Top 10 Web Fads

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday July 21, 2005 @07:54AM 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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Wharrabout... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 07:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Goatse.cx was a pretty popular fad around here
1. Re:Wharrabout... by Kjella · 2005-07-21 07:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Goatse.cx was a pretty popular fad around here
  
  Disturbingly enough, this makes me want to mod a post containing goatse.cx as +1, Informative. It's a good thing I don't have mod points or I'd have to kill myself afterwards.
  
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2. Re:Wharrabout... by linzeal · 2005-07-21 08:07 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  I don't think a place like Cnet has the cajones to link anything sexual but if they did I'm sure Hillary Clinton would try to ban the internet if enough luddites complained.
  
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3. Re:Wharrabout... by atomico · 2005-07-21 09:03 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If you mean what I think you want to mean, please write cojones.
  
  "Cajones" means "drawers", as in furniture. And I like the unintended effect on the reader ;)
4. Re:Wharrabout... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-21 10:29 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Moran.
Long lost website finder. by bigwavejas · 2005-07-21 07:55 · Score: 5, Informative

I frequently visit http://www.archive.org/ to pull up sites no longer available. They typically have the content of sites, less the images.

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For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by Fantasy+Football · 2005-07-21 07:55 · Score: 5, Informative

1. The HampsterDance
2. Mahir
3. All Your Base
4. Dancing Baby
5. Hot or Not
6. Friendster
7. Ellen Feiss
8. Star Wars Kid
9. Blogger
10. JibJab

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1. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by PiratePTG · 2005-07-21 07:59 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  WHAT??!!
  No Badgers?? There should be Badgers on the list!!
  
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2. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by gbulmash · 2005-07-21 08:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  WHAT??!!
  No Badgers?? There should be Badgers on the list!!
  
  We don't need no steenking badgers!!!!
  
  Sorry, someone had to say it.
  
  -g
  
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3. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by epiphani · 2005-07-21 08:02 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Missing:
  
  Badgerbadgerbadger
  bash.org
  tubgirl
  goatse
  
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4. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by pHatidic · 2005-07-21 08:04 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Bananaphone.
5. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by rcamera · 2005-07-21 08:08 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  what about bert is evil?
  
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6. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by Rei · 2005-07-21 08:29 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The "Hot or Not" reference amused me, as I once knew someone who figured out that their voting system used to be really weak, and wrote a script to get a photo of a llama to the #1 spot.
  
  I'm quite surprised by this - a couple things I'd never heard of before (for example, Ellen Feiss), and some that aren't "fads" (Blogger, Friendster, etc).
  
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7. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by sp0rk173 · 2005-07-21 09:30 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  That's because strongbad is not a fad. Strongbad is a revolution.
Hello my future girlfriend? by Dwedit · 2005-07-21 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny

How could a list like this leave out "Hello My Future Girlfriend"?
1. Re:Hello my future girlfriend? by NitsujTPU · 2005-07-21 09:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Haha,
  
  I clicked on your link at work, in the conference room. That will teach me to browse Slashdot at work.
  
  Sitting in here, and my computer blasts "Hello my future girlfriend!"
Heh, nice! by dbolger · 2005-07-21 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny

A slashdot story which is about stories already covered on slashdot.

Since this hasn't been posted before, what is it, a meta-dupe? ;)
1. Re:Heh, nice! by DrEldarion · 2005-07-21 08:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-monster dupe!
Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet? by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2005-07-21 07:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet?
1. Re:Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet? by Fastball · 2005-07-21 08:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  ...(buffering)...No.
Top 10 Don'ts by gbulmash · 2005-07-21 07:57 · Score: 5, Insightful

Top 10 Things We Wish People Would Stop Putting On Web Sites

10: Pictures of pets
9: Really bad rhyming poetry
8: Really bad Haiku
7: Some joke someone e-mailed them
6: The word "cool"
5: 18 endlessly looping animated .gifs
4: Pictures of ugly people naked
3: Their contribution to the Kirk Vs. Picard debate
2: Terrible, error-ridden, fan fiction
1: TOP 10 LISTS!!!!!!!

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1. Re:Top 10 Don'ts by AKAImBatman · 2005-07-21 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Shouldn't that be:
  9: Really badly, rhyming poetry 8: Really bad Haiku
  ;-)
  
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2. Re:Top 10 Don'ts by Deagol · 2005-07-21 08:13 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  1. Inline MIDI (or *any* sound) files that play when you visit the page.
  The worst I had to endure was a MIDI of "Dueling Banjos". Oh, the humanity!
  
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3. Re:Top 10 Don'ts by afidel · 2005-07-21 08:31 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Did you know that you can play mp3's as background music? It's true, simply give them the .wav extension and place them like any other audio component and almost all systems will gladly play them. Wav is simply a file format surrounding PCM audio, and most systems use a player associated with Wav files that can also decode MPEG2 Layer 3 audio =)
  
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4. Re:Top 10 Don'ts by sconeu · 2005-07-21 09:50 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Really bad Haiku
  Don't post it on your website
  It drives us crazy
  
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Not to mention... by revery · 2005-07-21 07:59 · Score: 4, Funny

It's a nice nostalgic trip for many stories which were presumably posted on /. years ago."

Some of them many, many, times...

On the brighter side, if this comment fares well, I can post it again when this article gets duped.
Slashdot Top 10 by goldspider · 2005-07-21 08:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Along this theme, let's start a Slashdot Top 10, featuring the best (and worst) overused Slashdot cliches.

Let's get this started:

Hot grits
In Soviet Russia...
Goatse.cx
Stephen King, DEAD at 42
The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth

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1. Re:Slashdot Top 10 by tuxette · 2005-07-21 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Stop making fun of the /. clichés, you insensitive clod!
  
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2. Re:Slashdot Top 10 by spaceyhackerlady · 2005-07-21 08:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  In Soviet Russia the /. cliches make fun of YOU!
Napster? by th1ckasabr1ck · 2005-07-21 08:03 · 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 damsa · 2005-07-21 09:04 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I kiss you. i invitate you to my country.
They left out way too much. by Peterus7 · 2005-07-21 08:04 · Score: 4, Insightful

Things they left out:
Spongebabies (rathergood.com)
Homestar Runner. Come on now, I see Trogdor EVERYWHERE.
Livejounral: I feel that Livejournal has much more... Feeling than Blogger. I mean, Blogger is blogging. Livejournal is... Emo teens. Or at least more emo teens. Whatever.
Goatse.cx: Nuff said.
The Numa Numa kid.
Every time you Masturbate God kills a kitten.
Myspace/Facebook. They are both as valid as Friendster, I feel.
Jennicam by TheSync · 2005-07-21 08:04 · Score: 4, Interesting

Oh like Jennicam shouldn't be on the top 10 web fad list!
Re:hampster? by I8TheWorm · 2005-07-21 08:05 · Score: 4, Informative

Her actual pet hamster's name was Hampton thus leading to the site being called hampster.

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Self promotion by kevin_conaway · 2005-07-21 08:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Well since we're talking about stupid lists, I feel compelled to share my list of Signs you're an idiot on Slashdot.
Was??? by fbartho · 2005-07-21 08:17 · Score: 5, Informative

I'd say it is a pretty popular fad around here.

Wikipedia article

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Don't forget by zdzichu · 2005-07-21 08:20 · Score: 5, Informative

Wikipedia's list of Internet phenomenons.

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Don't forget Bonsai Kitten by ck1dog · 2005-07-21 08:21 · Score: 5, Funny

I remember Bonsai Kitten. All the ladies in the office were so mad about this back in the day.
Here's a cruel joke... by EnronHaliburton2004 · 2005-07-21 08:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Here's a cruel joke to play on stoner friends.

Find some stoned college students. Point them to the Badgerbadgerbadger site. Tell them that the end of the video is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY funny!

Come back two hours later, see that they still staring at the screen, and have a good chuckle with them.

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Also missing: by Valdrax · 2005-07-21 08:43 · Score: 4, Informative

"Mr. T vs." websites
"Ate my Balls" websites
Time Cube
Alex Chiu
Micropayments

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Re:hampster? by temojen · 2005-07-21 08:46 · 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.
Strong Bad by Jambon · 2005-07-21 08:53 · Score: 5, Funny

THE SYSTEM IS DOWN!
They forgot Strong Bad! I dunno, but putting up a list without him sounds kinda.....Dangeresque
What are top-10 pre-1998 internet fads? by davidwr · 2005-07-21 08:59 · Score: 5, Informative

Septembers that had only 30 days, last seen in 1992.

USENET, 1980-something until spam ruined it in 1994. Wait, that's too long to be a fad.

Internet Coffee Web-cam, early-mid-1990s.

KREMVAX hoax, until it became real.

Dejanews, oh wait, that's now part of Google Groups.

Any other major fads before 1998?

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