What was PF like 10 years ago?

[Navy Stone]

Did this forum really exist in 2001? Who used it? What was discussed? Are the same users still around?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

10 years ago would have been 2006. Here is what it looked like
https://web.archive.org/web/20060428094735/https://www.physicsforums.com/

It started in 2001 but we wiped the database in 2003. Some users are still around.

 

[StevieTNZ]

10 years ago would have been 2006. Here is what it looked like
https://web.archive.org/web/20060428094735/https://www.physicsforums.com/

It started in 2001 but we wiped the database in 2003. Some users are still around.

I like the looks of that "Philosophy of Science, Math, Logic" forum. :P

 

[thankz]

I was here 10 years ago under a different name.

 

[jtbell]

10 years ago would have been 2006.

Eh?

Did I just wake up from a really long nap?

 

[dlgoff]

Did this forum really exist in 2001? Who used it? What was discussed? Are the same users still around?

What was PF like 10 years ago? Awesome like now.

 

[Astronuc]

10 years ago would have been 2006. Here is what it looked like
https://web.archive.org/web/20060428094735/https://www.physicsforums.com/

It started in 2001 but we wiped the database in 2003. Some users are still around.

Try https://web.archive.org/web/20050604003917/https://www.physicsforums.com/

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