Behind 8chan and 8kun: Fredrick Brennan - Negative PID

8chan, later rebranded as 8kun, is one of the most controversial platforms in the history of online communities. Created by Fredrick Brennan as an experiment

Negative PID
Behind 8chan and 8kun: Fredrick Brennan - Negative PID

8chan, later rebranded as 8kun, is one of the most controversial platforms in the history of online communities. Created by Fredrick Brennan as an experiment

Negative PID
Earth Bound Camp

Update: in a move that makes too much sense in retrospect, it turns out that #8kun is most probably responsible for the death of #4chan. Remember, the former #8chan was founded as a place for people so edgy, they managed to get themselves banned from the already hands-free 4chan.
Looks like somebody took #4chan down for good. Which unfortunately isn't going to help matters much in the battle against trolls, because they'll just move to the cesspool for people too edgy for even 4chan, a.k.a. #8kun f.k.a. #8chan. 404media.co/4chan-is-down-foll…
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4chan Is Down Following What Looks to Be a Major Hack Spurred By Meme War

Hackers claim to have obtained 4chan's code, emails of moderators, and internal communications.

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It is great to see advertisers leaving #8kun, whoops I meant the dead bird site. Same thing anymore, and it is time to start questing the motives of colleagues and orgs who remain there. #academicmastodon #newsmedia #musk

@catflyhigh @hateaid letztere sind duchaus auch sehr.gut organisiert.

Siehe #KiwiFarms...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms

Quasi das was passiert wenn Fans von #StochastischemTerrorismus die von #4chan, #8kun, #MumsNet & diversen #Incel-Foren gebannt wurden sich an einem Ort sammeln...

Kiwi Farms - Wikipedia

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Microchip entered court wearing a hoodie, and carried himself with a vague swagger that matched his reputation as an online troll.

That trolling attitude crept into his testimony, like when he defined the hateful and pro-fascist imageboard website 4chan to the jury as “a place where ‘internet intellectuals’ get together to discuss current events.”

When not trafficking in disinformation and hate, Microchip liked to post about cryptocurrency ...

#4chan #8chan #8kun #Gab

White Supremacist Networks Gab and 8Kun Are Training Their Own AI Now

The worst places on the internet are getting into the AI game.

You can’t make this up.

Jim Watkins, owner of #8kun that largely pushed the conspiracy theory of #QAnon, has claimed that QAnon was invented by George Soros and left-leaning Media Matters, in a sworn testimony before the Jan. 6 committee. https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a7j3/jim-watkins-george-soros-qanon

Of Course the QAnon Guy Blamed QAnon on George Soros

In sworn testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, Jim Watkins claimed QAnon was invented by George Soros and Media Matters.