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The Ice Bucket Challenge
A bucket of ice, three nominations, and a viral fundraising campaign for ALS research and care.
Archive score96
Internet archive / 2014
Internet moments from 2014
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The Internet in 2014
Year reference
Instagram HyperlapseThe phone camera learned a new kind of motion.
Source: Instagram on YouTube- Algorithmic feeds and autoplaying video increasingly determined what traveled, rewarding instantly legible images and reactions.
- The Ice Bucket Challenge showed that a participatory social format could jump from personal timelines to news, celebrities, and fundraising.
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Trails from 2014
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Archive picks
02
“Shia LaBeouf” Live
A children’s choir, an orchestra, and an escalating story about “actual cannibal Shia LaBeouf” turned a comic song into a large-scale performance.
Archive score95
03
Too Many Cooks
It takes a lot to make a stew. A pinch of salt, a dash of dread.
Archive score94
04
Potato Salad
A $10 Kickstarter to make potato salad became a $55,492 lesson in what happens when the internet commits to a bit.
Archive score93
05
Dumb Starbucks
Nathan Fielder opened a Starbucks that was legally, spiritually, and repeatedly “dumb.”
Archive score93
06
Daily Struggle / Two Buttons
Two contradictory buttons turned indecision into a reusable visual sentence.
Archive score93
07
Tacky
Weird Al turned Pharrell’s “Happy” into a one-take parade of socks-with-sandals confidence.
Archive score92
08
Kermit Sipping Tea
Kermit sipping iced tea became a common format for pointed observations followed by “but that’s none of my business.”
Archive score91
09
TumblrThe Pear Wiggler
A dry pear-transport simulation became Tumblr’s imaginary punishment machine.
Archive score91
010
TheOdd1sOut
An early creator-controlled upload reveals the comedy voice before it became a larger internet rabbit hole.
Archive score90
011
Trucker’s Hitch
Trucker’s Hitch became a compact, instantly recognizable internet-comedy artifact.
Archive score89
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Dear Kitten
An older cat calmly welcomed a kitten to the house, then explained dogs, vacuum cleaners, and humans as if briefing a new employee.
Archive score89