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4chan
4chan | |
|---|---|
| Type | Imageboard |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Christopher Poole/Moot |
| Espoused ideology | Anarchism, hacktivism |
| URL | https://4chan.org |
4chan is an English-language imageboard website founded in 2003 by Christopher Poole (known online as moot). The site was inspired by 2chan and Something Awful. It was created for English-language fans of Japanese media, especially anime & manga. 4chan rise in popularity due to its anonymity and anarchist culture. One of it's board /b/, the random board dedicated to any topics, become one of the most visited board due to it's lack of moderation and rules that results in many shock content posted there. The site's ideas and memes have researched and studied by online writers. It was that it's memes involves lulz, a concept and ideology that involves deriving humor through a joke of prank.
The early 2010s were when tensions between the ruthless internet culture and the socially conscious internet culture were risen. Leading to the creation of the politically incorrect board /pol/, after the news board /n/ was taken down due to the increase amount of ironic bigotry. in 2013, some users migrate to the splinter imageboard 8chan due to 4chan's restriction on discussions about GamerGate. Users on 8chan have referred to 4chan as Halfchan.