I got into message boards because of Canadian Idol. I used the boards on the CI website and then once the competitor I liked got eliminated I lurked on the boards of the heavy metal band he and his brother were in and rejoined when a site dedicated to him was made and I made my first set of fandom friends from there. I still have those lovely women all on Facebook now.

I used to love leaving comments on FFNet and getting shoutouts from the author at the end of the story. I remember one Dramione fic in particular.