Happy 10th Birthday B3taTen years ago today we launched B3ta (well the version of it you'd recognise). Happy birthday B3ta! As a special one off please add your memories of B3ta here. E.g. How you found the site, or an early thing you saw on the site, maybe the people you've met or how the community is/was part of your life.
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rob, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:24)
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Buffy's swearing keyboardSomeone posted a link to Buffy's swearing keyboard on one of the Usenet groups (I think it was something to do with DVDs.) I loved the keyboard, and instantly became hooked on the rest of the site. The Buffy keyboard has remained a firm favourite ever since, and I still occasionally post the link in various places for people who haven't seen it. It took me years to discover that the space bar said 'fuck off.' Fondest memories would be Furtive and Fluffy, Thor's man (I'm fucking dis custard etc.) and the cry of "I can't fucking hummus." 'Motorbikes will make you gay' was brilliant too (you can still track it down on the Interweb if you try hard enough.)
I couldn't say how long I was on before signing up for an account, but apparently I'm a veteran of 9 years, 3 months and 6 days as of today. Until now, I thought I'd joined something that was already well established. It certainly felt that way at the time. I was quite active in those early days, but the site's standards of art and humour kept on improving, and mine just didn't keep up, so I switched mostly to lurker mode and stayed there.
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Horatio P Lemming, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 13:00,
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