The Site
Plastic was launched in January 2001 under Automatic Media, the web-culture conglomerate that included the pioneering webzine Suck.com. In following with Automatic's model of small, low-cost boutique websites, there were only 4 members of Plastic's initial staff. When Automatic Media folded in June of that year, several of the editors remained on, working pro bono. Despite heavy server problems and downtime in the months following Automatic's collapse, Carl Steadman, one of Suck's original founders, announced his intentions to buy Plastic, and moved the entire board onto new servers. Since then, Mr. Steadman has served as the primary operator of Plastic.
Plastic.com did not feature any banner or pop-up ads of any kind, and was run entirely on user donations, mostly through online transactions such as Paypal. It used a modified version of the Slash engine, and the site was almost entirely member-driven. As of November 11, 2008, there were 50,218 accounts, with several thousand being active members. Plastic.com once offered email accounts, however, Plastic Mail is no longer supported.
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