Editing Dilbert (section)

===Webcomics===
In 1995, ''Dilbert'' was the [[List of early webcomics|first]] syndicated comic strip to be published for free on the Internet.<ref name="Gallo">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2013/10/23/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-reveals-the-simple-formula-that-will-double-your-odds-of-success/#54f98fbd1a3e|magazine=[[Forbes]]|title=Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Reveals The Simple Formula That Will Double Your Odds Of Success|last=Gallo|first=Carmine|date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Putting his email address in each ''Dilbert'' strip, Adams created a "direct channel to [his] customers", allowing him to modify the strip based on their feedback.<ref name="Gallo"/> [[Joe Zabel]] stated that ''Dilbert'' had a large influence on many of the [[webcomic]]s that followed it, establishing the "[[nerd]]core" genre as it found its audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue050912/history1.html | publisher=The Webcomics Examiner | title=The Artistic History of Webcomics&nbsp;— A Webcomics Examiner Roundtable|author=Various|year=2005|archive-date=November 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124120515/http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue050912/history1.html|ref=Examiner}}</ref>

In April 2008, [[United Media]] instituted an interactive feature on Dilbert.com, allowing fans to write speech bubbles. Adams has spoken positively about the change, saying, "This makes cartooning a competitive sport."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Brad Stone|title=Scott Adams Hands "Dilbert" Pen to Fans|url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/scott-adams-hands-dilbert-pen-to-fans/|work=The New York Times|date=April 18, 2008|access-date=May 14, 2008|archive-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114221900/http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/scott-adams-hands-dilbert-pen-to-fans/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{update inline|inaccurate=yes|date=December 2016}}