When we saw the memes scoring the size of a blue whale’s anus second to some of the year’s most reviled politicians, our first thought was that it was deliciously funny.

This is part of an occasional series about abandoned Internet icons. When Twitter discontinued its beloved Fail Whale in the summer of 2013, the decision had more to do with what the whale ...

Memes, gifs and political power — as lines blur between the online and offline worlds by Negar Mottahedeh, opinion contributor - 07/10/17 10:40 AM ET ...

When Twitter discontinued its beloved Fail Whale in the summer of 2013, the decision had more to do with what the whale represented—a service outage—than the image itself. "It had a long ...

NYT discovers, explicates the Fail Whale How do Internet memes get started? In the case of "fail!" a video game may be … Nate Anderson – Aug 10, 2009 1:25 pm | 29 Text ...

Facebook launched an experimental meme app called Whale – here's how it works. By Charlie Wood. Shona Ghosh/Business Insider 2019-11-20T10:00:00Z ...