[alxmng]

GalaxyRaver. It was the goto place to find raves in California in the years before Facebook became the norm, after mailing lists died (~2006 - 2012). It ran on phpBB with custom extensions for calendar and chat (using flash). It was invite only but there were thousands of users. They would pass out flyers at raves, pretty much the whole Bay Area scene was on there at the height of its popularity.

It was a lot of fun to find raves, attend them, then after make connections with other users who you met there. It was so cool because it bridged online and real life. Facebook groups and events just don’t have the same community feel that galaxyraver did.

[mvkel]

Is there a modern equivalent? Love raves

[alxmng]

I don’t think so. The site died when everyone moved to using Facebook events and groups, which is still where all the parties get posted today.

Events/groups is the only thing keeping me from deleting my Facebook account.