/r/internetcollection

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A collection of resources and stories on internet culture and subcultures, compiled for reference and preservation.

A collection of resources on digital culture and subcultures, along with things from all corners of the Internet, compiled for reference, preservation, and for others to look at. Message me (/u/snallygaster) if you are interested in contributing to this, or if you see some of your material on here and want it removed.

NOTES

  • Screenshots or transcriptions are placed in the comments if something is pieced together from a number of sources or an archive can't be made (or the archive has a chance of going down for some reason).
  • If a submission has "Archive:" on it rather than "Retrieved:", it means that the original source was still active last time I checked, so it's best to use the 'Original Source' link. Pls let me know if you try one on a link with "Archive" and it doesn't work.
  • Let me know if you have any questions or just want to chat about this sort of thing 'cause it's nice to talk about.

LINKS

RULES

In case anybody finds this sub, here are some rules of conduct:

  1. Follow the site-wide rules.

  2. Be respectful to the subject matter. This is a place to observe internet culture, not a place to laugh about how strange x subculture may be or make fun of those who participate in it. An exception can be made for PRED-type content and other depraved writings. However, serious critique and discussion is permitted.

  3. DON'T INTERFERE WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER.

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Sporting Dog News

note: 'Sporting Dog' in this context means dog that is used in dog fights. The site seems to be the first online version of a print publication that has since been moved elsewhere.

Author: Unknown

Years: 2012-2016

Category: MISC, Blogs

Original Source: http://sportingdognews.blogspot.com/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200224095643/http://sportingdognews.blogspot.com/

0 Comments
2020/12/31
16:20 UTC
27

The TSUKI Project

note: the TSUKI Project was a cryptic website run by somebody who may or may not have sincerely believed that members of the community would die and ascend to a new 'System'. While it was initially suspected to be an ARG, that was apparently not the intention of the owner, and it functioned more as a quasi-roleplaying effort and hangout for Lain fans. The site eventually was closed in favor of a short-lived imageboard; since then, the owner has occasionally reemerged to revive the community. See here for more information.

Author: Tsuki

Year: 2017

Category: SUBCULTURES, Cyberpunk

Original Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190122062304/https://systemspace.link/

Retrieved: https://new.systemspace.network/index.html

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20170519000546/https://systemspace.link/

0 Comments
2020/12/30
18:54 UTC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Hit The Character Limit Edition - Electronic Literature, Community Discussions, Media, & Misc

#ELECTRONIC LITERATURE

Chainmail and Copypasta

Fanfiction

Nonfiction

Original Fiction

Poetry

Misc

#COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS

Forum Posts

IRC Logs

Usenet

#MEDIA

Interactive Art

Webcomics

Zines

#MISC

Activism

Blogs

Institutions/Organizations

Personal Pages

Porn and Fetish

Misc

2 Comments
2020/12/30
18:25 UTC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Hit The Character Limit Edition - Internet Culture & Internet Subcultures

Asterisks ranging from 0-3 denote my favorites, evaluated by an arbitrary mixture of entertainment, historical value, uniqueness, learning value, drama content, and maybe some other stuff. The links with three asterisks are exceptional in my personal opinion but doesn't say anything about the value you might get out of it compared to a link with no asterisks. Enjoy!

#INTERNET CULTURE

Chans/Anonymous

History

Hoaxes

Project Chanology

Misc

#INTERNET SUBCULTURES

Aristasians

Bronies

Conspiracy Theorists

Cyberpunk

Fandom

Furries

Goreans

Hackers

Nerd/Gamer

New Age

Otaku/Weeaboo

Otakukin/Fictionkin

Otherkin

Roleplaying Community

Soulbonding/Multiplicity

Steampunk/Neo-Victorian

Therians

Troll Culture

Vampires

Vampiric Studies: Introduction to Study of Vampires

Misc

0 Comments
2020/12/30
18:24 UTC
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THE LONGEST TEXT EVER (I think)

note: an attempt to create the longest chain of text ever. I don't think it ended up being successful, but it's a great example of early-to-mid 00's humor.

Authors: Jenny, Meg

Year: 2004-2005

Category: ELECTRONIC LITERATURE, Chainmail and Copypasta

Original Source: https://www.angelfire.com/falcon/flamingchickens/abcd.html

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200601164810/https://www.angelfire.com/falcon/flamingchickens/abcd.html

1 Comment
2020/12/30
18:17 UTC
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Pyrate Punx Libertatia

note: the old website for an annual Punk gathering hosted by a collective based in Orange County. According to its Facebook Page, the collective is still active as of 2020.

Authors: Diablo Ex Machina, Calaveras Grande, Various(?)

Year: 1999-2006(?)

Category: SUBCULTURES, Misc

Original Source: http://www.pyratepunx.net/libertatia.htm

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20201230175533/http://www.pyratepunx.net/libertatia.htm

7 Comments
2020/12/30
18:01 UTC
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The Nibiru Council

note: The Nibiru Council was a group of people channeling aliens so that they could impart their wisdom to the people of the world. Today Nibiru is strongly linked to Christian conspiracy theories, and it was a conspiracy theory at its conception, but this is a very standard New Age website- especially in the earlier archive snapshots.

Author(s): Jelaila Starr, Devin

Year(s): 1997-Current

Category: SUBCULTURES, New Age

Original Source: http://www.nibiruancouncil.com

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20031210230905/http://www.nibiruancouncil.com/html/articles.html

2 Comments
2019/04/23
23:50 UTC
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The Furry Faith

note: this downloads a .mid file. They're annoying but harmless.

If you click here and filter by '.htm', you'll find a decent amount of content that wasn't linked on the homepage. It seems to have been run by a small group of furry rabbit enthusiasts in the mid-to-late 90's.

Author: Rabbitman, Other Contributors

Year: 1996(?)-2001(?)

Category: SUBCULTURES, Furries

Original Source: http://tigress.com/thefaith/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20010914175321/http://tigress.com:80/thefaith/

0 Comments
2019/04/23
23:29 UTC
11

Truth of the Spoon

note: long before colorful pills became a standard online discussion topic, one man tried to forcefeed netizens the ultimate redpill- that he is truly Neo of The Matrix (but real). The content on this website is scattered about even moreso than average for its time, but it's well-archived, so following the links should take you around well enough. Hint: take the red pill.

Author: DK (Neo)

Year: 2004-2009(?)

Category: SUBCULTURES, Soulbonding/Multiplicity

Original Source: http://www.truthofthespoon.net/index.html

Retrieved: https://web.archive.org/web/20070802120446/http://www.truthofthespoon.net/index.html

0 Comments
2019/04/23
22:57 UTC
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fatgoon.txt

note: a compilation of questionable things that Something Awful goons have said about their food intake. The same source also has a collection of quotes from indie game developer Derek Smart, people talking shit about Unix, and Slashdot troll posts.

Author(s): Various (compiled by fortune?)

Year(s): 2008(?)

Category: COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS, Forum Posts

Original Source: http://rolloffle.churchburning.org/fortune/fatgoon

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20080427174249/http://rolloffle.churchburning.org:80/fortune/fatgoon

3 Comments
2018/09/25
16:29 UTC
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Ulillillia City Software

note: I don't like posting well-known things here, but since the page went down, may as well. Ulillillia became a huge internet figure about a decade ago after Something Awful found his website, which revealed his extreme eccentricities. He has since conquered many of his problems through an inspiring amount of hard work, but in the process he stopped paying for his domain because he wanted to put the money to more productive use. While the death of the website is a loss to the internet, Ulillillia's dedication to self-improvement is nothing short of incredible.

Author(s): Ulillillia

Year(s): 2004-2015

Category: MISC, Personal Pages

Original Source: http://ulillillia.us/mainindex.shtml

Retrieved: https://web.archive.org/web/20070220134909/http://ulillillia.us/mainindex.shtml

0 Comments
2018/06/04
01:20 UTC
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KINGDOM OF BRANTONIA

note: the owner of this website, Bruce Alan Walton, became an extremely influential part of the online extraterrestrial conspiracy circuit by posting what seemed to be arcane knowledge about aliens from the mid 90's onward. Although his name and handle have been largely forgotten, the 'Branton Files' hold a place in alien theory history and still continue to influence it today.

Author(s): Bruce Alan Walton

Year(s): 1997-current (last updated in 2008?)

Category: SUBCULTURES, Conspiracy Theorists

Original Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/branton/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20040113203241/http://www.grizzlyden.org:80/

1 Comment
2018/06/04
01:09 UTC
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The Grizzly Den

note: at one point in the furry fandom there was a Sacramento-based fraternal society called The Grizzly Den. It doesn't seem to have made much of a mark on the fandom- the founder passed away in 2010, and the only trace left of the society is an archive of its modest homepage.

Author(s): Theo Benson

Year(s): 2001-2004

Category: SUBCULTURES, Furries

Original Source: http://www.grizzlyden.org/

Retrieved: https://web.archive.org/web/20040113203241/http://www.grizzlyden.org:80/

1 Comment
2018/05/17
04:51 UTC
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The Necrosoft Network

note: an old classifieds board and link hub for goths that apparently got some media attention in the mid 90's. There's not much left, but you can browse some of the classifieds here and other interesting pages here by searching 'htm' or 'html'. After the original Necrosoft Network went down, the owner began a slightly different venture simply called 'Gothic Classifieds' that ran with an astounding Web 1.0 layout until March or April of 2018.

Author(s): Dodger (webmaster), various

Year(s): 1995-2004, 2007-2018

Category: SUBCULTURES, Misc

Original Source: http://www.gothic-classifieds.com/necrosoft/, later http://gothic-classifieds.com

Retrieved: http://web.archive.org/web/20020604035039/http://www.gothic-classifieds.com:80/necrosoft/, https://web.archive.org/web/20110202111442/http://gothic-classifieds.com/

1 Comment
2018/05/17
04:45 UTC
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alt.lifestyle.furry Resource

note: the resource hub for the alt.lifestyle.furry usenet group, which splintered from alt.fan.furry in 1996 or 1997 in an attempt to create a community that is more tolerant and accepting of everyone. It has a huge list of links to the personal pages of community members.

Author(s): Ron Orr, Lupercal, various

Year(s): 2002(?)-2003

Category: SUBCULTURES, Furries

Original Source: http://www.yiffle.com/all/lifestyle/alf/

Retrieved: https://web.archive.org/web/20020808161817/http://www.yiffle.com:80/all/lifestyle/alf/

3 Comments
2018/04/15
23:03 UTC
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The Blood Coven

note: the very modest website of a vampire coven/chatroom. There's not too much to see on here, though there is some poetry!

Author(s): Khayman

Year(s): 1999-2001 (the coven had reportedly existed in various forms since 1995).

Category: SUBCULTURES, Vampires

Original Source: http://www.geocities.com:80/~vwjr/bc/index.html

Retrieved: http://web.archive.org/web/20020414012619/http://www.geocities.com:80/~vwjr/bc/index.html

0 Comments
2018/04/15
22:31 UTC
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Faith Leaks

note: a collection of leaks from Jehova's Witnesses, including but not limited to their handling of sex abuse cases.

Author(s): Ryan McKnight, Ethan Dodge, anonymous leakers

Year(s): 2017-current

Category: MISC, Activism

Original Source: https://faithleaks.org

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180325022915/https://faithleaks.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page (doesn't include pdfs, here's hoping there are back-ups in case the site goes down)

0 Comments
2018/04/15
22:23 UTC
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The Lisp Curse

note: an essay talking about the power of Lisp and its effects on the social behavior of Lisp hackers.

Author(s): Rudolf Winestock

Year(s): 2011

Category: SUBCULTURES, Hackers

Original Source: http://winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180311202809/http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html

2 Comments
2018/04/15
22:18 UTC
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Vampiric Studies: Introduction to Study of Vampires

note: this webpage caused a bit of controversy in the vampire community for making claims that they perceived to be dangerous, e.g. that you can tell if someone has AIDs if their blood smells bad. Apparently the author also had a cable access show in NYC. If only those could be retrieved...

Author(s): Catherene Teacher to 'Night's Children'

Year(s): 2003-current

Category: SUBCULTURES, Vampires

Original Source: http://www.vampiricstudies.com/ (previously on http://www.geocities.org/area51/rampart/1311/ archive since 1998)

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180408224929/http://www.vampiricstudies.com/

4 Comments
2018/04/08
23:02 UTC
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DeprogramWiki: Identifying and Deprogramming Undetectable Mind Controls

note: a collaborative resource for people who are subject to undetectable mind control. Here's the manifesto/FAQ.

Author(s): Sojan, various

Year(s): 2015(?)-Current

Category: SUBCULTURES, Conspiracy Theorists

Original Source: https://deprogramwiki.com/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180402022840/https://deprogramwiki.com/

1 Comment
2018/04/02
02:33 UTC
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Always Believe: A website for unicorns

note: a modest website dedicated to unicorn otherkin. while the forum posts and most of the graphics are gone, it's got some song lyrics, descriptions of unicorn otherkin, and some past-life memories and dreams from the author.

Author(s): Avenger

Year(s): 1998-2002(?)

Category: SUBCULTURES, Otherkin

Original Source: http://home.earthlink.net:80/~avenger42/

Retrieved: https://web.archive.org/web/20020116160230/http://home.earthlink.net:80/~avenger42/

0 Comments
2018/04/02
02:25 UTC
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Ice Chewers Bulletin Board - All about Chewing Ice

more obsessive than fetish-oriented, but the lines are blurred in cases like these.

Author(s): Various

Year(s): 2004-2018

Category: MISC, Porn and Fetish

Original Source: http://www.icechewing.com/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20180111063749/http://www.icechewing.com/

2 Comments
2018/03/23
02:56 UTC
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Wetting & Diaper Wonderland

a social network for piss fetish enthusiasts! upon finding this I realized that there is no category for porn and fetish, which is a huge oversight.

Author(s): Unknown, Various

Year(s): 2010-2018

Category: MISC, Porn and Fetish

Original Source: http://www.wettingwonderland.com/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.wettingwonderland.com/

0 Comments
2018/03/23
02:52 UTC
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House Kheperu

note: House Kheperu is probably the longest-running online religious movement based on vampirism (at least in terms of the ones with information freely available!). It's interesting looking through the archive to see how the website has changed over the years, and it certainly hasn't been a movement without controversy, which can be found relatively easily if you look around.

Author(s): Michelle Belanger

Year(s): 2001-2018 (there was an earlier website but not enough information to determine when it was founded.)

Category: SUBCULTURES, Vampires

Original Source: http://kheperu.org/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20170923104632/http://kheperu.org/

0 Comments
2018/03/22
12:21 UTC
5

Fablication of the Nanking Massacre

note: while this somewhat of a conspiracy theory, it doesn't really fit into Western conspiracy culture like the other 'Conspiracy Theorist' items, so it's going into 'misc'. Still an interesting bit of historical revisionism, though.

Author(s): Moguro Fukuzo

Year(s): 2014 (last updated 2015)

Category: MISC, Misc

Original Source: http://www.howitzer.jp/nanking/index.html#a01

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.howitzer.jp/nanking/index.html#a01

0 Comments
2018/02/27
04:48 UTC
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L’anomie: un Roman Existentialiste - /lit/ writes a novel.

note: 4chan's /lit/ has banded together to write an existentialist novel. As of writing this, it's 58 pages long. Since this is on Google Docs, pull up link in incognito or log into an account that's not connected to your identity if you're concerned about someone seeing your name.

Author(s): Anonymous

Year(s): 2018

Category: INTERNET CULTURE, Chans/Anonymous

Original Source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hh_X2K_3IGGGfpUqaObDTuvxgK_Pzm25yOQcuiitCXc/edit#heading=h.mn21rda5ln28

Archive: Will download and re-upload once the writing progression slows/stops.

0 Comments
2018/02/13
04:01 UTC
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Time Cube

note: usually I wouldn't put stuff in here that everyone knows about, but I just found out that the site went down and Gene Ray passed away. :( RIP

Author(s): Gene Ray

Year(s): 1997-2015

Category: INTERNET CULTURE, Misc

Original Source: http://www.timecube.com

Retrieved: https://web.archive.org/web/20160102030543/http://www.timecube.com/

3 Comments
2018/02/11
22:12 UTC
5

..*..madds..*..

note: a great example of a mid 2000's personal website, found by /u/duskulldoll. sO rAnDoM!

Author(s): Madison

Year(s):2004"(?)

Category: MISC, Personal Pages

Original Source: http://coo-coo-cachoo.tripod.com/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830060050/http://coo-coo-cachoo.tripod.com:80/

0 Comments
2018/01/22
05:16 UTC
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Green Egg

note: this is the official zine of the New Age Church of All Worlds, run by the founder of the religion. you can get access to different archived texts by going forward in time on archive.org. earlier archived issues on the old version of the website that were preserved can be found here (.html links).

Author(s): Various (Editor: Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and staff)

Year(s): 2006-2015 (in print since 1968, and it's still in print as a magazine that can be bought on a new website, but you have to pay to get access to the zines and can't get back issues so y'know.)

Category: MEDIA, Zines

Original Source: print, http://www.greeneggzine.com/

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20141217055559/http://greeneggzine.com/

0 Comments
2018/01/20
22:31 UTC
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Golden_Corral.txt

note: pretty entertaining story about Golden Corral.

Author(s): pjw

Year(s): 2014

Category: ELECTRONIC LITERATURE, Nonfiction

Original Source: http://www.pjwnex.us/media/text/Golden_Corral.txt

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20140807061735/http://www.pjwnex.us:80/media/text/Golden_Corral.txt

5 Comments
2018/01/20
21:51 UTC
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