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The Rise and Fall of YTMND – Tales From the Internet

Whang! | March 18, 2026



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YTMND was a website that played a very important role in Internet history and meme culture, bridging the gap between web 1.0 and web 2.0. Although its sound plus image plus text format was very simple, the creative ways people could make more complex ytmnd sites was endless. Its creator, Max Goldberg, was also an early advocate of online free speech, often pushing back against companies that would try to get content removed from the site, citing fair use because most people online knew what that meant. He even got into some early Internet drama with Saved by the Bell’s Dustin Diamond, who was not a fan of a parody website he made that led to the announcement of YTMND.

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  1. @usedd3ntalfloss

    March 18, 2026 at 11:35 am

    YTMND back in the day, in my opinion, was one of the last great giants of the "real" internet. Ebaum's World, YTMND, AlbinoBlacksheep like… All those sites? They were kind of the last breath of the real internet, and things kinda have just been downhill ever since… And getting even worse, faster.

  2. @Heliosphan15

    March 18, 2026 at 11:35 am

    It's heartwarming that YTMND has turned into a veteran's hall of old fogies making each other giggle with utter bullshit, in a language that only they understand.

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