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I was a (very late, apparently) latecomer in 2013, the early September 7000s. I remember being around for the release of Viptronic 8
Main difference between then and now is a large influx of what I'd call 'twitter humour' somewhat reshaping the posting culture here (but not to a huge extent), also more persistent spammers and frequent appearances of 'eizi 42th Japanese Old Boy'.

Notable/active threads included hmmm....
[NOVEL] DQN Short Novel [FAIRLY LONG]
We seem to have lost contact with the Control Tower.[grinding noises]
[REI] May I take your order?
[Finding] Scavenger Hunt! [Scavenging]

I also feel like [Posthumous course] Teacher/Student Thread! [C&P] on /ascii/ was pretty active at that time (relatively).