CCMB started in 1996. Before Twitter, before Facebook.
Mark Zuckerburg was still in school when some of our original posters were communicating.
OK I might not have made billions, so he got me on that one, but I was sharing stuff with friends before he was.
Message boards maybe a bit old fashioned but it's home to many many people who find them comfortable and more communal than these more dynamic and confusing apps.