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Internet Meme Pioneer YTMND Shuts Down

Thursday May 16, 2019. 02:10 AM , from Slashdot/Apple
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PC Magazine: You're the Man Now Dog, a pioneer in the internet meme space, has shut down. The online community at YTMND.com allowed users to upload an image or a GIF and pair it with audio for hilarious results. Traffic to the website, however, dried up years ago with the rise of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. In 2016, site creator Max Goldberg said YTMND would likely shut down soon due to declining ad revenue and his ill health. 'It seems like the internet has moved on,' Goldberg told Gizmodo at the time. The dates back to 2001 when Goldberg paired a looping audio clip of Sean Connery uttering the line 'You're the man now, dog!' with some text and placed it all on a webpage, Yourethemannowdog.com.

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