OutWall

OutWall, is a company who specializes in allowing the public to send information to everyone, by attaching pieces of paper to a large wall for everyone to see.

Early days
OutWall was founded by Matt Angelberg in 1842 as a way for people to publicize anything that can be attached to it, whether it would be personal messages, original artworks, or even advertisements from businesses. At this time, users had to pay 1 penny to 1 pound in order to attach posts, while businesses had to pay £5 daily to keep their ads up and guarantee that their ads would be shown.

Growth
During the mid-1800s, the popularity of OutWall has grown exponentially, thanks in part to the popularity of 'influencers', such as Abraham Lincoln, Vincent Van Gogh, and Thomas Edison, who have all been active OutWall users at that time. This massive spread allowed OutWall to exceed their business from outside of the UK and United States.

OutWall in the 20th century
In 1937, late in OutWall's life, Hormel agreed to buy 90% of all available ad space in order to promote their new canned ham product. It is believed that this is the origin of the term 'spam' to refer to repetitive junk online.

During the 80s and 90s, OutWall's services was losing ground to personal computers and the Internet. They've still gotten strong in the billboard market, making them enough money to buy 24% equity in the search-engine start-up Google, keeping the business alive.

Legacy
Prior to the Anonymous Frog's TED Talk, OutWall's original service has been dying, as new users began to take advantage of a new service called the Internet. During that time, the user-base for OutWall has been mostly made up of old people who have never heard of the internet. After the TED Talk, a large number of users return to using OutWall for nostalgia purposes.

OutWall is now run by the founder's great great great grandson Matt Angelberg V, the sixth generation of the company's dynasty. The company was recently talked about in a TED Talk organized by the Anonymous Frog. Thanks to that new publicity, the previously dying OutWall service was revived by new users.

An OutWall wall appears on a Dinendash restaurant in the season 1 finale Frogfight, where posts featuring the Frog's TED Talk, hiring chefs for said restaurant, and news about the infamous Coronavirus.

Appearances

 * THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO THE INTERNET | OutWall | Anonymous Frog Episode 9
 * Anonymous Frog Episode 10 | Frogfight

Trivia

 * A message was posted on OutWall on 6th of August 1842 by JohnThomas58. This narrows down when OutWall was created.
 * 1p to £1 per post in 1842, when adjusted for inflation, would cost between £1.13 to £113.82 in 2020 money. This price has since been dropped down over time.
 * Advertising on OutWall used to cost £5 per day in 1842, or £569.10 per day in 2020 money.
 * The Anonymous Frog says that Matt Angelberg V is the sixth descendant in the Angelberg dynasty. This implies that one descendant doesn't share the same name as their ancestor.