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Top 10 Web Fads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the brace-yourself-for-a-lot-of-eyball-rolls dept.

Fantasy Football writes "CNet lists the top 10 web fads of all-time, including the HampsterDance, All Your Base are Belong to Us, Star Wars Kid, and more. It's a nice nostalgic trip for many stories which were presumably posted on /. years ago."

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  1. Re:Maddox by dagny_dev_ · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I don't know if I would consider that a 'fad' - same thing for JibJab. Maddox is more of a cult phenomenon and JibJab is more of a piece of kitschy mass-appeal.

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  2. Napster? by th1ckasabr1ck · · Score: 5, Interesting
    How could Napster not make the top 10? I realize that it's still around and providing some sort of service, but Napster was HUGE for a while.

    I was in high school when it hit big time (before the hammer came down when you could get any song you wanted in like 30 seconds) and it got EVERYONE using their computer: jocks, cheerleaders, etc.

    1. Re:Napster? by mattsucks · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I wouldn't consider Napster a "fad". An Internet fad comes along, becomes insanely popular for no apparent reason, then goes away all by itself. Napster came along, because insanely popular because people could get free music, then went away with the stroke of a judge's pen.

      And anyway: WTF is "Mahir" ? Never heard of it/him/her/that.

  3. Jennicam by TheSync · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh like Jennicam shouldn't be on the top 10 web fad list!

  4. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by tbischel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm a little dissapointed that Strong Bad didn't make the list.

  5. Some of those survived too long to be a fad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Some of those things lasted too long in my opinion to be a fad. If it's popular for more then 2 years, it's no longer a fad, it is a phenomona.

  6. What about..? by basic0 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I've never heard of a few of these, but the best web fads I remember in my circle of geek friends are without a doubt:

    1) The oft-offensive video/image dumping grounds of Adorable Bunnies, and...

    2) Homestar Runner! How could anyone forget Homestar? This site spawned such classics as "The Cheat is not dead" and "Peasant's Quest" featuring Trogdor, the Burninator (and it's catchy theme song (/burninating the peasants/who live in thatch roof cottages!!/)). If you don't know what the hell I'm talking about: Homestar Runner Wiki

  7. jibjab by andy_fish · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What the hell is Jibjab? (well okay, that's a rhetorical question, I know what it is now). All those other 9 fads I remember foundly, but it seems like the only reason they put that one on there was to make a good closer. Jibjab hardly seems fad-worthy.

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  8. Re:hampster? by temojen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I live in the same city where the site was made. After the fad hit, she made enough money to buy a new beetle and put "hampsterdance.com" decals on each side.

  9. Next: Crazy Frog by Wizzmer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I can't wait for that freakin' frog to go the same way. They are planning for a movie, a TV series - you name it - not realising that it's just one more of those things that are funny for five minutes and gets old *very* fast.

    Die froggy, die!

  10. Re:What are top-10 pre-1998 internet fads? by illtud · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Any other major fads before 1998?

    Kibo

    Joel Furr (and his T-shirts)

    Canter & Siegel

    Proper trolling (which incidentally, is done by *trollers*, not trolls)

  11. How about... by speck · · Score: 2, Interesting

    alt.cascade
    Telnet access to libraries.
    Gopher.
    FTPMail.
    UUCP.
    ISDN.

    Hmm, I guess these aren't really web fads, though...