The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agoThe early internet was so human and genuine.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square283linkfedilinkarrow-up11.38Karrow-down122
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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·3 days agoYouTube wasn’t around for half of the mid-2000s.
minus-squareSc00ter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down2·3 days agoIt was launched in 2005… literally mid 2000 when delineated by decade
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoAnd it beat television, because funny videos could swear freely, or use any song as a gag, without it being a big deal. God dammit.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-23 days agoRight, so it existed in the latter half of the decade, not in a span of time covering the whole middle. If the “mid-2000s” were to cover, say, the four years 2003-2006, YouTube would have existed for half of that - not 2003 or 2004, but 2005 and 2006.
YouTube wasn’t around for half of the mid-2000s.
It was launched in 2005… literally mid 2000 when delineated by decade
And it beat television, because funny videos could swear freely, or use any song as a gag, without it being a big deal.
God dammit.
Right, so it existed in the latter half of the decade, not in a span of time covering the whole middle.
If the “mid-2000s” were to cover, say, the four years 2003-2006, YouTube would have existed for half of that - not 2003 or 2004, but 2005 and 2006.