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Not all deleted, just many or most posts between 1 and 1000000 = gone.

> I'd say it is probably pretty restrictive in the old style form sort of way
That was my "instinctual perception" of those forums. This is contrasted with imageboards where the default assumption is that they're minimally restrictive (low level of restrictions on posting). So with those phpBB forums the default assumption is that they're like Reddit-type restrictive, so a medium to high level of restrictions in terms of moderation and being banned and such. For those two ideas: I think they are usually the case. There are exceptions, like KiwiFarms forums: not an imageboard, but has "imageboard law" (or a similar culture). This contributed to them being excluded from the WaybACK Machine. There was or is some Nazi imageboard, forgot the name of that dumb site. And you could see a medium/high level of restrictions there. I remember some janny posting something like "You have one hour to explain why your filename insults Hitler or you will be permabanned."

And I can think back on ~hazy memories of looking at the rules of these mybulletinboard forums: mostly/all had a medium to high level of restrictions. I specifically remember linuxforums or Ubuntu or Fedora Linux forums having the usual Reddit-like rules. They could argue that it's OK because it's a place to only talk about that Linux distro, but I see these type of rules as scaring away users who have certain political viewpoints or support greater Internet freedom. If that Linux forums had a general conversation (not just Linux) then that would be dumb since they also have said rules. Those sort of rules also defines the community as being anti-free speech and stuff. Or you could say whoever moderates those forums wants to be lazy so as to not read many posts: therefore has high-level restrictions.

With various communities and rules on discussion in those, if you don't like one you can go to another. However, I feel like those with a medium or high amount of restrictions turn into suffocating shitholes or attract the wrong crowd. There's assholes in 4chan which has "minimal restrictions" + extra restrictions per board for reasons, but I feel like those negatives are better than the overly-restrictive community negatives. So what I'm trying to say is that both forms of moderation (call it "Reddit and 4chan") have negatives, but I think the Reddit type one is worse.

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> title="Getting Dial Up Internet in 2023!" at https://web.archive.org/web/20240905220333/https://invidious.reallyaweso.me/watch?v=AcuQKEG2FXQ&listen=0
I currently have a 56K dial-up modem router, maybe I could get it working with a Linux distro if I still have a functional landline around. I know there's telephone port(s) in walls around. I think I also have a phone card to plug into a desktop computer. Info:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20240906140117/https://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-a-Dial-up-Internet-Connection
I could imagine something of a useful application for using telephone-based Internet in addition to the regular Internet connection of today. Or not, I don't really know. I think some Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) are only accessible via dial-up today, so that could be a use: kinda like those are part of the deepweb or darkweb now.