25 Questions Early 2000s Internet Users Need Answered

Mystery shrouds the early days of the internet. Where did any of this stuff come from, and why did most of it just vanish into thin air? Thanks...

By RustyBuckler

Published 3 years ago in Wow

Mystery shrouds the early days of the internet. Where did any of this stuff come from, and why did most of it just vanish into thin air?

Thanks to r/AskReddit, we were reminded of the nostalgic obscurities from the beginning of the internet.

1
Who tf created those Limewire scam torrents. All I wanted to do, is to download Limp Bizkit for my CD player and all I got was German porn. -u/goatandlamb

2
Who exactly John Titor was. He could have been a computer engineer who worked on computers in the 1960s, or he was a normal dude who was obsessed with old computers, or he was a time traveler. -u/aporkchopexpress

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How is ebaumsworld still online? -u/Nytherion

5
Polybius -u/faelwolf
6
How does Strong Bad type with boxing gloves on? -u/ANerdAward
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Who exactly John Titor was. He could have been a computer engineer who worked on computers in the 1960s, or he was a normal dude who was obsessed with old computers, or he was a time traveler. -u/aporkchopexpress

8
Made me think about those cicada 3301 riddles, has that been solved yet? -u/ireallylovepierogi
9
Pour one out for yahoo games room. -ritabook
10
The truth about Icy Hot Stunnaz. -u/dirtymoney

11
Livejournal was not my favorite. -u/MrsRossGeller
12
Diaryland was my favorite.
13
How long my geocities page would be “under construction”.

14
Honestly though, what the hell was Salad Fingers? -u/mockingwillow
15
Will Newgrounds ever recover its popularity as a pre-youtube video host?
16
What happened to Hampsterdance.com? -u/lushlauraxo

17
Who started all those stupid chain mails and why are they still doing this s**t? -u/DocSternau
18
How the hell did my AOL kids account know which websites were/were not safe in a dial-up era…and why was dragon fable always flagged -u/Aaronsosketchy
19
When will we get our Zombo.com newsletter? -u/Doofutchie

20
Who kicked my dog? -U/SafeSexJimmy
21
The identity of the creator of bitcoin. Still no proof of who they are. -u/zanesenjak
22
Why did no one accept the truth of the four-sided timecube? -u/APeacefulWarrior

23
The author of My Immortal. a few people have "come forward", but were later revealed to be lying. the true author of that masterpiece, as well as whether or not it was intentionally satire, is still unknown... -u/Neighborhood_Cryptid
24
Whatever happened to Jeeves? -u/epicurious
25
Whatever happened to Bloodninja after he put on his robe and wizard hat? -u/Jazeraine-S