What was the culture of this forum a decade ago?

[barrysloate]

Echoing what David said, 6-7 years ago we had far more personal attacks, and they often got really nasty. And even nastier were the political debates, which we seemed to engage in pretty regularly. One poster might make a comment about some newsworthy topic, and it would go on for days and hundreds of posts. That is no longer allowed.

There were always discussions about fraud, about the same as it is today. Fraud is as old as this hobby, so it was always something to expose.

One way the board has changed is how T206-centric it has become. Back then T206's were discussed among many other baseball card topics. Today, every bit of minutia is dragged out in a new thread, to the dismay of many. If you're a t206 fanatic I guess that's a good thing, but collectors who don't like them find it off-putting.

But at the end of the day it's always been about baseball cards and memorabilia. That doesn't change.