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Erowid's previous name was hyperreal.org - '96 snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/19961226004356/http://hyperreal.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/199612260

Erowid's previous name was hyperreal.org - '96 snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/19961226004356/http://hyperreal.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/19961226004356/http://hyperreal.... previous to that it was a mailing list from '92: https://web.archive.org/web/19971224110422/http://hyperreal.org/info/mission.html https://web.archive.org/web/19971224110422/http://hyperreal.... The founder has other items to his credit :D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Behlendorf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Behlendorf

pmoriarty 5y ago
Where did you get the impression that Erowid's prevoius name was hyperreal.org? I thought Erowid was the project of Earth Erowid and Fire Erowid, who founded it in 1995: [1] [2] From [2]: "Erowid was founded in October 1995 by Fire and Earth Erowid. The site was a part-time project until October 1999 when it became large enough for Fire to begin working on it full-time. Earth joined her working full-time in March 2000. The site was run as a non-commercial business through 2007. As of January 2008, operation of the site was taken over by the newly formed non-profit Erowid Center. Erowid Center now has four primary staff members, two part-time staff, and dozens of valuable volunteers who help process incoming data, seek out new resources, and/or help keep the site up-to-date." [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erowid#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erowid#History [2] - https://erowid.org/general/about/about_faq.shtml#who https://erowid.org/general/about/about_faq.shtml#who
- Thoreandan 5y ago
  TIL - thanks for the correction. It looks like they were complimentary, I incorrectly assumed that links to the hyperreal archive that were moved to Erowid were a name change, I never saw that it was a separate site. https://erowid.org/general/about/about_article5.shtml https://erowid.org/general/about/about_article5.shtml

pmoriarty 5y ago

Where did you get the impression that Erowid's prevoius name was hyperreal.org? I thought Erowid was the project of Earth Erowid and Fire Erowid, who founded it in 1995: [1] [2] From [2]: "Erowid was founded in October 1995 by Fire and Earth Erowid. The site was a part-time project until October 1999 when it became large enough for Fire to begin working on it full-time. Earth joined her working full-time in March 2000. The site was run as a non-commercial business through 2007. As of January 2008, operation of the site was taken over by the newly formed non-profit Erowid Center. Erowid Center now has four primary staff members, two part-time staff, and dozens of valuable volunteers who help process incoming data, seek out new resources, and/or help keep the site up-to-date." [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erowid#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erowid#History [2] - https://erowid.org/general/about/about_faq.shtml#who https://erowid.org/general/about/about_faq.shtml#who

Thoreandan 5y ago
TIL - thanks for the correction. It looks like they were complimentary, I incorrectly assumed that links to the hyperreal archive that were moved to Erowid were a name change, I never saw that it was a separate site. https://erowid.org/general/about/about_article5.shtml https://erowid.org/general/about/about_article5.shtml