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For similar titles, see <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Boeing_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Boeing Boeing (disambiguation)">Boeing Boeing</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Boing Boing</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Boing_Boing_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Boing_Boing_Logo.svg/220px-Boing_Boing_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Boing_Boing_Logo.svg/330px-Boing_Boing_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Boing_Boing_Logo.svg/440px-Boing_Boing_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="79" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">Blog</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Happy Mutants</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carla_Sinclair" title="Carla Sinclair">Carla Sinclair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Frauenfelder" title="Mark Frauenfelder">Mark Frauenfelder</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark Frauenfelder, <a href="/wiki/David_Pescovitz" title="David Pescovitz">David Pescovitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rob_Beschizza" title="Rob Beschizza">Rob Beschizza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carla_Sinclair" title="Carla Sinclair">Carla Sinclair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Jason Weisberger, <a href="/wiki/Cory_Doctorow" title="Cory Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a> (until January 2020), <a href="/wiki/Xeni_Jardin" title="Xeni Jardin">Xeni Jardin</a> (until February 2021)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://boingboing.net">boingboing<wbr />.net</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>1988 (zine)</li> <li>1995 (website)</li> <li>2000 (blog)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Boing Boing</b></i> is a website, first established as a <a href="/wiki/Zine" title="Zine">zine</a> in 1988, later becoming a <a href="/wiki/Collaborative_blog" class="mw-redirect" title="Collaborative blog">group blog</a>. Common topics and themes include <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Futurism_(art)" class="mw-redirect" title="Futurism (art)">futurism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gadgets" class="mw-redirect" title="Gadgets">gadgets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left-wing politics</a>. It twice won the <a href="/wiki/Blog_award" title="Blog award">Bloggies</a> for Weblog of the Year, in 2004 and 2005. The editors are <a href="/wiki/Mark_Frauenfelder" title="Mark Frauenfelder">Mark Frauenfelder</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Pescovitz" title="David Pescovitz">David Pescovitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carla_Sinclair" title="Carla Sinclair">Carla Sinclair</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Beschizza" title="Rob Beschizza">Rob Beschizza</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-editors_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-editors-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the publisher is Jason Weisberger. </p><p>One report named <i>Boing Boing</i> as the most popular blog in the world until 2006, when Chinese-language blogs became popular,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it remained among the most widely linked and cited blogs into the 2010s.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fastcompany_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boing_Boing&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Boing Boing</i> (originally <i><b>bOING bOING</b></i>) started as a <a href="/wiki/Zine" title="Zine">zine</a> in 1988 by married duo Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair. Issues were subtitled <i>"The World's Greatest Neurozine"</i>. Associate editors included <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Branwyn" title="Gareth Branwyn">Gareth Branwyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lebkowsky" title="Jon Lebkowsky">Jon Lebkowsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paco_Nathan" title="Paco Nathan">Paco Nathan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Pescovitz" title="David Pescovitz">David Pescovitz</a>. Along with <i><a href="/wiki/Mondo_2000" title="Mondo 2000">Mondo 2000</a></i>, <i>Boing Boing</i> was an influence in the development of the <a href="/wiki/Cyberpunk" title="Cyberpunk">cyberpunk</a> <a href="/wiki/Subculture" title="Subculture">subculture</a>. It reached a maximum circulation of 17,500 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-fastcompany_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last issue of the zine was #15. </p><p><i>Boing Boing</i> was established as a <a href="/wiki/Website" title="Website">website</a> in 1995<sup id="cite_ref-cnetSignificantMoments_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnetSignificantMoments-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one year later was a web-only publication.<sup id="cite_ref-fastcompany_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While researching for an article about blogs in 1999, Frauenfelder became acquainted with the <a href="/wiki/Blogger_(service)" title="Blogger (service)">Blogger</a> software. He relaunched <i>Boing Boing</i> as a <a href="/wiki/Weblog" class="mw-redirect" title="Weblog">weblog</a> on 21 January 2000, describing it as a "directory of wonderful things".<sup id="cite_ref-fastcompany_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over time, Frauenfelder was joined by four co-editors: Doctorow, Pescovitz, Jardin and Beschizza, all of whom previously contributed to <a href="/wiki/Wired_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Wired Magazine"><i>Wired</i> magazine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Koerth-Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Maggie Koerth-Baker">Maggie Koerth-Baker</a>, after a run as a guest blogger in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-scienceditor_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scienceditor-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> joined the site as its Science Editor, leaving to join a Nieman Foundation fellowship in 2014. </p><p>In September 2003, <i>Boing Boing</i> removed their Quicktopics user-comment feature without warning or explanation. Bloggers commenting on the change at the time speculated that it stemmed from "identity impersonators and idiot flamers" pretending to be co-editors.<sup id="cite_ref-discussionGroupsOrNot_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discussionGroupsOrNot-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Xeni_Jardin" title="Xeni Jardin">Xeni Jardin</a> was a guest on the <i><a href="/wiki/NewsHour_with_Jim_Lehrer" class="mw-redirect" title="NewsHour with Jim Lehrer">NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</a></i> to discuss <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a>'</i>s decision to remove its Comments section on its website, and she spoke from her experience at <i>Boing Boing.</i><sup id="cite_ref-newsHour_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsHour-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2007, <i>Boing Boing</i> staff launched a redesigned site, which included a restored comment facility, moderated by <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Nielsen_Hayden" title="Teresa Nielsen Hayden">Teresa Nielsen Hayden</a>. In 2013, <i>Boing Boing</i> switched from the proprietary Disqus comment system to <a href="/wiki/Discourse_(software)" title="Discourse (software)">Discourse</a>, an open-source internet forum developed by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Atwood" title="Jeff Atwood">Jeff Atwood</a>, Robin Ward and Sam Saffron.<sup id="cite_ref-forums_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forums-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, the project incorporated as Happy Mutants LLC, and <a href="/wiki/John_Battelle" title="John Battelle">John Battelle</a> became the blog's business manager.<sup id="cite_ref-techCrunchProfile_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techCrunchProfile-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-p2p_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p2p-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Boing Boing</i>, by the mid-2000s, "had become one of the most-read and linked-to blogs in the world" according to <i><a href="/wiki/Fast_Company_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast Company (magazine)">Fast Company</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-fastcompany_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site added advertising over the course of late 2004, placed above and to the left and right of material, and, in 2005, in the site's <a href="/wiki/RSS_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="RSS (file format)">RSS</a> feed as well. Editor Cory Doctorow noted that "John [Battelle] said it's going to be harder to make a little money to pay your bandwidth bills than it will be to make a lot of money and have a real source of income from this."<sup id="cite_ref-AdAge_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AdAge-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The advertising income during the first quarter was already $27,000, and as of 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boing_Boing&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, <i>Boing Boing</i> still "makes a nice living for its founders and a handful of contract employees", but it is no longer a member of Battelle's blog network Federated Media Publishing, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-fastcompany_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fastcompany-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Boing Boing</i> featured a "guest blogger" sidebar, then stopped the series in summer of 2004. In 2008, the "guest blogger" series was resumed, with guests posting in the main blog for two-week periods. Guests have included <a href="/wiki/Charles_Platt_(author)" title="Charles Platt (author)">Charles Platt</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Shirley" title="John Shirley">John Shirley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dery" title="Mark Dery">Mark Dery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Lee_Brown" title="Tiffany Lee Brown">Tiffany Lee Brown</a>, Karen Marcelo of <a href="/wiki/Survival_Research_Laboratories" title="Survival Research Laboratories">Survival Research Laboratories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Grenzfurthner" title="Johannes Grenzfurthner">Johannes Grenzfurthner</a> of <a href="/wiki/Monochrom" title="Monochrom">monochrom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Rucker" title="Rudy Rucker">Rudy Rucker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Branwyn" title="Gareth Branwyn">Gareth Branwyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiley_Wiggins" title="Wiley Wiggins">Wiley Wiggins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Scott_(BBSes)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason Scott (BBSes)">Jason Scott</a> of <a href="/wiki/Textfiles.com" title="Textfiles.com">textfiles.com</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(librarian)" title="Jessamyn West (librarian)">Jessamyn West</a> of <a href="/wiki/Librarian.net" class="mw-redirect" title="Librarian.net">librarian.net</a>, journalists <a href="/wiki/Danny_O%27Brien_(journalist)" title="Danny O'Brien (journalist)">Danny O'Brien</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quinn_Norton" title="Quinn Norton">Quinn Norton</a> and comedian <a href="/wiki/John_Hodgman" title="John Hodgman">John Hodgman</a>. </p><p>In September 2006, <i>Boing Boing</i> introduced a weekly <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcast</a>, "Boing Boing Boing", intended to cover the week's posts and upcoming projects. The show's cast consists of the <i>Boing Boing</i> editors, accompanied by a weekly guest. In the same month, <i>Boing Boing</i> introduced a second podcast called "Get Illuminated", which features interviews with writers, artists, and other creatives. </p><p>The site's own original content is licensed under a <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Commons licenses">Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license</a>, as of November 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-ToS_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ToS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2009, <i>Boing Boing</i> refused to comply with a demand from <a href="/wiki/Polo_Ralph_Lauren" class="mw-redirect" title="Polo Ralph Lauren">Polo Ralph Lauren</a>'s lawyers to remove a post concerning a heavily manipulated image of model <a href="/wiki/Filippa_Hamilton" title="Filippa Hamilton">Filippa Hamilton</a>, originally published by the Photoshop Disasters blog. The latter was forced to comply with the company's demand by its hosting provider.<sup id="cite_ref-ralphLaurenUncannyValley_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ralphLaurenUncannyValley-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ralph Lauren issued <a href="/wiki/DMCA" class="mw-redirect" title="DMCA">DMCA</a> takedown notices to <i>BoingBoing</i>'s ISP and <a href="/wiki/Blogspot" class="mw-redirect" title="Blogspot">Blogspot</a>, which hosts Photoshop Disasters, claiming their use of the image infringed copyright. Blogspot complied, but <i>Boing Boing</i>'s ISP consulted with <i>Boing Boing</i> and agreed that the image was <a href="/wiki/Fair_use" title="Fair use">fair use</a>. As a result, <i>Boing Boing</i> issued a mocking rebuttal,<sup id="cite_ref-criticismRalphLauren_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-criticismRalphLauren-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using the same image again and posting the takedown notice. </p><p>The rebuttal was widely reported, including on frequently viewed websites such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-ralphLaurenApologizes_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ralphLaurenApologizes-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-photoEditingFlubs_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-photoEditingFlubs-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 May 2011, the first podcast of "Gweek" was released. <i>Gweek</i> is a podcast in which the editors and friends of <i>Boing Boing</i> talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, TV shows, music, movies, tools, gadgets, apps, and other "neat" stuff. In the first episode of <i>Gweek</i>, Rob Beschizza and Mark Frauenfelder discussed subjects such as the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Portal_2" title="Portal 2">Portal 2</a></i>, graphic novels, upcoming science fiction books, and recommendations of some of their favorite adventure games for mobile platforms. <i>Boing Boing</i> has since added several other podcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-podcasts_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-podcasts-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the site was sued by <i><a href="/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i>, which alleged that a hyperlink to copyright-infringing content at <a href="/wiki/Imgur" title="Imgur">Imgur</a> and <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> was itself illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Federal Court dismissed Playboy's claims on 14 February 2018 and Playboy released a statement suggesting that it was standing down on 28 February.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cory Doctorow left <i>Boing Boing</i> in January 2020, and soon started a solo blogging project titled <i>Pluralistic</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pluralistic-20yearsblogger_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pluralistic-20yearsblogger-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The circumstances surrounding Doctorow's exit from the website were unclear at the time, although Doctorow acknowledged that he remained a co-owner of <i>Boing Boing</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pluralistic-20yearsblogger_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pluralistic-20yearsblogger-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-metafilter-doctorow-beatles_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metafilter-doctorow-beatles-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MetaFilter described the end of the 19-year association between Doctorow and <i>Boing Boing</i> as "the equivalent of <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> <a href="/wiki/Break-up_of_the_Beatles" title="Break-up of the Beatles">breaking up</a>" for the blog world.<sup id="cite_ref-metafilter-doctorow-beatles_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metafilter-doctorow-beatles-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doctorow's exit was not acknowledged by Boing Boing, with his name being quietly removed from the list of editors on 29 January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unicorn_chaser">Unicorn chaser</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boing_Boing&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Unicorn chaser"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A "unicorn chaser" is a practice created by <i>Boing Boing</i> editors as an <a href="/wiki/Antidote" title="Antidote">antidote</a> to blog postings linking to sites containing disgusting or <a href="/wiki/Shock_site" title="Shock site">shocking images</a>. The shocking post would be immediately followed by another post containing a picture of a <a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">unicorn</a>. Xeni Jardin posted the first one (titled "And now, we pause for a Unicorn Moment.") in August 2003 as a reply to a picture of a rash posted by editor Mark Frauenfelder in an attempt to get readers to diagnose it for him.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been used as an antidote for posts containing photos of a <a href="/wiki/Brain_tumor" title="Brain tumor">brain tumor</a>, a man who pumped up the skin of his face with <a href="/wiki/Saline_solution" class="mw-redirect" title="Saline solution">saline solution</a>, many different ways to clean one's <a href="/wiki/Earwax" title="Earwax">earwax</a>, and a lengthy discussion of the Internet video "<a href="/wiki/2_Girls_1_Cup" title="2 Girls 1 Cup">2 Girls 1 Cup</a>". </p><p>On 18 May 2007, <i>Boing Boing</i> announced that <a href="/wiki/Virgin_America" title="Virgin America">Virgin America</a>, as part of its "Name Our Planes!" campaign, would be naming one of its new aircraft "Unicorn Chaser", after having asked <i>Boing Boing</i> to suggest a name.<sup id="cite_ref-virgin_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-virgin-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An Airbus A320 with registration code N626VA eventually joined the fleet with that name.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boing_Boing_Gadgets_and_Offworld">Boing Boing Gadgets and Offworld</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boing_Boing&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boing Boing Gadgets and Offworld"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2007, <i>Boing Boing</i> introduced a gadgets-focused companion site headed by former <i><a href="/wiki/Gizmodo" title="Gizmodo">Gizmodo</a></i> editor Joel Johnson. Johnson left in July 2009, to be replaced by Rob Beschizza,<sup id="cite_ref-farewellJoel_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farewellJoel-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> formerly of <i>Wired News</i>. Other writers include Steven Leckart and Lisa Katayama.<sup id="cite_ref-welcomeKatayamaLeckart_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welcomeKatayamaLeckart-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Offworld, a blog covering video games edited by <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Boyer" title="Brandon Boyer">Brandon Boyer</a>, was added in November 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These sites were incorporated into Boing Boing itself around 2010.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Plans to revive the Offworld site were announced in 2015, with <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Alexander_(journalist)" title="Leigh Alexander (journalist)">Leigh Alexander</a> as Editor-in-Chief and Laura Hudson as Editor.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leigh Alexander and Laura Hudson left Offworld in early 2016 after publishing a collection of selected articles, successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter in March 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boing_Boing_TV">Boing Boing TV</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boing_Boing&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Boing Boing TV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2007, <i>Boing Boing</i> started a new component, <i>Boing Boing TV</i>, that consists of video segments including <i><a href="/wiki/SPAMasterpiece_Theater" title="SPAMasterpiece Theater">SPAMasterpiece Theater</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/2008_in_television" title="2008 in television">2008</a>) with <a href="/wiki/John_Hodgman" title="John Hodgman">John Hodgman</a>, produced by its co-editors in conjunction with DECA, the <i>Digital Entertainment Corporation of America</i>. Art tech group <a href="/wiki/Monochrom" title="Monochrom">monochrom</a> was a frequent contributor. They created their sock puppet series <i>Kiki and Bubu</i> for <i>Boing Boing TV</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />The episodes appear online, as well as on Virgin America flights.<sup id="cite_ref-bbTVonVirgin_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbTVonVirgin-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Censorship">Censorship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boing_Boing&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Censorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Boing Boing</i> has been described as an "outspoken critic of censorship elsewhere",<sup id="cite_ref-bbFendsOffCharges_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbFendsOffCharges-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and operates a high speed, high quality <a href="/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tor (anonymity network)">Tor</a> exit node.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, the act of "<a href="/wiki/Disemvoweling" title="Disemvoweling">disemvoweling</a>" was popularized by the site—literally stripping out the vowels of any comment a moderator had taken exception to.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Violet_Blue_controversy">Violet Blue controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boing_Boing&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Violet Blue controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sex blogger <a href="/wiki/Violet_Blue" title="Violet Blue">Violet Blue</a> has been mentioned, interviewed and once contributed at <i>Boing Boing</i>. On 23 June 2008, Blue posted on her blog, <i>Tiny Nibbles</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that all posts related to her had been deleted from <i>Boing Boing</i>, without explanation.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> featured an interview that cast the silence on the part of <i>Boing Boing</i> on the matter as "inexplicable", causing a controversy as <i>Boing Boing</i> "has often presented itself as a stalwart of cultural openness".<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A heated debate ensued after a brief statement on the <i>Boing Boing</i> site regarding this action stated: "Violet behaved in a way that made us reconsider whether we wanted to lend her any credibility or associate with her. It's our blog and so we made an editorial decision, like we do every single day".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In commentary attached to that blog entry, "many commenters surmised that they had something to do with Blue's suing to stop a <a href="/wiki/Noname_Jane" title="Noname Jane">porn star</a> from also using the name Violet Blue", and many commenters found the removal troubling, but Xeni Jardin said that she hoped she would not have to make the reasons public.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span 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