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The WELL

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Online community founded in 1985. Knees are a little creaky, but the conversation just keeps getting better. You can still find us at well.com

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The WELL @well.com · 24/06/2025
Hey! The BBC has something to say about our history with Deadheads in the early online years. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
bbc.com
How the Grateful Dead built the internet
Before the internet took over the world, psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead were among the first – and most influential – forces at the dawn of online communication.
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David Gans @dgans.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
And today at 4 PT!
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The WELL @well.com · 23/01/2025
Whoah, wait, I overslept. It's 2025? CRAP. Can anyone summarize what happened this month?
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The WELL @well.com · 18/12/2024
What if I had all your sends from 1997?
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The WELL @well.com · 17/12/2024
Is there a TUMS equivalent for aging online communities? I keep burping up boomers.
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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Mark O'Brien was a journalist and poet. He was a member of my internet home, The Well. He used a wand to type his work. Why not his hands? He was in an iron lung. From 1955 til he died in 1999. Attended UC Berkeley in it. Because: polio. Fuck you, RFK Jr. pic: Poetry Foundation
Mark O'Brien lying in his iron lung, head protruding, breathing tube dangling near his mouth.
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The WELL @well.com · 15/12/2024
I've had Deadheads in my belly for 38-39 years now.
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The WELL @well.com · 13/12/2024
Snapshot of early menus in the picospan system, STILL IN USE in 2024! It's history! It's alive!
ALtered list of menu commands for using The WELL in Picospan, with actual prompts and also prompts to sell ones soul and hire an exorcist.
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The WELL @well.com · 12/12/2024
Should I use ice or heat? A compression sleeve or a brace? My picospan clicks every time I bend it and it hurts when I go downstairs.
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The WELL @well.com · 11/12/2024
Any other online communities who have already turned 40 have any words of advice?
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The WELL @well.com · 11/12/2024
Hello. I'm an online community. I'll be turning 40 next year and tbh, I'm kind of freaking out about it.
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