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@flexasaurusrex
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MTV was a cultural institution that changed music, fashion, and youth culture.
Then they stopped showing music videos and became reality TV.
I felt a wave of sadness when the announcement hit. Nothing felt like it could fill that void.
So I started coding.
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MTV REWIND press update:
15 publications in 3 days:
→Mainstream (Parade, Yahoo, Upworthy)
→Music press (NME, Consequence, Billboard)
→Entertainment (IMDb News)
→Editorial (Paste, Substack)
→International (Japan, Philippines, UK, Ireland, Australia)
No Paid Ads.
Building in public.🎸
wantmymtv.xyz
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MTV Unplugged just dropped on MTV REWIND 🎬
🔌 122 acoustic legends.
The performances that defined a generation.
48 hours in. Already growing. Just getting started.
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🎸 120 MINUTES JUST DROPPED 🎸
Added MTV's legendary alternative rock show to MTV REWIND - full episodes in original broadcast order.
The indie/alt/underground channel that introduced America to bands that changed everything.
Same vintage MTV experience. Same commercial breaks. Pure nostalgia.
📺 wantmymtv.xyz
Tha...
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I don't know who wrote this at Loudwire but thank you.
You ser or madam are also PUNK ROCK AS FUCK. ✊
Missing the MTV of Old? A Coder Has Built Their Own 27,000 Video-Strong Version loudwire.com/coder-built-...
@Loudwire
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Thanks for the feature article Parade Magazine.
Nice to see people enjoying something I created from the heart just because I wanted it to exist...
parade.com/news/fans-re...
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I just realized something wild about MTV REWIND:
NPR documented MTV's first day playlist in 2011.
But they were missing the actual VJ intro clip.
I found it........
Added it..................
Now MTV REWIND has the most complete MTV 1st Day archive on the internet.
474K people watched it this week.
$1,629...
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I said "excelsior" once to Claude and now it uses it at the end of every paragraph.
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The moment 'I Want My MTV' played while the platform hit 4K upvotes on Reddit.
The universe gets it. 🎸
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IN A DATA-DRIVEN ALGO WORLD...
...MTV REWIND IS THE REBELLION.
🔥🎯
Zero tracking. Zero algorithm. Just chaos and nostalgia.
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Built MTV REWIND in 48 hours - a free music video platform with 27K videos and zero ads.
Posted it to Reddit this morning.
3 hours later:
- 4.5K upvotes (before auto-mod killed it)
- 426K views
- 12,897 site visits
- $493 in donations
- 20,473 people using it
This is what REAL support for a project looks like.
Not ...
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spent 48 hours building MTV REWIND (25K+ music videos, zero ads, completely free)
reddit mods nuked both viral posts because "low karma account"
1,100+ upvotes, 9 awards, thousands using it right now
but I'm still broke as fuck in Albania running on espresso fumes
if this brought back memories or you're vibing to i...
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MTV REWIND shuffle went:
Rina Sawayama (wholesome J-pop)
→ Future on a Paris rooftop (trap god energy)
in 30 seconds.
Algorithm could NEVER.
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I've been programming video content and scraping playlist for the last 24 hours straight for MTV Rewind.
Soon the archive will be 10s of thousands of videos....
non stop streaming music videos for months on end.
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