Single-Serving Sites

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2009-04-24T15:21:16Z

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Single-Serving Sites <h2>About</h2> Single-serving sites are web sites comprised of a single page with a dedicated domain name and do only one thing. While such sites have existed since the dawn of the internet, the meme was detailed & named by popular linkblogger <a href="http://kottke.org">Jason Kottke</a> in 2008 In fact, one of the earliest intenet memes was a single serving site: the <a href="/memes/hampster-dance">Hampster Dance</a> <h2>List of Notable Single-Serving Sites</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://purple.com">Purple.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://sometimesredsometimesblue.com">Sometimes Red, Sometimes Blue.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://islostarepeat.com">Is Lost A Repeat?</a></li> <li><a href="http://amiawesome.com/">Am I Awesome?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.khaaan.com/">KHAAAAAAAAN</a></li> <li><a href="http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com">Barack Obama is Your Bicycle</a> (and numerous spinoffs)</li> </ul> Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle in particular has enjoyed a great deal of success and has been transformed into a book. You’re The Man Now Dog was a single-serving site created by Max Goldberg and inspired by an irreverent audio snippet from the film Finding Forrester. The format — one piece of looping audio, one piece of repeated image, quasi-3D text effects — was so widely replicated that Goldberg established <a href="http://ytmnd.com">ytmnd.com</a> as a community hub for this particular style of SSS. YTMND has gone on to launch many notable memes, including Captain Jean-Luc Picard, lol, internet, and Ueleleleleu (Batman) The single-serving concept has more recently spread to platforms like Twitter & Tumblr, where people create “themed” blogs/microblogs, such as the <a href="http://puddleblog.tumblr.com">Puddle Blog</a> (which features daily photos of the same puddle) and Twitter accounts like the <a href="http://twitter.com/towerbridge">Tower Bridge</a>, which documents the opening & closing of said and lets you know which ship was passing through. There are also Single Serving Sites based around instant reactions. <a href="http://instantrimshot.com/">Instant Rimshot</a>: the earliest and best-known reaction site. Follows a successful joke or one-liner. Equivalent to “BADUM-TISH!” in spoken conversation. <a href="http://sadtrombone.com/">Sad Trombone</a>: follows an ironic or tragicomic observation. Equivalent to the vocalized “sad trombone sound” in spoken conversation. <a href="http://buuurn.com/">Buuurn</a> (that’s three ’U’s): follows a stinging insult, comeback or retort. Equivalent to “Burn!”, “Zing!” or “Oh snap!” in spoken conversation. <a href="http://instantcrickets.com/">Instant Crickets</a>: follows a failed joke or non sequitur. Equivalent to an awkward silence in spoken conversation. <a href=http://iskanyewestadouchebag.com/>Is Kanye West a Douchebag?</a> There’s a little more to this one than first meets the eye.

2009-10-16T22:44:54Z

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