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==History== | ==History== | ||
Formerly, the website hosted subpages including a media section (at one point known as the A/V Section), an information section (with subsections such as [[Super-Chrono|The Super-Chrono]], [[Recording History | Formerly, the website hosted subpages including a media section (at one point known as the A/V Section), an information section (with subsections such as [[Super-Chrono|The Super-Chrono]], the [[Recording History]], and equipment history), and a forum (at one point known as the bboard). These have since been removed following a major redesign in [[2015]]{{citation needed}}. | ||
===The 1990s=== | ===The 1990s=== | ||
{{main|weezer.net}} | {{main|weezer.net}} | ||
During the '90s, weezer.com either did not exist or was a fan-owned domain, most information on this iteration of the website is scarce{{citation needed}}. | During the '90s, weezer.com either did not exist or was a fan-owned domain, most information on this iteration of the website is scarce{{citation needed}}. The site that would eventually become weezer.com started as [[weezer.net]], founded in late [[1994]] by [[Anuj Behal]], [[Dan Gdowski]], and Steve Carman, and assisted by a few others at times. Anuj Behal ran a server out of his dorm room at college in Chicago, which enabled weezer.net to host the earliest video clips of weezer on the web, such as the band's 1994 and [[1995]] TV appearances. At this time weezer.net was known as "the Rebel Weezer Alliance (RWA)" | ||
The site that would eventually become weezer.com started as [[weezer.net]], founded in late [[1994]] by [[Anuj Behal]], [[Dan Gdowski]], and Steve Carman, and assisted by a few others at times. Anuj Behal ran a server out of his dorm room at college in Chicago, which enabled weezer.net to host the earliest video clips of weezer on the web, such as the band's 1994 and [[1995]] TV appearances. At this time weezer.net was known as "the Rebel Weezer Alliance (RWA)" | |||
[[Karl Koch]] was not 'online' until September 1998, but soon thereafter discussed with Anuj and Dan running a online version of [[Karl's Corner]] on weezer.net, to do real time updates of the band's activities. At the time however (1999), the band was mostly inactive and Karl was busy running the [[Weezer Fan Club]], which went to his responsibility after the deaths of Fan Club founders [[Mykel and Carli Allan]] in July [[1997]]. | [[Karl Koch]] was not 'online' until September 1998, but soon thereafter discussed with Anuj and Dan running a online version of [[Karl's Corner]] on weezer.net, to do real time updates of the band's activities. At the time however (1999), the band was mostly inactive and Karl was busy running the [[Weezer Fan Club]], which went to his responsibility after the deaths of Fan Club founders [[Mykel and Carli Allan]] in July [[1997]]. | ||
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===The 2010s=== | ===The 2010s=== | ||
By the mid 2010s, social media had become more prominent, and 'Karls Corner' updates were now only seen on weezer's Facebook and Instagram pages (and later various other apps including TikTok), rendering "Karls Corner" a hashtag to be applied wherever appropriate. Since [[Crush Music]] become Weezer's label, weezer.com has evolved into a more "standard" band website with typical content like tour dates and major announcements. Historical content was migrated to | By the mid 2010s, social media had become more prominent, and 'Karls Corner' updates were now only seen on weezer's Facebook and Instagram pages (and later various other apps including TikTok), rendering "Karls Corner" a hashtag to be applied wherever appropriate. Since [[Crush Music]] become Weezer's label, weezer.com has evolved into a more "standard" band website with typical content like tour dates and major announcements. Historical content was migrated to Weezerpedia. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||