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In 1987, an engineer used…

December 6, 2020Weirdo

In 1987, an engineer used a new computer program “rwall” to send a message to his university server. Instead, the program broadcasted the message to every user on the internet—including the Pentagon.

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The President of the United States…

March 23, 2020Weirdo

The President of the United States technically has the right to shut off the internet for all US citizens in case of a “national emergency” – also known as the presidential internet kill switch.

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The 1 Percent Rule states that only…

January 5, 2020Weirdo

The 1 Percent Rule states that only 1% of an Internet community creates new content. The rest of the community is divided between content editors (9%) and content viewers (90%).

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A cyberchondriac is someone…

September 29, 2019Weirdo

A cyberchondriac is someone who scours the Internet looking for details of their illnesses.

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The first person to stream…

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019Weirdo

The first person to stream their life on the internet was Jennifer Ringley aka Jennicam, a 19 year old woman who from 1996, broadcasted her life from her college dorm room 24/7. At its peak, she got 7 million hits per day, a significant proportion of the internet at the time.

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Passive internet use…

July 8, 2019Weirdo

Passive internet use (looking at stuff but not posting) affects your well-being in a more negative way than active internet use (commenting and posting).

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France had a “proto-internet” called Minitel…

March 14, 2018Weirdo

France had a “proto-internet” called Minitel, to which half the population had access. It allowed for buying plane tickets, shopping, 24-hr news, message boards & adult chat services. It was used to coordinate a national strike in 1986. Some believe it hindered the internet’s adoption in France.

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Free services like Craigslist…

March 6, 2018Weirdo

Free services like Craigslist have decimated the classified advertising departments of newspapers, some of which depended on classifieds for 70% of their ad revenue. Research has shown that Craigslist cost the newspaper industry $5.4 billion from 2000-2007.

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The Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given…

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017Weirdo

The Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given it’s own internet domain name, .su, which it received only 15 months before dissolving.

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100% of Iceland’s population has…

December 21, 2016Weirdo

100% of Iceland’s population has the internet, the only country in the world.

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