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The document traces the history and evolution of Lolcats and I Can Has Cheezburger from their origins on 4chan in early 2007 to the present. It outlines the various eras through which the Lolcat phenomenon grew from a small blog in 2007 to one of the most popular humor sites on the internet by 2008, including periods of rapid server growth and the move to its own domain name and WordPress hosting. Traffic and photos shared continued increasing into the hundreds of millions as Lolcats spread across the internet.
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The document traces the history and evolution of Lolcats and I Can Has Cheezburger from their origins on 4chan in early 2007 to the present. It outlines the various eras through which the Lolcat phenomenon grew from a small blog in 2007 to one of the most popular humor sites on the internet by 2008, including periods of rapid server growth and the move to its own domain name and WordPress hosting. Traffic and photos shared continued increasing into the hundreds of millions as Lolcats spread across the internet.
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The Lolean Timescale
Friday, August 22, 2008 1
Pretubian Era
Before AG (Al Gore)
Friday, August 22, 2008 2
Funky Father of Lolcats
Friday, August 22, 2008 3
Forumobscene Era
2004 - 2006
Friday, August 22, 2008 4
4chan, SA, etc.
Friday, August 22, 2008 5
Sharedhostean Era
Jan. 2007 - Apr. 2007
Friday, August 22, 2008 6
How It All Started
omg. look
@ cute
picture.
Proto
Tofuburger
January 9, 2007 @ 2 in the morning
Friday, August 22, 2008 7
Next Morning
Friday, August 22, 2008 8
chz tofu
They Make A Blog
Friday, August 22, 2008 9
Feb: Servers Die & Die
Friday, August 22, 2008 10
Mar: 2TB in 2 weeks
Friday, August 22, 2008 11
Jan. - Mar.
10
0
1/2007 2/2007 3/2007
Friday, August 22, 2008 12
Notimetosleepican Era
Apr. 2007 - Sep. 2007
Friday, August 22, 2008 13
Apr: Move to WP.com
Friday, August 22, 2008 14
Weekend Project
Friday, August 22, 2008 15
Jan. - Sep.
20
10
0
1/07 2/07 3/07 4/07 5/07 6/07 7/07 8/07 9/07
Friday, August 22, 2008 16
Whathavewedone Era
Sep. 2007 - Dec. 2007
Friday, August 22, 2008 17
Knowledge: Zero KB
Friday, August 22, 2008 18
Good Solutions Are
Simple Solutions
Friday, August 22, 2008 19
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Friday, August 22, 2008 20
2007
40
30
20
10
0
1/07 2/07 3/07 4/07 5/07 6/07 7/07 8/07 9/07 10/07 11/07 12/07
Friday, August 22, 2008 21
Programmatica Era
Jan. 2008 - Mar. 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008 22
Insanity is...
Friday, August 22, 2008 23
... doing the same thing
over and over and
expecting different results.
Friday, August 22, 2008 24
I <3 Contradictions
Friday, August 22, 2008 25
Myth of Progress
Friday, August 22, 2008 26
Reality
Friday, August 22, 2008 27
First 14 Months
60
End of the world
50
40
30
20
10
0
1/07 2/07 3/07 4/07 5/07 6/07 7/07 8/07 9/07 10/07 11/07 12/07 1/08 2/08 3/08
Friday, August 22, 2008 28
Lotsoblogs Era
Apr. 2008 - Now
Friday, August 22, 2008 29
The Burger Family
Friday, August 22, 2008 30
Totally Looks Like
Friday, August 22, 2008 31
All Time
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 1/07 2/07 3/07 4/07 5/07 6/07 7/07 8/07 9/07 10/07 11/07 12/07 1/08 2/08 3/08 4/08 5/08 6/08 7/08 8/08
Friday, August 22, 2008 32
Cat Pictures
200 Mbps
80 PV/Sec
1 billion+ PV
Friday, August 22, 2008 33
30-days At A Time
Friday, August 22, 2008 34
http://icanlol.com/gdex-ichc.pdf
