Internet time machine / 2004

2004 was a year the internet learned to perform for itself.

Webcams became stages, weird songs became shared language, and one clip could travel everywhere before anyone called it a content strategy.

Archive order

The moments everyone kept sending

01

Video · Webcam classic

Numa Numa

Before reaction videos, there was one guy having the time of his life at a webcam.

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Archive score99

02

Video · Flash horror-comedy

Salad Fingers

“I like rusty spoons.”

flashanimationsurreal
Archive score96

03

Jay Maynard wearing his illuminated Tron costume

Meme · DIY internet celebrity

Tron Guy

A handmade light-up suit became a perfect snapshot of the web discovering its own people.

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Archive score89