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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. Wharrabout... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Goatse.cx was a pretty popular fad around here

    1. Re:Wharrabout... by Kjella · · 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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


      Moran.

  2. Long lost website finder. by bigwavejas · · 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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  3. For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by Fantasy+Football · · 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 · · 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 · · 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 rcamera · · Score: 5, Informative

      what about bert is evil?

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    4. Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10: by sp0rk173 · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's because strongbad is not a fad. Strongbad is a revolution.

  4. Hello my future girlfriend? by Dwedit · · Score: 5, Funny

    How could a list like this leave out "Hello My Future Girlfriend"?

  5. Heh, nice! by dbolger · · 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 · · Score: 5, Funny

      M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-monster dupe!

  6. Is it safe to call "RealAudio" a fad yet? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · 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 · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...(buffering)...No.

  7. Top 10 Don'ts by gbulmash · · 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 · · 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 sconeu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Really bad Haiku
      Don't post it on your website
      It drives us crazy

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  8. Slashdot Top 10 by goldspider · · 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 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Stop making fun of the /. clichés, you insensitive clod!

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  9. 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.

  10. Self promotion by kevin_conaway · · 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.

  11. Was??? by fbartho · · Score: 5, Informative

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

    Wikipedia article

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  12. Don't forget by zdzichu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wikipedia's list of Internet phenomenons.

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  13. Don't forget Bonsai Kitten by ck1dog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember Bonsai Kitten. All the ladies in the office were so mad about this back in the day.

  14. 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.

  15. Strong Bad by Jambon · · Score: 5, Funny
    THE SYSTEM IS DOWN!

    They forgot Strong Bad! I dunno, but putting up a list without him sounds kinda.....Dangeresque

  16. What are top-10 pre-1998 internet fads? by davidwr · · 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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