2010 Search

32 reconstructed results for forum in the 2010 exhibit.

1. Forum culture - vBulletin, phpBB, signatures, post counts and the ban hammer

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/forums-2010

   Before Reddit and Discord ate them, forums were where the internet talked in 2010: vBulletin and phpBB boards for every hobby, game and band, with avatars, signature...

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2. Photobucket - Where MySpace and forum images lived

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/photobucket

   Photobucket hosted the images that people hot-linked into MySpace profiles, forum signatures and eBay listings. In 2010 it was one of the most-visited image hosts in the...

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3. Something Awful - The forums that cost ten bucks

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/something-awful

   Something Awful's forums, where an account cost $9.95, were one of the most influential communities on the 2010 internet. Goons popularised Let's Play videos, ran early...

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4. imho / imo - In my (humble) opinion; the standard forum hedge before a strong opinion.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-imho

   imho / imo: In my (humble) opinion; the standard forum hedge before a strong opinion. Example: "imho Firefox is still better than Chrome"

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5. bump - Posting in a forum thread to push it back to the top of the list.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-bump

   bump: Posting in a forum thread to push it back to the top of the list. Example: "bump, still looking for a Halo: Reach group"

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6. necro - Reviving a long-dead forum thread, usually frowned upon.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-necro

   necro: Reviving a long-dead forum thread, usually frowned upon. Example: "nice necro, this thread is from 2007"

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7. sig - The signature image or text under every forum post, often an animated banner.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-sig

   sig: The signature image or text under every forum post, often an animated banner. Example: "nice sig, is that from your guild?"

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8. PM me - Send me a private message on the forum.

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-pm

   PM me: Send me a private message on the forum. Example: "PM me for the torrent link"

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9. Deal With It - Sunglasses drop, argument over

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/deal-with-it

   The "Deal With It" GIF, a pair of pixel sunglasses sliding onto a face, originated on the Something Awful forums in 2010 and became the standard way to end an argument...

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10. Baidu - China's search engine, after Google walked away

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/baidu

    Baidu was already the dominant search engine in China when Google stopped censoring google.cn in March 2010 and redirected users to Hong Kong. Baidu's share of Chinese...

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11. Demotivational posters - A black border, a photo, a word in serif, and a cruel caption

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/demotivational-posters

    Demotivational posters parodied corporate motivational posters: a photo in a black frame, a one-word title and a deflating caption. Despair.com started the joke in 1998,...

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12. Trolling - Do not feed the trolls

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/trolling

    Trolling, provoking people online for amusement, was the internet's defining pastime in 2010, from YouTube comment wars to 4chan raids to Trollface. "Don't feed the...

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13. Minecraft (Alpha and Beta) - A Java game sold from a one-man website, before it ruled the world

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/minecraft

    In 2010 Minecraft was an alpha you bought for about 10 euros from Markus "Notch" Persson's website and played in a Java window. Survival mode had arrived in 2009, Alpha...

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14. tl;dr

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-tldr

    tl;dr: Too long; didn't read. A complaint about a long post, or a one-line summary placed at the end of one. Example: "tl;dr Digg v4 sucks, we're all on Reddit now"

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15. epic fail - A spectacular failure; the superlative of FAIL.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-epic-fail

    epic fail: A spectacular failure; the superlative of FAIL. Example: "Digg v4 = epic fail"

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16. VKontakte - Russia's Facebook, with a music library

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/vkontakte

    VKontakte (VK) was the dominant social network across Russia and the former Soviet states in 2010. Its interface closely resembled early Facebook, but it let users...

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17. 4chan - Anonymous, /b/, and the meme factory

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/4chan

    4chan's anonymous image boards, especially /b/, generated much of the internet's meme vocabulary in 2010 and gave rise to Anonymous, which attacked PayPal and Visa in...

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18. Inception - The blockbuster of 2010, and the BWONG that launched a thousand trailers

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/inception

    Christopher Nolan's Inception, released in July 2010, was the year's most discussed film online: forums argued about the spinning top, the trailer's booming brass note...

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19. Lost: The End - The series finale the internet argued about for weeks

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/lost-finale

    Lost ended on 23 May 2010 with a two-and-a-half-hour finale watched by about 13.5 million Americans and dissected on forums, Twitter and recap blogs for weeks. The...

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20. RapidShare - Wait 60 seconds, then download

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/rapidshare

    RapidShare was the file locker of the late 2000s: paste a link, wait through a countdown, download one file at a time unless you paid for premium. In 2010 it was still...

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21. Facepalm - Captain Picard, hand over face

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/facepalm

    The facepalm, especially the still of Captain Picard with his hand over his face, was the standard forum and Reddit reaction to stupidity in 2010, along with the double...

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22. The animated GIF returns - Reaction GIFs, GIF sets and Tumblr's looping economy

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/gif-culture

    Animated GIFs, a 1990s relic, came roaring back in 2010 thanks to Tumblr's reblog culture: reaction GIFs from TV shows, GIF sets of scenes, and glitter graphics...

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23. Let's Play videos - From Something Awful screenshots to YouTube commentary

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/lets-play

    Let's Plays, playing a game while narrating it, began as screenshot threads on Something Awful and became a YouTube video genre by 2010, with Minecraft and horror games...

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24. FAIL and WIN - Epic fail, FAIL Blog, and the Fail Whale

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/fail

    "FAIL", stamped over a photo of a mishap, was 2010's favourite one-word verdict, with "epic fail" for the worst cases and "WIN" for their opposite. FAIL Blog published a...

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25. win - The opposite of fail; something excellent, also "full of win".

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-win

    win: The opposite of fail; something excellent, also "full of win". Example: "the Old Spice guy's responses are pure win"

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26. u mad? - A taunt implying the other person is angry, often paired with Trollface.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-u-mad

    u mad?: A taunt implying the other person is angry, often paired with Trollface. Example: "u mad bro?"

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27. Anonymous and Operation Payback - Guy Fawkes masks, LOIC, and the WikiLeaks payment war

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/anonymous-2010

    Anonymous, the loose collective born on 4chan, spent 2010 attacking anti-piracy groups and then, in December, the companies that cut off WikiLeaks: PayPal, Visa and...

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28. cool story bro - Sarcastic dismissal of a boring or pointless post.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-cool-story-bro

    cool story bro: Sarcastic dismissal of a boring or pointless post. Example: "cool story bro"

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29. I see what you did there - Acknowledging a pun or a sly joke.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-i-see-what-you-did-there

    I see what you did there: Acknowledging a pun or a sly joke. Example: "'Bed Intruder Song' on the Billboard charts... I see what you did there"

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30. pics or it didn't happen - A demand for proof of a claim made online.

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/slang-pics-or-it-didnt-happen

    pics or it didn't happen: A demand for proof of a claim made online. Example: "you met Bieber? pics or it didn't happen"

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