15 most influential websites, Time Magazine.

[Lahis]

its rapidly growing and has already overtaken basically every other news source

And it's a far right site.


Figures.

[Konteil]

fake news. MMO-C isnt listed.

[Nasuuna]

And it's a far right site.


Figures.

all it is is links to other news sources >_>

it includes msnbc cnn fox ect. in its sources and links.

The person that runs it is libertarian.

[Lahis]

all it is is links to other news sources >_>

it includes msnbc cnn fox ect. in its sources and links.

The person that runs it is libertarian.

It's still just a portal that filters articles based in its agenda.

[Deletedaccount1]

I'm glad Drudge made the list. Most know the site because it was the first to break the Monica Lewinsky scandal but the fact that a site straight out of 1996 still looks and operates exactly the same is pretty incredibly. It is also also surprising helpful and influential.

[Gib Lover]

No Something Awful/4chan is a pretty glaring omission.

[Cosmic Janitor]

So the very first website, the one that demonstrated the brand new invention of hypertext styled documents, the technique that EVERY www site is based on to this day deserves pitty points!?!? Sickening view.
If anything, it is THE most influencial site EVER, and should be #1 really.

The first website is about as influential as the first TCP/IP Frame ever sent, the only difference is that one has been archived. I would never declare the first test of something to have an actual influence, it's a tech demo,something to remember with nostaliga in a museum enviroment, but not something that actually influences anything. Maybe as an engineer I simply am less prone to mystify a prove of concept. It's not at all how I would measure influence, the technology at the base of the website changed the structure of our entire civilisation, but the website itself is rather inconsequential.

[Sar-]

That depends entirely on how you define your criteria for influential. They could have put lycos and aol on the list as well because at some point in time they were relevant. Personally I'd take that more as honorable mention or some pitty points.

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Some right wing news-blog afaik.

Who could think that the first website ever created, defining some of the most essential standards which we still use to this day, isn't one of the most important websites ever made?



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The first website is about as influential as the first TCP/IP Frame ever sent, the only difference is that one has been archived. I would never declare the first test of something to have an actual influence, it's a tech demo,something to remember with nostaliga in a museum enviroment, but not something that actually influences anything. Maybe as an engineer I simply am less prone to mystify a prove of concept. It's not at all how I would measure influence, the technology at the base of the website changed the structure of our entire civilisation, but the website itself is rather inconsequential.

Not quite getting the concept behind this list.

[Swalload]

Fake news, where is pornhub?

Seriously.

Yeah, that list is rigged, pornhub is top 10, not a single doubt about that, they just didn't want to affiliate their article with pornography.

[GathOfBaal]

I have only been to 7 of those, and 2 of those 7 are so small that I shouldn't really count them. So like 5 reliably. Not sure what I should take out of that. I feel like I am doing good by not going to all of those "influential" sites.

[Rotted]

Didn't know Yahoo was still a thing. Used to use their e-mail as a kid. Didn't know people put up with their ad-crazed website anymore :P

Probably equally the news side of it and yahoo ask. So many people go their with stupid arse questions.

[yetgdhfgh]

No 4chan? The website that started online Hacktivism and made trolling mainstream?

That website was so influential it even got its founder Moot elected to TIME person of the year!!

[Amerrol]

What bigger influence can you have other than enabling people to find literally anything on the internet? Without Google, 90% of the internet would be unknown.

Because search engines didn't exist before Google...

[lockedout]

Yeah, that list is rigged, pornhub is top 10, not a single doubt about that, they just didn't want to affiliate their article with pornography.

How is porn hub influential? Were not talking most views etc.

[Molis]

Pandora is a quizzical one, given their own music approval scheme. I'd have actually put Napster there instead for its (relative) historical impact, or Spotify for current use.

Twitter, as completely shitty as it is in its design, should also be on this list somewhere.

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Sort of agree, CL is a fairly specific tool, with a far more limiting scope than something like eBay. Still, if / when there's something I want to sell, CL is the first place I post it. No fees, no nonsense, local cash sale in almost all cases. The downside is limited audience if you're trying to get rid of something very particular.

Pandora was the first to use a specific algorithm to randomize music selections.

Many many people copied them as success breeds lookalikes and competition.

You may questions them as their current market share is smaller and there are better options, but they were the first and were certainly influential to other spawns of music sites.

[Slant]

Because search engines didn't exist before Google...

No, they did actually not. What existed were directories and an abomination called Webcrawler, that really didn't know if it wanted to be a crawler or a directory. If you're young, you probably can't imagine trying to find something and being limited to the content that is listed in Yahoo. Trust me, it wasn't an accident that you kept going to the same sites over and over again.

These days, some websites don't even put up a search box for their own site. They just redirect you to Google. It's like they go "why bother, we can't search our own DB better than Google can... so you might as well use the superior product and we focus on the actual content of the site." That's how crucial Google searches are to the internet.

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How is porn hub influential? Were not talking most views etc.

While I wouldn't attribute Pornhub this attribute directly, the Porn industry has probably been the driving factor behind a lot of media related progress on the web. I don't want to glorify porn, but when it comes to anything video related, you can bet that Porn was among the pioneers.

Heck, I would be surprised if the first animated GIF widely circulated wasn't some chick bouncing her boobs.

[Daethz]

You expect me to believe 4chan didn't make the list?

Haha Most reddit topics come from there in the first place.

[Deleted]

>Not listing 4chan because they destroyed TIME's top 100 influential people poll in 2009

What cucks.

[Mormolyce]

That is a depressing fucking list.

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No 4chan? 10chars

What's with so many people thinking 4chan should be up there?

It's very niche and insular, not to mention being a serious case of 2008 hot.

You might as well put YTMND in the list, lol.

[breadisfunny]

Fake news, where is pornhub?

Seriously.

it's influential not most visited.