Comment by the_af
1 day ago
Something Awful is also missing from this history. Maybe too niche? Though for geeks and gamers it was well known, and (checks Wikipedia) it was launched on 1999...
It was certainly a notable part of the internet culture of the era.
I think it might not be well-known how much of current internet culture cascaded out from the hive that was the SA forums. 4chan was started by an SA goon, as was bellingcat, for example.
Wow. I knew about 4chan but not about bellingcat having its roots in SA.