Οld internet museum 2005-2008

Old Internet Museum · fan-made educational recreation2000–2012 · before the endless feed

Part I · The social web is born

OLD INTERNET MUSEUM

Walk through the social web before likes, shares, views and algorithmic feeds became the center of everything.

2000–20042005–20082009–2012

2005–2008: social networks became mainstream, but the personal profile was still the center of the experience. Music, skins, comments, guestbooks and personal pages gave users a strong sense of ownership.

2005200620072008

Bebo

2005–2013

Profiles, skins, friends, comments and a strong teenage/young-adult community.

Personal profile design remained central.

Netlog

1999–2015

Profiles, blogs, photos, messages and European social networking.

Popular across Europe before Facebook became dominant.

Tagged

2004–

Profiles, browsing users, gifts and friend discovery.

More discovery-oriented than many profile-first networks.

Piczo

2003–2012

Users built highly customized personal websites with photos, text and decorations.

Closer to making your own web page than filling a standardized profile.

Fotolog

2002–2019

Photo blogging built around a small number of daily uploads and comments.

Slower posting created a very different rhythm from today's feeds.

hi5 / MySpace peak

2006–2008

The profile era reached its peak: music, comments, custom pages, visitors and friend lists.

Identity lived on your page, not only inside a stream of posts.

The profile was the destination

In this period, users often spent time decorating a profile, choosing a song, writing an “about me”, visiting friends one by one and leaving comments or scraps. The page itself had personality.

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Historical fan recreation for education and nostalgia. Brand names belong to their respective owners.

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