Quizilla

Quizilla's former logo

Quizilla was a user-generated quiz website. It originally started as a website for quizzes. Many users were posting "quizzes" that were actually chapters of fan fiction, so a legitimate section for stories was added even though it is not always used. In 2005 and 2006, the website underwent multiple major changes and additions, including a section for poems and lyrics. On October 16, 2006, Viacom's MTV Networks (Teen Nick) announced it had bought Quizilla for an undisclosed sum of money. After selling to TeenNick the site went from a free writing site to a PG-rated site. Due to the sudden changes, many users' work was deleted, which caused many people to abandon the site.[1] In September 2014, Quizilla announced it was shutting down on October 1.

Timeline

Forums

Quizilla's message boards, introduced due to popular request, acted as a community for Quizilla users. There were different sections, such as anime, books, poetry, and movies, to discuss different topics. There were been many changes to the forum since its launch in April 2006, most noticeably in the types of content permitted on the forums, when a series of controversial threads called for a rapid increase in monitoring and rule enforcement.

In late May 2012, the forums were removed from the site indefinitely.

Zillapedia

Zillapedia was a section of Quizilla that used wiki software. Users were able to create entries that provide information, define words, or serve humorous purposes. Zillapedia closely resembled the Urban Dictionary in many ways, and it had similar functions to Wikipedia. It was eventually deleted from Quizilla.

Shop

The Quizilla Shop section allowed people to customize clothing, accessories, and gifts by choosing design details, such as color and graphics.

See also


References

  1. 1 2 "Viacom's MTV buys teen online community website quizilla.com". Digital Media Wire. 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
  2. "Hack of the Day". Matthew Nielsen (Xunker). 2002-08-04. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  3. "Quizilla!". Archive.org. 2005-08-01. Archived from the original on August 1, 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  4. "Quizilla!". Archive.org. 2005-07-28. Archived from the original on July 28, 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
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