In an ever-changing world, where the economy is so unpredictable; it's no surprise to see websites and the Internet screw over their own userbases or go downhill with poor ideas. Check out this wiki, and we'll watch to see the sites that have screwed over their userbases with various updates. We'll also be covering "rotten" moments in internet history, whether it be pranks, gimmicks, or infamous internet culture with viral madness!
To be more precise, this wiki covers "rotten" websites and why those sites suck; ranging from video websites to social networking, or possibly notable people on the Internet that are known to be just rotten as best.
There are two rottens; why they're "rotten" and why "their businesses" rotten. "Why They're Rotten" covers unfair businesses, and "Why Their Businesses' Rotten" covers a site that has gone downhill to their userbases via unfair updates.
To qualify for this list, a website/online business/internet culture must have either;
- Terrible staff/Social Justice Warriors.
- Terrible updates that screw over their userbase.
- Terrible business practices and poorly designed technologies.
- Caused controversy such as hacking incidents/scandals/raids/ransom.
- Gimmicks that they tried but failed.
- Negative ways to impact the Internet such as censorship or pranks to pull.
- Poor website designs.
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- IXL: Not rotten enough for the wiki, though it does have a big hatedom for a educational game website.
- ArtStation: The site is pretty fresh, and has a very friendly community, even though its harder to sign-up.
- Sites about healthy eating: Controversial reasoning. Also, they do have points about the effects of certain foods.
- "For Sale" sites: Beating a dead horse. Usually these are left behind after a site expires.
- GDRP: Not rotten enough for the wiki. It is a helpful internet privacy act, though.
- Miraheze: It'd make the whole wiki ironic.
- ISPs Ignoring Spambots/Malware: Filter avoidance exists for a reason.
- Change.org: Not rotten enough for the wiki.
- Any school filter: Too mixed. Its up to the school to determine how things are blocked/unblocked on their property.
- Anything dedicated to supporting 9/11 or Terrorists: Extremely offensive to victims of terrorist attacks mentioned.
- Any reception wiki: Making a page about any of them will most likely cause conflict.
- Any wiki user: Making a page about them will most likely cause drama.
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