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The archive / 2000s
Back to the 2000s.
Revisit crazes with a documented chapter in the 2000s, from the things people tried to the habits and references they carried with them.
3 stories to explore2000s
Showing 1–3 of 3
Apps · 2000s–2014
Orkut: would you write me a testimonial?
Scraps, communities and a friend writing nice things about you: Orkut offered a very particular way to be social online before its 2014 goodbye.
Collectibles · Late 1990s–2000s
Tazos: the chips were just the packaging.
A Parker pen traded for a snack-packet disc: Tazos inspired some serious negotiations in 1999. The missing designs could matter much more than the chips.
Collectibles · 2000s, especially 2005 onward
Beyblade: choosing a top was serious business.
Beyblade reached Indian television and toy shelves in 2005. A spinning top now came with a launcher, a rival and a cartoon’s worth of reasons to care.