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Ask HN: Literature about the history of online communities?
Is there any in-depth literature about the history of online communities?
Which goes through how the first instant-messengers emerged/how Imageboards came to existence and the influence of communities onto each other.
Anything academic on this topic?
- HNLurker2 8y agoRecently a 4channer solved a math problem: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anime-haruhi-math-mystery https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anim... Your best way is to use archive.org, wikipedia or other encyclopedias (dramatica for bulletin board culture).
- wallflower 8y agoWhile this is not the specific answer you are looking for, the WELL was the first real online community of significance. https://www.wired.com/1997/05/ff-well/amp https://www.wired.com/1997/05/ff-well/amp
- 70122-_6 8y agoJono is your guy. https://youtu.be/9wfAxP6XHPU https://youtu.be/9wfAxP6XHPU