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A '''pastebin''' is a type of [[web application]] where anyone can store plain text. They are most commonly used to share short [[source code]] [[snippet (programming)|snippets]] for [[code review]] via [[IRC]]. |
A '''pastebin''' is a type of [[web application]] where anyone can store plain text, mostly doxes. They are most commonly used to share short [[source code]] [[snippet (programming)|snippets]] for [[code review]] via [[IRC]]. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Revision as of 00:10, 22 September 2014
| Available in | English |
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| URL | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2002 |
A pastebin is a type of web application where anyone can store plain text, mostly doxes. They are most commonly used to share short source code snippets for code review via IRC.
History
Although created in 2002, Pastebin.com only reached 1 million "Active" pastes (not spam or expired pastes) eight years later, in 2010.[1] In February 2010, Pastebin.com was sold by the original owner, Paul Dixon, to Jeroen Vader, a Dutch serial Internet entrepreneur. Only a few weeks after the transfer, Mr. Vader had launched a whole new version of the website which he branded V2.0. In early 2011, V3.0 was launched.[2]
By October 2011, the site's active pastes numbers exceeded 10 million.[1] Less than a year later, in July 2012, the owners of Pastebin.com tweeted that they had already surpassed the 20 million active pastes mark.[3]
During the 2014 Venezuelan protests, Pastebin.com was blocked by the country's government as one of the sites where activists were sharing information.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Pastebin.com Surpasses 10 Million "Active" Pastes". TechCrunch.com. 1011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Pastebin: How a popular code-sharing site became the ultimate hacker hangout". The Next Web. June 5, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "Twitter / pastebin: Time for cake!!! Pastebin.com now hosts more than 20 million active pastes! Stats -> pastebin.com/stats". Twitter.com. July 3, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ "Internet a crucial Venezuela battleground". Jamaica Observer. Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Observer. Associated Press. February 23, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.