Memepool
Encyclopedia
Memepool is a multiple-author weblog, active from 1998 to 2008, that lists links to interesting, obscure, weird, or funny items on the web
along with a bit of commentary. Items often include multiple links with contents that conflict or comment on each other, similar to the sarcastic stylings of Suck.com
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Memepool was founded in 1998 by Joshua Schachter
and a number of the early contributors, making it one of the earliest weblogs. It was also one of the most popular early weblogs, with a reputation for strange and surprising links. It was maintained by Schachter and Jeff Smith. Schachter's links collected for Memepool were the predecessor of a project that later became del.icio.us.
Unlike many weblogs, Memepool has no significant element of self-revelation by its authors. Memepool does not have a commenting system, but many of its links came from emailed submissions from readers.
On March 6, 2007, Memepool had its first postings since January 8, 2007, marking the longest hiatus in the blog's history. Since April 22, 2008, no new posts have been made.
Memepool has an Internet Relay Chat
channel, irc.perl.org/#memepool.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
along with a bit of commentary. Items often include multiple links with contents that conflict or comment on each other, similar to the sarcastic stylings of Suck.com
Suck.com
Suck.com was one of the earliest ad-supported content sites on the Internet. It featured daily editorial content on a wide variety of topics, including politics and pop-culture and was targeted at Generation X...
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Memepool was founded in 1998 by Joshua Schachter
Joshua Schachter
Joshua Schachter is the creator of Delicious, creator of GeoURL, and co-creator of Memepool. He has a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh....
and a number of the early contributors, making it one of the earliest weblogs. It was also one of the most popular early weblogs, with a reputation for strange and surprising links. It was maintained by Schachter and Jeff Smith. Schachter's links collected for Memepool were the predecessor of a project that later became del.icio.us.
Unlike many weblogs, Memepool has no significant element of self-revelation by its authors. Memepool does not have a commenting system, but many of its links came from emailed submissions from readers.
On March 6, 2007, Memepool had its first postings since January 8, 2007, marking the longest hiatus in the blog's history. Since April 22, 2008, no new posts have been made.
Memepool has an Internet Relay Chat
Internet Relay Chat
Internet Relay Chat is a protocol for real-time Internet text messaging or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message as well as chat and data transfer, including file...
channel, irc.perl.org/#memepool.