If my memory is correct, I got on the EDIG MB in Money Central in 2000 or 2001 and stayed in it until this year, as it went silent. I honestly never heard of Agoracom, and stumbled on it fooling around in Google looking up EDIG info and very happy to have found it. Quite a nice group of well informed people, with a sense of humor too!!

I can totally releate to the balance of your post.