🐹🎶 In 1998, the web danced to hamsters.

Hampsterdance began as a lighthearted bet between Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte & her sister: who could get the most traffic with a single webpage? Her site of dancing hamster GIFs went viral—before going viral was even a thing. It became one of the web’s first memes.

Today, the domain is parked—but the #WaybackMachine lets you relive its pixelated glory: https://web.archive.org/web/19991222185046/http://www.hampsterdance.com/

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"Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written."
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Wow! I had forgotten about this! 😂
@internetarchive no music in the first version ?
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There is a link further down the page: "Help! I can't hear the music!"
@gruik @internetarchive there is a "Help I can't hear the music" link further down.

@internetarchive There’s even an Eurodance soundtrack to this!!

https://open.spotify.com/track/0ouSkB2t2fGeW60MPcvmXl

The HampsterDance Song

Hampton The Hampster · Hampster Dance - The Album · Song · 2000

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