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The internet in 2014

2014 was the year of Eyebrows on fleek, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, The Oscar selfie and DashCon. Part of the social era.

The one from 2014

Eyebrows on fleek

You might remember it as on fleek, Peaches Monroee eyebrows Vine

A sixteen-year-old coined a word the whole English-speaking world used, and was paid nothing for it.

Defining moments of 2014What the year is remembered for

2014, month by monthAs it happened

  1. Flappy Bird It becomes the most downloaded app in Apple’s store. Wikipedia — Flappy Bird

  2. Cicada 3301 A third is posted on Twitter. Wikipedia — Cicada 3301

  3. Tenor The company is founded. Wikipedia — Tenor (website)

  4. The Oscar selfie At 2.7 million retweets it has long passed the previous record of 778,000. Wikipedia — Oscar selfie

  5. The Oscar selfie DeGeneres posts the photograph during the ceremony. It is retweeted 700,000 times in half an hour. Wikipedia — Oscar selfie

  6. Pokémon Go Google publishes an April Fools’ game that hides Pokémon in Google Maps. The idea of a real one follows from it. Wikipedia — Pokémon Go

  7. Hashtag activism #BringBackOurGirls follows the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. Wikipedia — Hashtag activism

  8. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge A cold-water challenge circulates in Salem, Indiana, one of several that had gone round for years with no fixed cause. Wikipedia — Ice Bucket Challenge

  9. Gangnam Style Gangnam Style became the first video to pass two billion views. Wikipedia — List of most-viewed YouTube videos

  10. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Chris Kennedy becomes the first person documented doing the challenge for ALS. Wikipedia — Ice Bucket Challenge

  11. DashCon The convention opens. During it the organisers ask attendees for 17,000 dollars by ten at night, saying the hotel will otherwise close the event. Wikipedia — DashCon

  12. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge The start of the period, ending 21 August, in which the ALS Association receives 41.8 million US dollars. Wikipedia — Ice Bucket Challenge

  13. This is fine The first two panels appear, uncredited, on Reddit and Imgur under the caption “Basically how I’m handling life right now”. Wikipedia — Gunshow (webcomic)

  14. We Are Number One The episode is released. Wikipedia — We Are Number One

  15. Too Many Cooks It is broadcast at 4 a.m. Eastern Time. Wikipedia — Too Many Cooks (short)

  16. Diet Coke and Mentos A record 4,334 fountains are set off at once, in León, Mexico. Wikipedia — Diet Coke and Mentos eruption

  17. Press F to Pay Respects Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is released. Players and critics mock the funeral scene, and Conan O’Brien does so on television. Wikipedia — Press F to pay respects

  18. The Wealdstone Raider It is at its most popular, and BBC News lists it among the month’s viral videos. Wikipedia — Wealdstone Raider

  19. YouTube rebuilt its view counter after Gangnam Style approached the maximum a 32-bit integer can hold. One more pass and the count would have turned negative. TechCrunch

Also in 2014Older things, still moving

  1. Dogecoin Its users begin raising 50,000 dollars for the Jamaican bobsleigh team. Wikipedia — Dogecoin

  2. Flappy Bird Nguyen announces on Twitter that he will remove it. Wikipedia — Flappy Bird

  3. Flappy Bird He does. Phones with the game installed are listed on eBay for 1,499 dollars and more. Wikipedia — Flappy Bird

  4. Ain't Nobody Got Time for That Jimmy Kimmel Live broadcasts a spoof film trailer with Queen Latifah playing her. Wikipedia — Sweet Brown

  5. Neopets It is sold on to JumpStart. Wikipedia — Neopets

  6. Dogecoin They raise about 55,000 dollars to sponsor a NASCAR driver. Wikipedia — Dogecoin

  7. The Subservient Chicken Burger King brings the chicken back for its tenth anniversary, in a short film. Wikipedia — The Subservient Chicken

  8. The hashtag The Oxford English Dictionary adds the word. Wikipedia — Hashtag

  9. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared A crowdfunding campaign for more episodes reaches its goal of 96,000 pounds. Wikipedia — Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

  10. Orkut Google announces that it will close. Wikipedia — Orkut

  11. DashCon It ends. A panel by the cast of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale has been cancelled, and ticket holders offered an hour in the ball pit instead of a refund. Wikipedia — DashCon

  12. The monkey selfie The Wikimedia Foundation says publicly that it has refused Slater’s request to remove them. Wikipedia — Monkey selfie copyright dispute

  13. DashCon The organisers dissolve their company. Wikipedia — DashCon

  14. Orkut It closes. Brazil accounts for 55.5 per cent of its traffic and India for 18.4. Wikipedia — Orkut

  15. Animator vs. Animation A fourth part, paid for by crowdfunding, is released on YouTube. Wikipedia — Animator vs. Animation

  16. Too Many Cooks In the week of this date the channel repeats it at midnight. Wikipedia — Too Many Cooks (short)

  17. Grumpy Cat Lifetime broadcasts Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, with Aubrey Plaza as her voice. Wikipedia — Grumpy Cat

  18. The Wealdstone Raider A charity single built on it, Got No Fans, is number five in the UK Christmas chart. Wikipedia — Wealdstone Raider

  19. The monkey selfie The United States Copyright Office lists “a photograph taken by a monkey” among things that cannot be registered. Wikipedia — Monkey selfie copyright dispute

More from 2014Also remembered

On this page: 14 named things from 2014, 5 videos and 3 sounds and sayings among them.

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