Popular Post clayton163v Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 The recent passing of Savage69 reminded me of how I came to internet message boards and where this all began. It started with USENET which had a discussion group with a Jet message board. One of the old time posters mentioned the "Green House". Perhaps that was it. I neither posted there nor read it. It took a certain type of computer person back then. I was a Kaypro man back then - ever hunt the Wumpus? - and quite computer literate (Ah, dot commands). But that was not an internet compatible computer. Never once let me down. Fabulous product. But along came Windows and whoosh . . . For me it was the message boards of the NY Times. The old posters on that board - people like Savage69 and many of the posters who have come to pay respects - came from the USENET boards. The legacy of those USENET groups lay in the knowledge that quickly arrived at the NY Times board. It was astonishing and far better than any sports reporting in NYC. That - in turn - led to a thriving daily discussion on the Jets. I discovered it and registered on the same day. Instantly addictive. It is no exaggeration to say that there were more daily posts on that Jet message board than there were on the NY Times entire platform. It grew and grew. Soon the international character of the NY Times audience began to attract Jet fans from all over the world. It included people from all walks of life. Many of whom were highly literate. When a player got hurt, you got a medical opinion. When a player got arrested/sued, you got a legal opinion and the policeman's viewpoint. Everybody was on the board.. Sound familiar? Back then, it was completely new. The internet began to shrink the world and you could see it on that board. Then along came Mia. A NY Times moderator. She wiped it all out by banning poster after poster including Henry Hertz. Last straw, that one. After that the old posters scattered. Some went here, some went there. But together they were the base of knowledge and support which gave strength to every Jets message board that has come since. It is why our message boards blow away the rest of the NFL. Take a look at them, you will see what I mean. When did you start posting on the Jets? Which site? Tell us about your early computer(s). Edit - "Green House". 14 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ZachEY Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, clayton163v said: The recent passing of Savage69 reminded me of how I came to internet message boards and where this all began. It started with USENET which had a discussion group with a Jet message board. One of the old time posters mentioned the "Green Room". Perhaps that was it. I neither posted there nor read it. It took a certain type of computer person back then. I was a Kaypro man back then - ever hunt the Wumpus? - and quite computer literate (Ah, dot commands). But that was not an internet compatible computer. Never once let me down. Fabulous product. But along came Windows and whoosh . . . For me it was the message boards of the NY Times. The old posters on that board - people like Savage69 and many of the posters who have come to pay respects - came from the USENET boards. The legacy of those USENET groups lay in the knowledge that quickly arrived at the NY Times board. It was astonishing and far better than any sports reporting in NYC. That - in turn - led to a thriving daily discussion on the Jets. I discovered it and registered on the same day. Instantly addictive. It is no exaggeration to say that there were more daily posts on that Jet message board than there were on the NY Times entire platform. It grew and grew. Soon the international character of the NY Times audience began to attract Jet fans from all over the world. It included people from all walks of life. Many of whom were highly literate. When a player got hurt, you got a medical opinion. When a player got arrested/sued, you got a legal opinion and the policeman's viewpoint. Everybody was on the board.. Sound familiar? Back then, it was completely new. The internet began to shrink the world and you could see it on that board. Then along came Mia. A NY Times moderator. She wiped it all out by banning poster after poster including Henry Hertz. Last straw, that one. After that the old posters scattered. Some went here, some went there. But together they were the base of knowledge and support which gave strength to every Jets message board that has come since. It is why our message boards blow away the rest of the NFL. Take a look at them, you will see what I mean. When did you start posting on the Jets? Which site? Tell us about your early computer(s). Is this Harry Potter? It sounds like Harry Potter. 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JTJet Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 I got banned off the Pornhub message boards couple years back... something about olive oil, latex, and horses, idk. So here I am, gotta fill the time somehow. 1 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docdhc Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, clayton163v said: The recent passing of Savage69 reminded me of how I came to internet message boards and where this all began. It started with USENET which had a discussion group with a Jet message board. One of the old time posters mentioned the "Green Room". Perhaps that was it. I neither posted there nor read it. It took a certain type of computer person back then. I was a Kaypro man back then - ever hunt the Wumpus? - and quite computer literate (Ah, dot commands). But that was not an internet compatible computer. Never once let me down. Fabulous product. But along came Windows and whoosh . . . For me it was the message boards of the NY Times. The old posters on that board - people like Savage69 and many of the posters who have come to pay respects - came from the USENET boards. The legacy of those USENET groups lay in the knowledge that quickly arrived at the NY Times board. It was astonishing and far better than any sports reporting in NYC. That - in turn - led to a thriving daily discussion on the Jets. I discovered it and registered on the same day. Instantly addictive. It is no exaggeration to say that there were more daily posts on that Jet message board than there were on the NY Times entire platform. It grew and grew. Soon the international character of the NY Times audience began to attract Jet fans from all over the world. It included people from all walks of life. Many of whom were highly literate. When a player got hurt, you got a medical opinion. When a player got arrested/sued, you got a legal opinion and the policeman's viewpoint. Everybody was on the board.. Sound familiar? Back then, it was completely new. The internet began to shrink the world and you could see it on that board. Then along came Mia. A NY Times moderator. She wiped it all out by banning poster after poster including Henry Hertz. Last straw, that one. After that the old posters scattered. Some went here, some went there. But together they were the base of knowledge and support which gave strength to every Jets message board that has come since. It is why our message boards blow away the rest of the NFL. Take a look at them, you will see what I mean. When did you start posting on the Jets? Which site? Tell us about your early computer(s). What year did the Usenet groups start? I remember AOL and Compuserve back in the early 90s which was my first internet experience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS17 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Started posting on JetNation in October 2008, coincidentally in the midst of one of the mass JI exoduses. I made an account on JI too a couple years later and posted there because it was busier. Also dicked around on TGG around 2015 and got permabanned for being an ass during political discussions in the lounge. I’ve dipped in and out of JN but I’ve almost always enjoyed it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vudu Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 I started in 2008 I believe, I was the baby of JetNation.com. This was in the middle of the JETNATION.COM vs Jetinsider war/ brouhaha. The Favre year. I was maybe 19 then. I’m in my 30’s now. I grew up on this board 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PS17 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, DLJ said: I started in 2008 I believe, I was the baby of JetNation.com. This was in the middle of the JETNATION.COM vs Jetinsider war/ brouhaha. The Favre year. I was maybe 19 then. I’m in my 30’s now. I grew up on this board Sup Bronzey. I was 14. Hahaha 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-met57 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 started on JI, won a bet with "Bill Parcells" he actually sent me omaha steaks lol seems like ages ago...came here after the scout thing....and here we are. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptable Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Started at Jetsinsider, was it was awesome till it got sold to scout. 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, clayton163v said: The recent passing of Savage69 reminded me of how I came to internet message boards and where this all began. It started with USENET which had a discussion group with a Jet message board. One of the old time posters mentioned the "Green Room". Perhaps that was it. I neither posted there nor read it. It took a certain type of computer person back then. I was a Kaypro man back then - ever hunt the Wumpus? - and quite computer literate (Ah, dot commands). But that was not an internet compatible computer. Never once let me down. Fabulous product. But along came Windows and whoosh . . . For me it was the message boards of the NY Times. The old posters on that board - people like Savage69 and many of the posters who have come to pay respects - came from the USENET boards. The legacy of those USENET groups lay in the knowledge that quickly arrived at the NY Times board. It was astonishing and far better than any sports reporting in NYC. That - in turn - led to a thriving daily discussion on the Jets. I discovered it and registered on the same day. Instantly addictive. It is no exaggeration to say that there were more daily posts on that Jet message board than there were on the NY Times entire platform. It grew and grew. Soon the international character of the NY Times audience began to attract Jet fans from all over the world. It included people from all walks of life. Many of whom were highly literate. When a player got hurt, you got a medical opinion. When a player got arrested/sued, you got a legal opinion and the policeman's viewpoint. Everybody was on the board.. Sound familiar? Back then, it was completely new. The internet began to shrink the world and you could see it on that board. Then along came Mia. A NY Times moderator. She wiped it all out by banning poster after poster including Henry Hertz. Last straw, that one. After that the old posters scattered. Some went here, some went there. But together they were the base of knowledge and support which gave strength to every Jets message board that has come since. It is why our message boards blow away the rest of the NFL. Take a look at them, you will see what I mean. When did you start posting on the Jets? Which site? Tell us about your early computer(s). Edited September 25, 2021 by NIGHT STALKER Small correction...it was the Green House 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freestater Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 1 hour ago, clayton163v said: began to attract Jet fans from all over the world. It included people from all walks of life. Many of whom were highly literate 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 ESPN forums for NFL teams, led to TGG, then to JI, then here… and now I’m under your bed waiting for you to fall asleep. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerfish Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Jetsinsider around 2005 or 2006 I think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupz27 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Integrity28 said: ESPN forums for NFL teams, led to TGG, then to JI, then here… and now I’m under your bed waiting for you to fall asleep. Yes remember using the internet in school back in 1996 and talking trash about my Syracuse Orange bball squad in the ESPN forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Saul Goodman Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Found Jetsinsider in the early 2000’s. It was a godsend for someone like me in California that had no one to talk Jets football with. Lots of good memories. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be_a_Jet Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Started in 2012 but was reading the board for a few years before actually joining. I was optimistic back then, part of why my name username is Be_a_jet , I actually thought it was a good thing back then haha. I would change my username now if I cared enough - maybe one of these days... nice to look back on the years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR.GANGGREEN28 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I started on JI back in 09 when I was 15 and for some reason I can vividly remember the first thread or article I ever saw and it was a rumor about the Jets signing Torry Holt. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Dude Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Man... TGG from 2004 till about 2010. Joined here about 08. No one knows who the f#$k I am haha. I do remember that psycho DWC on other boards. Never changed in all years posting. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcJet Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I started on the nytimes site too... I was dcJetsfan then. Henry was the best. So informative No topic threads back then - just one continuous stream with everything. Back then when you posted, you and had to wait for a moderator to approve it before your post would show up. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Slick Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 3 hours ago, docdhc said: What year did the Usenet groups start? I remember AOL and Compuserve back in the early 90s which was my first internet experience. I remember rolling my own TCP/IP stack on Windows 3.1 so I could access alt.sports.jets on the news groups. My memory is fading - along with my eye sight - but I think it was 1990-1992. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David Harris Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 Discovered Jets chat pages circa 2002-2003 at some post graduate schooling library. It was heaven as I remember having to scrounge the NY Post and Daily news for lazy little snippets of Jets news. Couldn’t wait to read my Dads Jets Confidential during the off seasons as it was the only news you’d get. Perhaps I was on gang green nation to start but later discovered it was the little stepbrother to JI. So I moved over there. Intimidated by all the old-heads and their post counts that would ignore noobs. Spent years on there, got a respectable post count, was settling in and then Scout Nuked it. was a big blow to my daily routine, a little anonymous community wiped out. Wandered the web until I found most people migrated here. Never asked for my post count to be transferred, I coulda been big ; ) Glad JI exploded, got too crowded. Terrible moderation, with no rails up PatsfanTX and his ilk ruined everything. Love how Max keeps everyone decent here. So damn, been doing this for 20 years - I’m sure my son will be on here soon enough. But I can say this, no one deserves to see an NFL team win more than Jets fans, and us specifically, who somehow got enmeshed in this toxic relationship. Savage passing made me feel oddly weird. People die everyday but something about losing a mainstay on an internet board where the 1’s and 0’s are both eternal and ephemeral; an anonymous community losing an anonymous friend #Deep thoughts 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BP Posted September 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2021 4 hours ago, k-met57 said: started on JI, won a bet with "Bill Parcells" he actually sent me omaha steaks lol seems like ages ago...came here after the scout thing....and here we are. It must have been a Mets Yankees thing. That parcells guy was a jerk 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I started on JI like most, then JI started to get unbearable, even before the scout take over, so I moved over here to JN in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warfish Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 3 hours ago, David Harris said: Savage passing made me feel oddly weird. People die everyday but something about losing a mainstay on an internet board where the 1’s and 0’s are both eternal and ephemeral; an anonymous community losing an anonymous friend #Deep thoughts Well said DH. I started at JI, not quite sure when, 2004? Feels like it would be earlier than that, but who knows. Started here at JN with the original JI exodus in 2005, but mostly posted at JI till the Scout thing and JI's downfall. Was doing various message boards as early as 1993-94, just not on the Jets really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Wait I remember now… Smizzy recruited me from the ESPN boards! ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better2bgreenthanblue Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Started at JI early 2000's. At a game someone told me about JN. Joined about 10 years ago. We should create a hall of fame for posters. From guys who go to training camp and provide legendary coverage to comedians or even trolls who distract us from the occasional misery of being a Jets fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I was a long time lurker on JI that finally signed up in January 2006 when Herm was banished (I could have never posted during the Herm era).and Mangina got hired. Alk recruited me to come over here later that year lol Jet Moses used to tell me about that site Jetshaters back in the late 90’s. He was using his real name until @Garb told him to change it or risk being killed. Lol so jet mo, sooth and @Bob used to go there and troll angry pats fans that hated the Jets. Then sooth invites them to JI. I think @PFSIKH was on jetshaters too. The board administrator was called “the wizard” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I think one of my cousins bought me a year subscription of Jets Confidential in 2003. Next year we drafted Vilma and I started looking at the online version of Jets Confidential. I accidentally found JI, joined in 2005 as Fifty One my original user name. Didn’t post right away, eventually switched to The Crusher. 2008 came here and found this to be a kinder gentler Jets message board. I like it here. Think I might stay. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUM-KNEE Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I started out on CBS and ESPN boards, then found JN a couple years later. Glad I found this place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 It was JI for me, early 2000's...not sure the date. I can remember laughing hysterically in the library at UF during one of the famous JI threads and I remember meeting Jetsfreak (not sure if that specific Jetsfreak is still around) at the bar I was working in. Gator alum in town for a game, we put it together we knew each from JI. Pretty funny and creepy. lol Herm was still coach....had to be like 2002-4 time frame that I started posting...based on those events. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustInFudge Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, The Crusher said: I think one of my cousins bought me a year subscription of Jets Confidential in 2003. Next year we drafted Vilma and I started looking at the online version of Jets Confidential. I accidentally found JI, joined in 2005 as Fifty One my original user name. Didn’t post right away, eventually switched to The Crusher. 2008 came here and found this to be a kinder gentler Jets message board. I like it here. Think I might stay. I hope so... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-met57 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 5 hours ago, BP said: It must have been a Mets Yankees thing. That parcells guy was a jerk i think it was lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De-Jet-Erate/Duane Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 40 minutes ago, BP said: I was a long time lurker on JI that finally signed up in January 2006 when Herm was banished (I could have never posted during the Herm era).and Mangina got hired. Alk recruited me to come over here later that year lol Jet Moses used to tell me about that site Jetshaters back in the late 90’s. He was using his real name until @Garb told him to change it or risk being killed. Lol so jet mo, sooth and @Bob used to go there and troll angry pats fans that hated the Jets. Then sooth invites them to JI. I think @PFSIKH was on jetshaters too. The board administrator was called “the wizard” I always liked Jet Moses. He was fun to tailgate with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronx Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 JI, 200_ and never received my membership t-shirt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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