This is true.

It's kind of neat to sit back and watch this whole place grow. But could you imagine discussing virology, music, literature, etc. back then with
that crew?
It was pretty much a soap box for a few individuals to discuss very mainstream movies (Borat! The Departed!), troll the few people that cared (Bz, BlackStallion) and hopefully have a decent discussion or two.
I can't empthasize enough how slow everything was. We have two forums that carry their weight in terms of daily discussion, but back then we had
one forum that wouldn't even reach the second page on certain days.
Also, moderating it was much more of a headache back then than it is now.