Subscribers to Rattle may have read and remember an essay some time ago written by Colin Ward about the online workshops and the poets and critics who evolved with them rather than via the printed page.
“Pixel Poetry: A Meritocracy” by Colin Ward
Eratosphere is one and some of the members here are also named as part of this movement. Tim Green, the Rattle editor has put that essay online today. You can read it here.