(an old timer here)
the old days when getbig had a cascading thread format was the best as you could directly address/rebut a post.
Also you could log in as any name you pleased. We had a lots of fun with this.
recall the name changing gimmick - eg. Yorian Dates
I remember when getbig.com was the sole authority for real time "bodybuilding news".
For the 1998 Olympia, I remember coming home late logging on expecting to see Flex Wheeler finally take it, and I literally said WTF to see Ronnie Coleman as the victor
(Thanks Ron Avidan).