gavshanNov 23, 2024
Joshua Byrd

This website is incredible

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Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.

Inspired by Ben Wallace, I made a bot that crawled YouTube and found 5 million of these videos! Watch them below, ordered randomly.

https://walzr.com/IMG_0001

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Nov 23, 2024 at 9:45amWeb
Show thread^[[200~MichaelNov 23, 2024
@phocks Whoa, it's the middle of the day. I got stuff to do. Must close this tab now. It's dangerously mesmerizing.
Show threadAnnette C. BoehmNov 23, 2024
@phocks well wow, talk about total lack of #privacy... three videos in, I've watched someone play with their kids in the pool, listened to (and watched) a young child sing Jingle Bells, and what not. #onlineprivacy
Show threadBodhipaksaNov 23, 2024

@phocks Amazing. I had to turn it off, or I could have watched all day.

One nice thing was that the third video that came up was from the day of my 50th birthday. It was a sweet one, too, of a little Asian girl having a conversation with her father.

Show threadRikki Don't Lose That NumberNov 23, 2024
@phocks OMG this is so extraordinary. I just watched half a dozen clips and I was blown away. Really a time capsule, and illustrates how fast things have changed technologically in 12 or 15 years. Sites like this really illustrate the magic of the Internet πŸ‘€β€οΈ
Show threadAmber (transsexual tech catgirl)Nov 23, 2024
@phocks very cool
Show threadradhityaNov 23, 2024
@phocks This is time capsule.
Show threadDan MayerNov 23, 2024
@phocks https://default-filename-tv.neocities.org/ is another one, I guess that one is for another type of phone or camera! I would watch it for hours. It feels like soaking up humanity
default filename tv

A YouTube aggregator that serves only videos without edits to the filename.

Show threadMadagascar_SkyNov 23, 2024

@phocks

It's so beutiful

Show threadStefan IhringerNov 23, 2024

@phocks 3 clicks in and... wow :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ay7XMj0Cw&

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Show threadsandywb14Nov 23, 2024
@phocks ❀️
Show threadSzescstopniNov 23, 2024
@phocks What a wonderful time killer!
Show threadSzescstopniNov 23, 2024
@phocks I just saw someone using a metal spoon on a teflon pan. Where do I report this crime?
Show threadπŸ’‘πš‚π—†π–Ίπ—‹π—π—†π–Ίπ—‡ π™°π—‰π—‰π—ŒπŸ“±Nov 23, 2024
@phocks
"default IMG_XXXX filenames" - I hate apps like that. Just put a date and time on it like any sane person would.
Show threadMark PiperNov 24, 2024
@phocks it’s like watching a FailArmy video but the fails never come
Show threadideogramNov 24, 2024
@phocks
I found it disconcerting. I got videos with 0 views. What if there is an unwatched murder or assault hiding in there?
Show threadBadscrewNov 24, 2024
@phocks
People having a huge pillow fight in some European city
Show threadChristopher S. JohnsonNov 26, 2024
@phocks So am I to understand that these were unknowingly uploaded? This is interesting but I may be missing the DIFFERENCE between these and uploads that did not use this button.
Show threadJoshua ByrdNov 26, 2024
@Christopher_S_Johnson No I wouldn't say they were uploaded unknowingly. They pushed the Send to YouTube button and they got sent to YouTube.
Show threadJim ReaNov 27, 2024
@phocks I saw one that said it was from Nov 2008. How is that possible? iPhones couldn’t even take video then.