After years of searching, it has finally been found!

It was just discovered that the original backrooms image was posted in 2011 – years earlier than previously known.

Thanks for the feedback, fhaldridge7. - GitHub PM

Thanks for the feedback, jjrob13. We'll definitely want to make sure this works well in the new search service. - GitHub PM

Great idea, ryanseys. Thanks for the suggestion. - GitHub PM

We hear you, anarazel. Thanks for the feedback.

Nice idea, ihnorton. Thanks for the feedback.

We hear you, jhokanson. Thanks for this feedback.

Thanks for this feedback, johndough. The copy & paste problem is likely a bug that only happens with Firefox and we'll fix it. More details here: https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/8567

Not right now, but that's some common feedback that we hope to soon address.