Fail Blog
Fail Blog | |
Helping you feel better about yourself every day | |
Blog | |
Sprachen | Englisch |
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Betreiber | Pet Holdings Incorporated |
Redaktion | Leechio |
Registrierung | Nein |
Online | 3. Januar 2008[1] |
http://failblog.org/ |
Fail Blog (offizielle Schreibweise FAIL Blog) ist ein Blog, der im Januar 2008 gestartet wurde.[2][3]
Geschichte
Ab der Gründung wuchs die Popularität des Blogs kontinuierlich. Im Mai 2008 wurde der Blog an die Pet Holdings Inc. verkauft.[4][5] Der wesentliche Inhalt der Seite besteht aus Photos und Videos von Personen (oder Gegenständen), die beim Durchführen von beliebigen Vorgängen scheitern. Dabei werden die Beiträge jeweils mit Überschriften wie "fail", "epic fail", "X Fail", oder "X; You're doin' it wrong" (wobei X die durchgeführte Aktivität der Person ist) überschrieben. Gelegentlich gibt es auch Fälle, die mit "win" betitelt sind. Der erste "fail" wurde auf die Seite am 3. Januar 2008 hochgeladen.[1] Seit diesem Zeitpunkt ist der Blog schnell gewachsen. Die Art der Bilder und Videos wurde zunehmend ein populäres Internetphänomen, das von vielen anderen Internetseiten kopiert wurde.[3][5][6][7]
Auszeichnungen
Fail Blog gewann im Jahr 2009 je einen Webby Award in den People's Voice-Kategorien Humor und Weird.[8]
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.[9]
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[10], with what C-Net described as a "hilarious response complete with a Rick Roll at the end".[11][12]
Fail Blog has had some issues with the video hosting site YouTube;[13] it then began hosting its videos with Viddler.[14] 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.[15] 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
- ↑ a b Classic Baby on Fail Blog
- ↑ 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.")
- ↑ a b Ben Zimmer: How Fail Went From Verb to Interjection, The New York Times, Aug. 7, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ Domain Name Assignment Agreement, Dan Leech, May 21, 2008. Abgerufen im Nov. 1, 2010
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Laura Fitzpatrick: Building a Media Empire Around I Can Has Cheezburger, TIME, Aug. 24, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ 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.")
- ↑ Fail Blog wins 2009 Webby Award, ChannelAPA.com, Jun. 9, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ Pre-order Your Copy of FAIL Nation, Failblog.org, Jul. 21, 2009, Retrieved Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ OMG YOU FAIL SO HARD, Failblog.org, Jul. 13, 2009, Retrieved Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ The 404 381: Where we gotta stay positive, CNET News, July 14, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ Guinness World Records Reaches New Levels Of Fail, TechCrunch, July 13, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ Fail Blog Fail: Youtube Suspends Account Of Popular Funny Video Channel, U.S. News & World Report, Apr. 1, 2009. Abgerufen im Sept. 9, 2009
- ↑ 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.")
- ↑ Wrestling Move Fail, Failblog.org, Sept. 9, 2009, Retrieved Sept. 10, 2009 (Viddler still being used for embeds as of Sept. 9, 2009)
Weblinks
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