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Facebook in 1919

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Facebook in 1919 Mar 4, 2009


Now, not all of you will be aware, but you know that Internet behemoth known as Facebook? Well, it's been having a great amount of influence of popular culture and opinion for longer than you might think. Granted, in 1919, the technology was obviously primitive compared to what we can pull off here, ninety years in the future, but this did not stop the phenomena behind the machine that is Facebook. That, of course, is why it has survived for so long.

So, how different was the place? Well, it wasn't really. In 1919, the second most popular group was "IF 1,000,000 PEOPLE JOIN WE CAN CHANGE THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES" behind only, "I think Woodrow Wilson should be locked in a cage and poked with sticks". Even then the website was known for its sometimes questionable marketing policies, some of which led to the popularity of Harold Lloyd's films (200,000 fans) and Coca-Cola later on. The 1919 change in layout was also notable in the media outside: protests were formed against the post-war government in Britain after two buttons were moved slightly to the left of where there were originally. It was a huge sting for David Lloyd-George.

And what would Facebook be without its feature allowing users to upload photos of themselves and their buddies? It still had this feature, and I have a rare surviving example, complete with its comments.

In this photo: Josef Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Mikhail Kalinin

(16:34) Josef Stalin wrote: LOL omg how much did we drink???
(16:46) Vladimir Lenin wrote: probs 3 bottles lol hows the hed
(17:03) Mikhail Kalinin wrote: dnt ask m8
(17:37) Josef Stalin wrote: bastard Trotsky probs spkd mi drink
(17:40) Vladimir Lenin wrote: LMAO
(20:02) Leon Trotsky wrote: God, you guys are lame. I'm going to Newgrounds.
(20:03) Leon Trotsky wrote: Will you come too Lenin?

Warning: may not be representative of actual opinions and lifestyles.

Facebook in 1919

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Sacha Baron Cohen = Stalin

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So, that makes Leon the most lame of the three, since he goes to Newgrounds? Or does it just make him the most gay?


Wakka wakka

Response to Facebook in 1919 Mar 4, 2009


Stalin looks like Ross of friends.


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They look like a friendly group of chaps, I saw we trust them.

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At 3/4/09 03:39 PM, Scarab wrote:
So, how different was the place? Well, it wasn't really. In 1919, the second most popular group was "IF 1,000,000 PEOPLE JOIN WE CAN CHANGE THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES" behind only, "I think Woodrow Wilson should be locked in a cage and poked with sticks".

I lol'd very hard.

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Soldiers used it to communicate with their buddies from the trenches after the war, they had a club called "I survived the Somme" which had very little members.


The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls.

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At 3/4/09 04:25 PM, flashplayer5 wrote: Soldiers used it to communicate with their buddies from the trenches after the war, they had a club called "I survived the Somme" which had very little members.

Haha, thats pretty special. My great-granpappy was in the group "The Black Hand."


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At 3/4/09 03:44 PM, Rucklo wrote: So, that makes Leon the most lame of the three, since he goes to Newgrounds? Or does it just make him the most gay?

Many historians have different opinions on this. Some say Trotsky had a huge part in developing theory opposite that of the Facebook schools. Some aspiring people still read his Internet blogs to develop their own interests and are indebted to his work as Newgrounds review moderater in a time where people were often taken up by one running theme.

Of course, some say he was just trying to look cool, "like most Newgrounds.com users" ; the words of Richard Pipes, not me.

Trotsky's long time on Newgrounds came to an end in 1940, when his computer monitor was broken with an icepick.

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JoeJoe wrote: u herd of tat bstd hitlar? god wut a cunt.
Lenininin wrote: LOL i no!
Im-Kalinin! wrote: u no, i think hitler is pretty c00l 2 b honest
Lenininin wrote: STFU N00B!!!
JoeJoe wrote: yeh, stfu, gay boi
Im-Kalinin! wrote: stfu, i wuz just sayin


This too will pass.

Memento mori

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i can just imagine it now;
Adolf: I'm thinking of creating a political party, do you have any suggestions as to how i should do it ben?
Benito: well-a you gotta rule-a with an iron-a fist-a!
Adolf: alright then, anything else
Benito: yes, pick a religiouso symbol and-a use it to strike-a da fear into people's hearts
Adolf: great! that's all I need for now.
Benito: and-a don't forget-a to commit-a da genocide!
Adolf: ok, bye!
Benito: Ciao Adolf!

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At 3/4/09 03:44 PM, Rucklo wrote: So, that makes Leon the most lame of the three, since he goes to Newgrounds? Or does it just make him the most gay?

Gay, Im voting on gay...


II II lI

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(20:03) Leon Trotsky wrote: Will you come too Lenin?
(20:04) Vladamir Lenin wrote: nah, these punch cards are a bitch to use.
(20:05) Joseph Stalin wrote: It's gulag time!

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At 3/4/09 03:44 PM, full0fish wrote: Stalin looks like Ross of friends.

I sense a conspiracy.............

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At 3/4/09 04:25 PM, flashplayer5 wrote: Soldiers used it to communicate with their buddies from the trenches after the war, they had a club called "I survived the Somme" which had very little members.

Reginald Wilkes (19:14) wrote:
It was horrible. I slept on the hard surfaces of my gun every night. I think I could feel rats running across my face, their tails in my mouth. Sometimes they nibbled at my shoes. There was so much mud. Some of us started eating towards the end. And the machine guns... I still hear them when I try to sleep. I don't think I can sleep with my wife properly ever again.

Jonathan Bramall (19:18) wrote:
I feel for you, sir. My duaghter's birthday party was this week, and I couldn't go. They're still keeping me in the home. They had to pretend one of those Yank GIs was her father.

Douglas Haig (20:09) wrote:
You men should grow some balls. It wasn't that bad at all. I mean, I could have gone over the top one arm tied behind my back, and then walk extremely slowly towards Gerry. You should at at least be proud you fought for Blighty.

Douglas Haig poked all members of this group (20:09)

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Hehe.

Facebook in 1919


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I just can't believe it took me so long to find that ancient community then.


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Stalin: Red Sox just trade Babe Ruth WTF?!

Trotsky: They'll come around, it's not liek they go 86 years LOL


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Facebook 1919

Woodrow Wilson tagged Kaiser Wilhelm in the note: 14 POINTS

David Lloyd-George wrote on Georges Cleamancu's wall:
"okay for ur fuckin information i dont givod 2 shits about the empire, ur just jealous cos your ass get invaded all the fukin time"

Georges Cleamancu wrote on David Lloyd George's Wall:
"LOL you has a funny moustache :)"

Georges Cleamancu is now single
David Lloyd-George likes this (Y)

David Lloyd-George has changed his profile picture:

Facebook in 1919


And if we run outta bullets? Heh, baby, they're gonna wish we hadn't....

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At 3/4/09 03:44 PM, Rucklo wrote: So, that makes Leon the most lame of the three, since he goes to Newgrounds? Or does it just make him the most gay?

It makes him the lamest gay.

By far.

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Silly rednecks. Facebook is for the future.


brb ninjas surrounding house

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Facebook, and the Internet on the whole has had a long tradition of bringing users together for meet-ups. These meet-ups may involve top-secret information being exchanged, murders, general chit-chat, or mass consumption of alcohol. Although more meet-ups of our time have been more concentrated on the latter activity, we should always be looking back at history.

What do you think they got up to at this meet-up in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), 1921? Compare it with the recent meet-ups on Newgrounds. Have things changed?

In this photo: Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, sum others lol im lazy.

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Lenin(R) says:
Guys, what the fuck happened?
Lenin(R) says:
I've only been gone a few years and Petrograd's gone up the shitter :@
*I'm Josef says:
Well it was Leon's stag night... And things got a little crazy i guess :S
TrOtSkY M8 says:
we gt so fukin wankerd bro lol
TrOtSkY M8 has initiated a file transfer

Lenin(R) says:
Christ, did you have to invite the Pulitov lot? You know what they're like.

Facebook in 1919


Stop looking

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Go USSR!


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:So, how different was the place? Well, it wasn't really. In 1919, the second most popular group was "IF 1,000,000 PEOPLE JOIN WE CAN CHANGE THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES" behind only, "I think Woodrow Wilson should be locked in a cage and poked with sticks". Even then the website was known for its sometimes questionable marketing policies, some of which led to the popularity of Harold Lloyd's films (200,000 fans) and Coca-Cola later on. The 1919 change in layout was also notable in the media outside: protests were formed against the post-war government in Britain after two buttons were moved slightly to the left of where there were originally. I

Websites in 1919? Damn, technology was more advanced then I thought... TEH BOOKS R RONG!