Meet Cybermonsters

Conrad Askland, aka Cybermonsters and staff, is one of the admins on over 100 free community discussion websites. "Our parent company created the network starting in 1999 to give a place for niche interest groups to gather and talk about issues important to them", says Askland.

The network covers a large variety of topics including music, meditation, religion, health, political and scientific topics. The bulletin boards are funded by Askland Technologies, Inc.

"I believe strongly in free speech. Our boards are just one of the ways we encourage people to communicate their viewpoints, share and sometimes enter into heated debates."

Why the name Cybermonsters? "One of my employees was a hacker before he worked for me and used the name Cybermonsters. When he went legit we started using it for backend code. It just sort of stuck", says Askland.