BAKERS DOZEN: **POPULAR WEBSITES: ONCE POPULAR WEBSITES THAT ARE NO LONGER AROUND** - General Discussion Discussion

[–] rex (2808) a year ago

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[–] nyctc7 (44103) a year ago

What is that? Nothing resembling a once-popular site comes up in a Google search or Wayback Machine search
https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/dtxunderground.com

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[–] rex (2808) a year ago

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[–] sadpopcorn (2218) a year ago

1. Boo.com [over $100 million was invested in the website] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
2) dtxunderground.com

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[–] DrexlBickle (2455) a year ago

1. Boo.com [over $100 million was invested in the website] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
2) dtxunderground.com
3. Nupedia.com

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[–] sadpopcorn (2218) a year ago

Was that a thing?

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[–] DrexlBickle (2455) a year ago

It's considered as the predecessor of Wikipedia.

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[–] sadpopcorn (2218) a year ago

Interesting...looks like a xxx site

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[–] DrexlBickle (2455) a year ago

Wasn't aware of that. My bad.
I meant this website.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia

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[–] sadpopcorn (2218) a year ago

It's okay.

I never clicked it. I just hope your not a pervert who could kill me lol

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[–] DrexlBickle (2455) a year ago

Okay hahaha.
You've got me there. 😆

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[–] DrexlBickle (2455) a year ago

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[–] nyctc7 (44103) a year ago

1. Boo.com [over $100 million was invested in the website] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
2) dtxunderground.com
3. Nupedia.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia
4. AltaVista.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista

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[–] mikethemartian (6992) a year ago

AltaVista is still the number one search engine used in Pawnee, Indiana.

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[–] nyctc7 (44103) a year ago

You had me there for a second :)

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[–] jriley555 (8541) a year ago

1. Boo.com [over $100 million was invested in the website] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
2. dtxunderground.com
3. Nupedia.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia
4. AltaVista.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista
5. Infoseek.com - early search engine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoseek

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[–] nyctc7 (44103) a year ago

1. Boo.com [over $100 million was invested in the website] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
2. dtxunderground.com
3. Nupedia.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia
4. AltaVista.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista
5. Infoseek.com - early search engine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoseek
5. Friendster.com - an early MySpace-type site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster

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[–] nyctc7 (44103) a year ago

I screwed up numbering here

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[–] mikethemartian (6992) a year ago

1. Boo.com [over $100 million was invested in the website] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
2. dtxunderground.com
3. Nupedia.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia
4. AltaVista.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista
5. Infoseek.com - early search engine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoseek
5. Friendster.com - An early MySpace-type site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster
6. https://hamsterdance.com

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[–] nyctc7 (44103) a year ago

1. Boo.com [over $100 million was invested in the website] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo.com
2. dtxunderground.com
3. Nupedia.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia
4. AltaVista.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista
5. Infoseek.com - early search engine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoseek
5. Friendster.com - an early MySpace-type site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster
6. https://hamsterdance.com
7. https://www.napster.com/us (as it originally existed) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster

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