The Pastebin Rabbit Hole | Internet Observations #2

Pastebins are simply text-storage websites, originally designed for programmers. In this video I go over their history and lore and how the internet managed to find incredibly creative ways of using them for a wide range of goals, from positive, useful and convenient - to morally gray, sinister and very, very bad... (Think dark web bad). Here's their internet history timeline.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
1:33 Part 1: Beginnings & Transformation of an Internet Convenience
3:12 Part 2: Here Come the Deviants
4:28 Part 3: A Sliver of Hope
5:07 Part 4: Conclusion
6:00 Afterword
6:30 Endcard

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