours ago

N. Wales

"MySpace. Couldn't really get onboard with Bebo but MySpace? Yeah, I went full emo Lit student. Quotes. Music playing. Shameful fringe and pen bun. Dog collar. Hatred of people. I was so unique.

(^_^)"

MySpace famous ✌️😅

Remember the Pete Wentz P33NGATE? 🫣

Rawr.

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By *r.and.Mrs.DSCouple
5 hours ago

N. Wales

"Also used MSN for keeping in touch with real life friends as well as the online degenerates 😂msn 😍

Nudge

Logging in and out to get attention 😂"

Subliminal song lyrics for your crush... Ah, the good old days 🤣

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By *uxurycollectionCouple
5 hours ago

Port Talbot

Faceparty was great. You could look and interact with anyone on there, easy to navigate and adult only content photos that you had to pay to see.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
5 hours ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I used to have a Twitter account

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By *hief_Of_AlwaysMan
4 hours ago

The last house on the left…

*My FaceParty account is still there 😝

*One of my old bands MySpace page is still there

*Deleted my Facebook, when I realised I have loads of friends…who aren’t really friends

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By *abluesbabyMan
4 hours ago

Gibraltar/Cheshire/London

MSN Messenger - it was chaos back in the early days so of course it had to be reigned in with people using it for very dubious activities. But am still in contact with friends I met via there and many I've later met up with in real life despite us living thousands of miles apart.

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By *zero OP Man
4 hours ago

Glasgow

"Also used MSN for keeping in touch with real life friends as well as the online degenerates 😂msn 😍

Nudge

Logging in and out to get attention 😂"

BRB

They would never come back

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By *lasphemousGirlWoman
4 hours ago

Cambs

I miss the MySpace music options, ha ha I'd love to be able to find my old account.

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By *zero OP Man
4 hours ago

Glasgow

"Faceparty was great. You could look and interact with anyone on there, easy to navigate and adult only content photos that you had to pay to see. "

Paying for full use of a site?

It'll never work!

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By *2000ManMan
4 hours ago

Worthing

Myspace and friendsreunited.

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