Web Culture Quotes

I was in love with HTML and certain that the whole world was about to learn it, ushering in a new era of DIY media, free expression, peace and democracy and human rights worldwide. That part didn't work out so well, although the kids prefer YouTube to TV, so that's something.

The Internet's a crazy place to hang out because it's insane to see so many people doing so many creative things all over the map.

Nothing really says ... interactivity - which was so exciting and captures the real, the Web Zeitgeist of 1995 - than 'Click here for a picture of my dog.'

I think 4chan is going to stay the same.

I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.

Social media has made the web all about me, me, me.

Webcomics are much bigger than any one scene can circumscribe.

The target market is for people who have not been entrenched in Web culture.

Every day the choristers of the social web chirp their advice about openness and trust; craigslist follows none of it, and every day it grows.

There aren't many sites like 4chan where you can pop in every hour and see all new stuff.

I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.

I didn't want my parents to know about 4chan at first because of the adult content. By the time I was 18 and could talk about it, the site had become notorious for its exploits and the adult content on there.

If you make something good, eventually the audience will be there, eventually there will be something on the Internet that is a cultural phenomenon that's not available anywhere else, that's not available on television broadcasts, that's not on cable, it's only on some Web site. And the world will find it. And when that happens, it will be what the 'kiss' was to the theatrical movie business, 5,000 years ago or whenever it was.

Reddit, which calls itself 'The Front Page of the Internet,' is more influential in shaping Internet culture than its comparatively small reach would lead you to believe.

Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture.