[astrodust]

It did seem like everyone plus dog had a startup in 1995 and most were working on the absolutely stupidest ideas possible just that they were more B2B focused than B2C in that era.

I'd argue the CueCat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat) was the iconic culmination of five years of feverish insanity.

[gaius]

You say that, but at least it was an actual technological product. These days you get Buzzfeed whose product is "lists" and Upworthy whose product is "misleading headlines".

[Blackthorn]

Buzzfeed is an outlet that performs real journalism. If you cannot see what their product is and what they are doing, perhaps you need to open your eyes.

[UrMomReadsHN]

Is this sarcasm?

[Blackthorn]

Have you ever read the site? Like, actually read it, not just glanced at something someone linked you or the front page?

[UrMomReadsHN]

My opinion on BuzzFeed isn't relevant. I was asking if it was sarcasm or not because I was interested in looking into it myself if it wasn't. Wasn't going to waste my time if you were trying to make a joke.

[Blackthorn]

No, it is not sarcasm.

[icedchai]

1995 was actually a few years before the insanity took hold. Most people still didn't know what the Internet was back then.

1998-2001 is when things got really crazy. Arguably things getting almost as bad now.