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The Internet giveth and the Internet taketh away. The modern world is no stranger to major innovations making its mark and ruling the world before being dethroned<\/a> by the next successor in line. Every year inventors try to top each other, pushing the boundaries of technology<\/a> and innovativeness to try to cement their names in the history books for posterity.<\/p>\n

Then, there are these guys, the creators of some of the most hated innovations every person who has ever used the Internet has had to come across. If you don\u2019t know who Dennis Toeppen or Ethan Zuckerman is, you\u2019re about to find out.<\/p>\n

This brief but informative infographic by StudyWeb.com<\/strong> will tell you about 7 of the Internet\u2019s most hated innovations of all time. Let us know if you agree with the list or if you think that they have missed out on any other aggravating creation.<\/p>\n

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The Internet giveth and the Internet taketh away. The modern world is no stranger to major innovations making its mark and ruling the world before being dethroned by the next successor in line. Every year inventors try to top each other, pushing the boundaries of technology and innovativeness to try to cement their names in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3398],"tags":[],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInternet's Most Hated Innovations [Infographic] - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Internet giveth and the Internet taketh away. 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