Humor on the internet

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The history of humor on the Internet begins together with the <a href="/facts/Internet/Xw1rVvJU">Internet</a> itself. Initially, the internet and its precursors, <a href="/facts/LAN/edUDxJ6J">LANs</a> and <a href="/facts/Wide_area_network/mAkW4gr3">WANs</a>, were used merely as another medium to disseminate <a href="/facts/Joke/Pv5QJ40g">jokes</a> and other kinds of <a href="/facts/Humor/XR1rm13y">humor</a>, in addition to the traditional ones ("<a href="/facts/Word_of_mouth/8KmsyB4g">word of mouth</a>", <a href="/facts/Printed_media/7g01YeYG">printed media</a>, sound recording, radio, film, and TV). In lockstep with the progress of <a href="/facts/Electronic_communication/vxoj1cxR">electronic communication</a> technologies, jokers took advantage of the <a href="/facts/ARPANET/LyMGWurJ">ARPANET</a>, <a href="/facts/E-mail/6pD9GLtI">e-mail</a>, <a href="/facts/Usenet/lYJWFBR6">Usenet</a> <a href="/facts/Newsgroup/282rotmp">newsgroups</a> (e.g., <a href="/facts/Rec.humor/lYJWFBR6">rec.humor</a> and <a href="/facts/Alt.humor/2B5hSQzW">alt.humor</a>), <a href="/facts/Bulletin_board_system/22d9c9s2">bulletin board systems</a>, etc., and finally the Whole <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">World Wide Web</a>. Gradually, new forms of humor evolved, based on the new possibilities delivered by electronic means of communication. Popular forms of internet humour are found in the form of '<a href="/facts/Internet_meme/f1fL5oT3">internet memes</a>', <a href="/facts/GIF/HfIBWrIC">GIFs</a>, and short form videos. <a href="/facts/Reaction_video/e369Wvbl">Reaction videos</a>, where amusement is expressed through a person's response to something, are another prevalent form of humor unique to the internet.
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Humor on the internet