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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #B00000; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B00000"><b>Frogs, clowns, and swastikas</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right"><font size="4" color="#FFFFFF"><b>Alt-right</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:Alt-right" title="Category:Alt-right"><img alt="Icon altright.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/6/6a/Icon_altright.svg/100px-Icon_altright.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/6/6a/Icon_altright.svg/150px-Icon_altright.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/6/6a/Icon_altright.svg/200px-Icon_altright.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B00000; text-align:center;"><b>Chuds</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Fuentes" title="Nick Fuentes">Fuentes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owen_Benjamin" title="Owen Benjamin">Benjamin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baked_Alaska" title="Baked Alaska">Baked Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Taylor" title="Jared Taylor">Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Molyneux" title="Stefan Molyneux">Molyneux</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Spencer" title="Richard Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bannon" title="Steve Bannon">Bannon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Southern" title="Lauren Southern">Southern</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos" title="Milo Yiannopoulos">Yiannopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stormfront" title="Stormfront">SF</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer" title="The Daily Stormer">TDS</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Right_Stuff" title="The Right Stuff">TRS</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">8chan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/4chan#.2Fpol.2F_.E2.80.94_Politically_incorrect" title="4chan">/pol/</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B00000; text-align:center;"><b>Rebuilding the Reich, one meme at a time</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PewTube" title="PewTube">PewTube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Langan" title="Christopher Langan">Christopher Langan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatnik_Soup" title="Vatnik Soup">Vatnik Soup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglass_Mackey" title="Douglass Mackey">Douglass Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Little" title="Patrick Little">Patrick Little</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#B00000; text-align:center;"><b>Buzzwords and dogwhistles</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alt-right_glossary" title="Alt-right glossary">Alt-right glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alt-right_glossary_(non-Anglophone)" title="Alt-right glossary (non-Anglophone)">Alt-right glossary (non-Anglophone)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_alt-right_glossary" title="Indian alt-right glossary">Indian alt-right glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manosphere_glossary" title="Manosphere glossary">Manosphere glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_alt-right_glossary" title="Russian alt-right glossary">Russian alt-right glossary</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Altrightnav" title="Template:Altrightnav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Altrightnav" title="Template talk:Altrightnav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Altrightnav&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>…the web's current top toxic slime pit…</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Sam Biddle in 2015, reproduced by Brennan as the banner for 8chan shortly thereafter<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-reeve_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reeve-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:106</sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Shut the site down. It's not doing the world any good. It's a complete negative to everybody except the users that are there. And you know what? It's a negative to them, too. They just don't realize it.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Fredrick Brennan, <i>founder of the site</i> in 2019<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>8chan</b> (or <b>infinitechan</b>), now known as <b>8kun</b>, is a message board in the style of various imageboards such as <a href="/wiki/4chan" title="4chan">4chan</a>, launched in 2013. The site claims to remove content only when it violates United States federal law, justifying this policy as the exercise of <a href="/wiki/Free_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="Free speech">free speech</a>. When it was launched, it gained prominence among <a href="/wiki/Gamergate" title="Gamergate">Gamergate</a> supporters in August 2014, when their fondness for <a href="/wiki/Doxxing" class="mw-redirect" title="Doxxing">doxxing</a> got too much even for 4chan to put up with. </p><p>8chan was founded by Fredrick Brennan, nicknamed "Hotwheels" due to him being a wheelchair user who suffers from severely disabling <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/osteogenesis_imperfecta" class="extiw" title="wp:osteogenesis imperfecta" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: osteogenesis imperfecta">osteogenesis imperfecta</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> (brittle bone disease). Brennan had the idea for 8chan as a result of being high on <a href="/wiki/Psilocybin" title="Psilocybin">psychedelic mushrooms</a>, to no one's surprise. In May 2016, however, Brennan, who regretted the site's creation, stepped down from leading the site and passed his position to 2ch engineer <b>Ron Watkins</b>, and the latter's father, <b>Jim Watkins,</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> who subsequently proceeded to turn the site into the type of environment that <a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a> would be able to grow and fester in.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p>In the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Mass_shooting" title="Mass shooting">mass shootings</a> in El Paso, <a href="/wiki/Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas">Texas</a> and Dayton, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> (with the former having connections to 8chan), Cloudflare, after having tolerated rancid sites in the name of <a href="/wiki/Free_speech" class="mw-redirect" title="Free speech">free speech</a>, was finally fed up with 8chan's bullshit and pulled the plug.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[note 1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup> Similar to what happened with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer" title="The Daily Stormer">The Daily Stormer</a></i> (which was also dropped by Cloudflare on August 16, 2017), fellow DDOS mitigation service <a href="/wiki/Epik" title="Epik">Epik</a> / Bitmitigate (who currently also protect other terrorist-enabling sites such as <a href="/wiki/Gab" title="Gab">Gab</a> and whose CEO is infamous for attempting to spread the <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_terrorist_attacks" title="Christchurch terrorist attacks">Christchurch shooting</a> video on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a></sup> took over, temporarily allowing the rancid dumpster fire known as 8chan to continue to smolder on.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a></sup> Shortly after, Voxility, the company that Epik was renting servers from, also quickly got tired of the <a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">bullshit</a> and booted both 8chan and <i>The Daily Stormer</i> off their network (and thus, off the clearnet).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gonzales_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gonzales-12">[11]</a></sup> </p><p>Despite the efforts of Jim Watkins, 8chan has had difficulty finding a host willing to deal with its toxicity (even <a href="/wiki/Kiwi_Farms" title="Kiwi Farms">Kiwi Farms</a> <a href="/wiki/Stopped_clock" title="Stopped clock">wants nothing to do with them</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a></sup> Attempts to rebrand the site as "8kun" and relaunch the site, including (ironically, for a site founded on "freedom of speech") an attempt to use cloud computing services in China (<a href="/wiki/China#Censorship" title="China">of all places...</a>) and another attempt to utilize a <a href="/wiki/Russian" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian">Russian</a> "bulletproof" host mostly known for ransomware, phishing websites and other cybercriminal activity, repeatedly failed. This was in part due to the efforts of Brennan actively informing would-be hosts what a toxic shithole 8chan is.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Notable_boards"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Notable boards</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#.2Fv.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">/v/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#.2Fcow.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">/cow/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#.2Fpol.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">/pol/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#.2Fleftypol.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">/leftypol/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#.2Fnamibia.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">/namibia/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#.2Ffatpeoplehate.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">/fatpeoplehate/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#.2Fqresearch.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">/qresearch/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#.2Fbaphomet.2F"><span class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span class="toctext">/baphomet/</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Terrorism_linked_to_.2Fpol.2F"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Terrorism linked to /pol/</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Meet_the_new_8chan.2C_same_as_the_old_8chan"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Meet the new 8chan, same as the old 8chan</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Slow.2C_painful_death"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Slow, painful death</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Background">Background</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>8chan began as an alternative to 4chan, the proud shithole of the Internet. It boasts of having only strictly illegal content removed in order to protect its posters' "freedom of speech". The site allows content forbidden on 4chan, such as raiding boards and doxxing, and its policies on child porn can charitably be defined as "loose". It also allows questionable types of <a href="/wiki/Porn" class="mw-redirect" title="Porn">porn</a>, such as lolicon<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[note 2]</a></sup> and photographs of barely-clothed children in sexual poses as well as links to even more extreme forms of child exploitation. </p><p>8chan's administrators have considered moving their hosting to PRQ.se,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[16]</a></sup> a hosting service whose customers have included <a href="/wiki/Pirate_Party" title="Pirate Party">The Pirate Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/WikiLeaks" title="WikiLeaks">WikiLeaks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NAMBLA" class="mw-redirect" title="NAMBLA">NAMBLA</a> of all people.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[17]</a></sup> </p><p>Brennan has also written for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer" title="The Daily Stormer">The Daily Stormer</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">neo-Nazi</a> news site, in favor of <a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">eugenics</a>, blaming the lack of such a program in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> for his disability.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a></sup> He says that when he contacted the <i>Daily Stormer</i> asking for an interview, they suggested he just write an article for them.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[19]</a></sup> Defending his contribution on <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a>, Brennan insisted that he is not a neo-Nazi or a <a href="/wiki/White_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="White nationalist">white nationalist</a>, and merely considers the Stormer the right-wing equivalent of such "far-left" publications as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i> or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Dot" class="extiw" title="wp:Daily Dot" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Daily Dot"><i>Daily Dot</i></span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> although he does indeed support eugenics. He also stated that "building hype around my business is my job, especially when we are strapped for cash and can't <a href="/wiki/Ad" title="Ad">advertise</a> directly".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[20]</a></sup> It is possible that he does not realize that these are not the sort of <a href="/wiki/Nazis" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazis">Nazis</a> that have boxes and boxes of <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a>. As of March 2019, Brennan is really sorry about the demon spawn he created. Whoops.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[22]</a></sup> </p><p>On August 12, 2015, Google delisted 8ch.net due to "suspected <a href="/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse">child abuse</a> content".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[23]</a></sup> Fans of 8chan blamed anyone except themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[24]</a></sup> More recently, the <a href="/wiki/Archive.is" class="mw-redirect" title="Archive.is">archive.is</a> website archiving service blocked all links to 8chan due to an overwhelming amount of child pornography being contained within them. However, this was shortly reverted.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[25]</a></sup> </p><p>There have been a few times when 8chan was reported to the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a>, who didn't list them as a potential threat until recently.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[26]</a></sup> They did, however, issue a search warrant on 8chan's headquarters in April 2019 due to terrorism and <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">hate crime</a> incidents (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poway_synagogue_shooting" class="extiw" title="wp:Poway synagogue shooting" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Poway synagogue shooting">Chabad of Poway terrorist attack</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> as well as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escondido_mosque_fire" class="extiw" title="wp:Escondido mosque fire" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Escondido mosque fire">arson at the Dar-ul-Arqam Mosque and Islamic Center</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>) linked to /pol/.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[27]</a></sup> After the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting" class="extiw" title="wp:2019 El Paso shooting" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: 2019 El Paso shooting">El Paso shootings</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> likewise got tired of the <a href="/wiki/Bullshit" title="Bullshit">bullshit</a> and demanded that Jim Watkins testify to the House Homeland Security Committee about the proliferation of extremist content on 8chan.<sup id="cite_ref-gonzales_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gonzales-12">[11]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notable_boards">Notable boards</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable boards">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Considering that anybody can make a board on 8chan, there are definitely some ge(r)ms out there for those willing to trawl through the nearly endless (and ever-expanding) list of boards. </p> <h3><span id="/v/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Fv.2F">/v/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: /v/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><s>/gg/</s> <s>/gamergate/</s> <s>/gamergatehq/</s> /v/ houses the gathering places for the <a href="/wiki/Gamergate" title="Gamergate">Gamergate</a> mob. According to Brennan, this board consisted entirely of people with <a href="/wiki/Autism" title="Autism">autism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-reeve_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reeve-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:111</sup> </p> <h3><span id="/cow/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Fcow.2F">/cow/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: /cow/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Retards deserve and solely exist to be <a href="/wiki/Bullied" class="mw-redirect" title="Bullied">bullied</a> and anyone who says otherwise is a bleeding-heart retard</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—anonymous /cow/ poster<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[28]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A doxing/cyberstalking board similar to /baphomet/ and /b/. Usually just the stalking of <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> celebrities, although like /baphomet/, it occasionally organizes raids. Comes from the chan term "<a href="/wiki/Lolcow" title="Lolcow">lolcow</a>", usually referring to someone too vain or too stupid to realize they're being baited into going crazy on the internet (i.e. "milked for lolz"). </p> <h3><span id="/pol/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Fpol.2F">/pol/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: /pol/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The "Politically Incorrect" board, home to <a href="/wiki/White_nationalism" title="White nationalism">white nationalists</a>, neo-Nazis, <a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">alt-righters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_pill" title="Red pill">red pillers</a>, self-described <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">fascists</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neoreactionaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Neoreactionaries">neoreactionaries</a>, most of whom originally came to 8chan with the "exodus" for Gamergate. When 4chan's admin spammed the local and original <a href="/wiki//pol/" class="mw-redirect" title="/pol/">/pol/</a> as part of a joke, many posters "migrated" to 8chan. Despite 8chan's supposed support for free speech, alternate viewpoints are liable to being removed. In 2019, the board became infamous for a series of mass shootings linked to white nationalists associated with the board. </p><p>The /pol/ board was later replaced with "/pnd/" (Political News and Discussion) around the time that 8chan rebranded to 8kun. This may or may not have been part of an effort to disassociate the site's image from the previous mass shootings. /qresearch/ also fulfills similar functions to /pol/, though the userbase is somewhat different. </p> <h3><span id="/leftypol/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Fleftypol.2F">/leftypol/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: /leftypol/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The leftist and almost as toxic version of 4chan/8chan's rightist /pol/. A <a href="/wiki/Radical" title="Radical">radical</a> <a href="/wiki/Leftist" class="mw-redirect" title="Leftist">leftist</a> board that discusses and promotes <a href="/wiki/Socialism#Revolutionary_socialism" title="Socialism">revolutionary socialism</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Marxism" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxism">Marxism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leninism" class="mw-redirect" title="Leninism">Leninism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stalinism" title="Stalinism">Stalinism</a> ("Marxism-Leninism"), <a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic socialism">democratic socialism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Communalism" title="Communalism">Communalism</a>, Strasserism (<a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazism</a> with a neo-feudalist bent), <a href="/wiki/Anarchism" title="Anarchism">anarchism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anarcho-communism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anarcho-communism">anarcho-communism</a>, and anti-<a href="/wiki/Identity_politics" title="Identity politics">identity politics</a>. The splinter board <b>/leftpol/</b> soon emerged after people grew tired of the <a href="/wiki/Stalinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Stalinist">Stalinist</a> board owner's increasingly authoritarian actions, such as banning threads supportive of <a href="/wiki/Rojava" class="mw-redirect" title="Rojava">Rojava</a>, and word filtering controversial terms like "red fascism". The majority of anarchists and anti-authoritarians moved to /leftpol/ rather than /leftypol/ due to this. </p><p>After 8chan shat the bed in 2019, this community moved to Bunkerchan, which had been prepared ahead of time due to conflict between board management and Ron Watkins ("Codemonkey"). From there they moved to leftypol.org, where they now reside in majority; a much less popular splinter site also exists at leftychan.net. /leftypol/, along with many other communities, opted to never return to 8chan (now 8kun) after the 2019 outage, even though it became technically feasible. </p> <h3><span id="/namibia/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Fnamibia.2F">/namibia/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: /namibia/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Dedicated to a rather outlandish plot by white supremacists to colonize… well, Namibia. To sum it up, they believe that Namibia is a wild, lawless space for their great white hunter selves to colonize and create a nation based on the alleged "values" of National Socialism. Even though this may sound like a typical anon plot, they actually sent scouting parties and attempted to get their "New <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>" under the guise of a <a href="/wiki/Charity" title="Charity">charity</a>. </p> <h3><span id="/fatpeoplehate/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Ffatpeoplehate.2F">/fatpeoplehate/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: /fatpeoplehate/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Created after <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Redditors</a> "left" in "droves" after the banning of the subreddit of the same name due to Reddit's new anti-harassment guidelines. They were shortly driven out by 8chan's existing userbase in a raid fashion. This is another example of Reddit naïvely bigging up the Chan boards as their mega-cool best friend, when in reality they all despise Reddit with little to no exception. </p> <h3><span id="/qresearch/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Fqresearch.2F">/qresearch/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: /qresearch/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div role="note" class="hatnote">See the main article on this topic: <a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a></div> <p>An incredibly bizarre cult centered on a troll originating on 4chan's <a href="/wiki//pol/" class="mw-redirect" title="/pol/">/pol/</a> that can supposedly tell the future. See <a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a> for further details. </p><p>In early 2021, the board was temporarily purged by a rogue 8chan moderator called "Pillow" (apparently some Gamergate holdout), who then pinned a long rant to board in which he rails against Q, his followers, "degenerates" on 8chan, and Jim Watkins (who he calls an "absolute cunt"). Pillow signs off with: "I am just performing <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia" title="Euthanasia">euthanasia</a> to something I once loved very very much."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[29]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-QresearchPurge_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QresearchPurge-32">[30]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[31]</a></sup> According to the <i>Washington Post</i>, "the site's leaders restored the deleted material and demanded the moderator's death."<sup id="cite_ref-QresearchPurge_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QresearchPurge-32">[30]</a></sup> Naturally. </p> <h3><span id="/baphomet/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".2Fbaphomet.2F">/baphomet/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: /baphomet/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>One of the more infamous boards (named for the demon <a href="/wiki/Baphomet" title="Baphomet">Baphomet</a>, of course), a "hacking" and raiding board dedicated to the spirit of old 4chan /b/. /baphomet/ streamlines the most extreme and disturbing forms of harassment which 8chan users are notorious for, such as <a href="/wiki/Doxing" title="Doxing">gathering personal information of the site's targets</a> and coordinating <a href="/wiki/SWATing" title="SWATing">SWATing</a> efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[32]</a></sup> The board is also replete with grotesque images of human and animal abuse, the sole purpose of which is to disgust outsiders and thus deter spying on the board's operations. Initial targets were those who worked to report child porn on 8chan to the authorities, though many of the current targets are the same people that Gamergate has been targeting for months. Gamergaters off the board will deny that it's part of their movement, while simultaneously cautioning against provoking it in a way that <i>totally isn't a threat</i>. </p><p>On February 9, 2015, /baphomet/ underwent a total history wipe after it was revealed that its moderator Benjamin Biddix had posted the mailing address, phone number and social security number of Katherine Forrest, the federal judge who presided over the <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a> black market case. Biddix had allegedly been selling dox to fund his attempt to leave the United States for Shanghai.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[33]</a></sup> His Tor site was then seized by <i>multiple</i> national and international law enforcement agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[34]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span id="Terrorism_linked_to_/pol/"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Terrorism_linked_to_.2Fpol.2F">Terrorism linked to /pol/</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Terrorism linked to /pol/">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>When compared to other media outlets (mainstream or fringe), 8chan's /pol/ has a lengthy record of aiding and abetting terrorism targeting minorities (Muslims, Jews, Mestizos/Hispanics, and non-Whites): </p> <ul><li>/pol/ was first thrown into the media spotlight on March 15, 2019, when prior to the <a href="/wiki/Christchurch_terrorist_attacks" title="Christchurch terrorist attacks">Christchurch mosque shootings</a> in Christchurch, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, the suspected perpetrator, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a>-born Brenton Harrison Tarrant, announced his attack and linked to his <a href="/wiki/White_supremacy" title="White supremacy">white supremacist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">neo-fascist</a> manifesto <i>The Great Replacement</i> (named after the <a href="/wiki/The_Great_Replacement" title="The Great Replacement">far-right theory of the same name by Renaud Camus</a>) on this board. Afterward, he would murder 51 people and injure 50 more, all of them Muslims currently in New Zealand. The ensuing celebration, complete with joy over the terrorist's usage of <a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">alt-right</a> and /pol/board chan <a href="/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">memes</a> during the attack, is exactly the type of thing you should expect here, with users going so far as to spread the manifesto and video of the shooting.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[35]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[36]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[37]</a></sup></li> <li>On April 27, 2019, John T. Earnest of San Diego/Rancho Penasquitos, California preceded to post an open letter blaming <a href="/wiki/Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews">Jews</a> for "<a href="/wiki/White_genocide" title="White genocide">the meticulously planned genocide of the European race</a>" and other ills on 8chan's /pol/ before his attack on a synagogue in Poway, killing one (elderly Jewish woman Lori Gilbert-Kaye) and injuring three (Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Almog Peretz and Noya Dahan). Once again, riotous glee erupted. (Followed by <a href="/wiki/False_flag_operation" title="False flag operation">false flag conspiracy theories</a>, as some posters are slowly realizing that this sort of thing makes <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">"the Party Van"</a> take notice...)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[38]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[39]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[40]</a></sup></li> <li>On August 4, 2019, Patrick Crusius of Allen, <a href="/wiki/Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas">Texas</a> posted yet another hate-filled manifesto to 8chan, titled <i>The Inconvenient Truth</i>, just before attacking a Walmart in El Paso, killing 22 people and injuring 24.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[41]</a></sup> As usual, his manifesto was a <a href="/wiki/Racist" class="mw-redirect" title="Racist">racist</a> <a href="/wiki/White_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="White nationalist">white nationalist</a> rant, this time concerning fear of Hispanics/Mestizos, and was motivated by a supposed "Hispanic invasion of Texas", as well as "simply trying to defend [his] country from ethnic and cultural replacement brought on by an invasion" (tell that to the Native Americans, honey). Much like John T. Earnest, Crusius praised Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch shootings, and his manifesto <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Replacement" title="The Great Replacement">The Great Replacement</a></i>. Nineteen of the 22 deceased victims in the shooting had Spanish surnames and were either from the United States or Mexico (with the exceptions of two Americans and one German). Once again, /pol/ erupted into the usual gleeful joy, but there was increasing worry across all boards that "the Party Van" would shut the site down. Even Frederick Brennan called for the site to be shut down after this incident.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[42]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[43]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[44]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[45]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">[46]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[47]</a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span id="Meet_the_new_8chan,_same_as_the_old_8chan"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Meet_the_new_8chan.2C_same_as_the_old_8chan">Meet the new 8chan, same as the old 8chan</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Meet the new 8chan, same as the old 8chan">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Watkins_2.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Jim_Watkins_2.png/165px-Jim_Watkins_2.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="190" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Jim_Watkins_2.png/248px-Jim_Watkins_2.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Jim_Watkins_2.png/330px-Jim_Watkins_2.png 2x" data-file-width="1142" data-file-height="1312" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Watkins_2.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Jim Watkins in 2015</div></div></div> <p>After initially rejecting hosting arrangements, Russian company VDSina agreed to take on hosting the "rebranded" controversial imageboard.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[48]</a></sup> This arrangement didn't last long, however, as they cut service to 8kun shortly after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News" class="extiw" title="wp:CBS News" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: CBS News">CBS News</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> contacted them in early November 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[49]</a></sup> A few days later, the company VanwaTech (who is also the host of <i>The <a href="/wiki/Daily_Stormer" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Stormer">Daily Stormer</a></i> as of November 2020<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[50]</a></sup> and also hosted several websites devoted to <a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">fake news</a> about unfounded <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy theories">conspiracy theories</a> regarding the <a href="/wiki/2020_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 U.S. presidential election">2020 U.S. presidential election</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-krebshamas_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krebshamas-53">[51]</a></sup> agreed to host the site.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[52]</a></sup> </p><p>On January 2, 2020, 8chan's rebranded site 8kun was (sort of) up and running. It was still a mere shadow of the former site, with some bugs still being worked out,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">[53]</a></sup> a few of the most controversial boards (/pol/ and /leftypol/) conspicuously missing,<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">[54]</a></sup><sup><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_dead_links" title="Category:Articles with dead links"><span title="">dead link</span></a></i>]</span></sup> and a few new boards with similarities to previous boards (such as /pnd/, which is essentially /pol/ with a fake mustache on). 8kun largely shifted to focusing on the <a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a> movement, as the site was still the home of the "official" Q drops from the "spokesperson" of the conspiracy theory.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a></sup> </p><p>In October 2020, 8kun briefly went offline when CNServers, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDOS" class="extiw" title="wp:DDOS" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: DDOS">DDOS</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> protection service they were using, discovered they were protecting one of the largest centers of the <a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a> conspiracy theory and consequently gave them the boot. The site came back online by switching their DDOS protection to ddos-guard.net, a <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> service that also provides DDOS protection to several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phishing" class="extiw" title="wp:phishing" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: phishing">phishing</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> sites, domains tied to cybercrime services and forums, the official website of <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>, and a website called "HKLeaks", which has been used to <a href="/wiki/Dox" class="mw-redirect" title="Dox">dox</a> members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-democracy_camp_(Hong_Kong)" class="extiw" title="wp:Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)">Hong Kong pro-democracy movement</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-krebshamas_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krebshamas-53">[51]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">[56]</a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2020_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 U.S. presidential election">2020 U.S. presidential election</a> brought further disruption to the site. On 8kun, "Q" predicted that <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> would win by a landslide. Instead, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> won, shaking the faith of many a QAnon devotee.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a></sup> Since then, the number of "Q drops" posted on 8kun have declined considerably.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">[58]</a></sup> In addition, Ron Watkins, who had long served as the site's administrator, announced his resignation shortly after the election.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">[59]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span id="Slow,_painful_death"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Slow.2C_painful_death">Slow, painful death</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Slow, painful death">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>As of early 2021, the site was running, with a few embers of life here and there, and an already-uncertain long-term future. But by 2023, the only board with any notable activity anymore was /qresearch/, itself home to less than 2,000 active users (measured per 3 day periods).<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62">[60]</a></sup> With the QAnon cult dying slowly, the future of 8kun looks hollow. We can only say, "good riddance". </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4chan" title="4chan">4chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gab" title="Gab">Gab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiwi_Farms" title="Kiwi Farms">Kiwi Farms</a>, the brainchild of a former 8chan admin.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:90%; -webkit-column-count:90%; column-count:90%; font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cloudflare has a free speech absolutist as a top operator and has staunchly supported these sites in the name of freeze peach. Prior to El Paso, this was amid ongoing concerns that those sites led to violence. It's appalling that it took not one but SEVERAL <a href="/wiki/Terrorist" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist">terrorist</a> incidents fueled by 8chan to have the site change its mind (see <a href="#Terrorism_linked_to_.2Fpol.2F">Terrorism linked to /pol/</a>). In the meantime, it supports literal terrorist sites.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The term <i>lolicon</i> refers to anime/cartoon media featuring sexualized or sexually-explicit depictions of prepubescent girls (its male counterpart is <i>shotacon</i>). It derives from a Japanese portmanteau of the phrase "Lolita complex", although on 8chan, it is sometimes used as a <a href="/wiki/Dog_whistle" class="mw-redirect" title="Dog whistle">dog whistle</a> for real child pornography.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=8chan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150202204049/http://internet.gawker.com/the-psychopaths-of-gamergate-are-all-thats-left-and-th-1683271908">The Psychopaths of GamerGate Are All That's Left, and They're Terrifying</a> by Sam Biddle (2/02/15 2:25pm) <i>Gawker</i> (archived from February 2, 2015).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reeve-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-reeve_2-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-reeve_2-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics</i> by Elle Reeve (2024) ISBN <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1982198893" title="Special:BookSources/1982198893">1982198893</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Roose, Kevin (Aug. 4, 2019) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html">8chan is a Megaphone for Gunmen. 'Shut the Site Down,' Says Its Creator.</a> <i>New York Times</i>. Retrieved August 4, 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2708880">/* Errors processing stylesheet [[:Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css]] (rev 2708880): • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 44 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 50 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 55 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 64 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 96 character 9. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 100 character 9. • Invalid media query at line 138 character 8. */ .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/8chan/">"What is 8chan, the internet's most dangerous message board?"</a>. <i>Daily Dot</i>. January 26, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Dot&rft.atitle=What+is+8chan%2C+the+internet%E2%80%99s+most+dangerous+message+board%3F&rft.date=2021-01-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Funclick%2F8chan%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">ABC News, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/men-qanon/story?id=73046374">The men behind QAnon</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Prince, Matthew. (August 5, 2019) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/">Terminating Service for 8Chan</a>. <i>Cloudflare</i>. Retrieved August 4, 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rob-monster-epik-gab-neo-nazi_n_5c17bb29e4b05d7e5d846f72">"The Bible-Thumping Tech CEO Who's Proud Of Keeping Neo-Nazis Online"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a></i>. December 18, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Huffington+Post&rft.atitle=The+Bible-Thumping+Tech+CEO+Who%E2%80%99s+Proud+Of+Keeping+Neo-Nazis+Online&rft.date=2018-12-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Frob-monster-epik-gab-neo-nazi_n_5c17bb29e4b05d7e5d846f72&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.inquisitr.com/5346497/tech-ceo-link-to-new-zealand-mass-shooting-video-twitter/">"Tech CEO Tweets Link To New Zealand Mass Shooting Video After Twitter Vows To Remove Depictions Of Massacre"</a>. <i>Inquisitr</i>. March 16, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Inquisitr&rft.atitle=Tech+CEO+Tweets+Link+To+New+Zealand+Mass+Shooting+Video+After+Twitter+Vows+To+Remove+Depictions+Of+Massacre&rft.date=2019-03-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquisitr.com%2F5346497%2Ftech-ceo-link-to-new-zealand-mass-shooting-video-twitter%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/network-provider-cloudflare-drop-8chan-after-el-paso-shooting-n1039151/">"8chan suffers intermittent outages after Cloudflare drops service"</a>. <i>NBC</i>. August 5, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NBC&rft.atitle=8chan+suffers+intermittent+outages+after+Cloudflare+drops+service&rft.date=2019-08-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Ftech%2Ftech-news%2Fnetwork-provider-cloudflare-drop-8chan-after-el-paso-shooting-n1039151%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20754943/8chan-epik-offline-voxility-service-cutoff-hate-speech-ban">"8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service"</a>. <i>The Verge</i>. August 5, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Verge&rft.atitle=8chan+goes+dark+after+hardware+provider+discontinues+service&rft.date=2019-08-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2019%2F8%2F5%2F20754943%2F8chan-epik-offline-voxility-service-cutoff-hate-speech-ban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gonzales-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-gonzales_12-0">11.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-gonzales_12-1">11.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnet.com/news/8chan-owner-says-site-will-stay-down-until-he-talks-with-congress/">"8chan owner says site will stay down until he talks with Congress"</a>. <i>CNET</i>. August 13, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CNET&rft.atitle=8chan+owner+says+site+will+stay+down+until+he+talks+with+Congress&rft.date=2019-08-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fnews%2F8chan-owner-says-site-will-stay-down-until-he-talks-with-congress%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://archive.fo/GnRy6">https://archive.fo/GnRy6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5yb44/8chan-is-back-from-the-internet-grave-and-it-has-a-new-name">"8chan Is Back from the Internet Grave — and It Has a New Name"</a>. <i>Vice</i>. October 6, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Vice&rft.atitle=8chan+Is+Back+from+the+Internet+Grave+%E2%80%94+and+It+Has+a+New+Name&rft.date=2019-10-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen_us%2Farticle%2Fj5yb44%2F8chan-is-back-from-the-internet-grave-and-it-has-a-new-name&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/8chan-founder-site-fight/">"Why 8chan's founder is fighting to keep the infamous message board dead"</a>. <i>Daily Dot</i>. May 20, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Dot&rft.atitle=Why+8chan%E2%80%99s+founder+is+fighting+to+keep+the+infamous+message+board+dead&rft.date=2021-05-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Flayer8%2F8chan-founder-site-fight%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/8chan-gets-back-online-and-is-promptly-forced-off-again/?comments=1">"8Chan gets back online and is promptly forced off again"</a>, <i>Ars Technica</i>, November 5, 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/infinitechan/status/546004086529593344">@infinitechan</a>", 19 December 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/10/01/wikileaks-and-pirate-bay-web-host-prq-raided-by-swedish-police/">PRQ, Web Host For WikiLeaks And Once For The Pirate Bay, Raided By Swedish Police</a>", Andy Greenberg, <i>Forbes</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/ftgkC">"Hotwheels: why I support eugenics"</a> - <i>The Daily Stormer</i>. Archived.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/NMGM9">Hotwheels on 8chan. Archived.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/vuX0f">Hotwheels on subreddit KotakuInAction (December 28, 2014).</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/03/22/chan-looks-like-terrorist-recruiting-site-after-new-zealand-shooting-should-government-treat-it-like-one/">"8chan looks like a terrorist recruiting site after the New Zealand shootings. Should the government treat it like one?"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i>. March 22, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=8chan+looks+like+a+terrorist+recruiting+site+after+the+New+Zealand+shootings.+Should+the+government+treat+it+like+one%3F&rft.date=2019-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Ftechnology%2F2019%2F03%2F22%2Fchan-looks-like-terrorist-recruiting-site-after-new-zealand-shooting-should-government-treat-it-like-one%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/christchurch-terror-attack-8chan-founder-expresses-regret.html">"Christchurch terror attack: 8chan founder expresses regret"</a>. NewsHub. March 22, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Christchurch+terror+attack%3A+8chan+founder+expresses+regret&rft.date=2019-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newshub.co.nz%2Fhome%2Fnew-zealand%2F2019%2F03%2Fchristchurch-terror-attack-8chan-founder-expresses-regret.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/I1arZ">Archived Google search result for 8ch.net (13 Aug 2015 05:37:25 UTC)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://i.imgur.com/e37Nmdp.png">here</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://i.imgur.com/1nRNmGS.png">here</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.is/2oVG4">The archive.is blog (March 9, 2016 at 8:30 PM)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/fbi-files-on-8chan-21967/">FBI files on 8chan</a> - Muckrock</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.casd.626722/gov.uscourts.casd.626722.1.0.pdf">The actual search warrant</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://archive.fo/XdVDV#selection-13099.0-13099.103">http://archive.fo/XdVDV#selection-13099.0-13099.103</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ewan Palmer (January 21, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-future-trump-biden-conspiracy-violent-offshoots-1563289">"QAnon Could Splinter into 'Violent Offshoots' After Trump Exit: 'Humiliation Fuels Rage'"</a>. <i>Newsweek</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-QresearchPurge-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-QresearchPurge_32-0">30.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-QresearchPurge_32-1">30.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Drew Harwell and Craig Timberg (January 20, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/20/qanon-trump-era-ends/">"QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends"</a>. <i>The Washington Post</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pillow (January 20, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.today/2021.01.20-232156/https://8kun.top/qresearch/res/12641234.html%2312641234">"Welcome to 8chan"</a>. <i>8kun</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://storify.com/a_man_in_black/baphomet">Zoe Quinn, GG's Public Enemy #1, has the details.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sam Machkovech, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/notorious-8chan-subboard-has-history-wiped-after-federal-judges-doxing/">Notorious 8chan "subboard" has history wiped after federal judge's doxing</a>", <i>Ars Technica</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">@Cernowatch, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/Cernowatch/status/565984983148273664">Benji links to illegal Tor pastebin with CC#, SSNs. This is what we found. (Note the district who issued the order~)"</a>, Twitter (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/8FtHc">archive</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/world/what-is-8chan-and-why-did-the-new-zealand-shooter-use-it-to-announce-himself-to-the-world">What is 8chan, and why did the New Zealand shooter use it to announce himself to the world?</a> - <i>National Post</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFEvans2019" class="citation web cs1">Evans, Robert (March 15, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2019/03/15/shitposting-inspirational-terrorism-and-the-christchurch-mosque-massacre/">"Shitposting, Inspirational Terrorism, and the Christchurch Mosque Massacre"</a>. Bellingcat.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Shitposting%2C+Inspirational+Terrorism%2C+and+the+Christchurch+Mosque+Massacre&rft.pub=Bellingcat&rft.date=2019-03-15&rft.aulast=Evans&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bellingcat.com%2Fnews%2Frest-of-world%2F2019%2F03%2F15%2Fshitposting-inspirational-terrorism-and-the-christchurch-mosque-massacre%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/8chan-christchurch-mosque-shooter-gamergate/">"8chan is at the center of the Christchurch mosque shootings—and its roots are in Gamergate (updated)"</a>. <i>Daily Dot</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 25,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Dot&rft.atitle=8chan+is+at+the+center+of+the+Christchurch+mosque+shootings%E2%80%94and+its+roots+are+in+Gamergate+%28updated%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Flayer8%2F8chan-christchurch-mosque-shooter-gamergate%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/poway-synagogue-shooting-8chan-white-supremacist-828647">"After California Synagogue Shooting, 8Chan Is Back In the Spotlight"</a>. <i>Rolling Stone</i>. April 29, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=After+California+Synagogue+Shooting%2C+8Chan+Is+Back+In+the+Spotlight&rft.date=2019-04-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fculture%2Fculture-features%2Fpoway-synagogue-shooting-8chan-white-supremacist-828647&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ignore-poway-synagogue-shooter-manifesto-pay-attention-to-8chan-pol-2019-4">"The Poway synagogue shooter left another manifesto — here's why you should ignore it"</a>. <i>Business Insider</i>. April 29, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Business+Insider&rft.atitle=The+Poway+synagogue+shooter+left+another+manifesto+%E2%80%94+here%27s+why+you+should+ignore+it&rft.date=2019-04-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fignore-poway-synagogue-shooter-manifesto-pay-attention-to-8chan-pol-2019-4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/04/8chan-canary/">"The cops want to know what's happening on 8chan"</a>. <i>Mother Jones</i>. April 5, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mother+Jones&rft.atitle=The+cops+want+to+know+what%27s+happening+on+8chan&rft.date=2019-04-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.motherjones.com%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2F04%2F8chan-canary%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/death-toll-rises-22-el-paso-shooting-victims/story?id=64780680">"Alleged shooter cased El Paso Walmart before rampage that killed 22: Law enforcement officials"</a>. <i>ABC News</i>. August 5, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ABC+News&rft.atitle=Alleged+shooter+cased+El+Paso+Walmart+before+rampage+that+killed+22%3A+Law+enforcement+officials&rft.date=2019-08-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FUS%2Fdeath-toll-rises-22-el-paso-shooting-victims%2Fstory%3Fid%3D64780680&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-44">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190803223640/https://www.inquisitr.com/5563424/mass-shooting-walmart-el-paso-texas/">"Photos Of El Paso Alleged Mass Shooter Patrick Crusius Released, Racist 'Manifesto' Online 'Likely Legit'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Inquisitr</i>. 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August 3, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NBC+News&rft.atitle=Investigators+%27reasonably+confident%27+Texas+suspect+left+anti-immigrant+screed%2C+tipped+off+before+attack&rft.date=2019-08-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fus-news%2Finvestigators-reasonably-confident-texas-suspect-left-anti-immigrant-screed-tipped-n1039031&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3A8chan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/EFm0H">"MASS SHOOTING ALERT"</a> - 8chan. Archived.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-47">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190804204421/https://8ch.net/b2/res/627276.html">"Where to go when they shut 8ch down?"</a> - 8chan. Archived.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-48">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Shut the Site Down,' Says the Creator of 8chan, a Megaphone for Gunmen"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191218131951/https://twitter.com/HW_BEAT_THAT/status/1207283293902655489">Frederick Brennan on Twitter (4:55 AM on December 18, 2019)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-51">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/8chan-new-name-8kun-web-forum-hate-speech/">"8chan sputters back to life with new name"</a> by Graham Kates, CBS News, 2019 November 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-52">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/bPdXh">urlscan.io record of dailystormer.su,</a> 2020 November 9th, archived on 2021 Jan 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-krebshamas-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-krebshamas_53-0">51.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-krebshamas_53-1">51.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/01/hamas-may-be-threat-to-8chan-qanon-online/">"Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online"</a> by Brian Krebs, KrebsOnSecurity, 2021 Jan 05</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-54">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/nov/07/8chan-back-online-under-the-name-8kun/">"8chan back online under the name 8kun: Founder of local software company VanwaTech appears to play role in re-emergence of website"</a> by Anthony Macuk, Columbian, 2019 November 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-55">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/dPU1d">Frederick Brennan on Twitter (3:11 AM on January 2, 2020)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-56">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://boards.4channel.org/his/thread/7830812#q7830812">https://boards.4channel.org/his/thread/7830812#q7830812</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-57">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mashable.com/article/qanon-study-two-people-wrote-q-posts-4chan-8kun/">"New study on QAnon concludes two different people wrote Q's posts"</a> by Matt Binder, Mashable.com, 2020 December 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-58">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/10/19/qanon-conspiracy-forum-8kun-back-online-with-help-from-russian-internet-firm/?sh=577053853e90">"QAnon-Conspiracy Forum 8kun Back Online With Help From Russian Internet Firm"</a> by Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 2020 October 19</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-59">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-lost-and-confused-after-trumps-election-showing?ref=author">"QAnon Lost and Confused After Trump’s Election Showing"</a> by Will Sommer, Daily Beast, 2020 November 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-60">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.vn/VBgzp">Archive of 8kun Q posts hosted at qanon.pub</a>, archived on 2021 Jan 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-61">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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