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61-431: In Internet culture , a Milkshake Duck is a person who gains popularity on social media for some positive trait but is later discovered to have a distasteful history or to engage in offensive behavior. The term has been connected to cancel culture , a trend of social media, sometimes resulting in celebrities being ostracized and careers abruptly derailed by publicized misconduct. The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck,

122-670: A Westerner in Thailand . Polygon writer Julia Alexander argued that terms like "milkshake duck" and "problematic fave" are symptoms of current cultural conflict on the Internet in which users are ready to be outraged and have the ability to search a person's public Internet history to find statements to support that. Alexander suggested that to avoid these labels, one should not worry about what statements they may have made, but whether they show awareness that they made them and that they have grown past or changed away from them. In December 2017,

183-421: A scarce good. In 1998, there was Hampster Dance , the first successful Internet meme . In 1999, Aaron Peckham created Urban Dictionary , an online, crowdsourced dictionary of slang. He had kept the server for Urban Dictionary under his bed. In 2000, there was great demand for images of a dress that Jennifer Lopez wore. As a result, Google 's co-founders created Google Images . In 2001, Misplaced Pages

244-468: A viral hit with her single " Mooo! ", a novelty song with an absurdist lyrical theme in which she fantasizes about being a cow. Controversy ensued when it was revealed that in a 2015 tweet she had used the homophobic slur " faggot " to describe hip-hop artists Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt , members of the musical collective Odd Future . She initially defended her remarks, writing, "I called

305-479: A Cat , is an Internet meme that refers to a viral video taken from a live stream of a civil forfeiture hearing, and being held on the video conferencing application Zoom in Texas ' 394th Judicial District Court. The video features an attorney named Rod Ponton, who is struggling to disable a cat filter that shows a white kitten instead of his face, making it appear as though a cat is speaking. On February 9, 2021,

366-540: A Reddit AMA . The demonstration of the independently developed video game The Last Night was a highlight of Microsoft 's press conference during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017 due to its stylish cyberpunk visuals. Then one of its creators, Tim Soret, was found to have spoken in support of the Gamergate harassment campaign in 2014, which led to criticism of his views a day later and tarnished

427-434: A cat. I just can't get this human filter off." After the incident, Ponton said to The New York Times , "If I can make the country chuckle for a moment in these difficult times they're going through, I'm happy to let them do that at my expense." He said to Vice , "Oh, that was just a mistake by my secretary. I was using her computer and for some reason, she had that filter on. I took it off and replaced it with my face. It

488-475: A cat." The post later received 3.6 million views on YouTube and over 26.9 million views on Twitter . Ponton told CNN and the Associated Press that he was using his assistant's 10-year-old desktop computer when he logged on to the civil forfeiture hearing. Ponton claimed his secretary or her daughter had last used the image. After the clip was posted, Judge Roy Ferguson shared the clip on Twitter with

549-503: A couple people faggots when I was in high school in 2015 does this mean I don't deserve support? I've said faggot roughly like 15 thousand times in my life. Does saying faggot mean you hate gay people?" Her response met further backlash, including a critical tweet by Will and Grace actress Debra Messing , expressing disappointment in Doja for defending past ignorance and imploring her to use her fame and platform for good. Doja Cat later issued

610-516: A host of different online and offline protocols. Earlier ones such as Usenet and bulletin boards were later superseded by others such as social media. These include: As with other cultures , the Internet quickly fragmented into numerous subcultures, which continued to spawn descendants thereafter. The cultural history of the Internet is a story of rapid change. The Internet developed in parallel with rapid and sustained technological advances in computing and data communication . Widespread access to

671-409: A lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist The phrase is derived from a Twitter post made on 12 June 2016 by Ben Ward, an Australian cartoonist using the online handle "pixelatedboat". His Twitter joke describes a fictional Internet viral phenomenon of a "lovely duck that drinks milkshakes" which is immediately discovered to be racist. Ward said

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732-524: A particular user may be able to equate fewer stars with a "negative" rating, the semantic difference is potentially important. The ability to actively downrate an identify may violate laws or norms. Architectures can give editorial control to a group or individual not employed by the site (e.g., Reddit ), termed moderators. Moderation may take be either proactive (previewing contents) or reactive (punishing violators). The moderator's credibility can be damaged by overly aggressive behavior. Internet culture

793-408: A person or group to their Internet-based persona, credibility can be earned, because of the time required. In some architectures, commenters can, in turn, be rated by other users, potentially encouraging more responsible commentary, although the profusion of popular shitposters belies this. Architectures can be oriented around positive feedback or allow both positive and negative feedback. While

854-508: A physical identity, sensitive information about a user must be collected and safeguards for that collected information must be established – users must place sufficient trust in the site. Irrespective of safeguards, as with Counsel Connect, use of physical identities links credibility across the frames of the Internet and real space, influencing the behaviors of those who contribute in those spaces. However, even purely online identities can establish credibility. Even though nothing inherently links

915-553: A presence online, even those cultures and subcultures from which Internet Culture borrows many elements. One cultural antecedent of Internet culture was amateur radio (commonly known as ham radio). By connecting over great distances, ham operators were able to form a distinct cultural community with a strong technocratic foundation, as the radio gear involved was finicky and prone to failure. The area that later became Silicon Valley , where much of modern Internet technology originates, had been an early locus of radio engineering. Alongside

976-431: A prototype for rapid evolution into modern social media. Alongside ongoing challenges to traditional norms of intellectual property , business models of many of the largest Internet corporations evolved into what Shoshana Zuboff terms surveillance capitalism . Not only is social media a novel form of social culture, but also a novel form of economic culture where sharing is frictionless, but personal privacy has become

1037-565: A series of apologies for her derogatory words and deleted her tweets. The controversy generated much discourse about the limits of "cancel culture". Shortly after his webcomic Strange Planet began to achieve viral success in early 2019, US cartoonist Nathan W. Pyle was described as an example of the milkshake duck phenomenon when a 2017 tweet of his was revealed that expressed anti-abortion views. Pyle said shortly afterward that he and his wife "have private beliefs as they pertain to our Christian faith. We believe separation of church and state

1098-422: A sharp rise in unsolicited commercial e-mail commonly called spam . Around this same time, the network transitioned to support the burgeoning World Wide Web . Multimedia formats such as audio , graphics , and video become commonplace and began to displace plain text, but multimedia remained painfully slow for dial-up users. Also around this time the Internet also began to internationalize, supporting most of

1159-475: A shrimp tail in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. He was later revealed as an alleged abuser by numerous other Twitter accounts. In October 2018, some news outlets used the term "reverse milkshake duck" to describe the reversal of one's public image from problematic to positive. A mother with the Twitter username BlueStarNavyMom3 tweeted a picture of her son, associating him with the #HimToo hashtag , suggesting he

1220-475: A tweet being captioned as "IMPORTANT ZOOM TIP: If a child used your computer, before you join a virtual hearing check the Zoom Video Options to be sure filters are off. This kitten just made a formal announcement on a case in the 394th." Reuters reporter Lawrence Hurley later shared the clip on Twitter. Canadian poet Margaret Atwood praised and also shared the tweet with a caption "I on the other hand am

1281-530: Is another discernable value. Internet culture reifies the right to privacy in order to protect freedom of expression, personal liberty and social equality , thus making anonymity or pseudonymity a valued feature of online services for netizens. This is especially the case for freethinkers , social deviants , political dissidents , journalists , hacktivists / activists and members of hacker , ( cyber ) punk or other underground subcultures , where an absence of privacy may put an individual in danger. Originally

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1342-403: Is arguably the most recognizable manifestation of Internet culture and its subcultures. Copypasta , Dank Memes , and Shitposting showcase this emphasis. This humor often includes heavy satire and/or parody of mainstream culture, and the "playful, irreverent attitude" which it inherits from its parent subcultures. Trolling is another preoccupation on the Internet. Starting with

1403-474: Is crucial to our nation flourishing", and were supporters of the Democratic Party . Rod Ponton , a lawyer and former prosecutor, went viral in 2021 as the " Zoom Cat Lawyer ". Within a day, reports surfaced that he had previously "used federal agents to torment a former lover with drug raids and bogus charges" in 2014. In 2021, comedian Jensen Karp went viral for a tweet about finding what appeared to be

1464-399: Is full of memes and other content that spreads rapidly. Internet culture thrives on online communities. These communities can be found on specialized forums, social media, or proprietary applications (e.g., Slack , Salesforce ). They cater to specific hobbies, fandoms, or professions, creating spaces where individuals with similar interests can connect. Examples of such communities include

1525-519: Is on point. The Verge writer Devon Maloney was one of the first to put a name to the reversal, saying, "In what may have been the internet's first-ever reverse milkshake-ducking, Pieter himself finally logged on a few hours later to clear his name once and for all." Vox ' s Aja Romano suggested the phenomenon "might actually be whatever the opposite of a Milkshake Duck is—when a viral moment starts out seeming awful but then becomes unexpectedly good." The Guardian said, "Hanson's story may be one of

1586-524: The Internet emerged as the cost of infrastructure dropped by several orders of magnitude with consecutive technological improvements. Though Internet culture originated during the creation and development of early online communities – such as those found on bulletin board systems before the Internet reached mainstream adoption in developed countries – many cultural elements have roots in other previously existing offline cultures and subcultures which predate

1647-632: The YouTube channel for the 394th District Court of Texas live-streamed and published a clip entitled "Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap." The video features an attorney, Rod Ponton, who accidentally signed in with a white kitten face filter and is attempting to remove it from his Zoom application. In the video, the kitten's eyes appear to dart back and forth when Ponton says, "I don't know how to remove it. I've got my assistant here and she's trying to." Ponton then attempts to move forward, saying, "I'm prepared to go forward with it." Finally, he says, "I'm here live. I'm not

1708-476: The 1970s to make phone calls without paying. The value of competence was a fundamental requirement in the Internet's early days when many tasks were less than user-friendly and technical skill was required to accomplish anything. This was reinforced by Otaku and gaming cultures, where obsessive commitment and sometimes technical/mental skills are essential in order to excel in such hobbies. Freedom of information (i.e. sharing and unlimited information access)

1769-477: The American military–industrial complex . Use of interactivity grew, and the user base became less dominated by programmers, computer scientists and hawkish industrialists, but it remained largely an academic culture centered around institutions of higher learning. It was observed that each September, with an intake of new students, standards of productive discourse would plummet until the established user base brought

1830-495: The Internet and the stream was used to monitor when it was time to make more coffee for the computer science lab that hosted the stream. Automating office coffee production was the subject of an April Fool's Day Internet standard called the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol . Provocative humor that is witty , dry , dark , macabre , self-deprecating , misanthropic and/or politically incorrect

1891-476: The Internet proper. The first bulletin board system was created in 1978, GEnie was created by General Electric in 1985 , the mailing list Listserv appeared in 1986 , and Internet Relay Chat was created in 1988. The first official social media site, SixDegrees launched in 1997. In the 1980s, the network grew to encompass most universities and many corporations, especially those involved with technology, including heavy but segregated participation within

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1952-551: The Internet provides discourages information retention. However, the cognitive consequences are not yet fully known. The staggering amount of available information online can lead to feelings of information overload . Some effects of this phenomenon include reduced comprehension, decision making, and behavior control. One early study, conducted from 1998 to 1999, found that the participants view information obtained online as slightly more credible than information from magazines, radio, and television, information obtained from newspapers

2013-682: The Internet. Specifically, Internet culture includes many elements of telegraphy culture (especially amateur radio culture ), gaming culture and hacker culture . Initially, digital culture tilted toward the Anglosphere . As a consequence of computer technology's early reliance on textual coding systems that were mainly adapted to the English language, Anglophone societies—followed by other societies with languages based on Latin script —enjoyed privileged access to digital culture. However, other languages have gradually increased in prominence. In specific,

2074-460: The NBA . In a clip in which Minnesota representative Tom Emmer appears upside-down in a virtual US Congress Committee Finance meeting, a co-attendee references the meme, stating, "at least he's not a cat". The clip also appeared in a Mike's Hard Lemonade commercial. Ponton is an instance of a Milkshake Duck , a person who gains popularity on social media for some positive or charming trait but

2135-498: The best memes 2021 produced. Jochan Embley of Evening Standard described it as one of the "Most hilarious Zoom fails in the year". Natasha Hinde of HuffPost listed it among the "most hilarious Zoom moments of all time", while WPBN-TV reported that the meme would be made into a bobblehead by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum . The meme also inspired a prank involving Charles Barkley on Inside

2196-488: The chance of being cyberbullied when using online applications. Cyberbullying may include harassment, video shaming, impersonating, and much more. A concept described as "cyberbullying theory" is now being used to suggest that children who use social networking more frequently are more likely to become victims of cyberbullying. Additionally, some evidence shows that too much Internet use can stunt memory and attention development in children. The ease of access to information which

2257-619: The concept of the metaverse . In particular, Facebook Inc. renamed itself to Meta Platforms in October 2021, amid the crisis of the Facebook Papers . One dark aspect of Internet culture is that it has allowed promoters of unhealthy behaviors such as cutting , anorexia , pedophilia , and even organized theft to gain prominence and establish online subcultures. As people spend more time on social media, this could lead to acting excessively and neglecting behaviors. This action may result in

2318-769: The environment of the early Internet maintain noticeably similar values. Enlightenment principles are prominent in Internet culture, from which many other elements of the culture derive. . These principles can be attributed to the Internet's origins in Western , and specifically American , cultural contexts and the significant influence of academic culture , the hacker ethic and gamer culture , which to varying degrees embrace and amplify cultural values such as curious playfulness , competitiveness and collaborative self-actualization commonly pursued through community application of empirical rationalism via debate , competition and creative expression . Concern for privacy

2379-518: The first instances of the reversal, as the reality of his personality—a seemingly decent and inspiring young man—is a far cry from the sexist way we were introduced to him." Slate described it as "a viral villain outed as, despite it all, a righteous hero." A related concept to "milkshake duck" is that of the "problematic fave", a phrase originating on Tumblr , describing a notable and popular person who, despite recent offensive or harmful statements or actions, manages to retain their popularity. Ward

2440-1087: The frequent interactions between members within various online communities and the use of these communities for communication , entertainment , business , and recreation . The earliest online communities of this kind were centered around the interests and hobbies of anonymous and pseudonymous early adopters , typically those with academic, technological, niche, criminal, or even subversive interests. Studied aspects of Internet culture include anonymity/pseudonymity, social media, gaming and specific communities, such as fandoms, and has also raised questions about online identity and Internet privacy . The impact of Internet culture on predominately offline societies and cultures has been extensive, and elements of Internet culture increasingly impact everyday life. Likewise, increasingly widespread Internet adoption has influenced Internet culture; frequently provoking enforcing norms via shaming , censuring and censorship while pressuring other cultural expressions underground . While Internet subcultures differ, subcultures those emerged in

2501-469: The game's image. Soret apologized the next day and said his views on Gamergate and other matters had since changed. The "milkshake duck" term was quickly applied to the game. Criticism over the game and the subsequent controversy over social media led to wider adoption of the term. American rapper and singer Doja Cat was declared the Milkshake Duck of 2018 by NME . The recording artist had experienced

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2562-547: The influx up to speed on cultural etiquette. Commercial Internet service providers (ISPs) emerged in 1989 in the United States and Australia, opening the door for public participation. Soon the network was no longer dominated by academic culture, and the term eternal September , initially referring to September 1993, was coined as Internet slang for the endless intake of cultural newbies . Commercial use became established alongside academic and professional use, beginning with

2623-472: The joke was partially influenced by the Chewbacca Mask Lady . An early example of the phenomenon was observed in October 2016 with Ken Bone during the 2016 United States presidential debates . After initially becoming a viral sensation on social media and receiving multiple corporate sponsorships, Bone began receiving backlash when his questionable Reddit account history was revealed after he hosted

2684-553: The majority of use to the exchange of textual information , such as interpersonal messages and source code . Access to these networks was largely limited to a technological elite based at a small number of prestigious universities; the original American network connected one computer in Utah with three in California. Text on these digital networks usually encoded in the ASCII character set, which

2745-594: The original mandate for robustness and resiliency, the renegade spirit of the early ham radio community later infused the cultural value of decentralization and near-total rejection of regulation and political control that characterized the Internet's original growth era, with strong undercurrents of the Wild West spirit of the American frontier . At its inception in the early 1970s as part of ARPANET , digital networks were small, institutional, arcane, and slow, which confined

2806-441: The passionate "K-pop fandom" or tech enthusiasts. Internet culture has a rapidly changing set of slang, acronyms, and jargon. These terms serve as recognizable ways to identify members and foster solidarity. Successful jargon often spreads beyond the initiating community. Examples of internet slang and jargon include "LOL" (laugh out loud) and "FTW" (for the win). Zoom Cat Lawyer Zoom Cat Lawyer, also known as I'm Not

2867-495: The perpetration of cyberbullying , social anxiety, depression, and exposure to inappropriate content that is not suitable for one's age. Rude comments on posts can lower an individual's self-esteem, making them feel unworthy and may lead to depression. Social interaction online may also substitute face-to-face interactions for some people instead of acting as a supplement. This can negatively impact people's social skills and cause one to have feelings of loneliness. People may also face

2928-599: The phrase was a runner-up in Oxford Dictionaries' "word of the year", losing out to " youthquake ". In January 2018, Australia's Macquarie Dictionary named "milkshake duck" its 2017 " word of the year ". The phrase was added to Dictionary.com and described as "a person (or thing) who becomes extremely popular on the internet for some positive reason, but as their popularity takes off and people dig into their past, they quickly become an object of outrage and hatred." Internet culture Internet culture arises from

2989-403: The presumption that nothing online should be taken seriously, a recipient's response to trolling (and not the act) functions as a shibboleth . Otaku (sometimes Weeaboo ) sensibilities became popular via anonymous imageboards modelled after Japanese imageboards that hosted anime , manga and other Japanese popular culture materials. . Over the years, Internet users have interacted via

3050-619: The proportion of content on the Internet that is in English has dropped from roughly 80% in the 1990s to around 52.9% in 2018. As technology advances, Internet Culture continues to change. The introduction of smartphones and tablet computers and the growing computer network infrastructure around the world have increased the number of Internet users and have likewise resulted in the proliferation and expansion of online communities. While Internet culture continues to evolve among active and frequent Internet users, it remains distinct from other previously offline cultures and subcultures which now have

3111-633: The result of technical limitations, the prevalence of anonymity or pseudonymity is an integral part of Internet culture. Playful curiosity is an additional value derived from the Internet's roots in both creative hacker culture and gamer culture , where a desire to understand complex problems and systems for their own sake, or to exploit for trivial, amusing or irrelevant ends, flourishes. Disregard of authority mostly came by way of hackers who routinely broke/ignored laws and regulations in their Internet pursuits. It may have originated with hackers who discovered how to defeat telecom dialtone-based security in

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3172-563: The user-id attached to the comment is something like "guest". In an architecture that allows anonymous commentary, credibility attaches only to the object of the comment. Sites that require some link to an identity may require only a nickname that is sufficient to allow comment readers to rate the commenter, either explicitly, or by informal reputation. Architectures can require that physical identity be associated with commentary, as in Lessig's example of Counsel Connect. However, to require linkage to

3233-442: The world's major languages, but support for many languages remained patchy and incomplete into the 2010s. On the arrival of broadband access, file sharing services grew rapidly, especially of digital audio (with a prevalence of bootlegged commercial music) with the arrival of Napster in 1999 and similar projects which effectively catered to music enthusiasts, especially teenagers and young adults, soon becoming established as

3294-477: Was a case involving a man trying to exit the United States with contraband and contraband cash. All it was was a mistake. It was taken off and we had the hearing as normal." After the clip grew in popularity, several notable media outlets covered the video, including The New York Times , NBC News , The Wall Street Journal , USA Today , The Guardian , ABC , The Daily Dot , Vice , CNN , and others. Wonderland described it as one of

3355-455: Was afraid to go on solo dates due to false sexual accusations. The son, Pieter Hanson, was surprised by the post and in a newly created Twitter account posted a message saying the opposite: That was my Mom. Sometimes the people we love do things that hurt us without realizing it. Let's turn this around. I respect and #BelieveWomen . I never have and never will support #HimToo. I'm a proud Navy vet, Cat Dad and Ally . Also, Twitter, your meme game

3416-570: Was created. In 2004, Encyclopedia Dramatica , a wiki archive of Internet culture, was founded. In 2005, YouTube was created because people wanted to find videos of Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl in 2004 . YouTube was later acquired by Google in 2006. In 2009, Bitcoin was created. Since 2020, Internet culture has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic . Since 2021, there has been an unprecedented surge of interest in

3477-418: Was declared early to be a fundamental aspect of the Internet, underlined by the phrase "Information wants to be free". Coffee is more common than tea in Internet culture, especially within hacking subculture and technical communities. Coffee 's higher caffeine content is attracted those in technical who spend long hours on high-focus tasks. A coffee pot was the subject of the first webcam stream on

3538-448: Was employed for many message systems, functioning more like a post office than modern instant messaging; however, by the standards of postal mail, the system (when it worked) was stunningly fast and cheap. Among the heaviest users were those actively involved in advancing the technology, most of whom implicitly shared much the same base of arcane knowledge, effectively forming a technological priesthood. The origins of social media predate

3599-557: Was imitating how social media would find dark secrets of public faces who were seemingly decent people which keys the idea that there is something nice about them, but the image is dirtied and they now are seen as problematic. Entrepreneur Elon Musk has been described as a "problematic fave" following his calling one of the Thai cave rescuers a " pedo guy", apparently referencing the prominence of child sex tourism and child prostitution in Thailand , in response to criticism from Vern Unsworth ,

3660-411: Was minimalistic even for established English typography , barely suited to other European languages sharing a Latin script (but with an additional requirement to support accented characters), and entirely unsuitable to any language not based on a Latin script, such as Mandarin , Arabic , or Hindi . Interactive use was discouraged except for high value activities. Hence a store and forward architecture

3721-453: Was the most credible. Credibility online is established in much the same way that it is established in the offline world. Lawrence Lessig claimed that the architecture of a given online community may be the most important factor in establishing credibility. Factors include: anonymity, connection to physical identity, comment rating system, feedback type (positive vs positive/negative), moderation. Many sites allow anonymous commentary, where

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