What happened during Wikipedia’s 24 hour blackout? Many took their complaints to Twitter and Facebook, while others figured out the ways to bypass the block. Some even jokingly opted for Microsoft Encarta, Wikipedia’s forgotten rival from the last decade.
The YouTube fad of dancing solo to the 1996 Ginuwine song Pony went largely unnoticed for nearly four years before a single topic blog was created to showcase the highlights.
A video of Jefferson Bethke performing a poem about why he loves Jesus but hates religion received over 1.4 million Facebook shares within five days. It has spawned an image macro series of contradicting feelings.
In January 2007, a group of 21 posters from 4chan’s /a/ (anime) board formed a group in order to complete a dating sim game about teenagers living in a boarding school for people with disabilities. Five years later, the game was released, quickly sparking a growing fan community.