It started with Big Brother. I come from the country of the creator of Big Brother. John de Mol, maybe that is the reason? :) but when we had the first BB on Dutch TV I loved it.
Back in the days (1999) the streams were free so we sat glued to our computers and at the same time I discovered a new forum which has now turn big thanks to BB 1, Fokforum.
The atmosphere was great. Everybody was talking about the show and we started to feel like a little family.
In retro respect you wonder now, why did we all love it so much. Nothing much happened , but I guess it was new but also because they were real people, with real emotions. We all "hated" Willem when he nominated his best friend, and there were 2 camps. You were a fan of Ruud or Bart. I loved the young Bart who was different then the others, younger and a bit more adventurous. the finale was between Ruud and Bart,and it was great to find out he won.
In 2000 we......
