Do you have any memories of the internet or social media from those winters?
I can’t really remember.
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NateOn, and Cyworld.
Info: NateOn is a Korean instant messenger popular in the 2000s. People added friends, and chatted.
Cyworld is a social networking service where users shared their daily lives through personal mini-homepages. Virtual currency was used to buy items and decorate their pages.
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The beginning of e-sports.
Info: The early era of eSports centered around StarCraft in Korea. Professional gamers began to gain popularity similar to celebrities.
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KakaoStory and Naver Blog.
Info: KaKaostory is a Korean mobile messenger that emerged with the rise of smartphones. Its ease of use helped it become widely popular.
Naverblog is a digital blogging platform by Naver where individuals recorded writing, photos, and information.
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Daum flash games?
Info: Simple flash games that could be played directly on the Korean website Daum.
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Yes.
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Almost none.
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Junior Naver.
Info: A child-friendly version of Naver featuring games, songs, and educational content.
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Back then, instead of taking photos of snow and keeping them,
the snow felt closer to us. We touched it with our hands, had snowball fights, and made snowmen.
I went to ski resorts often. I also joined meetup-style gatherings organized online.
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Cyworld, NateOn,and BuddyBuddy.
Info: BuddyBuddy is a messenger widely used by students in 2000s. It was especially popular for its voice chat feature.
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Early YouTube, and Numa Numa.
Info: Early YouTube featured many short and quirky personal videos. Among them,
Numa Numa became a famous meme video using O-Zone’s song “Dragostea Din Tei.”
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Communicating and hanging out through KakaoStory and Facebook, and making snowmen.
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i remembered when its winter during elementary school,
it always gets dark super early, and having class when the sky is dark is exciting to me back then.
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None.
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There was a time when heavy snow caused traffic to stop, so I couldn’t get home and ended up texting with my wife from a shop.
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BuddyBuddy, and Cyworld!!
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