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<p>Since its creation in 2003, 4chan has grown to become one of the world's largest forums, serving approximately 680,000,000 page impressions to over 22,000,000 unique visitors per month (~11 MM in the US). The website is mainly popular amongst young adults, and its imageboard format is based fully on user-generated content. Users post in a variety of interest-themed imageboards, including Video Games, Anime, Lifestyle and Technology.</p>
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<p>4chan.org is one of the highest-trafficked US sites according to Alexa and Quantcast, and is ranked by Big-Boards as being the 2<sup style="vertical-align: text-bottom;">nd</sup> largest BBS in the world. 4chan is credited with spawning a number of wildly popular internet memes, including LOLcats, the rapid rise to popularity of Tay "Chocolate Rain" Zonday, and "Rickrolling"—among many others.</p>
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<p>Press/media inquiries: <a href="mailto:press@4chan.org">press@4chan.org</a>.</p>
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function left_box_title_0() {
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?>In the news, 2011<?
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<h3>moot at SXSW Interactive 2011</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://sxsw.com/node/5501" title="SXSW Interactive">SXSW Interactive</a></em></h4>
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<p>In March 4chan's founder, Christopher "moot" Poole, gave a keynote speech at the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival: "The Wild Wild Web: Refrigerator magnets, PictoChat, Calvinball, and anonymous culture."</p>
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<hr />
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<h3>Feature profile in Vanity Fair</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2011/04/4chan-201104" title="4chan's Chaos Theory">Vanity Fair</a></em></h4>
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<p>Vanity Fair ran a feature profile written by cover writer Vanessa Grigoriadis titled <em>4chan's Chaos Theory</em>.</p>
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<?
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function left_box_title_1() {
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?>In the news, 2010<?
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}
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<h3>Feature profile in Technology Review</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/web/25997/" title="Radical Opacity">Technology Review</a></em></h4>
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<p>Technology Review (published by MIT) ran a feature profile written by Julian Dibbell titled <em>Radical Opacity</em>.</p>
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<h3>Story in The Washington Post and The New York Times Magazine</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/09/AR2010080906102.html" title="4chan users seize Internet's power for mass disruptions">The Washington Post</a> —
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/magazine/18ROFL-t.html" title="When Funny Goes Viral">The New York Times Magazine</a></em></h4>
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<p>4chan was featured on the front page of The Washington Post, and prominently in a New York Times Magazine piece on ROFLCon and the viral web.</p>
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<h3>Interview on NYTimes.com</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/" title="One on One: Christopher Poole, Founder of 4chan">The New York Times</a></em></h4>
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<p>In March, Nick Bilton of The New York Times "Bits Blog" posted a one-on-one interview with Christopher "moot" Poole.</p>
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<h3>Featured on CNN.com</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/22/chris.poole.4chan/" title="4chan founder defends online pranks">CNNTech</a> —
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/16/ted.people/" title="TED2010: Ten fascinating people you've never heard of">CNNOpinion</a> —
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0OQPLtZdeU" title="Anonymity is a 'moot' point">YouTube</a></em></h4>
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<p>CNN featured "moot" in its TED2010 article titled "Ten fascinating people you've never heard of," and published a video interview conducted after the his TED talk.</p>
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<h3>moot at TED2010</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://conferences.ted.com/TED2010/program/guide.php" title="TED2010: Program Guide">TED</a> —
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/11/ted.big.ideas/index.html" title="Ten big ideas from TED">CNN</a> —
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<a href="http://arstechnica.com/staff/palatine/2010/02/4chans-moot-takes-pro-anonymity-to-ted-2010.ars" title="4chan's moot takes pro-anonymity to TED 2010">Ars Technica</a> —
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<a href="http://gigaom.com/2009/12/22/4chan-founder-moot-to-speak-at-ted/" title="4chan Founder 'moot' to Speak at TED">GigaOM</a> —
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<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1011328" title="4chan Founder 'moot' to Speak at TED">Hacker News</a></em></h4>
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<p>In February 4chan's founder, Christopher "moot" Poole, spoke at the 2010 TED Conference, during the "Provocation" session.</p>
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<p>[<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online.html" title="Christopher 'moot' Poole: The case for anonymity online">Video on TED.com</a>] [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_1UEAGCo30" title="Christopher 'moot' Poole: The case for anonymity online">Video on YouTube</a>]</p>
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<?
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}
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function left_box_title_2() {
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?>In the news, 2009<?
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}
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<h3>2009 TIME 100 Honoree</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893837_1894180,00.html" title="The 2009 TIME 100 - moot - TIME">TIME - The 2009 TIME 100 - moot</a> —
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<a href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1894028,00.html" title="The World's Most Influential Person Is... - TIME">TIME - The World's Most Influential Person Is...</a></em></h4>
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<p>4chan's "moot" was selected by <em>TIME's</em> editors as one of the TIME 100, an annual list of "The World's Most Influential People," in the Builders & Titans category. In addition, readers voted
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moot as "The World's Most Influential Person" in an online poll held on <em>TIME.com</em>.</p>
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<!-- <p>[<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/time100-o.jpg">2009 TIME 100 Finalists</a>] [<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/time100-o.2.jpg">Candidate Page</a>]</p> -->
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<h3>Story on FOXNews.com</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512957,00.html" title="4Chan: The Rude, Raunchy Underbelly of the Internet">FOXNews.com</a></em></h4>
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<p>FOXNews takes a look at 4chan, its memes, and its influence on the Web.</p>
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<h3>Featured in The Washington Post</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601565.html" title="A Virtual Unknown">The Washington Post</a></em></h4>
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<p><em>The Washington Post</em> gave its readers an in-depth look at "moot," aka Christopher Poole, detailing 4chan's past, present, and future.</p>
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function left_box_title_3() {
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?>In the news, 2008<?
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}
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<h3>Profiled in TIME & The Wall Street Journal</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1821435,00.html" title="The Master of Memes">TIME</a> —
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<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121564928060441097.html" title="Modest Web Site Is Behind a Bevy of Memes">The Wall Street Journal</a> —
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/20/internet.google" title="The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site">The Observer</a> <br /> —
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html" title="Malwebolence">The New York Times Magazine</a></em></h4>
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<p><em>TIME</em> and <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> ran articles on 4chan and its founder, "moot," in July 2008. Both appeared online and in print on July 11<sup style="vertical-align: top;">th</sup>.</p>
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<p>Subsequent appearances have been made in <em>The Observer</em>, <em>Maxim</em>, and <em>The New York Times Magazine</em>.</p>
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?>Featured on...<?
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<h3>Shown on JEOPARDY!</h3>
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<p>4chan was featured in the "Internet Favorites" category as a $1,600 question.</p>
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<p>[<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/jeopardy.jpg">Image</a>] [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P6U4Olk3fQ">Video</a>]</p>
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<h3>"Today's featured article" on Wikipedia <!-- <img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wikipedia.fa-star.png" alt="wikipedia.fa-star.png" style="border: none;" /> --></h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan" title="4chan - Wikipedia">Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></em></h4>
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<p>Wikipedia's English 4chan article was nominated and promoted to "featured article" status, and displayed on the main page on January 14th, 2009.</p>
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<p>[<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wikipedia.png">Main Page</a>] [<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wikipedia.2.png">Featured Article</a>]</p>
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function left_box_title_5() {
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?>April Fool's!<?
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<h3>April 1<sup style="vertical-align: top;">st</sup> 2008 – April Fool's Day</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com">YouTube</a> —
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<a href="http://www.gamefaqs.com">GameFAQs</a> —
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<a href="http://www.livejournal.com">LiveJournal</a> —
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<a href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviantART</a> —
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<a href="http://www.isohunt.com">isoHunt</a> —
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<a href="http://www-tech.mit.edu">The Tech</a></em></h4>
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<p>YouTube, GameFAQs, LiveJournal, deviantART, isoHunt, and MIT's <em>The Tech</em> all ran April Fool's Day pranks based on 4chan memes.</p>
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<p>The memes used include the now infamous "Rick Roll", LOLcats / "Caturday", and the Pokémon we all loev so much, Mudkips.</p>
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<p>[<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/youtube.2.png">YouTube</a>] [<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/gamefaqs.png">GameFAQs</a>] [<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/livejournal.2.png">LiveJournal</a>] [<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/deviantart.png">deviantART</a>] [<a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/isohunt.png">isoHunt</a>]</p>
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$left_box_button[6] = '<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMoreOrLess(this)" class="morelink" id="link_memes">[Show More]</a>';
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?>Memes<?
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<h3>LOLcats / "Caturday"</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2007/07/lolcats_addendum_where_i_got_t.html">TIME</a> —
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com/living/article/257955">Toronto Star</a> —
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<a href="http://www.thephoenix.com/Article.aspx?id=55486">The Phoenix</a> —
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<a href="http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2007/11/14/News/Iz.Not.Cats.Everywhere.Online.Trend.Spreads.Across.Campus-3099929.shtml">The Daily Pennsylvanian</a></em></h4>
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<p>"<em>The term lolcat gained national media attention in the United States when it was covered by Time, which wrote that non-commercialized phenomena of the sort are increasingly rare, stating that lolcats have 'a distinctly old-school, early 1990s, Usenet feel to [them].'</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Wikipedia [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat">Link</a>]</p>
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<h3>Rickrolling</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1976134,00.html">TIME</a> —
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<a href="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2266526,00.html">The Guardian</a> —
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<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/03/rick-astley-kin.html">L.A. Times</a> —
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<a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=128295&in_page_id=7">Metro</a> —
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7325280.stm">BBC</a> —
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<a href="http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7931934">MSN</a> —
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<a href="http://crave.cnet.com/8300-1_105-1-0.html?keyword=Never+Gonna+Give+You+Up">CNET</a> —
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<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352010,00.html">FOXNews</a> —
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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080417.wgtwebeven0417/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080417.wgtwebeven0417">The Globe and Mail</a></em></h4>
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<p>"<em>In a rickroll a person provides a link they claim is relevant to the topic at hand which actually takes the user to the Rick Astley video. ... By May 2007 the practice had become widespread, and it eventually began to receive some coverage in the mainstream media. ... In a March 2008 interview, Astley said that he found the rickrolling of Scientology to be 'hilarious'...</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Wikipedia [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickroll#.22Rickroll.22_Internet_meme">Link</a>]</p>
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<h3>Tay "Chocolate Rain" Zonday</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/245453">Toronto Star</a> —
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<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/24/content_7847891.htm">Xinhua</a> —
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<a href="http://www.hhnlive.com/features/more/322">HHNLive</a> —
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<a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/captainsblog/18866/the_crawling_ear_column_all_hail_tay_zonday.html">Den of Geek!</a></em></h4>
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<p>"<em>Tay's most notable single is titled 'Chocolate Rain'. The spread of popularity of the song is attributed to 4chan. Tay Zonday said, "I'm pretty sure the 'Chocolate Rain' attention started as a joke at 4chan.org, an image board that is credited with starting lots of popular internet phenomena. It spread to a general audience and people started uploading spoofs. I don't know what causes people to listen to my music. If I could speak it, there would be no reason to write songs."</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Wikipedia [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_rain#Critical_response">Link</a>]</p>
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<h3>O RLY?</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://tigerweekly.com/article/01-18-2006/1524">Tiger Weekly</a></em></h4>
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<p>"<em>O RLY?, short for 'Oh, really?' is a popular Internet phenomenon, typically presented as an image macro featuring a Snowy Owl.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Wikipedia [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_RLY">Link</a>]</p>
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<h3>Anonymous / "Project Chanology"</h3>
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<h4><em><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/109410">Newsweek</a> —
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<a href="http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10609174">The Economist</a> —
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<a href="http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_01.php">Radar</a> —
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<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4513883&page=1">ABC</a> —
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<a href="http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15543">City Paper</a>
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<p>"<em>Anonymous (used as a mass noun) are the multitude of visitors to various websites and forums. The name 'Anonymous' is taken from the anonymity under which users post images and comments, also from various web forums, where 'Anonymous' is default name. ... Anonymous has no leader or controlling party, and relies on the collective power of its individual members acting in such a way that the net effect benefits the group.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Wikipedia [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29">Link</a>]</p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/vf.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/vf.th.jpg" alt="vf.th.jpg" /></a><br />Vanity Fair, April 2011</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/fastcompany.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/fastcompany.th.jpg" alt="fastcompany.th.jpg" /></a><br />Fast Company, November 2010</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/tr.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/tr.th.jpg" alt="tr.th.jpg" /></a><br />Technology Review, September/October 2010</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wp2.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wp2.th.jpg" alt="wp2.th.jpg" /></a><br />The Washington Post, August 10<sup style="vertical-align: top;">th</sup> 2010</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/nytm2.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/nytm2.th.jpg" alt="nytm2.th.jpg" /></a><br />The New York Times Magazine, July 18<sup style="vertical-align: top;">th</sup> 2010</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/time100.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/time100.th.jpg" alt="time100.th.jpg" /></a><br />TIME, May 2009</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wp.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wp.th.jpg" alt="wp.th.jpg" /></a><br />The Washington Post, February 17<sup style="vertical-align: top;">th</sup> 2009</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wsj.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wsj.th.jpg" alt="wsj.th.jpg" /></a><br />The Wall Street Journal, July 11<sup style="vertical-align: top;">th</sup> 2008</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/observer.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/observer.th.jpg" alt="observer.th.jpg" /></a><br />The Observer, July 20<sup style="vertical-align: top;">th</sup> 2008</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wired2.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/wired2.th.jpg" alt="wired2.th.jpg" /></a><br />Wired, July 2008</span></p>
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<p><span class="center"><a href="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/ctmag.jpg"><img src="//s.4cdn.org/image/press/ctmag.th.jpg" alt="ctmag.th.jpg" /></a><br />c't, March 2008</span></p>
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<p>"<em>As with so many stupid internet fads, the rick-roll trend had its start at 4chan, a message-board whose lunatic, juvenile community is at once brilliant, ridiculous and alarming.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—The Guardian [<a href="http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2266526,00.html">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>There are other 'chans' and related web sites added and taken down all the time. A humor wiki, Encyclopedia Dramatica, chronicles various internet pranks, raids, and drama, but 4chan remains the most popular. As of this writing, Alexa, a company that tracks web site popularity for advertisers, lists 4chan.org as the 56th most popular web site in the United States.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—City Paper [<a href="http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15543">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>Among the most notorious of forums is one called 4chan, an anarchic, entirely anonymous bulletin board where people are encouraged to post pictures. It is variously credited with fostering not just Rick Rolling, but the LOLCATS craze of cats speaking like hacker kids, and the 'Anonymous' anti-Scientology movement...</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—The Globe and Mail [<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080417.wgtwebeven0417/BNStory/Technology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080417.wgtwebeven0417">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>...[Something Awful] Goons (as members proudly call themselves) and has spawned a small diaspora of spinoff sites. Most noticeable is the anime fan community 4chan, with its notorious /b/ forum and communities of '/b/tards.' Flowing from this vast ecosystem are some of the Web's most infectious memes and catchphrases ('all your base are belong to us' was popularized by Something Awful, for example; 4chan gave us lolcats) and online gaming's most exasperating wiseasses.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Wired [<a href="http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-02/mf_goons?currentPage=2">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>...has come the blossoming Web 2.0 era of collaborative content. YouTube, Wikipedia, 4chan, abeerintheevening, Facebook – they all function on the principle that everyone has at least one thing that would be of interest and value to a wider audience. The wisdom of the crowd really is starting to look wise, all things told.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—The Times [<a href="http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article3522005.ece">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>An estimated 13 million internet users have been tricked into watching the video for Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up in the last couple of weeks. In one of those moments of mass online hysteria that record companies wish they could replicate at will, thousands of internet users have been sending out links to scurrilous videos and websites, which actually take you directly to a video of Astley's pop masterpiece.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—BBC NEWS [<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7325280.stm">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>Regular readers may want an explanation of some of the Internet's most strangely influential sites, an explanation shorter than Wikipedia's 2200-word article about 4chan. ... Right, I think that covers the most important fad factories that most people haven't heard of.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Gawker [<a href="http://gawker.com/346385/what-the-hell-are-4chan-ed-something-awful-and-b">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>Other 4chan memes require more creativity, like the continuing stories around 'Epic Fail Guy', a masked stickman. The plot of the episodes develops over the course of a thread, often with spontaneous reactions from the other users. This manner of storytelling consciously plays with the way image boards work and would be impossible in any other medium.</em>" [Translated]</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—c't [<a href="http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ct/2008/06/098_Eine_Internet-Subkultur_entwickelt_sich_vom_Web-Stoerenfried_zur_globalen_Bewegung">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>Anonymous existed way before the Scientology thing. Anonymous existed before it was called Anonymous. Anonymous is a phenomena. You've got web sites—Wikipedia, 4chan—places where anyone can post and contribute, and everyone has an equal voice.</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—Anonymous (Northern Virginia) [<a href="http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15543">Link</a>]</p>
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<p>"<em>Just got word in the wee hours of the morn that the founder of the infamous 4chan.org, moot, is coming to our humble event. 4chan.org is basically a massive web forum for ridiculous photoshops, image macros, what have you. The site itself gets a huge amount of hits a day and some of the most popular image macros probably came from 4chan users in some form or another...</em>"</p>
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<p style="text-align: right;">—ROFLCon [<a href="http://www.roflcon.org/2007/11/30/the-founder-of-4chan-moot-is-coming/">Link</a>]</p>
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