Where does the name Bluelight come from?

from History of Bluelight

History of Bluelight said:
The origins of Bluelight

by Anonymous with contributions from Jase, johnboy, skydancer and xtcxtc

Beginning in 1997, there was a small message board hosted on bluelight.net called the MDMA Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse was a side project for the owner of a design company called Bluelight Designs in West Palm Beach, Florida. The message board could only hold a few threads before they scrolled off the board and could not be retrieved.

Nevertheless, a small but dedicated number of people were regular participants and it felt like a close community. Someone suggested that a more permanent home be created so the message board could be stable and the content could be better managed.

The New Bluelight was created in May 1999 as a new home for the MDMA Clearinghouse participants. The "bluelight.nu" domain was registered in June 1999. Once the technical details were finalized, "The New Bluelight" opened for business and most of the crowd from MDMA Clearinghouse migrated to the new forums.

In October of 2005 the domain was switched to "bluelight.ru".

At least two different kinds of message board software (DCForum and wwwboard.cgi) were used between May 1999 and October 1999. There are no posts remaining from that time period. "The New Bluelight" changed software again in October 1999 and has operated continuously ever since then. From that time, Bluelight has grown from a small underground forum to one of the largest message boards of all time.

At some point the MDMA Clearinghouse collapsed and disappeared, although historic screen shots of the front page are still available through . While there have been many changes, Bluelight is still maintained by volunteers and a strong community spirit continues to evolve.
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alasdair
 
MDMA clearinghouse sounds weird like a factory seconds outlet for mdma .

BL isnt centered around that one drug nowaday.

But it still comes up as about MDMA and other drugs on Google.
 
I used to post on that site. So did Mr. Sticky.

:)

That was probably 1997/8.
 
Jase and skydancer created the spin-off site, as mush as I recall.

Jase was based in the UK, and skydancer was based in the Netherlands.

iirc
 
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Does anyone have any additional history on this question? The quote above doesn't actually describe why the name Bluelight was used. I'd love to know why :)

@TheLoveBandit
 
I always thought it was a reference to the illegality of certain substances and the flashing blue lights on police cars
 
TheUltimateFixx said:
I always assumed it was because both ambulances and police are a depressing regularity in the lives of many drug users.
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That's kind of what I assumed, but have no basis in actually talking to someone that started it
 
I always thought it had to do with those blue lights they have on college campuses. I'm pretty sure they are used for emergencies. So I thought it was like a reference to harm reduction.
 
I'm certain it's a political leaning. This place is very liberal and has mostly democrats.
 
From the compassion deep inside the heart. Or maybe some kind of gift from God. Or gawwds.
Thanks. Always.
 
Opi_Kid_Rock said:
Was the earliest message board a dial-up BBS or was it through WWW internet?
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Looked like this
 
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