# New \[XKCD\] Map of the Internet! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222 "2010-10-06T05:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/41 "2010-10-06T18:31:00Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Along the left edge, bottom third, is an island that is the exact shape of Celebes (now Sulawesi). > > Whsat word is printed in there? It’s too small for me to make out… Spoken Language? You know you can see a large version if you click on the map. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/42 "2010-10-06T18:34:40Z")
[QUOTE=Le Ministre de l’au-delà] Spoken Language? [/quote] No, further down. Past the charred wasteland, past the Renren, past Friendster, to the left of the isle labled “Adult friend finder”. > [@](#): > > You know you can see a large version if you click on the map. Yes, I did. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/43 "2010-10-06T18:35:25Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Along the left edge, bottom third, is an island that is the exact shape of Celebes (now Sulawesi). > > Whsat word is printed in there? It’s too small for me to make out… It is indeed Sulawesi. I have no clue why he threw it in there. Maybe he thought it was a fun shape to draw. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/44 "2010-10-06T18:37:50Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > [QUOTE=Le Ministre de l’au-delà] > > Spoken Language? No, further down. Past the charred wasteland, past the Renren, past Friendster, to the left of the isle labled “Adult friend finder”. > [@](#): > > You know you can see a large version if you click on the map. Yes, I did. Thanks. [/QUOTE] Ahh, now I see the one you meant. Sulawesi, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/45 "2010-10-06T18:38:21Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > > [@mlees](#): > > > > Along the left edge, bottom third, is an island that is the exact shape of Celebes (now Sulawesi). > > > > Whsat word is printed in there? It’s too small for me to make out… > > It is indeed Sulawesi. I have no clue why he threw it in there. Maybe he thought it was a fun shape to draw. Ok, thanks. The print is tiny, and I thought that the artist might have warped the name “Sulawesi” into something else as a pun. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/46 "2010-10-06T18:43:08Z")
I’m really surprised the Dope isn’t on there. It frightens me to think there are other fora out there which take up even more time from other people’s lives than this takes from mine. ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/47 "2010-10-06T18:50:41Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Also, what the hell is Farmville? > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Short story - it’s a free online game where people can manage simulated farms. Well really that’s pretty much the long story too. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/48 "2010-10-06T18:54:04Z")
> [@astro](#): > > On [www.bigboards.com](http://www.bigboards.com) we rank # 422 in members and 60th in # of posts. And yet it’s the only online community in which I participate regularly. I am so unconnected. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/49 "2010-10-06T19:24:08Z")
I was surprised to see that Adult Friend Finder has such a visible presence. I always thought that stuff like that were scams. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/50 "2010-10-06T20:37:46Z")
I laughed that /b/ made up the balls of 4chan island. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/51 "2010-10-06T20:51:44Z")
Quoth **jayjay** : > [@](#): > > /. is right in between Reddit, Digg and StumbleUpon. Ah, I see. I was looking for it in forums. Quoth **ascenray** : > [@](#): > > I was surprised to see that Adult Friend Finder has such a visible presence. I always thought that stuff like that were scams. It’s my understanding that AFF is basically a place for prostitutes to advertise. The professional pays to put up a profile or whatever, and then the “free user” contacts her or him and negotiates from there. There probably are some scams in amongst the other places you always get pop-up ads for, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/52 "2010-10-06T20:52:22Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I’m really surprised the Dope isn’t on there. It frightens me to think there are other fora out there which take up even more time from other people’s lives than this takes from mine. What should be even more frightening is those other fora tend to be more like 4chan than the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/53 "2010-10-06T20:57:00Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Awww… > > No Lord of the Rings Online or Star Trek Online on MMO isle. ☹ City of Heroes (CoH) made it though. I’m amused at “Spawn Camp”. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/54 "2010-10-06T21:20:16Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > [@mlees](#): > > > > Awww… > > > > No Lord of the Rings Online or Star Trek Online on MMO isle. ☹ > > City of Heroes (CoH) made it though. > > I’m amused at “Spawn Camp”. And the River Grind that flows into WoW. I notice Dopamine Sea lies between MMO Isle and Farmville. Wiki says: > [@](#): > > Dopamine is closely associated with reward-seeking behaviors, such as approach, consumption, and addiction. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/55 "2010-10-06T22:40:21Z")
“Sarah Palin USA” and then right across the water “Russia”. Ha! I’m also surprised and saddened to see no sign of the SD. ☹ ETA: Just discovered the “Rick Rolling Hills”. I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/56 "2010-10-06T22:43:25Z")
Is Free Republic really more of an internet presence than the dope? really? ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/57 "2010-10-06T22:43:32Z")
I love how on the big blog island, there’s a peninsula full of liberal blogs, and there’s a peninsula full of conservative blogs, and in between is the Bay Of Flame. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/58 "2010-10-06T22:51:18Z")
The only thing on there that I involve myself regularly with is Twitter. Everything else I do is too small to be included or, if it is there, I only do in passing on rare occasions. And I thought I was in touch with the internet. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/59 "2010-10-07T00:14:00Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > 4chan is shaped like a penis. and /b makes up the balls. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222/60 "2010-10-07T01:31:47Z")
Can anyone explain what the stuff behind the “Great Firewall” is? I know China is feisty with the internet and all but I don’t get all the references on the map behind that line and I’m a little stumped why Happy Farm is straddling it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-xkcd-map-of-the-internet/556222.md?page=4)