R.I.P. to these social networks that we all had for a millisecond and have either completely forgotten about or that make us laugh at the sheer prospect of ever downloading them.
1. MySpace
So, MySpace was actually a little before my time, but it's pretty much the classic example of a dead social network. We all know your top 8 was a big deal, and your profile picture was probably a little more emo than you'd like to admit. Let's just stop talking about this one, I know you're embarrassed just thinking about it.
2. Ask.fm
When I happened to remember that this ever existed, I made the mistake of logging into my old account from 5 years ago. I am ashamed at what I found. Imagine your 13 year old self answering questions anonymously, overwhelming embarrassment. If you don't even remember what this was (or, is? because it does still exist), you had a profile where you were asked anonymous questions, usually by people that would never be willing to talk to you in person, and you responded in a way that you never would be willing to in person. Dear internet, please delete this.
3. Vine
Okay, this one hurts a little. We may have all deleted the app over a year ago, but we still watch a few vines on twitter every now and then. It has delivered us some of the most overdone videos that we just wouldn't be teens without watching at least 50 times. I'm actually going to miss Vine and the occassional gems it produces. R.I.P.
4. Game Center
This one makes me laugh a little, nice try Apple. We all had it on our iTouch or iPhone, not by choice, and we opened it that one time to make a username, thinking, "yeah this is a thing I will use." But, you never did; you never used it.
5. We Heart It
I had this one for a short stint in eighth grade I think. It was a wannabe Pinterest mixed with the artsy part of Tumblr. It was just a conglomerate of pointless. So pointless in fact that I didn't even bother to look up whether it still exists or not.
6. Google+
It's still there. It has always been there. We have never used it. We will never use it. I guess you can't even call this dead if it was never alive.
7. Omegle
This one was a big member of my middle school experience. It had a designated time of use in every single one of my sleepovers. We all went on and made ourselves five years older, a different gender, or a celebrity and had conversations with other middle schoolers doing the exact same thing. The best part was finding another fake celebrity when you were one too. It still has its url whether anyone uses it or not, but if you do still use this, stop.
6. QuoteV
QuoteV was pretty fun actually. It was sort of like an early, un-developed, html version of Buzzfeed. It had the quizzes, the stories, and you got to do it all yourself! It also still exists but nobody has used it in about 3 years; therefore, it needed an obituary.
7. Keek
Oh boy, Keek. The beginning of stardom for the Janoskians, Pia Mia, Ariana Grande, and even Kendall and Kylie. This one is officially over and gone and was actually bought and changed to Peeks Video which is basically the exact same thing with some kind of payment needed. Nice try. I wish Keek never happened. Each video was 36 seconds (that nowadays would be on a snapchat story) that instead of disappearing after 24 hours, never goes away. Oh, how I wish it would.
8. Kik
Ha. Kik. This one makes me laugh a little bit too. Some middle schoolers no doubt still use with their friends. It was the original less sophistacted or well thought out Groupme. You could talk to your internet friends and your real ones from your iTouch, or your mom's old deactivated iPhone 4, before you had a phone to text them with. Kik was honestly just the messaging part of Tinder. Good riddance.
9. SimSimi
SimSimi lasted on your phone for a total of one week. You probably have absolutely no recollection of this ever existing, neither did I until I looked on the App Store at my previously downloaded items. You basically had conversations with this squinty yellow robot. That was it. Really.
10. AIM
And, with greatest sadness, AIM. You died a long time ago. How ever would I have talked to my fifth grade boyfriend without you! But, hey, I still have an AOL email, you haven't totally vanished. You were well used, we loved you, we needed you. You served your purpose, and we hope you rest in peace.
