Is meatspin a shock site?

It is/was a shock site people would see the link and assume it was something innocent and be shocked at the result. Normally the reaction would be amusing to a third person. While meatspin.com is still up after visiting it I did not see the video so either it is gone or has not yet been updated to run on flashless browsers.

Would meatspin have the same impact if it were released today?

That’s why Meatspin probably wouldn’t have the same impact today if it were released today. Meatspin, one of the original shock sites, is a relic of a different time in internet history when casual homophobia was still a reasonable ingredient in the recipe for internet success. Launched on March 10, 2005, the site quickly took off.

Did meatspin go mainstream?

Meatspin never went equally mainstream but is nevertheless the subject of hundreds of reaction videos on YouTube. Mourners have taken to Twitter not so much to eulogize the shock site itself, but the many pranks for which they’d harnessed its powers. “You guys, Meatspin.com no longer exists.