Cyworld
You might remember it as minihompy
This spread through many posts rather than one canonical upload.
2001·Early web, before YouTube
A South Korean social network on which each member had a small home page with a furnished miniature room, paid for in a currency called acorns.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- 싸이월드
- Spread in
- 2001
- Where
- South Korea
- What it said
- Its currency, dotori, means acorns; one cost 100 won
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
A social network where each user kept a minihompy — a room, an avatar and a wallpaper bought with a currency called dotori, acorns. At its height it held most of South Korea's twenties, and its economics prefigured a decade of everything else.
Why it matteredWhat changed
In 2005 about a quarter of the country’s population was said to be using it.
TimelineIn order
- Made
The service is founded.1
- Later
The personal pages, called minihompy, are launched.1
- Later
It becomes part of the SK group.1
- Later
The personal data of about 35 million users of it and a sister site is stolen.1
- Taken down
The minihompy service ends.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
SourcesWhat was read
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