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Fail Blog
http://failblog.org/

Fail Blog (typeset as FAIL Blog) is a comedic blog website created in January 2008.[1][2][3]

History

The blog steadily grew in popularity, and in May 2008[4] was sold to Pet Holdings Inc., owner of I Can Has Cheezburger?.[5] The site prominently features pictures and videos of someone (or something) failing at something they are supposed to do captioned with the words "fail", "epic fail", "X Fail", or "X; You're doin' it wrong" (X being the activity that the person failed at), although occasionally there are some cases of "wins". The first "fail" was uploaded to the website on January 3, 2008.[6] Since this date, the site has grown rapidly, with the style of the images used on the site growing to become a popular internet meme, and many other smaller sites have spurred after the meme's popularization.[3][5][7][8]

Awards

Fail Blog won two Webby Awards in 2009, for People's Voice in Humor and Weird.[9]

Book

Fail Blog's first book, Fail Nation: A Visual Romp Through the World of Epic Fails (ISBN 978-0-06-183399-1), was released on October 6, 2009.[10]

Issues

In July 2009, Fail Blog received an email from Guinness World Records requesting that a Fail Blog entry, regarding the Guinness record webpage for "Most Individuals Killed in A Terrorist Attack" having a "Break this record" link, have the screenshot of the webpage removed because it contained the trademarked Guinness World Records logo. Fail Blog promptly complied with the removal of the image, replacing it by an edited version with all notable references to Guinness record webpage blurred out, and posted an entry on the incident[11], with what C-Net described as a "hilarious response complete with a Rick Roll at the end".[12][13]

Fail Blog has had some issues with the video hosting site YouTube;[14] it then began hosting its videos with Viddler.[15] Its YouTube channel has since been restored, and users can also view videos there, though Fail Blog does not usually link to the YouTube videos anymore within the blog itself.[16] In early October 2009, Fail Blog added links to each of their video posts to versions of the same video hosted in different video hosting sites, including YouTube and MySpace Video. On December 7th, 2010, failblog's Youtube Channel was terminated, the reason cited as multiple copyright infringement claims from third parties. The channel was seemingly restored the same evening.

See also

References

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  1. ↑ The Fail Blog: the best new website around, thelondonpaper, Jan. 30, 2008. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  2. ↑ NSFW: The Fail blog, The Kansas City Star, Apr. 30, 2008. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 ("This blog has been making people feel better about themselves since January by posting photos of other people's failures.")
  3. ↑ a b Ben Zimmer: How Fail Went From Verb to Interjection, The New York Times, Aug. 7, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  4. ↑ Domain Name Assignment Agreement, Dan Leech, May 21, 2008. Abgerufen im Nov. 1, 2010 
  5. ↑ a b I Can Has Internet Millions: The company behind lolcats and Failblog tries to turn memes into money, Slate, Mar. 20, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  6. ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen firstfail.
  7. ↑ Laura Fitzpatrick: Building a Media Empire Around I Can Has Cheezburger, TIME, Aug. 24, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  8. ↑ Accidents, mishaps and strange situations website a hit, The Daily Telegraph, Jan. 13, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 ("A website that brings together photos and videos of weird and wacky 'failures' has become a viral internet success.")
  9. ↑ Fail Blog wins 2009 Webby Award, ChannelAPA.com, Jun. 9, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  10. ↑ Pre-order Your Copy of FAIL Nation, Failblog.org, Jul. 21, 2009, Retrieved Sept. 9, 2009
  11. ↑ OMG YOU FAIL SO HARD, Failblog.org, Jul. 13, 2009, Retrieved Sept. 9, 2009
  12. ↑ The 404 381: Where we gotta stay positive, CNET News, July 14, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  13. ↑ Guinness World Records Reaches New Levels Of Fail, TechCrunch, July 13, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  14. ↑ Fail Blog Fail: Youtube Suspends Account Of Popular Funny Video Channel, U.S. News & World Report, Apr. 1, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009 
  15. ↑ Mask Demonstration Fail, Failblog.org, June 30, 2009, Retrieved Sept. 10, 2009 ("We’re currently having issues with Youtube, so we’ve uploaded our videos onto Viddler instead for now while the issue with Youtube is being resolved.")
  16. ↑ Wrestling Move Fail, Failblog.org, Sept. 9, 2009, Retrieved Sept. 10, 2009 (Viddler still being used for embeds as of Sept. 9, 2009)
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