Digital Point - How did it start?

Hi,

I was just wondering how DP started off. I know all website's and forums have to start somewhere and with 0 posts. If any of you have been here since the beginning, how did the posts accumulate so?

Lee.

 

I haven't been here very long. I did read a thread that said in part that Shawn started it because he had been banned from so many forums that he just created his own.

It was also meant to support the DP site. As sometimes happened the subdomain might be better known than the domain.

Keep in mind that all of this is repeated gossip and I have no actual knowledge of the events.

Maybe the big guy will post in this thread and tell the real story.

 

Big guy? u mean Shawn? or a guy that is here in DP for too long?

 

from what I remember Shawn saying directly, it was initially a way to streamline support for optigold. but don't count on me being right there.

I posted a decent bit when things were relatively new. apparently I was one of the first 500 members. it's so crazy how this place has taken off. I actually kinda liked the small-community feel in a way. still incredibly impressive what he's managed to accomplish with it though.

 

These forums started really blowing up when the Co-Op got launched.

 

Traffic from the tools funneling through to the forum.

 

And darned clever marketing for the kick off post. You had them coming back for months to play the bar code challenge. By then they hooked.

BTW, best wishes on that legal business.

 

Shawn, it will be really good if you write the full story of DP . what u think ?

 

so WMW censored your name but didn't ban you?

that must've been confusing when someone quoted you

 

Wow only 2 years and look at it now.