Category · Internet History
Internet History
Early web, forums, dead platforms and how the internet got here.
Concepts Noah has found here
Platform origins
2/2 placesFirst video
1/2 placesThe inaugural video uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2005, marking the platform's technical and cultural launch point.
KeptPushed outRejected
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#0018Internet History
Neopets
A virtual pet you logged in daily to keep alive
“An early proof that people will return to the same website every day for years, so a fake creature does not go hungry.”
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Me at the zoo
The first video ever uploaded to YouTube
“The first video on YouTube is a man noting that elephants have long trunks, and that's pretty much all there is to say.”
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GeoCities
Free homepages organized by theme, a city for everyone
“Thirty-eight million homemade pages, filed under Hollywood and WallStreet, deleted in a single afternoon in 2009.”
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