Murdered by Internet Explorer in the Browser Wars. The DOJ antitrust case came too late.
Facebook stole its soul. News Corp bought it for $580M, sold it for $35M. The digital graveyard.
The single most mourned death in the history of the open web. Killed to force Google+.
The sound of a door opening. For a generation, this yellow icon was the heartbeat of social life.
The sound of 'Uh Oh!' ringing from speakers everywhere. The first global instant messenger.
Nudges and emoticons. The butterfly logo fluttered away when Skype took over.
Collapsed under its own success. Technical failures drove users to Facebook. Pivoted to gaming, then died.
The digital Pompeii. Millions of personal homepages, organized by 'neighborhoods,' lost in the Yahoo acquisition.
Six-second art form. Twitter couldn't monetize it. The loops stopped.
The smartwatch that Apple crushed. E-paper screens and genuine innovation, gone.
More Monuments Coming Soon
The internet graveyard is vast. These platforms shaped digital culture and deserve to be remembered through their visual language. Future additions to the archive will include:
Have a platform you want to see documented?
Suggestions and contributions welcome.