history of Apple insider

powerdocpowerdoc
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I am curious to know, how Apple insider start, how they choose the admins , the mod ?

I use to go to AI since two years, but i only register 6 months later. I will be glad to know how our favorite forums began.

Any information are wellcome
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  • Reply 1 of 30
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I gave gorgonzola drugs. He made me admin



    no, i really don't know...
  • Reply 2 of 30
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    I remember when I started coming here (over two years ago: January 2000), the site was black with turquoise accents.



    And they always had a fairly active front page, talking about a 17" iMac (CRT, mind you) or "a rumored Apple retail chain".







    Before then, I have no idea what the place was like.
  • Reply 3 of 30
    little cusslittle cuss Posts: 150member
    sniff,



    I miss John Rocker.



    so i do,



    cuss
  • Reply 4 of 30
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    Nick (Rampage) and I registered on the same day. Damn! I forgot to make an anniversery thread for the second year in a row.



    On March 1st, I became a 3 year member...I registered March 1 1999. Wow...to think how much AI has changed. It has gotten a *lot* smaller since 2000, but quite a bit larger than it was when I registered.
  • Reply 5 of 30
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    I orignanlly registered mid 2000 I think...maybe a little bit before then. I think I caught the last spurt of life from the front page...in that I watched it go from having a few stories a week(or at least headlines), to maybe one story a week, then like one a month MAYBE and the nothing





    and DAMN! I just passed some gas, and it reaks....
  • Reply 6 of 30
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I first registered in Jan. of '00. I remember Reality from MacNN but I didn't know that there was a forum until Jan. '00.



    Wasn't paying enough attention.



    Bondi/Turquoise always has been the nastiest looking color.
  • Reply 6 of 30
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    [quote]Originally posted by Wrong Robot:

    <strong>



    and DAMN! I just passed some gas, and it reaks....</strong><hr></blockquote>



    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> - Who was that?



    - Dunno but it stinks!



    Wrong Robot ----&gt; <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" /> - *whistles*
  • Reply 8 of 30
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    I originally registered in late 98, and then was re-registered in March of 99 when my account went crazy and Mark 'fixed' it.



    As for the front page, when Apple shut off the rumor valve, AI went dead. Worker Bee was the last 'true' source.
  • Reply 9 of 30
    macskickassmacskickass Posts: 108member
    I joined in June 99 (waaaay back then.)



    I remember the black and turqoise look, I didn't like it either. But all the interesting stories they published, they usually updated a couple times a week, and each update had a couple stories.



    Kasper and later Jeff who are/were the writers used to post and sometimes join the digichat.
  • Reply 10 of 30
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by Wrong Robot:

    <strong>I orignanlly registered mid 2000 I think...maybe a little bit before then. I think I caught the last spurt of life from the front page...in that I watched it go from having a few stories a week(or at least headlines), to maybe one story a week, then like one a month MAYBE and the nothing





    and DAMN! I just passed some gas, and it reaks....</strong><hr></blockquote>

    i registered in Mid 2000 either, i discovered AI with the help of a french Maczine who give me the link. At this time there where still a front page, but the front page was full of crap, only worker bee gave good info about the cube.
  • Reply 11 of 30
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by Jonathan:

    <strong>I gave gorgonzola drugs. He made me admin



    no, i really don't know...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    You mean you don't know how you become admin ? or this answer is under NDA ?
  • Reply 12 of 30
    nostradamusnostradamus Posts: 397member
    I date back to MacNN Reality.



    I doubt anyone here knows what that was...
  • Reply 12 of 30
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I registered back in Feb. of 2000. I'd been lurking around the forums for a little while before I registered. I first found AI from a link at MacNN.
  • Reply 14 of 30
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by Nostradamus:

    <strong>I date back to MacNN Reality.



    I doubt anyone here knows what that was...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    So can you grant us an explanation about MacNN reality ?
  • Reply 15 of 30
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    I registed sometime around June/July 1999. My first post was asking people for help to my (well, not mine anymore) god damned ORB drive....



    All I remember was that the board was in black and dark grey.....



    I miss Mark by the way....
  • Reply 16 of 30
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Nostradamus:



    you said "I doubt anyone here knows what that was..." after I had already said "I remember Reality from MacNN but I didn't know that there was a forum until Jan. '00."



    Read carefully.
  • Reply 17 of 30
    macskickassmacskickass Posts: 108member
    [quote]Originally posted by Leonis:

    <strong>

    I miss Mark by the way....</strong><hr></blockquote>



    So do I...
  • Reply 18 of 30
    the installerthe installer Posts: 910member
    [quote]Originally posted by little cuss:

    <strong>I miss John Rocker.</strong><hr></blockquote>John Rocker Rocked
  • Reply 19 of 30
    crusadercrusader Posts: 1,129member
    I registered in May of 2000, after finding the site from As The Apple Turns of all things.
  • Reply 20 of 30
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    [quote]All I remember was that the board was in black and dark grey.....



    I miss Mark by the way....<hr></blockquote>



    The board was never in black and grey from what I remember. Bondi and black though.



    Mark was the greatest. He enlightened me to Silicon Alley way back when...ahh. I also miss Goatie.
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