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10 things you probably forgot about if you went to middle school from 2004-2007

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Why it worked

The post leverages high-intensity nostalgia for a specific, formative period of internet culture, encouraging high engagement through comments and shares from a specific generational cohort.

Summary

A nostalgic slideshow listing various internet trends and habits popular among middle schoolers between 2004 and 2007. The creator invites viewers to comment with other memories from that era.

Structure

1Introduction to the 2004-2007 middle school internet era
2MySpace surveys and LiveJournal diaries
3Quizilla and Tiger Beat compatibility quizzes
4AIM screen names and chain messages
5Love calculators and profile songs
6Learning HTML via Lissa Explains

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what did i miss??

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10 things you probably forgot about if you went to middle school from 2004-2007 MySpace "100 Things About Me" surveys Those ridiculously long surveys you'd fill out and post for everyone to read. LiveJournal Having an online diary that your friends could read and somehow thinking that was private. Quizilla Taking quizzes like "What does your crush REALLY think about you?" and trusting the results. Tiger Beat quizzes Finding out which celebrity you were "most compatible" with and taking the results extremely seriously. LYLAS You knew exactly what this meant and probably had it saved in someone's contact info. Chain messages "Send this to 10 people or something bad will happen." And you actually did it. AIM screen names Spending way too much time coming up with the perfect screen name. Love calculators Putting your name and your crush's name into a random website to find out your compatibility percentage. MySpace profile songs Your song choice was basically a public announcement about your current emotional state. Lissa Explains learning HTML so you could customize your MySpace and make your own website

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if you were in middle school around 2004–2007, you were truly online before the internet became what it is now. MySpace surveys, Quizilla, LiveJournal, LYLAS, chain messages, Lissa Explains… we really had a whole different internet. what did i miss?? #2#2000snostalgiam#millennialnostalgia2#2000sinternetm#middleSchoolnostalgianostalgia