re: 15 Most Influential Websites of All-Time

Posted by Obtuse1

Westside Bodymore Yo

Member since Sep 2016

25628 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 6:28 am to CHEDBALLZ

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Whats the Pirate Bay,

It is a torrent site.

Posted by jdd48

Baton Rouge

Member since Jan 2012

22086 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 6:34 am to Volvagia

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Hotmail
Geocities

Most definitely. Angelfire too. Yahoo! should also be higher on the list. Maybe not today, but it was one of the first popular search engines in the mid 90's, introduced an entire generation to chat rooms, was responsible for Chris Hansen becoming a household name, etc.

Posted by SECdragonmaster

Order of the Dragons

Member since Dec 2013

16208 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 6:35 am to RollTide1987

Drudge?

That big of a website?

Posted by chappaslappa

Member since Feb 2010

1254 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 6:37 am to Abadeebadaba

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Remove Match and replace with Miniclip, easily took up a majority of my day when I was a kid

Addictinggames.com >>>> miniclip

Newgrounds if you were a bad kid

Posted by mdomingue

Lafayette, LA

Member since Nov 2010

30290 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 6:43 am to Tigerbait357

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Surprised CNN isn't on there coming from NYT

This was published by Time Magazine, not the New York Times. Time magazine was owned by Time Warner, which also owns Turner Broadcasting which owns CNN, until 2014. Maybe they don’t like their former parent company anymore

Posted by Tiger Prawn

Member since Dec 2016

21896 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 7:05 am to RollTide1987

How is Myspace not on the list? Myspace started the whole social media craze

Posted by 632627

Member since Dec 2011

12758 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 7:14 am to Tiger Prawn

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How is Myspace not on the list? Myspace started the whole social media craze

I agree my space should be on there, but, for me, aol (although not a “website”) was really the first major catalyst; instant messaging, profiles, chat rooms, etc.

AOL should be on there with an asterisk, since it’s not a website.

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Posted by 50_Tiger

Dallas TX

Member since Jan 2016

40093 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 7:29 am to 632627

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AOL should be on there with an asterisk, since it’s not a website.

AIM is what you should be targeting.

AIM / MSN / ICQ can probably be grouped together.

Young 50_Tiger members customizing his away message for AIM

Posted by PaperPaintball92

Fly Navy

Member since Aug 2010

5297 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 7:37 am to RollTide1987

Wikipedia above Facebook?

Posted by Masterag

'Round Dallas

Member since Sep 2014

18805 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 7:48 am to SECdragonmaster

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Drudge?

That big of a website?

For a good 10 years if not more, pretty much all news stations got their leads from drudge.

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Posted by TH03

Mogadishu

Member since Dec 2008

171036 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 7:53 am to RollTide1987

Number 4 wouldn't be there if not for Myspace

Number 14 wouldn't be on there if not for Digg

Number 1 wouldn't be on there if not for Yahoo, alta Vista, et al

List is shite when you don't include the websites that were most influential on the websites listed.

Posted by TH03

Mogadishu

Member since Dec 2008

171036 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 7:54 am to Masterag

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For a good 10 years if not more, pretty much all news stations got their leads from drudge.

Srs? Not Reuters?

Posted by 632627

Member since Dec 2011

12758 posts

Posted on 10/23/17 at 8:00 am to 50_Tiger

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AIM is what you should be targeting.

AIM / MSN / ICQ can probably be grouped together.

now that I think about it, AOL needs to be #1 (with an asterisk, since it's not a website). before aol, there was the internet, but only in it's infancy. it was AOL that got people hooked on going online, checking their email, going into chat rooms and then instant messaging others. for better or worse, they were the first big player in social networking, and started us down the path to where we are today.