xkcd's stick-figure science jokes, The Oatmeal's ranting infographics and Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half were among the most-shared things on the 2010 web, spreading through RSS, StumbleUpon and Facebook. Penny Arcade, Cyanide & Happiness and Dinosaur Comics filled out the daily rotation.
- Type
- blog
- Origin
- xkcd 2005; The Oatmeal 2009; Hyperbole and a Half 2009
- Peak
- 2010-2012
Related
- CultureSupported
"X all the Y!" (Clean all the things)
From Hyperbole and a Half to every to-do list
In June 2010, Allie Brosh's blog Hyperbole and a Half published "This is Why I'll Never be an Adult", with a crudely drawn figure shouting "CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!" The panel became the template for "X...
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The blogosphere
Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, RSS and the Technorati top 100
In 2010 blogs were still the intellectual centre of the web: personal blogs on Blogger and WordPress, mommy blogs, MP3 blogs, political blogs, and professional blog networks like Gawker and Weblogs...
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Google Reader
Every blog you followed, in one inbox
Google Reader was the RSS reader of choice for anyone who followed many blogs, with keyboard shortcuts, folders, and a Share button that made it a small social network of its own. In 2010 it was at...
