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Oh and I had an account pre-nuke too - aka I'm old
Oldest active account?
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exactly 
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I don't remember that.
Yeah, threads could be given stars, from 1 to 5.
Some idiot spent a day rating every thread as 1 so the algorithm was changed and a thread had to have a minimum number of ratings before the average showed, that put a stop to him.
It's something I quite liked and was sad when we lost it. Some people still post in threads and make comments like "five stars", that's a throwback to the ratings.
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What was the point of the rating? Sounds like it would have been an even worse feature than the current emoji reactions to posts
It tells us overall how good a thread is before opening and reading the OP to find it was written by an idiot…
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"How good a thread was"... Rated by other idiots
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"How good a thread was"... Rated by other idiots
At least then you know it would be a funny thread…
I remember the old forum, fairly sure I joined initially around 9/11 2001 due to the discussion on that event, although given I often forget what I did yesterday, I may be way off the mark!
Largely disappeared from OC/UK for a few years primarily as I’d become a moderator for a flight simulator forum (Simviation) which consumed all my free time.
Turned back up in 2004 a bit like a stray dog and have been here ever since.
Largely disappeared from OC/UK for a few years primarily as I’d become a moderator for a flight simulator forum (Simviation) which consumed all my free time.
Turned back up in 2004 a bit like a stray dog and have been here ever since.
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Its like going back in time, there is a dedicated forum for CD writing!
I could gaurentee if i went in to the Cars and bikes forums back then id still be getting ripped about "dont forget to scan it with your code reader" jabs
I have found one date where it shows my birthday at the bottom
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i was 32 at this date
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And one for Linux even away back then. Clearly the year that Linux took over the desktop.
Looking at this archived OCUK is teeing me off though. I’m sure I was a member (though not active) back then as the forum is familiar but I just can’t remember!
I cant remember the light blue forum,
i joined in 2002 with an account but it was an old account, i then re-joined with a new account (which is this account) in 2004
Crazy the stats on the registered members,
174,676 in 2026
2101 in 2001
Thats quite a growth
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There must be a huge number of those who have never posted or who haven’t signed on in many years. Feek are you able to access any stats like those? Do you ever purge old/abandoned accounts?
Yeh i guess there would be,
generally on a day to day basis you know who the regulars are
Internet forums started getting popular around 2000, 2001 , i was registered to a couple of forums , i joined a couple of music based forums, then this one
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4,612 members visited the forums in 2025 and made more than 10 posts.
3,089 members visited the forums in 2025 and made more than 100 posts.
So yes, we still have a lot of active members.