I remember how a couple of different people would try and start up a new Delphi board. Inevitably someone got pissed off about something, reported to Delphi about "all the horrible things that were going on" and it would get shut down. Then another one would pop up, usually made known through the usenet group, and again someone pissed someone else off, report to admin and no more board. Believe me if eccie were a UTR group on a non-hobby friendly host it would be getting shut down every other day, so in some respects, the more things change the more they stay the same.
Talking about early socials always makes me think of the time a lovely lady by the name of Savanah showed up in this full length, solid white, deep neck cut evening gown. I think it was the first time we ever used that particular venue off of 35. We were all just standing around in our usual everyday clothes and everyone's jaw just dropped. Her intention was to make an impression, and that she did.