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I remember spending days agonizing over my avatar and my signature, creating animated gifs (from scratch, frame by frame in GIMP) for my "siggy". I remember being weirdly proud of my post count on several forums, and getting excited any time I hit a new rank.
I also remember that they were more tight-knit communities, too. There are people I met of forums back in the day that I still think about, despite having lost touch 15 years ago. Nothing else has really filled that niche the same way forums did, sadly.
Oh, and I remember having my Geek Code in my signature! I'm sure that will ring a special brand of nostalgia for some people.
Oh wow, I'd forgotten all about geek code.
I wish I could find my old code, so I could compare it to today. So many +'s would turn to -'s haha.
I'm so glad signatures are no longer as prevalent.
Honestly I completely agree, but I still miss them.