# Twenty Years ago this week, the greatest thread in SDMB history was started **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** middle-earth, books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [October 12, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-this-week-the-greatest-thread-in-sdmb-history-was-started/973148 "2022-10-12T23:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-this-week-the-greatest-thread-in-sdmb-history-was-started/973148/8 "2022-10-13T00:23:17Z")
> [@Watershed moments in SDMB history; or, the SDMB Anthology Project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watershed-moments-in-sdmb-history-or-the-sdmb-anthology-project/112436): > > I’ve been upping my posting average quite a bit lately and reading a lot more posts than I used to. Basically, my Dope addiction is getting worse and worse. (Did I say I was complaining?) I love the sense of community here, but I wasn’t around for a lot of things, even though I did post once or twice back on the AOL board. So, I want to hear from some of the more experienced posters on what events made the SDMB what it is today, answering questions like: What was the event/development? When d… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-this-week-the-greatest-thread-in-sdmb-history-was-started/973148)._