51 Internet Moments So Bizarre, Screenshots Were Basically Mandatory (New Pics)

The ‘Screenshots’ online group has been amusing and confusing netizens for close to two decades. It was originally created in April 2008, and its members continue sharing the most intriguing moments they’ve seen online to this day.

According to the moderators who run the group, they define screenshots as screen grabs. “This means images of screens, pictures of screens taken with a different device, images that have been partially or fully generated by a computer, or pictures of printed out screenshots.”

‘Screenshots’ is a community that greatly values originality when it comes to content. The mods emphasize that you can and should only ever post screenshots that you have personally taken. Meanwhile, you can’t repost content from other users or sources without properly attributing it.

Before you post a cool screenshot, add a clear and relevant title that explains what everyone’s looking at and why it’s interesting. You have to put in a bit more effort than writing “funny” or “look.”

In the meantime, make sure that in your massive enthusiasm to share interesting internet content, you don’t actually share anyone’s private information. Things like names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, workplaces, and schools should not be visible in the screen grabs. The only exceptions are public figures whose info is widely available.

The mods add that you should avoid sharing unedited screenshots of basic desktop backgrounds, as well as duplicate posts of the same or similar content. In short, scroll a bit, do a tiny bit of research, and try to add value, instead of copying others.

You are actually allowed to share photos that you’ve taken of screens, so long as the image is reasonably clear.

In other words, you can go all old-school here and rewind the clock to where screenshots started.

What’s your take, Pandas? Which of these internet moments do you think definitely deserved to be preserved, and which ones would you rather everyone forgot?

How often would you say that you use the screenshot function on your computer or phone every day? What’s the oddest or most hilarious thing you took a screenshot of today? Share your insights, opinions, and images in the comments at the very bottom of our list.