I moved back from NL in 99. Seems to me I had discovered The Cafe by the fall of that year.
Back then MDC was learning the hard way how the internet open forums were a double-edged sword. Rules? Who needs any stinkin' rules?
Those were days rife with ridicule, sarcasm, character assassination, bullying, personal insults and beatdowns. That was some serious-funny entertainment, mostly.
I guess just us miscreants are all that's left now.