On January 20th, 2008, a YouTube channel for Project Chanology was created. The next day, a video calling Anonymous members to action was uploaded. The protests held on February 10th, 2008 outside of Scientology churches were the first IRL Anonymous acts.

Three years ago, the single topic blog FML was launched by three French bloggers who co-founded the French precursor VDM (Vie de Merde).

Two years ago, Yosemite National Park resident Paul Vasquez recorded his reaction to an awe-inspiring sight of a "double rainbow," which became one of the most viral videos of the summer that same year.

Back in January 2004, Democrat Howard Dean's shrieking "BYAH!!!" speech at a post-caucus rally in Iowa became a well-known remix sensation.

Two years ago, UK Facebook users made a bold statement against Cowell's hit reality show by forcing Rage Against the Machine's 1992 protest song to the number 1 spot in the Billboards singles chart.