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.