The 30 Worst Things to Happen to the Internet

How bad could it be?

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The Internet has forever changed the way we live. Never before have we had access to such a large breadth of information, or been able to do as much, with so many people, without leaving our chair. And now with mobile phones connected to the Net in the same way our desktops and laptops our, we're able to do things never thought possible. However, with all the good the Internet has brought, there's also some bad. Well, a lot of bad. Too much bad to contain in one post. But with one of the biggest and most useful sites on the web, Facebook, celebrating its ninth anniversary yesterday, we thought it time to run down some of the worst things to ever happen to Sir Tim Berners-Lee's creation. 

LIKE COMPLEX TECH ON FACEBOOK

Auto-Play Videos and Music

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2 Girls 1 Cup

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Rotten.com

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Napster Shuts Down

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Trolling

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Rage Comics

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Comment Sections

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Domain Name Squatters

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People Spelling Like Idiots

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Spam and Viruses

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CATCHPAs

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SEO Trickery

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Klout Scores

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VLOGs

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Fake Celebrity Twitter Accounts

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Chatroulette

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Adult Sites With Social Media Buttons

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Fake Product Shops

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Struggle Rappers

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Karmin and Rebecca Black

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Pop-Up Ads

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Facebook Opens to Everybody

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#CutForBieber

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Paywalls

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YouTube Ads

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Content Farms

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Bloggers as "Tastemakers"

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4Chan

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Donald Trump & Chis Brown Joining Twitter

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World Star Hip Hop

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