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fark.com
by tantalor 1y ago
fark.com
- 0xEF 1y agoFark feels like the echo of a dream these days. It's like the Friendster of news aggregators; it came on the scene first, set the tone for everything that followed, then faded from memory.
- RankingMember 1y agoI only knew it through the lens of it being a (good natured) punching bag of somethingawful.com. Today it's still up and being updated regularly, while somethingawful hasn't had a new article in half a decade+.
- the_af 1y agoSomething Awful is also missing from this history. Maybe too niche? Though for geeks and gamers it was well known, and (checks Wikipedia) it was launched on 1999... It was certainly a notable part of the internet culture of the era.
- RankingMember 1y agoI think it might not be well-known how much of current internet culture cascaded out from the hive that was the SA forums. 4chan was started by an SA goon, as was bellingcat, for example.
- the_af 1y agoWow. I knew about 4chan but not about bellingcat having its roots in SA.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoDrew Curtis Presents Drew Curtis' Fark.com By Drew Curtis