Bob, it looks like we signed up on the same day.
I had been posting on the site (which I think was called WhiteWater then) for some time.
I've been wondering: was 11-28-97 the first day Jim instigated signing up?
Cause I'm thinking I wanted to post something and then found out I had to sign up, so I did.
Yes, that was the infamous date. The lib trolls forced it, also forced most of us to change our names and delete the eddresses. There were a few holdouts, Like Gallutia. He didn't want to give them the satisfaction of feeling like they won.
Also - The discussion about registration went on for some time. There was a significant "come and get a piece of me a-hole" attitude, but Jim recommended we go that way. In retrospect it was a good decision.
That attitude, BTW, still exists to this day...in other forms.