Ben Huh Archives

Almost 10 years ago, this cat asked for a cheeseburger—and changed the internet forever

It iz never be da sames.

On Oct 16, 2016 by David Britton

Internet Culture

4chan’s 10 most important contributions to society

There’s no way to tell exactly how much influence 4chan has had on our culture.

On Oct 2, 2013 by Cooper Fleishman

IRL

Meme-based Kia ad campaign gets facepalm from Cheezburger users

Cheezburger—the company behind LOLCats—lent its meme-based branding to Kia for an ad campaign, but Cheezburger fans don’t find it very “funneh.”

On Dec 21, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

Society

A day in the office with Know Your Meme—the Web’s “Britannica”

Know Your Meme is the Internet’s mirror, showing people where they’ve been and where they’re going.

On Nov 30, 2012 by Kevin Morris

Society

The Hater: No LOLing at work here

Another day, another Bravo show for the Hater to take down.

On Nov 29, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

Streaming

20 of the Internet’s best-known activists turn out for Reddit’s Internet freedom forum

Participants ranging from Techdirt’s Mike Masnic, to Cheezburger’s Ben Huh, to representatives from the Electronic Frontier Foundation all turned up to talk Internet freedom on one massive Reddit thread.

On Oct 24, 2012 by Kevin Collier

Tech

“The Day that LOLcats Died” nets O Music Award nomination

The Viacom-backed awards show aims to celebrate digital music and “WTF?!” Web culture.

On May 25, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

Streaming

Photo gallery: ‘Roid rage at ROFLcon III

The kitsch and famo’s descent on MIT last weekend was captured with our favorite 1940s technology.

On May 7, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

Streaming

I can has television show?

LOLcats fans—get ready to see how the sausage is made.

On Apr 5, 2012 by Kevin Collier

Internet Culture

Ben Huh: the boss of meme culture

The CEO of Cheezburger Network wants to move on from lolcats to change the way we consume breaking news.

On Mar 9, 2012 by Kevin Collier

Society

Paint it black: I Can Has Cheezburger joins SOPA protest

After previously helping force GoDaddy’s hand in regards to the Stop Online Piracy Act, I Can Has Cheezburger founder Ben Huh has now pledged to join Reddit in protesting the controversial bill on Jan. 18.

On Jan 13, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III

Trending

GoDaddy on SOPA boycott: What, us worry?

The domain-name registrar and Web-hosting company says it’s not worried about a threat to take business away.

On Dec 23, 2011 by Kevin Morris

Tech

Reddit Digest: December 23, 2011

Today on Reddit, users of the social news site help raise awareness for the National Bone Marrow Center and boycott the Web-hosting service GoDaddy.

On Dec 23, 2011 by Kevin Morris

Internet Culture