As a result of this, a suspect was arrested and the cat was treated by a veterinarian and taken to a safe place.[126][127]. On March 1, 2004, Poole announced that he lacked the funds to pay the month's server bill, but was able to continue operations after receiving a swarm of donations from users. [61], On February 15, 2009, a user uploaded two YouTube videos that showed the physical abuse of a domestic cat named Dusty by a person calling himself "Timmy". [119] The site administrator moot eventually settled the matter by creating the board dedicated to discussion of the show, "Pony" (/mlp/), and apologised on behalf of the moderation team for neglecting "one of the largest subcultures in 4chan's history". [45], In October 2016, it was reported that the site was facing financial difficulties that could lead to its closure or radical changes. All Top Ten Lists Internet Top 10 Worst Things about 4chan 4chan's a decent website that provides a few lulz, but it still can be pretty annoying. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. The "no rules" policy also applies to actions of administrators and moderators, which means that users may be banned at any time, for any reason, including for no reason at all. [139] A /b/ user then logged in and changed the password, posting a screenshot of him sending an email to a friend of Palin's informing her of the new password on the /b/ thread. 4chan Imageboard 4chan, a weird and often lewd corner of the internet, was founded by 15-year-old Christopher Poole in 2003. DiamondDragon DESU 23:21, 4 September 2007 (UTC) In that case, put it as saying "to the members of 4chan, Yotsuba is considered the site's unofficial mascot" or something. [6] 4chan's Alexa rank is 1042 as of June 2020[update][7] though it has been as high as 56. According to U.S. prosecutors, QAnon is commonly called a cult. [205], On July 26, 2009, AT&T's DSL branch temporarily blocked access to the img.4chan.org domain (host of /b/ and /r9k/), which was initially believed to be an attempt at Internet censorship, and met with hostility on 4chan's part. Example_4chan_random_board_thread.png we don't know the sources of all the pictures in this image, at least one is copyrighted, may need changing or tagging differently. The "no invasions" rule was added in late 2006, after /b/ users spent most of that summer "invading" Habbo Hotel. This led to a bait-and-switch in which external links disguised as relevant to a discussion instead led to a picture of a duck on wheels. [32], In January 2011, Poole announced the deletion of the /r9k/ ("ROBOT9000") and /new/ (News) boards, saying that /new/ had become devoted to racist discussions, and /r9k/ no longer served its original purpose of being a test implementation of xkcd's ROBOT9000 script. The source of the story was traced back to 4chan. 4chan is an English language website based on the Japanese Futaba Channel where people can post and discuss pictures and other images; sites such as these are called imageboards. A quantitative analysis found that /pol/ is an important influencer of news content on Twitter, with the board contributing 3% of mainstream news links and 1.96% of alternative news links on Twitter (as a fraction of all links co-appearing on Twitter, Reddit, and 4chan).The researchers concluded that "'fringe' communities often succeed in spreading alternative news to mainstream social networks." 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[117], 4chan has been labeled as the starting point of the Anonymous meme by The Baltimore City Paper,[8] due to the norm of posts signed with the "Anonymous" moniker. [140] A multitude of /b/ users attempted to log in with the new password, and the account was automatically locked out by Yahoo!. Rick Astley, king of the 'Rickroll,' talks about his song's second coming", 4chan archive; an archive of selected 4chan threads, 4chan data; a complete archive of 4chan threads, https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=4chan&oldid=6804875, Articles containing potentially dated statements from July 2013, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. This was done accidentally; due to the image being used from Google Images, the authors were unaware of the joke. AT&T maintains that the block was not related to the content on 4chan. [187], On February 17, 2012, Thaddeus McMichael was arrested by the FBI for child pornography charges after posting comments on Facebook claiming that he possessed child pornography. For instance, on December 28, 2010, 4chan and other websites went down due to such an attack, following which Poole said on his blog, "We now join the ranks of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, et al.—an exclusive club! [63], Each post is assigned a post number. 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This resulted in intervention from a moderator, with an introduction of automatic one day ban on the use of the word "pony", to prevent discussion of the show. As of November 2020[update], 4chan receives more than 20 million unique monthly visitors, with more than 900,000 posts made daily. 4chan has blocked several blocks of users in the past. A "capcode" may be used to attribute the post to "Anonymous ## Mod", although moderators often post without the capcode. He admitted to downloading about 25 child pornography images from 4chan. Revealing oneself as a janitor is grounds for immediate dismissal. [119], The moderation of My Little Pony related topics on 4chan became controversial; discussion of the show extended to the /b/ board, reaching a volume and intrusiveness that was eventually met with hostile reactions from other 4chan users. Discussion on the site is primarily focused around recreational … Three days later, Verizon Wireless confirmed that 4chan was "explicitly blocked". [18] In a 2011 interview on Nico Nico Douga, Poole explained that there are approximately 20 volunteer moderators active on 4chan. I have been subject to criminal attack. [201] The suspect took pictures of the victim's bloodied deceased body and posted it to Discord and his own Instagram page. 4chan is an English language website based on the Japanese Futaba Channel where people can post and discuss pictures and other images; sites such as these are called imageboards. 4chan has several boards devoted to heterosexual pornography, including "Hardcore", "Sexy Beautiful Women", and "Yuri". [157] The threat claimed that the attack would be carried out on October 22, the final day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. [202] The photos were widely shared on Instagram and other sites, particularly on 4chan where many users mocked and celebrated her death, saying she deserved it and praising the killer while depicting Devins as a manipulative young woman. Changed to `` duckroll ''. 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