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== New Media == |
== New Media == |
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* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: Despite [[Undead Horse Trope|still lingering today]], companies have ultimately realized that the war against piracy is a [[Hopeless War|lost cause]], and have taken incentive to work around it instead. |
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]: Despite [[Undead Horse Trope|still lingering today]], companies have ultimately realized that the war against piracy is a [[Hopeless War|lost cause]], and have taken incentive to work around it instead. This doesn't stop media groups from pushing absurd anti-internet laws on the basis of stopping piracy (and terrorism). |
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* [[Screamer Prank|Screamers]] have received two major blows over the Internet's history. Initially, when flash movies and games were still the norm, there were no clear distinctions between screamers and legitimate pages, creating a minefield for fearful site goers; this meant less traffic for sites like FunnyJunk and WinterWorld. Later, with [[YouTube|the advent of video over flash files]], viewers were able to scroll to the end of the video to see if any suspicions were confirmed, removing all suspense and [[Trope Breaker|defeating the purpose of screamers]]. [[Evolving Trope|They have since been replaced by the trap video]], which puts the scare at the ''beginning'' of the video, and aims not to make individuals jump, but [[Troll|to cause outrage within specific audiences]]. Furthermore, they've also been overshadowed by [[Rickroll]]s as the Internet's prank of choice. |
* [[Screamer Prank|Screamers]] have received two major blows over the Internet's history. Initially, when flash movies and games were still the norm, there were no clear distinctions between screamers and legitimate pages, creating a minefield for fearful site goers; this meant less traffic for sites like FunnyJunk and WinterWorld. Later, with [[YouTube|the advent of video over flash files]], viewers were able to scroll to the end of the video to see if any suspicions were confirmed, removing all suspense and [[Trope Breaker|defeating the purpose of screamers]]. [[Evolving Trope|They have since been replaced by the trap video]], which puts the scare at the ''beginning'' of the video, and aims not to make individuals jump, but [[Troll|to cause outrage within specific audiences]]. Furthermore, they've also been overshadowed by [[Rickroll]]s as the Internet's prank of choice. |
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* [[Slow-Loading Internet Image]]: Increased speeds in most of the developed world have this trope on its way to [[Forgotten Trope]] territory. |
* [[Slow-Loading Internet Image]]: Increased speeds in most of the developed world have this trope on its way to [[Forgotten Trope]] territory. Slow image loading is taken as a sign of poor connection or an issue with the website itself. |
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* [[There Are No Girls on the Internet]]: The online population has reflected real-world gender distributions since 2001 or so. |
* [[There Are No Girls on the Internet]]: The online population has reflected real-world gender distributions since 2001 or so. |
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== Theatre == |
== Theatre == |
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