[WastingMyTime89]

It had more of a cobbled together feel.

You could inject code in a lot of places and people were doing wonky things. I think it had to do with the user base being far smaller at the time. Knowledgeable people were still a significant part of it and security was far less of concern.

There was also far less money involved which is always a great filter for the kind of personality you want in this kind of community.