TBT History & Origin

UglyMonsterFace · May 17, 2017

I'd love to learn about the history and origin of this forum. How it got created, how it stays afloat, how the mods, admin, etc came to be a part of it. All the work that goes on behind the scenes. Everything

I'd love to hear from the owners, admins, and mods themselves! Thanks!

Bowie · May 17, 2017

I'd actually love to know more about what happened to the original founder of the site. All I know is that he(?) abandoned it.

UglyMonsterFace · May 17, 2017

Bowie said:
I'd actually love to know more about what happened to the original founder of the site. All I know is that he(?) abandoned it.

Really? That's intriguing!

Bowie · May 17, 2017

Arize said:
Really? That's intriguing!

Actually, just did some digging and turns out Jeremy was the original creator. Don't know what led me to think otherwise, but I could've sworn it started out with some guy who disappeared.

Here's the full timeline.

AnimalCrossingPerson · May 17, 2017

Here are some old links that still work:
http://www.the-bell-tree.com/index.php
http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Bell_Tree/index/

And of course, anything you can find on http://archive.org.

Oblivia · May 17, 2017

Yes, Jeremy is the original owner and founder of TBT. He made the site when he was 14 years old - only a year after he was potty trained!

Jake · May 17, 2017

Oblivia said:
Yes, Jeremy is the original owner and founder of TBT. He made the site when he was 14 years old - only a year after he was potty trained!

Don't forget he made it in his basement, too.

Corrie · May 17, 2017

Oh man, I haven't realized how old this website is. That's really great that it's lived on for as long as it has!

King Dorado · May 18, 2017

I seem to remember from looking at old threads that there was some controversy where a twelve year-old kid stole the domain name that Jeremy wanted to move the site to or something. maybe the admins can fill in the details on that episode....

Jeremy · May 18, 2017

King Dorado said:
I seem to remember from looking at old threads that there was some controversy where a twelve year-old kid stole the domain name that Jeremy wanted to move the site to or something. maybe the admins can fill in the details on that episode....

Not sure what you're referring to, but we started with the-bell-tree-forums.com (only for about a year), then forums.the-bell-tree.com, then belltreeforums.com.

TBT History & Origin

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Corrie

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King Dorado

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