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The Founder Of 4chan Is Stepping Down After 11 Years

January 21, 2015, 10:11 am
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Christopher “Moot” Poole announced on Wednesday that he would be leaving the site to a team of volunteers.

Christopher "Moot" Poole, the 26-year-old founder of the influential, controversial, and anonymous message board 4chan, announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down as the site's administrator.

Christopher "Moot" Poole, the 26-year-old founder of the influential, controversial, and anonymous message board 4chan, announced Wednesday that he would be stepping down as the site's administrator.

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In a blog post on the site titled "The Next Chapter," Poole wrote that he's spent the last two years working to make sure 4chan could exist without him.

In a blog post on the site titled "The Next Chapter," Poole wrote that he's spent the last two years working to make sure 4chan could exist without him.

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I'll need time away to decompress and reflect, but I look forward to one day returning to 4chan as its Admin Emeritus or just another Anonymous, and also writing more about my experience running 4chan on my personal blog. The journey has been marked by highs and lows, surprises and disappointments, but ultimately immense satisfaction. I'm humbled to have had the privilege of both founding and presiding over what is easily one of the greatest communities to ever grace the Web. It was truly an honor to serve as 4chan's founding administrator, and I look forward to seeing what the next decade holds for the site.

4chan has remained a notorious site over the years, playing a pivotal role in the 2014 "Fappening" celebrity photo hacking scandal. And just last week, it made headlines for harassing a used car dealership caught on camera under-tipping a delivery guy.

4chan has remained a notorious site over the years, playing a pivotal role in the 2014 "Fappening" celebrity photo hacking scandal. And just last week, it made headlines for harassing a used car dealership caught on camera under-tipping a delivery guy.

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After People Tried To Body-Shame This Guy Dancing At A Concert Something Amazing Happened

March 7, 2015, 7:01 am
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Thousands of people are trying to invite this guy to a dance party. UPDATE: Pharrell, Moby, and Andrew WK have all said they want to perform at Dancing Guy’s party.

Last month, a user on the anonymous message board 4chan posted this creepshot of a guy dancing at what appears to be a concert.

Last month, a user on the anonymous message board 4chan posted this creepshot of a guy dancing at what appears to be a concert.

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666 Reasons To Listen To The Debut Episode Of "Internet Explorer" Podcast

March 24, 2015, 7:31 am
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Welcome to the first episode of BuzzFeed’s Internet Explorer, a new and probably ill-advised podcast.

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Hey! It's Katie Notopoulos and Ryan Broderick and we are insanely pumped for our first podcast. We've basically spent our entire adult lives shriveled up in front of a monitor under a pile of empty Mountain Dew cans, looking at bad websites, just waiting for the moment we could finally unleash this knowledge on the world (ok maybe not quite the Mountain Dew piles because we're actually pretty normal IRL, despite how much time we've spent on 4chan).

And it's finally here.

Subscribe to it on iTunes or Stitcher, too, if you want to be cool. But whatever, we're not your mom.

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BuzzFeed's Internet Explorer podcast is about all the weird and wonderful rabbit holes of this terrible/fantastic internet that we love so much. There will be guests, quizzes, and more. It's gonna be great. Just trust us.

Think about it like this: there's nothing better than stumbling across something totally weird while surfing the internet. Like finding a cartoon of Sonic The Hedgehog going through male pregnancy. But how do you find it if you don't want to sift through thousands of pages of weird fan art? That's why we're here for you.

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The Internet Has Been Hilariously Photoshopping This Guy's Vacation Photo

April 24, 2015, 5:16 am
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This is pretty weird and great.

Belgian food blogger Yves Van De Ven has an inside joke with his friends where he tries to do super lame tourist photos at famous places around Europe.

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Recently, he visited Paris, and tried to do a touching the top of the Eiffel Tower photo, failing miserably on purpose. He captions all of his instagrams with "nailed it."

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"We thought it would be funny to make fun of tourist clichés," he told BuzzFeed France. "We did it deliberately, we are not idiots who can't take pictures."

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However, something unexpected happened after his most recent terrible photo. Someone put him on the anonymous imageboard 4chan.

However, something unexpected happened after his most recent terrible photo. Someone put him on the anonymous imageboard 4chan.

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21 Stories From 4chan That Are Masterpieces Of Literature

May 22, 2015, 5:26 pm
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Throw out all the books on your shelves because they’re hot stinking garbage compared to these.

A story with the most unexpected twist ending.

A story with the most unexpected twist ending.

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Pepe the frog, patron saint of the Green Text Story.

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While one could turn up one's nose at these stories as bawdy mutterings on a sordid internet site, wouldn't it be much better to recognize them as heartrending works of literature that deserve our consideration and close reading.

Here are a few of these beautiful stories that are just as good as real books.

This is like 12 times as romantic as a Nicholas Sparks novel.

This is like 12 times as romantic as a Nicholas Sparks novel.

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A Man Body-Shamed For His Dancing Has Had The Last Laugh With His Own Celebrity Dance Party

May 26, 2015, 8:06 am
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Moby played a DJ set, Monica Lewinsky turned up, and Pharrell recorded a special video message for Sean O’Brien, the “Dancing Man” who became the centre of an online manhunt.

Sean O’Brien has had quite an incredible few months. Here he is talking with Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, before throwing the first pitch of the Dodgers' game with the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

Sean O’Brien has had quite an incredible few months. Here he is talking with Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, before throwing the first pitch of the Dodgers' game with the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

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It all started earlier this year when O'Brien, a 46-year-old from Liverpool, found himself all over the internet after someone mocked his dancing.

It all started earlier this year when O'Brien, a 46-year-old from Liverpool, found himself all over the internet after someone mocked his dancing.

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Pictures of him were uploaded to the anonymous message board 4chan with the caption: "Spotted this specimen trying to dance the other week. He stopped when he saw us laughing."

After the screenshot found its way onto Imgur, it started gaining considerable attention.

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A Bunch Of Trolls Are Trying To Convince People To Take The #PlasticBagChallenge

June 5, 2015, 6:45 am
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This Teacher From An Indian Village Will Have His Class Read Out Any Message You Want For $5

June 11, 2015, 7:07 am
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What could possibly go wrong?

Fiverr is an online marketplace where you can hire or offer professional services for a fee.

Fiverr is an online marketplace where you can hire or offer professional services for a fee.

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A couple of months ago, an Indian user, Quazihaque, posted a gig listing in which he offered to have his tuition students read out any message you want for $5.

A couple of months ago, an Indian user, Quazihaque, posted a gig listing in which he offered to have his tuition students read out any message you want for $5.

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Enter Penor Cut Enterprises, who decided to avail of this offer by making the kids recite politically incorrect internet catchphrases.

Enter Penor Cut Enterprises, who decided to avail of this offer by making the kids recite politically incorrect internet catchphrases.

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Three weeks ago, the first video of the class went up on YouTube, showing them recite the inappropriate 4chan slogan "OP is a faggot".

The short clip went massively viral and has over a million hits as of now.

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4chan Set Up A Fake Feminist Event To Scam Women For Money

July 27, 2015, 5:00 am
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The event charged people $50 to attend.

In an elaborate fraud attempt, 4chan users attempted to scam women out of money by setting up "FemCon", a fake event for feminists.

In an elaborate fraud attempt, 4chan users attempted to scam women out of money by setting up "FemCon", a fake event for feminists.

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The event, which described itself as an opportunity for people to "shape the future of women's rights", charged $50 for attendees.

The event, which described itself as an opportunity for people to "shape the future of women's rights", charged $50 for attendees.

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However, on Sunday evening, Tumblr users realised the event had been created on 4chan.

A 4chan user wrote: "I think we should spread around on Tumblr that there is a feminist convention like dashcon. We rake in the money and the ones who put the most effort into this scam will get a cut of the money. Basically I'm going to set up a fake payment page and we will spread the money after the 'apparent date' of the con."

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Remembering Jenkem, The Greatest Internet Hoax

September 18, 2015, 11:38 am
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The teen drug panic that was started by a prankster on a messageboard.

Behold: the greatest trolling effort to make local news believe that teens were doing a new dangerous drug called "jenkem".

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The year was 2007. Rickrolling was still a year away from invention, but fucking with people on the internet was, of course, eternal and ageless. It was during that heady time that the greatest fake drug hoax of all time made its way into the hearts of trolls and the minds of local police.

Jenkem isn't completely fake. The real version is tragic – a cheap high that street children in Zambia were using. In 1998 the New York Times mentioned it in a story about the plight of Zambian AIDS orphans. The drug is made by fermenting sewage in a bottle, trapping the gas that is emitted and huffing it.

"Pickwick", the kid who started the hoax, attempting to huff jenkem (it's not really jenkem, folks).

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The hoax started with a user named "Pickwick" on the now-defunct messagebaord Totse.com (archived version here). Pickwick posted a bunch of photos of himself setting up a bottle of pee-and-poo-looking substances in the sun with a yellow balloon over it.

Ok today I set it up and put the bottle in the hot sun. My friend took pictures of the all of the steps. First I shit in the bottle, then pissed in it. I took a balloon and stretched it over the top to catch all of the gases. Now I will wait a few days and hope the balloon fills up.

A few more updates on the progress of the bottle ensued, and finally a follow up "trip report" describing the experience:

Well today I finally did it. I became probably the first person in America to huff his own shit gas ...

After breathing it in I immediately felt that I was passing out. I did not even have time to spit before I became unconscious. When I woke up my spittle had oozed out of my mouth and down my chin. I asked my friend how long I was out for. He said for about a minute, and that he had repeatedly tried to wake me but I would not wake up ....

After I was fully into the dream like state visual hallucinations began to start. I had fleeting visions of people who seemed completely random, like my second grade teacher ... At the peak of the trip I saw things like pillars in my lawn that disappeared and shapes in the sky.

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4chan Is Currently Hacking This Girl After Daring Her Brother To Put On Her Underwear

January 6, 2016, 3:45 am
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The person who hacked the girl’s account told BuzzFeed News he did it because he could. WARNING: This post contains graphic content.

On Monday, a 4chan user started this thread, asking the other members of the community what they thought he should do in his sister's room while she was at work.

On Monday, a 4chan user started this thread, asking the other members of the community what they thought he should do in his sister's room while she was at work.

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One user suggested putting on his sister's underwear and posting a photo. The original poster of the thread then published a photo of a man wearing what appears to be women's underwear next to a note with the date written on it.

One user suggested putting on his sister's underwear and posting a photo. The original poster of the thread then published a photo of a man wearing what appears to be women's underwear next to a note with the date written on it.

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Then the original poster uploaded a photo of the underwear and a bra. A few minutes later, an anonymous user posted a photo they claimed was of the original poster's sister.

Then the original poster uploaded a photo of the underwear and a bra. A few minutes later, an anonymous user posted a photo they claimed was of the original poster's sister.

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Users started celebrating the fact that they had unmasked the girl they believed owned the underwear from the first photo. Then they started matching up photos from that girl's Twitter account with details from the original photo.

Users started celebrating the fact that they had unmasked the girl they believed owned the underwear from the first photo. Then they started matching up photos from that girl's Twitter account with details from the original photo.

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January 10, 2016, 6:16 pm
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Trolls Are Trying To Trick Bernie Sanders Supporters Into Blowing Themselves Up

May 10, 2016, 5:43 am
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Do not make this Bernie Sanders-themed “glowsticks” recipe — or any variant of it — if you see it!

It's possible you've seen this infographic on Facebook or Twitter in the last month or so. It says it's a recipe for homemade Bernie Sanders-themed glowsticks. It suggests combining a pool-chlorinating tablet with isopropyl alcohol.

It's possible you've seen this infographic on Facebook or Twitter in the last month or so. It says it's a recipe for homemade Bernie Sanders-themed glowsticks. It suggests combining a pool-chlorinating tablet with isopropyl alcohol.

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But if you were to actually do that, it's likely the "glowstick" would explode almost immediately. There are numerous YouTube videos depicting what happens when you mix chlorine and alcohol.

But if you were to actually do that, it's likely the "glowstick" would explode almost immediately. There are numerous YouTube videos depicting what happens when you mix chlorine and alcohol.

It appears that the fake glowstick recipe first appeared in March on a 4chan-like messageboard called Ponychan. Ponychan describes itself as a community for older fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The glowstick infographic was posted to the site's "trash" section.

It appears that the fake glowstick recipe first appeared in March on a 4chan-like messageboard called Ponychan. Ponychan describes itself as a community for older fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The glowstick infographic was posted to the site's "trash" section.

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SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR BERNIE SANDERS!
Don't actually do this its a chlorine gas bomb
But feel free to get others to do it :^)

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Sarah Palin's Hacked E-Mails

September 17, 2008, 11:13 am
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January 6, 2009, 12:06 pm
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MacRumors Hit by Hackers

January 6, 2009, 12:25 pm
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Those fun-loving pranksters over at 4Chan have been busy today. In addition to (allegedly) getting a crude visual reminder of 9/11 to rise to the top of Google Trends, they managed to take over the live feed for the MacRumors live-blog coverage of today’s Macworld keynote address.

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9/11 Google Trends Symbol: ✈▌▌

January 6, 2009, 3:43 pm
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4chan's moot on the Time 100?

March 19, 2009, 6:23 pm
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Looks like the 4chan army is out and at the polls for Dear Leader over at Time’s “World’s Most Influential” voting site.

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4Chan Plays With Twitter

April 16, 2009, 8:13 am
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