Internet Artifacts
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Internet Artifacts
YouTube gained popularity as a video widget to be embedded in blogs and other websites.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
YouTube would likely never have become a staple of pop culture without the small, early team that cemented its coolness and nurtured its first viral hits. But at the same time, YouTube may not have become the behemoth it is today if it had kept relying on human curators.
Mark Bergen • Just a Few People Crowned Some of YouTube’s Earliest Hits
FFFFOUND! was a social bookmarking web site that allowed registered users to share already existing images on the Internet and to receive personalized recommendations of other images. Users not registered could view these posts and the corresponding recommendations; registration was strictly by invitation. The site was established in 2007 by Yosuke... See more