[com2kid]

Long ago in Seattle there was a network of BBSs and the head board was called Rat City. They had a lot of work by local artists (mostly tracker files and digital artwork IIRC).

I have not been able to find a single hint of their existence. Everything about what was once a collection of artistic works, wiped from the earth.

We really need to do a better job managing our historical legacy.

[hombre_fatal]

I used to google my unique internet aliases from my preteen/teenage years and find a trove of my posts across forums and websites.

In my mid 20s I’d remember to do it especially when stoned for that nostalgia hit but also for that sentimental hit you feel when viewing your younger self’s writings.

Those same google searches two decades later have almost zero results. All the forums and websites are dead except a few odd ends like Newgrounds and WickedFire.

Wish I saved them when I had the chance.

[com2kid]

I've been in using the same alias since 1995. (COM port 2, where modems used to be at)

My pre Internet alias was comkid but that was super common online and not available when I first signed to for AOL back in 1995!

[wiether]

On the other hand, when I was a teenager, some friends posted content referring to me with pictures on a popular local platform at the time.

I either lost contact with those friends or they lost access to their account, so I tried multiple times to get the platform to remove the content about me, they wouldn't do it, despite all the proofs I could provide them with.

The day I heard that they were finally going out of business was quite a relief.

But contrary to you I made copies of this content, part of it during my attempts to get the platform taking it down...

[rootsudo]

All I get are copied and pasted yahoo answers. Only a few , well one forum remains.

[badlibrarian]

From http://bbslist.textfiles.com/

Perhaps Dude is among us.

  206-246-6647
  White Center, VA RaT City BBS
  (1993-1997) Dude Renegade
  "Primarily a demoscene board with a vast collection of Impulse Tracker music and ANSI art. 
  Used to meet IRL at Seattle Center to take field recordings for use as samples. 
  Members included Dude, Catspaw, Geo, and Infamouse." - Dude

[l33tman]

And abides.

[homeonthemtn]

This is, in effect, the entirety of human history though. 99.9999% of our collective cultures and behaviors disappear into the aether