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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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From xkcd:
Click the image for a much bigger one.
Someday, we'll stake out our own island...
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
Posts: 3495
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Man, how times change.
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 I'm not a bad enough dude, but I am an edgy little shit. I'll do what I can. |
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
Posts: 10376
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Smirk at Kanye's Isle of Sadness.
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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What's QQ?
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"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!" |
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
Posts: 7565
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| lordsathien wrote: |
| What's QQ? |
This.
Funny, I don't even see Wikipedia on the second map...
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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Ah. No wonder I'd never heard of it.
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"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!" |
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
Title: ( ͡� 
Joined: May 11 2008
Posts: 6160
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I couldn't find Xanga on the revised map. Xanga used to be king shit. Every couple of years I try to revive it but to no avail.
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Shake it, Quake it, Space Kaboom. |
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
Posts: 1541
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| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| Funny, I don't even see Wikipedia on the second map... |
I've had a good look at the map (which is hard with a 1366x786 laptop screen due to all the scrolling), and all I could find that was Wikipedia related was an island for talk pages.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
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I am always blown away by how quickly Facebook and Twitter exploded onto the scene and instantly were the hottest, most popular social leviathans the internet has ever seen. Those two maps tell the whole story. Facebook and Twitter literally didn't exist one year, then became the two most dominant forces on the internet the next.
How the fuck does that happen?
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 5000
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Just as amazing is how quickly Myspace disappeared. People don't use that anymore, except maybe for music.
As for the map, it's fitting that 4Chan is in the shape of a penis, and look! Ejaculate.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Almost all good internet ideas explode and appear like Facebook and Twitter did. They hit the majority of people within a few months and either make it or fail.
What I find interesting is that companies that have made it, and there aren't that many, often times have a hard time extending their services into further success.
Microsoft is a huge example. They have the OS and Office products, but can't seem to make headway with search or other internet based products. Google has search and email, but can't seem to get into social networking. Facebook has social networking, but can't seem to be more than that.
All of these companies have seemingly peeked with their largest offerings. The question is, where will the next new thing come from.
I really wish I had an idea that could be it.
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| As for the map, it's fitting that 4Chan is in the shape of a penis, and look! Ejaculate. |
I didn't even notice it until you mentioned it. Very funny.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
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I really wish I had an idea that could be it. |
Me too. I thought I did with GameMarathons, but it turns out most people don't find it all that exciting to watch other people play video games.
Sometimes I think the people behind Facebook, Twitter, and other come-out-of-nowhere explosive companies made deals with the devil to achieve that success. It's all too sudden and suspicious to me.
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
Posts: 1541
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I guess that Facebook and Twitter just got popular due to word of mouth. Facebook is used a lot by high school aged people, which explains a lot of it's usage, I'm sure you can guess why. Then there's the media, the amount of people with Internet access.
I guess it spreads like seasonal flu. Except for a much longer time period.
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