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The Well was a bbs for tech nerdery, futurism, science fiction, etc... in the 80's. It was massively influential in creating the cyberpunk literary genre and ma
by jtmcmc 8y ago
The Well was a bbs for tech nerdery, futurism, science fiction, etc... in the 80's. It was massively influential in creating the cyberpunk literary genre and many tech people from the time were on it and influenced by it.
There is a direct line of ancestry IMO between the well and places like HN.
- dredmorbius 8y agoI'm aware of whatvthe Well is. And that it pressages much present online discussion (though Usenet predates it). But I'd suspected some specific individuals or group.