25 Questions Early 2000s Internet Users Need Answered

RustyBuckler Published 11/05/2021 in wow

Mystery shrouds the early days of the internet. Where did any of this stuff come from, and why did most of it just vanish into thin air?

Thanks to r/AskReddit, we were reminded of the nostalgic obscurities from the beginning of the internet.

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1.
Will Newgrounds ever recover its popularity as a pre-youtube video host?
2.
Will the Escape Velocity franchise finally get a multiplayer release?
3.
Why can't I remember my MySpace password? -u/Nytherion
4.
Whatever happened to Bloodninja after he put on his robe and wizard hat? -u/Jazeraine-S
5.
Whatever happened to Jeeves? -u/epicurious
6.
The author of My Immortal. a few people have "come forward", but were later revealed to be lying. the true author of that masterpiece, as well as whether or not it was intentionally satire, is still unknown... -u/Neighborhood_Cryptid
7.
Why did no one accept the truth of the four-sided timecube? -u/APeacefulWarrior
8.
The identity of the creator of bitcoin. Still no proof of who they are. -u/zanesenjak
9.
Who kicked my dog? -U/SafeSexJimmy
10.
When will we get our Zombo.com newsletter? -u/Doofutchie
11.
How the hell did my AOL kids account know which websites were/were not safe in a dial-up era…and why was dragon fable always flagged -u/Aaronsosketchy
12.
Who started all those stupid chain mails and why are they still doing this s**t? -u/DocSternau
13.
What happened to Hampsterdance.com? -u/lushlauraxo
14.
Who tf created those Limewire scam torrents. All I wanted to do, is to download Limp Bizkit for my CD player and all I got was German porn. -u/goatandlamb
15.
Honestly though, what the hell was Salad Fingers? -u/mockingwillow
16.
How long my geocities page would be “under construction”.
17.
Diaryland was my favorite.
18.
Livejournal was not my favorite. -u/MrsRossGeller
19.
The truth about Icy Hot Stunnaz. -u/dirtymoney
20.
Pour one out for yahoo games room. -ritabook
21.
Made me think about those cicada 3301 riddles, has that been solved yet? -u/ireallylovepierogi
22.
Who exactly John Titor was. He could have been a computer engineer who worked on computers in the 1960s, or he was a normal dude who was obsessed with old computers, or he was a time traveler. -u/aporkchopexpress
23.
How does Strong Bad type with boxing gloves on? -u/ANerdAward
24.
Polybius -u/faelwolf
25.
How is ebaumsworld still online? -u/Nytherion
26.
27.
Who exactly John Titor was. He could have been a computer engineer who worked on computers in the 1960s, or he was a normal dude who was obsessed with old computers, or he was a time traveler. -u/aporkchopexpress

1.
Will Newgrounds ever recover its popularity as a pre-youtube video host?
2.
Will the Escape Velocity franchise finally get a multiplayer release?
3.
Why can't I remember my MySpace password? -u/Nytherion
4.
Whatever happened to Bloodninja after he put on his robe and wizard hat? -u/Jazeraine-S
5.
Whatever happened to Jeeves? -u/epicurious
6.
The author of My Immortal. a few people have "come forward", but were later revealed to be lying. the true author of that masterpiece, as well as whether or not it was intentionally satire, is still unknown... -u/Neighborhood_Cryptid
7.
Why did no one accept the truth of the four-sided timecube? -u/APeacefulWarrior
8.
The identity of the creator of bitcoin. Still no proof of who they are. -u/zanesenjak
9.
Who kicked my dog? -U/SafeSexJimmy
10.
When will we get our Zombo.com newsletter? -u/Doofutchie
11.
How the hell did my AOL kids account know which websites were/were not safe in a dial-up era…and why was dragon fable always flagged -u/Aaronsosketchy
12.
Who started all those stupid chain mails and why are they still doing this s**t? -u/DocSternau
13.
What happened to Hampsterdance.com? -u/lushlauraxo
14.
Who tf created those Limewire scam torrents. All I wanted to do, is to download Limp Bizkit for my CD player and all I got was German porn. -u/goatandlamb
15.
Honestly though, what the hell was Salad Fingers? -u/mockingwillow
16.
How long my geocities page would be “under construction”.
17.
Diaryland was my favorite.
18.
Livejournal was not my favorite. -u/MrsRossGeller
19.
The truth about Icy Hot Stunnaz. -u/dirtymoney
20.
Pour one out for yahoo games room. -ritabook
21.
Made me think about those cicada 3301 riddles, has that been solved yet? -u/ireallylovepierogi
22.
Who exactly John Titor was. He could have been a computer engineer who worked on computers in the 1960s, or he was a normal dude who was obsessed with old computers, or he was a time traveler. -u/aporkchopexpress
23.
How does Strong Bad type with boxing gloves on? -u/ANerdAward
24.
Polybius -u/faelwolf
25.
How is ebaumsworld still online? -u/Nytherion
26.
27.
Who exactly John Titor was. He could have been a computer engineer who worked on computers in the 1960s, or he was a normal dude who was obsessed with old computers, or he was a time traveler. -u/aporkchopexpress