Seriously dude, it's been like this for YEARS. [133][134], According to The Washington Post, "the site's users have managed to pull off some of the highest-profile collective actions in the history of the Internet. [200], On July 14, 2019, 17-year-old Bianca Devins was murdered by 21-year-old Brandon Clark of Utica, New York after the two went to a concert together. /r9k/ was restored on October 23, 2011, along with /hc/ ("Hardcore", previously deleted), /pol/ (a rebranding of /new/) and the new /diy/ board, in addition to an apology by Poole where he recalls how he criticized the deletion of Encyclopedia Dramatica and realized that he had done the same. The 4chan imageboards were rewritten in valid HTML5/CSS3 in May 2012 in an effort to improve client-side performance. I am sincerely sorry", citing server costs, infrastructure costs, and network fees. The "no invasions" rule was added in late 2006, after /b/ users spent most of that summer "invading" Habbo Hotel. Each board has its own set of rules and is dedicated to a specific topic, variously including anime and manga, video games, music, literature, fitness, politics, and sports, among others. A screencap can at least be claimed as fair use. Those that do mention 4chan in a single sentence.—Ryulong 05:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC) I've cut everything down to this one sentence, as that's all the sources really say. The lolikon boards on not4chan was on 4chan but then changed to not4chan. [4] Several Internet memes have started at 4chan, including lolcats and rickrolling. The site has been described as a hub of Internet subculture, as its community as being influential in the formation of prominent Internet memes, such as lolcats, Rickrolling, and rage comics, as well as hacktivist and political movements, such as Anonymous and the alt-right. Only one board is devoted to gay male images and they must be softcore yaoi illustrations, which is a niche that mainly appeals to heterosexual women. To do this, click the [Settings] link in the top right corner and uncheck "Disable the native extension" in the panel that appears. To do this, click the [Settings] link in the top right corner and uncheck "Disable the native extension" in the panel that appears. There were several server changes throughout the years. [6] 4chan's Alexa rank is 1042 as of June 2020[update][7] though it has been as high as 56. A good chunk of the sources do not mention 4chan at all. [206][207] The next day, AT&T issued a statement claiming that the block was put in place after an AT&T customer was affected by a DoS attack originating from IP addresses connected to img.4chan.org, and was an attempt to "prevent this attack from disrupting service for the impacted AT&T customer, and... our other customers." [3] One of the boards on the site, called "/b/", is dedicated to random topics and is often mentioned in media. The 4chan logo isn't finalized, the contest for the new one is still underway. January 25, 2011", "#GamerGate: the misogynist movement blighting the video games industry", "Chat logs show how 4chan users created #GamerGate controversy", "8chan, the central hive of Gamergate, is also an active pedophile network", "Gamergate Supporters Partied at a Strip Club This Weekend", "4chan Pics Match Slay Scene, Suspect David Kalac on Run: Investigators", "4chan Murder Suspect David Kalac Surrenders in Oregon", "Port Orchard man sentenced to 82 years for murder", "Bianca Devins: The teenager whose murder was exploited for clicks", "Bianca Devins Murder Suspect Pleads Not Guilty", "Bianca Devins: Lies, scams, misogyny explode online before facts; grieving family debunks rumors", "This Is How You Build a Dead Girl Narrative in Real Time", "A Teen Girl Found Refuge Online — Then Her Murder Went Viral", "AT&T Reportedly Blocks 4chan. Unlike previous Anonymous attacks, this action was characterized by 4chan memes including rickrolls and Guy Fawkes masks. Thus, the "rickroll" was born. 1.7.0: modified: - /f/ and the report form are now styled. [136], KTTV Fox 11 aired a report on Anonymous, calling them a group of "hackers on steroids", "domestic terrorists", and collectively an "Internet hate machine" on July 26, 2007. These people are not only despicable human beings but really fucked in the head in a major way. 4Chan is NOT anonymous and that is not backed up by the source. The games proceeded as planned but under a higher level of security awareness. [62][64] The New York Observer has described posters as "immature pranksters whose bad behavior is encouraged by the site's total anonymity and the absence of an archive". Blocks. [6], Later that year, the private Yahoo! The incident was criticized by some /b/ users, in that most reports on the hack focused on 4chan, rather than Palin's violation of campaign law. [176][177], On January 21, 2014, an anonymous poster started a thread on /b/ identifying a student named Westley Sullivan who apparently went to the same high school as the poster. This message resulted in the Church receiving threatening phone calls. [181], Collin Campbell, a U.S. Navy Machinist's Mate, was arrested in February 2011 after a fellow seaman found child pornography on his iPhone that he downloaded entirely from 4chan. 4chan's best known boards are /b/ and /pol/, which is short for "politically incorrect". [137] Slashdot founder Rob Malda posted a comment made by another Slashdot user, Miang, stating that the story focused mainly on users of "4chan, 7chan and 420chan". - Text boards style/position. [147] The videos uploaded by the user had apparently become popular with 4chan members, who subsequently became angered after the account was suspended and called for a new wave of pornographic videos to be uploaded to YouTube on January 6, 2010. "I’m going to bring a Remington 700 and start shooting Alt-right guys. [107] The video became an immensely popular Internet meme, resulting in cover versions by John Mayer and Green Day drummer Tré Cool. Prepare to kill yourselves. [10] In January 2009, Poole signed a new deal with an advertising company; in February 2009, he was $20,000 in debt, and the site was continuing to lose money. However, he forgot to blank out the password in the screenshot. Similar conversations litter 4Chan. [21], In April 2009, Poole was voted the world's most influential person of 2008 by an open Internet poll conducted by Time magazine. [146] In January 2010, members of the site attacked YouTube again in response to the suspension of YouTube user lukeywes1234 for failing to meet the minimum age requirement of thirteen. Miang claimed that the report "seems to confuse /b/ raids and motivational poster templates with a genuine threat to the American public", arguing that the "unrelated" footage of a van exploding shown in the report was to "equate anonymous posting with domestic terror". QAnon (/ ˌ k j uː ə ˈ n ɒ n /) is a disproven and discredited far-right conspiracy theory alleging that a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping, cannibalistic pedophiles is running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotting against former U.S. president Donald Trump, who has been fighting the cabal. Rumors of 4chan's closure are always in circulation. The "no rules" policy also applies to actions of administrators and moderators, which means that users may be banned at any time, for any reason, including for no reason at all. (NSFW), and Adult (NSFW). The article does not say that 4chan is politically incorrect, though.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦ (talk to me) 05:36, 10 May 2017 (UTC) A "capcode" may be used to attribute the post to "Anonymous ## Mod", although moderators often post without the capcode. The website of the UK law firm ACS:Law, which was associated with an anti-piracy client, was affected by the cyber-attack. /pol/ (Politically Incorrect) is a political discussion board on 4chan.The board's intended purpose is the "discussion of news, world events, political issues, and other related topics." [66] A sign of 4chan's scaling, according to Poole, was when GETs lost meaning due to the high post rate resulting in a GET occurring every few weeks. Registration is not available and users typically post anonymously; posting is ephemeral, as threads receiving recent replies are "bumped" to the top of their respective board and old threads are deleted as n… In March of that year, the game's trailer had been released, and the game's immense popularity caused publisher Rockstar Games' website to crash. [90][91] The "beta uprising" or "beta rebellion" meme, the idea of taking revenge against women, jocks[note 2] and others perceived as the cause of incels' problems, was popularized on the sub-section. On January 15, 2008, a 4chan user posted to /b/, suggesting participants "do something big" against the Church of Scientology's website. February 7, 2011", "4chan Child Porn Fan Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Pen June 22, 2011", "Child Porn Plea On Deck For Navy Man Who Found Illicit Images On 4chan. This effort succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. The raid drew criticism from some 4chan users who felt it would bring the site undesirable attention. This effort succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. [163], Around midnight on September 11, 2007, a student posted photographs of mock pipe bombs and another photograph of him holding them while saying he would blow up his high school—Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas—at 9:11 am on September 11. These individuals then contacted Fairview school officials and the local police department, as well as the FBI. [117], 4chan has been labeled as the starting point of the Anonymous meme by The Baltimore City Paper,[8] due to the norm of posts signed with the "Anonymous" moniker. [169], Jarrad Willis, a 20-year-old from Melbourne, Australia was arrested on December 8, 2007, after apparently posting on 4chan that he was "going to shoot and kill as many people as I can until which time I am incapacitated or killed by the police". [2], 4chan was created as an unofficial English-language counterpart to the Japanese imageboard Futaba Channel, also known as 2chan, and its first boards were created for posting images and discussion related to anime. 4chan has blocked several blocks of users in the past. [186], After 4chan reported a 15-year-old boy in California who posted child pornography, the United States Department of Homeland Security raided his home on June 7, 2011, and took all of his electronic items. [58], The "random" board, /b/, follows the design of Futaba Channel's Nijiura board. Clover is licensed under the GPL and will always be free. [13] When creating 4chan, Poole obtained Futaba Channel's open source code and translated the Japanese text into English using AltaVista's Babel Fish online translator. 4chan has often been the subject of media attention as a source of controversies, including the coordination of pranks and harassment against websites and Internet users, and the posting of illegal and offensive content. [8] As a parody of the incident, 4chan temporarily added "Don't mess with football" as an additional rule for /b/. [63], Each post is assigned a post number. [104] In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Astley said he found the meme "bizarre and funny". [92][93] It gained more traction on the forum following the Umpqua Community College shooting, where it is believed that the shooter, Chris Harper-Mercer, also warned people not to go to school in the Northwest hours prior to the shooting as users encouraged him. [188] According to the official criminal complaint filed against Thaddeus, he admitted to obtaining child pornography from the /b/ board on 4chan. [5][23][24] At its founding, the site only hosted one board: /b/ (Anime/Random). Jan 27, 2021, 7:54 am* Internet Culture . We're glad to see this short-lived debacle has prompted renewed interest and debate over net neutrality and Internet censorship—two very important issues that don't get nearly enough attention—so perhaps this was all just a blessing in disguise. 4chan has a strong IRC following and there is no mention of it. [119][120][121][122][123] In an article published on the animation website Cartoon Brew, titled The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation, the writer Amid Amidi referenced the then-recent debut of the show as an example of how the talent of creators such as Lauren Faust was being used to work on behalf of an established toy-centric property rather than original ideas developed by creators themselves. note "[198] The victim was Amber Lynn Coplin, aged 30. [21] Poole had been a regular participant on Something Awful's subforum "Anime Death Tentacle Rape Whorehouse" (ADTRW), where many users were familiar with the Japanese imageboard format and Futaba Channel ("2chan.net"). Ihre Nutzer machten unter anderem durch Netzaktionen auf sich aufmerksam und sie gilt als Wiege der Anonymous-Bewegung.. Popularität erfährt 4chan vor allem als steter Quell … The 4chan community was able to track down the originator of the videos, a fourteen-year-old from Lawton, Oklahoma, and passed his details to his local police department. 4chan Imageboard 4chan, a weird and often lewd corner of the internet, was founded by 15-year-old Christopher Poole in 2003. June 29, 2011", "Man, 21, posts bond in child porn case over Facebook postings", "Apple confirms accounts compromised but denies security breach", "Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande Among Celebrities Exposed in Massive Nude Photo Leak", "Stolen celebrity images prompt policy change at 4Chan", "Face Behind The Name: Meet Matthew Riskin Bean, Convicted 4chan Cyberstalker. --Have a nice day. We could have changed history and failed, epically. Mr. VacBob (aka MVB, Alexander Strange) - Main coder, writer of 4chan extensions, maintains the 4chan servers and world4ch. [165][166][167][168] The incident turned out to be a hoax; the "weapons" were toys and there were no actual bombs. It’s a false flag for sure, but I’ll be aiming for the more tanned/dark haired muddied jeans in the crowd so real whites won’t have to worry," wrote Radulovic, according to the indictment. Erveryone with half a brain knows to stay the f**k off 4chan and Reddit at all costs. [37][38][39] On September 21, 2015, Poole announced that Hiroyuki Nishimura had purchased from him the ownership rights to 4chan, without disclosing the terms of the acquisition. AT&T maintains that the block was not related to the content on 4chan. I have been subject to criminal attack. [110][111][112][113] They then spread to 4chan and other sites, resulting in a large online following. [49], Poole kept his real-life identity hidden until it was revealed on July 9, 2008, in The Wall Street Journal. [114] Pedobear is one of the most popular memes on non-English imageboards, and has gained recognition across Europe. Thus, words such as "eggroll" were changed to "duckroll". Clover - 4chan browser for Android. Only within the 4chan community and those who know all about 4chan. Certain post numbers are sought after with a large amount of posting taking place to "GET" them. [214], Following the Christchurch mosque shootings numerous ISPs temporarily blocked any site hosting a copy of the livestream of the shooting. An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.. Forums act as centralized locations for topical discussion. [138], On July 10, 2008, the swastika CJK unicode character (卐) appeared at the top of Google's Hot Trends list—a tally of the most used search terms in the United States—for several hours. [70] Media sources have characterized /pol/ as predominantly racist and sexist, with many of its posts taking an explicitly neo-Nazi bent. It was later reported that the HTML numeric character reference for the symbol had been posted on /b/, with a request to perform a Google search for the string. The programmer, Fredrick Brennan, was upset that 4chan banned discussions of Gamergate, a campaign to harass several women in the video gaming industry. Roughly 10 percent of American adults believe in some or all of QAnon’s theories, according to a Pew Research study conducted My e-mails have been hacked. [67], /pol/ ("Politically Incorrect") is 4chan's political discussion board. [211][212], On February 4, 2010, 4chan started receiving reports from Verizon Wireless customers that they were having difficulties accessing the site's image boards. Brennan, who considered the imageboard 4chan to have grown into authoritarianism, described 8chan as a "free-speech-friendly" alternative, and originally conceptualized the site while experiencing a psychedelic mushrooms trip. [45], In October 2016, it was reported that the site was facing financial difficulties that could lead to its closure or radical changes. [46] In a post titled "Winter is Coming", Hiroyuki Nishimura said, "We had tried to keep 4chan as is. February 14, 2011", "4chan Linked To Federal Kiddie Porn Probe: NCIS: Sailor obtained illicit images from popular site. 4chan Imageboard 4chan, a weird and often lewd corner of the internet, was founded by 15-year-old Christopher Poole in 2003. It was the first board created, and was described in 2009 as 4chan's most popular board, accounting for 30% of site traffic at the time. According to U.S. prosecutors, QAnon is commonly called a cult. Oh well. After coming back up, the front page accidentally revealed a backup file of the entire website, which contained over 300 megabytes of private company emails, which were leaked to several torrents and across several sites on the Internet. Website under scrutiny after shootings", "Oregon shooting: Did 4chan trolls incite Chris Harper-Mercer to massacre at Umpqua Community College? [100] 4chan and other websites, such as the satirical Encyclopedia Dramatica, have also contributed to the development of significant amounts of leetspeak. 4chan and Reddit post horrifying and cruel content? In October 2017, an anonymous user put a series of posts on the message board 4chan. Private browsing: 4chan X does not yet support private browsing / incognito mode. Spam! [147] Later the same year, 4chan made numerous disruptive pranks directed at singer Justin Bieber.[148]. Private browsing: 4chan X does not yet support private browsing / incognito mode. [152] In retaliation for the initial attacks being called only a minor nuisance, Anonymous launched more attacks, bringing the site down yet again. [199] Kalac was convicted in April 2017 and was sentenced to 82 years in prison the following month. The user posted a YouTube link that purportedly led to the trailer, but in reality directed users to the music video for Rick Astley's 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up". [101], A lolcat is an image combining a photograph of a cat with text intended to contribute humour. [69] The board quickly attracted posters with a political persuasion that later would be described with a new term, the alt-right. In a series of posts on the topic, Nishimura explained that the split was due to 4chan being blacklisted by most advertising companies, and that the new 4channel domain would allow for the site to receive advertisements by mainstream ad providers. On September 20 it was revealed they were questioning David Kernell, the son of Democratic Tennessee State Representative Mike Kernell. [145] A 4chan member acknowledged being part of the attack, telling BBC News that it was in response to YouTube "deleting music". A multitude of /b/ visitors followed the order and pushed the symbol to the top of the chart, though Google later removed the result. 4chan is an English language website based on the Japanese Futaba Channel where people can post and discuss pictures and other images; sites such as these are called imageboards. As of 2019, the /pol/ (Politically Incorrect), /v/ (Video Games), /vg/ (Video Games Generals), and /b/ (Random) boards receive the most daily posts. Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in October 2003, the site hosts boards dedicated to a wide variety of topics, from anime and manga to video games, music, literature, fitness, politics, and sports, among others. Whoever pulled the trigger on blackholing the site probably didn't anticipate [nor intend] the consequences of doing so. [157] The threat claimed that the attack would be carried out on October 22, the final day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 4Chan and its offspring are designed to disappear, deleting all posts in a thread past 15 pages. [12] On September 28, 2012, 4chan introduced a "4chan pass"[35] that, when purchased, "allows users to bypass typing a reCAPTCHA verification when posting and reporting posts on the 4chan image boards"; the money raised from the passes will go towards supporting the site. [164] He was arrested before school began that day. [94][95] The perpetrator of the Toronto van attack referenced 4chan and an incel rebellion in a Facebook post he made prior to the attack while praising self-identified incel Elliot Rodger, the killer behind the 2014 Isla Vista killings. Granted, it's growth is in a slump right now, but netherless it is still rather young. DiamondDragon DESU 23:21, 4 September 2007 (UTC) In that case, put it as saying "to the members of 4chan, Yotsuba is considered the site's unofficial mascot" or something. 4chan This included "So I herd u liek mudkipz" [sic], which involved a phrase based on Pokémon and which generated numerous YouTube tribute videos,[13] and the term "an hero" [sic] as a synonym for suicide, after a misspelling in the Myspace online memorial of seventh grader Mitchell Henderson. A February 2008 protest by members of the 4chan-connected group Anonymous outside the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles. Her son will be home from school soon. [62], The humor of /b/'s many users, who refer to themselves as "/b/tards",[62][63] is often incomprehensible to newcomers and outsiders, and is characterized by intricate inside jokes and dark comedy. I think you've pretty much nailed it. In 2005, the meme was widely popularized by 4chan in the form of "Caturday". (see the article) And world4ch is managed by 4chan staff. These events were described as a "civil war" internal to 4chan. [119], The moderation of My Little Pony related topics on 4chan became controversial; discussion of the show extended to the /b/ board, reaching a volume and intrusiveness that was eventually met with hostile reactions from other 4chan users. Not anything about talking about 4chan at all. [155][156], On October 18, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security warned National Football League officials in Miami, New York City, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland, and Cleveland about a possible threat involving the simultaneous use of dirty bombs at stadiums. [note 1] 4chan also has a junior moderation team, called "janitors", who may delete posts or images and suggest that the normal moderation team ban a user, but who cannot post with a capcode. Clover website Get Clover from F-Droid [27][28] In February 2004, GoDaddy suspended the 4chan.net domain, prompting Poole to move the site to its current domain at 4chan.org. The source of the story was traced back to 4chan. -- Bkid 22:28, 23 September 2006 (UTC) It does not need mentioning, just because 7chan was a refuge for all of the /b/tards who were angry at the new enforcement of rules on /b/. [86] It became a popular gathering place for the controversial online incel community. Vincent Diamante/Creative Commons. There are "rules of the internet" (not rules of 4chan), that does not talk about 4chan.org, but about one special board on 4chan, and are meant as half-joke anyway. Revealing oneself as a janitor is grounds for immediate dismissal. D:< Dieter Weber 23:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC) 4chan's dead. On the website, users post pictures and discuss them. [48], In a 2020 interview with Vice Media, several current or past moderators spoke about what they perceived as racist intent behind the site's management. 4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. On Telegram, militia groups, white nationalists and QAnon supporters swap updates on the latest voter fraud allegations and spread calls to take up arms to protect Trump’s presidency. Anonymous (group) § 4chan raids (2003–2007), Recording Industry Association of America, United States Department of Homeland Security, "What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And "b"? Anyone and everyone can share their images and post comments on their favorite boards without needing an account at all… TechXtra is one of the best deep web search engines where you can search for content that has to do with Math, Engineering, and Computing. Upon his successful election, a /pol/ moderator embedded a pro-Trump video at the top of all of the board's pages. Both Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., appeared to acknowledge the support by tweeting /pol/-associated memes. The content still is being removed on 8chan, however. [65] Douglas said of the board, "reading /b/ will melt your brain", and cited Encyclopedia Dramatica's definition of /b/ as "the asshole of the Internets [sic]". When the site started, it was for discussing anime and manga, but now … It has been used as a symbol of pedophilia by Maltese graffiti vandals prior to a papal visit. The original post included a link to Westley Sullivan's Facebook profile, which has since been taken down, and a screenshot of a post which said "if fairview isnt closed tomorrow im going to blow it up", referring to Sullivan's high school, Fairview High School, in Boyd County, Kentucky. [125] There is a ban on discussion of the show globally on the site outside of this board. [202] The photos were widely shared on Instagram and other sites, particularly on 4chan where many users mocked and celebrated her death, saying she deserved it and praising the killer while depicting Devins as a manipulative young woman. As of November 2020[update], 4chan receives more than 20 million unique monthly visitors, with more than 900,000 posts made daily. ", "How Elliot Rodger went from misfit mass murderer to 'saint' for group of misogynists — and suspected Toronto killer", "Incel: What it is and why Alek Minassian praised Elliot Rodger", "Toronto Van Attacker Wanted 'Beta Uprising' to Inspire Other Attacks", "Iz not cats everywhere? [129][130][131][132], A report of Jeffrey Epstein's death was posted on /pol/ around 40 minutes before ABC News broke the news. However, some of the perceived inconsistencies in this theory are directly contradicted by claims made by 4chan's staff and other sources. May 18, 2011", "Feds Raid Boy's Home Over 4chan Child Porn Post: Notorious site's administrators sparked DHS probe. The name is a reference to the larger 4chan and the code term 420 of the cannabis subculture.Its boards include various drug-specific boards, as well as a board featuring a chatbot named Netjester. This cost thousands of dollars of bandwidth bills according to Turner. Users submitted entries such as "Diabeetus", "Fapple", several variations of "Gushing Granny", and "Hitler did nothing wrong". [80][81][82][83], /r9k/ is a board which implements Randall Munroe's "ROBOT9000" algorithm, where no exact reposts are permitted. [8] On October 20, 2006, Brahm turned himself in to federal authorities, and was charged with fabricating a fake terrorist threat and taken into custody. [75][76] The board's users have started antifeminist, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-Arab Twitter campaigns. Anyways plus4chan has nothing to do with 4chan except that they actually archive some stuff, and the mods have stickied it for a while. [205], On July 26, 2009, AT&T's DSL branch temporarily blocked access to the img.4chan.org domain (host of /b/ and /r9k/), which was initially believed to be an attempt at Internet censorship, and met with hostility on 4chan's part. After investigating, Poole found out that only the traffic on port 80 to the boards.4chan.org domain was affected, leading members to believe that the block was intentional. A quantitative analysis found that /pol/ is an important influencer of news content on Twitter, with the board contributing 3% of mainstream news links and 1.96% of alternative news links on Twitter (as a fraction of all links co-appearing on Twitter, Reddit, and 4chan).The researchers concluded that "'fringe' communities often succeed in spreading alternative news to mainstream social networks." 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