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Three Years Of Zero Hedge
Today is the three year anniversary of Zero Hedge.
Starting with humble beginnings and even humbler aspirations, and proceeding through over half a billion page views filled with breaking news, analyses, cynical ruminations, snarky sarcasm, grotesque hyperbole (two words best used to explain our current socio-economic catastrophe), and broadly - entertainment - this website has been lucky enough to grow into the world biggest fully independent financial blog (whatever that means), garnering between 1 and 2 million page views daily (usually VIX-dependent), and serving around 4 million unique readers per month from all around the world.
While we enjoy cutting through the endless media bullshit and propaganda, exposing stupidity, learning from our mistakes, often with a much-needed dose of self-preserving humor that is so critical in this day and age, and hoping to satisfy a persistently unmet niche in the media space, the truth is that no matter the content, the site would not have succeeded or achieved anything without you, our reader. And while most come here to quietly read, learn, snicker, or just to pass the time between trade confirms and fake European bailout headlines, others prefer to engage in direct commentary, often times boisterous, frequently venting, and always uncensored and uncut. Because more than anything, this is a place for anyone and everyone who has an open mind, and more importantly, a sense of humor.
It is to you, our readers, that we owe our sincerest gratitude for providing not only one of the most educated and intelligent, not to mention outspoken, readership bases one could hope for, but for constantly engaging us, and helping us grow and develop in ways we had never thought possible.
It is this what "social media" is all about.
As for everything else, it will happen... in due course. The transition from point A to point B will not be fast and it will not be easy, but it will take place. Because systems out of equilibrium always revert in due course.
And we expect to be there covering, analyzing, and certainly mocking it, every step of the way.
Yours Sincerely,
the ZH crew
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Thank You Tyler for ALL that you have shared with the World!
Thank You Tyler for making the World LESS FUCKING STUPID!!
God Bless You Tyler!! for trying to improve the World thru sharing the Truth!!
God Love You Tyler!! for dumbing down stuff for people like me who can barely count to 10!
You Tyler are a God Send!
and that's the Fact! Jack!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeZmwE1oboE Boom Shaka Laka Laka
"one of the most educated and intelligent readership bases one could hope for"
I like you too, Tyler.
Good anniversary to ZH.
Happy birthday fuckface
I think that if you gauge your success (as a site and an alternative media outlet) on whether or not you have impacted the world you live in (which is how I define it), then ZH gets an 11 out of a 10.
Well done, ZH.
Happy birthday.. bitcheZ :)
Is Mr. Durden building an army?
Gawd, I hope so...
Perhaps we could discuss this on the darknets. Come on in, the water's fine...
https://www.torproject.org/
http://www.i2p2.de/
Happy Birthday, and many happy returns. Trading would be risky without your news and views.
Thank you for all you do. I still want to fight Gandhi.
I'm pretty sure a monkey with a gun would kick Ghandi's ass.
He totally has me on reach.
LOL! If he gets that close, just reach to the back of his head and unscrew the wingnut that holds that dot on his forehead.
Skinny guys fight till their burger.
Tyler(s), you are the informational nemesis of the banksters. Merci!
Damn good to see you WW!!!!!!!!
Is CB still around?
I haven't seen him here in quite a while
CB sure did have a way with words
Miles!
I love, Love, LOVE your avatar image. Perfect fit.
yo yo WW! one of the originals.
This is dedicated to all the ni**as who been down from day one. Welcome to Death Row.
Word up!
I came in awe as well. I recall DaveyJones and Steak comments that were blowin' my mind!
I just started passing along links and related material as the only substantive contribution I could (hopefully) make.
In an insane world a sane man must appear insane.
@Cheesy-That's racist.
Ha! I can't be racist, as I am clearly Swiss, and therefore neutral.
nur s'bescht zum Geburi! Witer so.
Cheesy. There is a rat following you. Just sayin'.
He's a badass, don't mess with the G man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfvLcozLwtE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Perfect.
Viva La ZeroHedge, bitches!
Get the fuck outta here! Congrats. Now when is the big ZH convention in vegas? I am all about some big party and I can show off my mustache that looks so good it's like it has titties...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VIylwth99Wg
^ & *****'s for the 1970's porn stache'!
A zerohedge convention would be awesome. But i'm afraid to see what you other clowns look like.
Venetian Carnival + Burning Man, attended by milita folks with rapper-esque gold chains and giant silver Spam pendants.
And undercover Feds. Lots of Feds. Black helicopters. I don't want to go to jail. I've been there. Not fun. Not at all. Not a good idea. Nope. No. As much as I'd like to, no.
Ahhhh, fuck it. Get on Conrad's darknets (it's not hard).
....going to move my gold.....
You scuba?
Some.
We could all wear guy fawke masks and leave our identification in the car/at home and just invent new handles... could remain as anonymous as possible aside from those damn license plate readers that are there for our protection at just about every major intersection.
Anonymous internet convention perhaps?
Burning man is a decent idea. We need a gang sign though.
WB7 would have some thoughts on that.
Where you at Willie?
Zero Hedge, bitchez!
"What is so dangerous about a character like Tyler Durden is he gives good kids bad ideas."
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVAUW22XrnQw&v=VAUW22XrnQw&gl=US
I am just glad I have a sense of mind and open humor,
Obviously Tyler has given bad kids good ideas also, to wit RoboTrader.
Tyler, so long and thanks for all the fish!
Your web site is superb. I always read it every day, and absorb as much of it as I can. Keep up the good work...
Thanks for the last three years and many more to come. The best finance/news site on the web.
Thanks again Tyler Durdens!
Has been my Homepage for 2 years. And if it's not yours too, you have to ask yourself.
I call bullshit!
Click on your name.
Get 'em.
Do you have to be a member to make ZH your home page? I think not....
Not everyone who reads this has an membership from Day 1.
On that note, Internet Hero, when was the last time you spoke to a woman without having to input your credit card number?
It sure beats the Tickerforum! Aye Carumba!
For not grovelling to Herr Forumfuhrer in the proper obsequious manner nor to a sufficient degree,
I BAN YOU!!!!
It's my home page and my addiction. thank you for a intelligent honest alternative to the pure shit propaganda that passes for information on networks...
Happy Anniversary! And thank you!
Thank you Zerohedge! Three more years! Three more years!
CHEERS
Gold, Bitchez! Lets hope the Internet lasts three more years!
I remember that original home page. Humble indeed! But from a single tiny acorn, grows a mighty oak tree!!
Thanks for all the hard work Tyler(s).
Hookers and blow at ZH HQ (paid for in Euros no doubt)!
Cheers homeboys.
LOVE U TYLER
Happy Fucking Birthday, bitchez! and, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! All else these days is pure, grade A b.s. - if the day comes that you're gone I don't know what I'll do.
Thank you ZH.
Love you!
Great job to all involved. Thank you.
Beta Bitchez!! ...oro & palta too..!!
Happy birthday assholes!!
Thank you for all your work!!
Happy Birthday Zero Hedge. I would say you are not just a website, but a University of What Really Runs the World. Thank you for the free education, it is priceless, very enlightening, and I am eternally grateful.
wow merry birthday
Congrats , well done .
God Bless!
Rock on ZeroHedge
Although there is no direct comment from our resident trolls MDB and ratso the -1 is their way to say congrats.
Exactly! - I was composing the short-list of suspects in my mind when I read your comment - LOL -Cheers and happy new year mate.
Keep educating me, bitchez!
(Congrats ZH. My daily routine would be a lot more boring without you.)
Tip o' the hat, Tylers and crew.
Too funny. My Zero Hedge baseball cap is supposed to arrive this week...lol. If it came today it would have been an "Anniversary Edition"!
I sent robotrader the ZH thong for this anniversary. Hopefully his mom doesn't intercept it again.
Is it an Edipal thong?
Happy Birthday, you guys kick ass!
Congratulations ZH Crew! An incredible site! I wish you continued success & prosperity - I look forward to the 30th Anniversary...Very Best Wishes!
A big thumbs up for ZH....congrats and thanks.
Thank God for ZH.
Keep it up ZH you are doing a stella job! Best blog/news on the net.
every trader in the world knows Zero Hedge is keeping it real.
Happy Anniversary ZH. We've had you in our RSS each and every day. Keep up the fantastic job.
Happy Friggin Birthday!
And a sincere thank you for all that you do!
yep thanks Tyler for the brilliant insight and excellent writing
The guy that runs this website is a genius and i heard he only sleeps three hours a night...
Long live ZH.
Forza Zero Hedge
And to hell with the CondomNation.
H/T to you. The best damn Rottie around!
Doggie stylin'. Hope your trails are happy ones Miles.
*SNAP* LOOOOL
And yours! A supremely interesting journey for us all I'm sure. Give a shout out when you're on the west coast. Cheers #BrilliantFem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRTAE51Pqes
Doggie News from North Carolina:
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/01/09/man-caught-neighbor-having-sex-dog
Congrats to you Tyler and the entire ZH staff. I find it most enlightening and informative. ZH has become an important part of my everyday reading.
Thanks again!!
Damn, missed the whole first year! Didn't find your website to Yves over at Naked "Liberalism" posted a hilarious piece on our economy as a Carnival Amusement Park.
Happy Birthday Zero Hedge.............I hope that the crooks on wall street are shining ur shoes........
Happy Birthday ZeroHedge!! God Bless you Tyler's all!!
Please post your dotted quad so that we can still find you post Gestapho style SOPA sanction.
Thank you for the "real news" that the MSM presstitutes are forbade to print.
Thanks Tyler, I'll keep going to work for the truth if ZH does. Still a lot of work to do.
Congrats ZH -- here's to many more.
You're the new blood that perpetuates the essence of fight club. Rock strong
Hip Hip Hooray
Wish ZH to continue leading the pack.
Hip Hip Hooray
Wish us awakening folks to continue follow ZH and wake up more...So the ripple goes farther
Hip Hip Hooray
Wish the trolls continue to keep us sharp and alert.
http://www.hiphiphoorayonline.com/
OMG...it's been 3 yrs already?? congrats Tylers
Thank you Tyler for the education and the laughs.
Ditto and many MORE.
Only three years? I've been reading this stuff for two and I thought you had always been here and somehow I had just missed it. Upon realzing the toddler age of this site, for a moment, I suddenly felt scared, wondering, Is it safe for me to be here? And then I realized that, in that brief sentient instant, I had harmonized with this line from Fight Club:
"For a second I totally forgot about Tyler's whole controlled demolition thing and I wonder how clean that gun is."
To all who advertised their own shit in the comments section of this post - go fuck yourselves.
Happy Anniversary, ZH. Thanks for all that you do - it's appreciated by hedgies and tin-hat wearers (and tin-hat wearing hedgies) alike ;)
Crap!....I was late to the party.
Better late than never I guess.
A good place to work on the 'knowledge' in economics
Fun subjects....shoulda found it sooner
Thank you for making the world a better place! We will follow you Tyler and as they say," Tighten up boys, we are going in!"
I cant even count the times I have broke out laughin reading your posts Tyler and the comments from , like you said some of the brightest , funniest fucks ever...thanks for the insight and knowledge found nowhere else.Isnt it time for some T-shirts again.this year double your order...so we all get one this time.Thanx for everything.you guys are the best...........................T-SHIRTS............ T-SHIRTS.............................T-SHIRTS..........T-SHIRTS......
And today, CNBC called the US "the locomotive of growth."
Congratulations. This is my favorite site.
Happy Birthday ZH fellas! Screw the FED
I could put some frickin laser on that for you if you want...
sweet
ZH - I can't watch MSM anymore and live in fear you'll go 404. Stay with us and God speed! Party @ Scores tonight?
Can we see Marla's cheesecake photos?
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Keep up the good work.
How much did the Pirate pay for his earrings?
A buck-an-ear.
Har!
only 3 years? wow thought zh was around a lot longer.
one question is do you think you've been able to make the effective difference you set out to?
Its great stuff! But good gracious this machine is so entrenched and protected by willfully braindead minnions not sure if there's any way out of this shit parade. The American public is horrible they don't want to think. Its so fucked up.
Read the posts on net equity withdrawals over time...the people get it and are removing cash (lifeblood) from the system month by month.
Zero real returns in a sick rigged system---no, it's over. Corruption has killed the paper markets and pretty much everyone knows it. Only robots and central bankers jerk off to the charts nowadays...and some crazy day traders.
People understand the "market" isn't safe, but what do they do? They hold CASH....
Hey! Pass the bowl!
Naw man, it's CASH.
This is the gold standard for the net. May you continue for many more years.
In three years you've gone from an occasional blog read (god remember the old blog homepage, lol) to an insatiable addiction. I've gained more knowledge here in the past three years than at any other point in my life. Congratulations on your continued success. Here's to many more years.
Congrats ZH....keep it coming....and happy birthday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogtmb94Dz1Q
Chapeau, congrat, hat off,
Your site made it more easy for me to be a nomad
Grow vegetables and forget the misere.!
Thanks to GW also, i decided to buy a horse and go down south
Live is a challenge, but it is not in western society, where you get robbed of all your possesions and feelings about anythng.
Being free and independent , that was it in the past and that is it in the new world of surviving
Cheers
"You say it's your Birthday..." !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztoSUhbNntQ
Here's a link to my old bloke Paul singing "Birthday" on the occasion of Ringo's 70th birthday. Sometimes I miss the old days with the Beatles.
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/profile?user=PAULMCCAR...
<3 Learnt lots and struck fear deep into my heart. <3
Let's make some moneyyyyy!!!
Great work, ZH. Hopefully the gvt doesn't shut you down.
the New World Order gvt?
ZeroHedge Baby Picture:
http://web.archive.org/web/20090216112312/http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/
http://zerohedge.blogspot.com/2009/01/wall-streets-diarrhea-shifting-to-park.html
Isn't dnarby still around from time to time.
I miss Cheeky. sniff.
And just where the fuck is Chumbly! Nic quit. B9K9 recently absent. WTF?
Robo lost his mind.....so many.
I miss the IRC days the most.
Yup. And great zone tunes.
Marla? Please come back! Please!!
I know you are here. Please!
Yes, those sweet radio nights with marla.
Thanks for the incredible journey ZH/TD
and all who contribute with the spirit of sharing knowledge.
You have formed a true community.
Thank you.
Happy Happy Happy, birthday/anniversary,
and many, many, many more.
Congratulations! & Thank you!
.
In dog years; you're old enough to drink.
Congratulations! It's a been a strange and very eye opening 3 years.
HOW ABOUT A BIRTHDAY SALE ON THE HATS AND T SHIRTS...BITCHEZZZ???
...and you young ZeroHedge, I will be watching your career with great interest.
Well done.
Tyler and Ben Bernanke have a lot in common.
Bernanke pulled off the impossible by creating one of the biggest 3-year stock rallies in history during the worst economic climates ever seen while simultaneously imploding interest rates to 50-year lows with monstrous deficits.
Tyler Durden has created this website and has posted thousands of dire predictions, warnings, and presentations which should have seen the markets implode. Yet he has created the most successful, most trafficked financial web blog site on the internet, despite Bernanke's success at staving off a financial implosion.
Happy Birthday Bitchez!!!
Yea but Tyler doesn't toil to deceive the ignorant.
Payback for Ben and his followers will be dire. What goes around comes around.
Wow, some things never change ... do they Robo? Only you could think having spent 60 trillion USD to reflate 30 trllion USD is a success story rather than an implosive clusterfuck of greed and cronyism. We will leave the impending death of the euro and the EU out of the equation so you won't have to strain your cognitive abilities.
Happy Third Anniversary ZH et al. It has been one hell of a ride so far.
Ahhh, the good old days when ZH was on blogspot and everytime it was offline for more than four hours we thought the TBTF henchmen might have shut them down.
We didn't talk about Zerohedge back in the day, not because of any Fight Club adherence, but because you could come here and LEARN what the white noise from the MSM and the government was intended to hide. We didn't talk about it because it was bad enough to have RoboTrader on her ballyhooing "green shoots" as a full-a-bull troll. The nice part is when the shit does hit the fan, Robo disappears from the site.
Congratulations, Tyler! You and your crew have made the world a better place. (I know this for a fact since it has been so long since the MSM has tried to stomp on you in public.)
barliman
"and everytime it was offline for more than four hours we thought the TBTF henchmen might have shut them down."
I remember that, thought to myself: "The Black Helicopters got Tyler! Time to dig up the gold. Oh, wait, website back up, carry on."
Happy Birthday ZH, may your timeline be long!
Keep on bring it RT!
Congrats Tylers Durden...all x of you!
The reason you have such a large & loyal readership is obviously the content you provide which is simply unavailable in the mainstream and I know of no other single site that sources so many varied financial-related topics each with unique insights & commentary, as this one does
Thank you for your tireless efforts and the service you provide and best wishes for many more successful anniversaries covering the most historic period in all of human history.
"one of the most educated and intelligent, not to mention outspoken, readership bases"
smells like...democracy. Tyler, you're a piece of history. Thank you for all your work.
Davey, you are one of the most consistently brilliant voices here. Thank you for doing whatcha do and bringing me along.
Shit thank you miles, there's a lot of brilliant voices here that help drown out the noise
Having tried to figure out investing and finance off and on for 16 years I can state that before Zerohedge there was ignorance and after Zerohedge there was enlightenment.
I cannot fathom how one person or a few people turn out so much information day in and day out, but if I had to limit myself to one web site per day this would be it.
Congratulations on 3 years!
Am I vested yet?
ZH: the best website ever, not only for Bitchez ;-)
TYT: Thank you Tylers!
ZH rocks. I love this sight gettin' the word out that some of us still care about truth and liberty