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When Gizmodo published a report, ‘100 Websites That Shaped The Internet As We Know It’, we were hooked. Who wouldn’t be?
Gizmodo explains that a place on this list doesn’t mean the “best.” “A number of Sites on this list are cesspools now and always have been. We’re not even sure the Internet was a good idea—we’ll need another few decades before we come to any conclusions.”
So what exactly was the thinking behind this kinda list? Gizmodo offers this by way of explanation:
In this case, we set out to rank the websites—not apps (like Instagram), not services (like PayPal)—that influenced the very nature of the internet, changed the world, stole ideas better than anyone, pioneered a genre, or were just really important to us.Other sites have been net positives for humanity and gave us a glimpse of what can happen when the world works together. In many ways this list is an evaluation of power and who has seized it. In other ways, it’s an appreciation of the places that still make the web worth surfing.
On the list are some “very old” Sites such as ‘Goatse’, Something Awful’ & newer ones like search engine, ‘DuckDuckGo.’ Catch up with the list here.
