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dub3's pixel tribute to Urban Dictionary in 2004: a Web 2.0-era dictionary
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2004 page

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Urban Dictionary (2004)

Indexed before you were looking.

Cost
3 RAM
Power
2
Rarity
Rare
Family
Search
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

Ongoing: +2 Power to this card for each card you have here, up to +4.

Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.

It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 2 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.

The site, in 2004

A crowdsourced dictionary of slang, where anyone can submit definitions, usage examples and tags.

Aaron Peckham began it as a student parody of stuffy dictionaries. By 2014 it held over seven million definitions, with about 2,000 added daily. A UK High Court judge reportedly used it in 2003 to read rap lyrics.

In 2004: After five years it still made no profit, though it had gained wider attention in 2003 when a news story said a High Court judge had used it.

Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2004 page.

Put it on your site

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