Not really, other than feeling a part of a special on-line community. I still remember early impressions from reading posts by posters such as Trident-Delta, The Kid, Old Atlanta, and others and thinking, "I got a lot to learn." Clinton's a Liar posted a lot back then. Embarrassingly, I marveled at quidam's posts but I did laugh at tuco-bad. Michael Rivero cracked me up, too. And that lawyer from Florida who was obsessesed with Janet Reno - - Jack something?
Anyways, I don't remember the word "freeper" being used until around 2000 or so, but I could be wrong.