Years you would group with the classic and modern 2000s?

Fair enough. I could see a case for 2006 making it in with the classic 00's. I think definitely by early 2007, let alone mid 2007, that's certainly modern 00's.

IMO
Classic: 2001-2004
Modern: 2005-2008
2000 is more 90s and 2009 is more 2010s.
My view on the classic 00s: 6th gen consoles, colorful video games, nu metal, AOL Instant Messenger, dial-up, Web 1.0, burning CDs, Nokia 3310-style cellphones, pre-movie SpongeBob, Eminem
My view on the modern 00s: MySpace, emo, YouTube, gritty video games, 7th gen consoles, broadband internet, Web 2.0, iPods, Motorola Razr/BlackBerry type phones, post-movie SpongeBob, Kanye West, Disney Channel shows like Zach and Cody and Hannah Montana, Avatar: The Last Airbender

I get that but I wouldn't say 2006 is classic 00's just because it was in the mid 00's. I would say that 2006 was the start of the modern 00's (mostly based on kid culture) because the HSM fandom started with their first movie in January, then Hannah Montana (the quintessential modern 00's kids show) started in March of that year, That's So Raven stopped constantly airing new episodes after 2005 (2003-2005 was their peak) as season 4 didn't have that many episodes and were missing T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, who played Raven's mom, missing an integral part of the original cast, and brought new characters like Stanley, and Cory being in middle school and such. Stuff like that. Also, the Jonas Brothers broke out that year, starting out the new wave of teen pop, as John Titor mentioned in different thread. 2006 I think was the year rap was on a huge decline compared to what was popular in the classic 00's.

This was the first full year WWE SmackDown! was on Friday nights instead of on Thursday nights like they were from 1999-2005, despite being on the same network of UPN, not to mention WWE Raw going back to the USA Network which would remain on to this day (Raw on TNN/Spike is pretty representative of the classic 2000s), and slightly change their stage, as well as WWE bringing back ECW as a show on their product.

Despite a lot of shows still being around like Malcolm in the Middle, That 70's Show, and Bernie Mac, they were on a decline, especially the last season of That 70's Show, as the main character was not even there. While I do the 2005-2006 school year was the quintessential peak of the 2000s decade (both numerically and culturally), it was the transition from the classic to modern 00's. I guess the fall portion could be considered classic (even winter 2006 as well) but spring 2006 should go in the modern 2000s category. Despite the 7th gen zeitgeist not happening until sometime in 2007, the 7th gen partially began as the Xbox 360 came out in November 2005, and I would say that was definitely a sign of the modern 2000s, especially as it overshadowed the original XBOX, but it was still passed up by the PS2 and Gamecube.

Just a side note, my view of the classic 2000s is not what is the most defining or representative of the decade, but just about the old-school feel or vibe to the decade. The modern 2000s is just that. The modern 2000s. A newer version of it I guess. But then again, this is the perspective of someone who was only 3 during that time so I'd like to hear some other answers on this thread.

Nice list for the video games. In terms of movies that were popular in each era:

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I personally find 2000 way too undeveloped to be classic 2000s. People still used VHS tapes, played N64/PS1/Game Boy games, teen pop was still popular, cartoons were still animated traditionally, and many hallmarks of 2000s culture like the Halo and GTA franchises, Shrek, Harry Potter, etc. didn’t exist yet. I would essentially group 2000 with what I guess you could consider the “modern 90s”, but that’s a debate for a whole other time.
Conversely, 2009 is way too entrenched in 2010s things like smartphones, microtransaction games, rock isn’t that popular anymore, Obama, among other things to really group with the modern 2000s.