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Sprinks lemmy.world Sprinks@lemmy.world
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Zombo.com where you can do anything. Zombocom has no limits. Zombo is unlimited.
Zombo recently underwent new management.

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Sarah Valentine (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-01-15
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Wow, that song is unironically a banger.

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Kojichan lemmy.world Kojichan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-10
#3 · Quote Reply

It lives!

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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-03
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#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

What is this? Lol

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silver das-eck.haus silver@das-eck.haus
Joined: 2025-10-31
#5 · Quote Reply

Zombocom 2 dropped

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Björn swg-empire.de bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
Joined: 2023-07-08
#6 · Quote Reply

What is this? Lol

zombo.com

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TropicalDingdong lemmy.world TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
#7 · Quote Reply

ASK FOR FIRE AND FIND IT WARM

ASK FOR CALM AND BE STILL WITH ZOMBOCOM

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dparticiple sh.itjust.works dparticiple@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-01
#8 · Quote Reply

What is this? Lol

Legendary internet meme from the dot com era! I have been eagerly anticipating their product release since 1999!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombo.com

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otacon239 lemmy.world otacon239@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-07
#9 · Quote Reply

Definitely prefer the old site. The extra production value actually somehow makes it less charming for me.

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voidsignal lemmy.world voidsignal@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-04
#10 · Quote Reply

nooooo. leave zombo alone. what's next? perdu.com?

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voidsignal lemmy.world voidsignal@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-04
#11 · Quote Reply

What is this? Lol

THIS IS zombo.com

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kinther lemmy.world kinther@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#12 · Quote Reply

Oh man. I used to leave zombo on in the background of my work pc years ago. All night until someone would inevitably shut down the pc or pull the audio in the morning

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
#13 · Quote Reply

Wow, that song is unironically a banger.

Yeah but Wikipedia says the current one it's AI-made... mixed feelings.

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mangaskahn lemmy.world mangaskahn@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#14 · Quote Reply

nooooo. leave zombo alone. what's next? perdu.com?

Spacejam.com

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TropicalDingdong lemmy.world TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
#15 · Quote Reply

THIS IS zombo.com

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Sarah Valentine (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-01-15
#16 · Quote Reply

Yeah but Wikipedia says the current one it's AI-made... mixed feelings.

The wikipedia article has no source for that claim.

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molten_boron sh.itjust.works molten_boron@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-01-08
#17 · Quote Reply

nooooo. leave zombo alone. what's next? perdu.com?

apolgy for bad english

where were u wen zombo.com die

i was at house eating dorito when phone ring

"Zombo.com is kil"

"no"

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
#18 · Quote Reply

The wikipedia article has no source for that claim.

Maybe that claim was made by AI too!

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AlecSadler lemmy.dbzer0.com AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-01-03
#19 · Quote Reply

sad.

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mic_check_one_two lemmy.dbzer0.com mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-03-20
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What is this? Lol

It’s an old parody site. It’s making fun of the old dial-up era Flash sites that had insane load times just to show a basic webpage. Once you wait for the entire loading bar, it just has a link to sign up for their newsletter… Which doesn’t exist. It has been around for literal decades now.

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blarghly lemmy.world blarghly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-29
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nooooo. leave zombo alone. what's next? perdu.com?

Literally on the website:

Welcome to… New Management. This domain was purchased openly via GoDaddy. We come in peace (and with a wallet): we’d love to also purchase the rights to the former site's content to help revive the infinite. Until then, everything here is new & unique. Old content rights owners, please reach out. Anything is possible.

It sounds like the old owners allowed their domain ownership to expire. So someone with an interest in keeping it alive bought the domain and threw up something similar, since they didnt have the original. They are trying to reach the original owners to enable them to host the original content.

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blarghly lemmy.world blarghly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-29
#22 · Quote Reply

Spacejam.com

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

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plyth feddit.org plyth@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-05-11
#23 · Quote Reply

As of February 7, 2026, the domain was put up for sale. The author claims it was stolen by a hacker.[citation needed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombo.com

Does anybody know more?

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felixwhynot lemmy.world felixwhynot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#24 · (edited) Quote Reply

See also: html5zombo.com

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Sprinks lemmy.world Sprinks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-03
#25 · Quote Reply

As of February 7, 2026, the domain was put up for sale. The author claims it was stolen by a hacker.[citation needed] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombo.com Does anybody know more?

Reading the page edit history it looks like the "stolen" claim is coming from a now deleted reddit post, hence the no citation.

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danhab99 programming.dev danhab99@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-07-03
#26 · Quote Reply

See also: html5zombo.com

Just for my edification is this what I'm missing out?

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one_old_coder piefed.social one_old_coder@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-08
#27 · Quote Reply

Just for my edification is this what I'm missing out?

You're not missing anything, the only limit is yourself!

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mojofrododojo lemmy.world mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#28 · Quote Reply

Definitely prefer the old site. The extra production value actually somehow makes it less charming for me.

yup.

I'll be sticking to https://chickenonaraft.com/ until the original comes back.

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finallymadeanaccount lemmy.world finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-31
#29 · Quote Reply

sigh

Everything's either changing or closing. Where are the sites filled with wonder we all grew up with from the early days of the internet?

meatspin.com

lemonparty.com

tubgirl.com

rotten.com

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jwt programming.dev jwt@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-10-06
#30 · Quote Reply

Definitely prefer the old site. The extra production value actually somehow makes it less charming for me.

The footnote on the page says they want to revive the original content, but need to find/buy it from the content's copyright owner first.

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elbucho lemmy.world elbucho@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
#31 · (edited) Quote Reply

Sad to see the old Zombo.com go, but this new jingle is legitimately a fucking banger.

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otacon239 lemmy.world otacon239@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-07
#32 · (edited) Quote Reply

The footnote on the page says they want to revive the original content, but need to find/buy it from the content's copyright owner first.

They’ll have a hard time considering the original music was never released and made specifically for Zombo. For my own gain, I pulled it from IA and used Ableton to extract stems so now I have just the (very low quality) music on its own :)

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otacon239 lemmy.world otacon239@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-07
#33 · (edited) Quote Reply

yup. I'll be sticking to https://chickenonaraft.com/ until the original comes back.

Don’t forget about http://iiiiiiii.com/ (didn’t work on mobile for me)

Edit: Site is broken, but the file lives!

https://www.iiiiiiii.com/sus.mp3

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mojofrododojo lemmy.world mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#34 · Quote Reply

Don’t forget about http://iiiiiiii.com/ (didn’t work on mobile for me) Edit: Site is broken, but the file lives! https://www.iiiiiiii.com/sus.mp3

nothing happens when I visit this site in FF or chrome... what am I missing?

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otacon239 lemmy.world otacon239@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-07
#35 · Quote Reply

nothing happens when I visit this site in FF or chrome... what am I missing?

It’s possible it no longer works with modern web standards. Used to just play a song on a blank page.

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SoleInvictus lemmy.blahaj.zone SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-03-28
#36 · Quote Reply

Sad to see the old Zombo.com go, but this new jingle is legitimately a fucking banger.

No kidding. For anyone else who might wait 5 minutes for it to load, just unmute it. It starts playing immediately.

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FireWire400 lemmy.world FireWire400@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#37 · Quote Reply

Why does every fun thing have to be destroyed? I hate this.

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mojofrododojo lemmy.world mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#38 · Quote Reply

It’s possible it no longer works with modern web standards. Used to just play a song on a blank page.

any insight as to what song?

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Breadhax0r lemmy.world Breadhax0r@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-13
#39 · Quote Reply

Sad to see the old Zombo.com go, but this new jingle is legitimately a fucking banger.

Unfortunately its clearly an ai song

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Breadhax0r lemmy.world Breadhax0r@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-13
#40 · Quote Reply

The wikipedia article has no source for that claim.

Anyone who uses suno for any amount of time will clock that as an ai generated song

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otacon239 lemmy.world otacon239@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-07
#41 · Quote Reply

any insight as to what song?

Got it: https://www.iiiiiiii.com/sus.mp3

Page source is your friend

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mojofrododojo lemmy.world mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-25
#42 · Quote Reply

Got it: https://www.iiiiiiii.com/sus.mp3 Page source is your friend

aye aye.... yi yi.... ....is this related to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eFKZxDar9E - like they could be siblings....

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3abas lemmy.world 3abas@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-02
#43 · Quote Reply

Literally on the website: Welcome to… New Management. This domain was purchased openly via GoDaddy. We come in peace (and with a wallet): we’d love to also purchase the rights to the former site's content to help revive the infinite. Until then, everything here is new & unique. Old content rights owners, please reach out. Anything is possible. It sounds like the old owners allowed their dom...

No... They came with their wallet, and are attempting to purchase the rights so they can monetize it. They'll put ads all over it.

If they just wanted to preserve it, they'd hold the domain and keep it pointing at the original server and offer to give the domain back. They want to preserve its fanfare but they want to own it.

There's nothing peaceful about this.

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blarghly lemmy.world blarghly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-29
#44 · Quote Reply

No... They came with their wallet, and are attempting to purchase the rights so they can monetize it. They'll put ads all over it. If they just wanted to preserve it, they'd hold the domain and keep it pointing at the original server and offer to give the domain back. They want to preserve its fanfare but they want to own it. There's nothing peaceful about this.

If it is that easy, why don't you prove it by purchasing zombo.comm and reviving the original? Anything is possible

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3abas lemmy.world 3abas@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-02
#45 · Quote Reply

If it is that easy, why don't you prove it by purchasing zombo.comm and reviving the original? Anything is possible

Uhh, okay?

I'm not saying I want to save it, I don't give a shit about either of them.

I'm just reading the new guy's message...

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#46 · Quote Reply

They’ll have a hard time considering the original music was never released and made specifically for Zombo. For my own gain, I pulled it from IA and used Ableton to extract stems so now I have just the (very low quality) music on its own :)

I asked my wife and mother. My mother has never heard of zombocom. My wife claimed not to. I showed them both (on the archive). My mother was nonplussed. My wife said ohhhhh zombocom. You can do anything there.

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
#47 · Quote Reply

The footnote on the page says they want to revive the original content, but need to find/buy it from the content's copyright owner first.

This is worth revising copyright law for. Disney, get on it

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one_old_coder piefed.social one_old_coder@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-08
#48 · Quote Reply

https://pointerpointer.com/ is still up

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