It's about time to wrap things up for 2013, only another two-ish, so lets get to talking about what happened this year on the internet and decide on what we will remember most.
Snowden comes to mind and his big NSA document leak. For internet happenings that one is pretty epic.
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Wil Wheaton's Tabletop Youtube show got my family playing board games again. Tabletop day was a huge success for game stores. It may even help keep some open (rampant speculation).
e: Hrm, first episode in 2012. Well there's always Tabletop Day... does that count as an internet thing?
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the youtube DMCA claim debacle seems to be a pretty big deal right now. the thread here on the forums was going strong for a while too.
Also the forced Google+ integration, the MCN thing, allowing people to post entire books or screenplays as comments, allowing people to post links to porn/viruses as comments, and generally just being terrible.
the youtube DMCA claim debacle seems to be a pretty big deal right now. the thread here on the forums was going strong for a while too.
Also the forced Google+ integration, the MCN thing, allowing people to post entire books or screenplays as comments, allowing people to post links to porn/viruses as comments, and generally just being terrible.
Or the fact that it asks me if I want to use my real name every other day! No google, for the 20th time, BYToady is fine.
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Hmmm, political events aside, the Google+ integration with YouTube was a pretty big story. Within our realm of interests (I assume) Microsoft's meltdown in the face of criticism of their DRM plans was pretty major and has probably granted Sony a resounding success in their little launch window war. From an entertainment perspective, the VGX show was so surreal and bad I think it begs a mention.
Hmmm, political events aside, the Google+ integration with YouTube was a pretty big story. Within our realm of interests (I assume) Microsoft's meltdown in the face of criticism of their DRM plans was pretty major and has probably granted Sony a resounding success in their little launch window war. From an entertainment perspective, the VGX show was so surreal and bad I think it begs a mention.
Yeah, its probably a toss-up between the Xbox One backlash, and the Google+ backlash.
Hmmm, political events aside, the Google+ integration with YouTube was a pretty big story. Within our realm of interests (I assume) Microsoft's meltdown in the face of criticism of their DRM plans was pretty major and has probably granted Sony a resounding success in their little launch window war. From an entertainment perspective, the VGX show was so surreal and bad I think it begs a mention.
Yeah, its probably a toss-up between the Xbox One backlash, and the Google+ backlash.
I actually wasn't aware of any Google+ backlash...
Just remembered the Simcity fiasco was this year too, so that's also a contender. Ironically I was actually having a lot of fun with it for the two hours it took me to realize that it was just a lot of pretty window dressing surrounding a fundamentally broken game.
I guess ACA has been here awhile, but the whole rollout thing was pretty huge.
Oh yeah, that one was up there, that gets the award for worst launch of the year that got the most press.
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I think the Simcity fiasco and the Xbox One drama can be rolled into one event, and that being the fact that this year a whole lot more attention was drawn to whether we even want an always-online future.
The reddit internet detectives during the boston bombings, leading to an innocent guy being in fear for his life among tons more catastrophic stupidity.
The reddit internet detectives during the boston bombings, leading to an innocent guy being in fear for his life among tons more catastrophic stupidity.
I wonder if this should go under "year of the internet vigilante" I know it's nothing new but it seems we had a lot of it. The boston bombings, Spike Lee tweeting George Martins (incorrect) address, want to say there was another address of a high profile defendant tweeted. Just last night supposedly a swat team was at phantomlords house after someone on twitch called in a hostage situation. I'm sure I'm missing some, just seems like there was a lot of internet vigilantes this year that messed with innocent peoples lives.
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e: Hrm, first episode in 2012. Well there's always Tabletop Day... does that count as an internet thing?
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This sure was a lame year..
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Also the forced Google+ integration, the MCN thing, allowing people to post entire books or screenplays as comments, allowing people to post links to porn/viruses as comments, and generally just being terrible.
That feels like years ago but apparently is was just in February.
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Or the fact that it asks me if I want to use my real name every other day! No google, for the 20th time, BYToady is fine.
Yeah, its probably a toss-up between the Xbox One backlash, and the Google+ backlash.
Personally my internet event of The year was the drawing thread in the holiday forum over Christmas here. I was in stitches.
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I actually wasn't aware of any Google+ backlash...
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Youtube started forcing people to use G+ if they wanted to comment, that is what started the riot.
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Oh yeah, that one was up there, that gets the award for worst launch of the year that got the most press.
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And the 'one sign in' bullshit where you can't use Gtalk without it signing you into Gmail, Youtube, etc.
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Serious Contenders: The ACA Rollout, Snowden/NSA, Government Shutdown
Funny Contenders: Doge pics, Harlem Shake
Music: Blurred Lines, Thrift Shop
Vidjagames: Xbox DRM Debacle, SimCity Debacle, Battlefield 4 Debacle.
... I think the Doge wins.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
You mean the "I'm gonna keep watching Youtube videos while bitching in the comments a lot" riot of 2013?
I wonder if this should go under "year of the internet vigilante" I know it's nothing new but it seems we had a lot of it. The boston bombings, Spike Lee tweeting George Martins (incorrect) address, want to say there was another address of a high profile defendant tweeted. Just last night supposedly a swat team was at phantomlords house after someone on twitch called in a hostage situation. I'm sure I'm missing some, just seems like there was a lot of internet vigilantes this year that messed with innocent peoples lives.