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Imageboard or online forum on 4chan the prevalent speech sound in IPA or X-SAMPA Voiced bilabial plosive other sounds August 2022 B random board 4chan.png 300px 4chan imageboard English Hiroyuki Nishimura Christopher Poole Yes Online 2003; 22 years ago /b/, also called random,Schwartz Mattathias 2008-08-03 The Trolls Among Us en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html 2023-04-06 0362-4331 December 11, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081211171348/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html live is an anonymous imageboard on 4chan. Created in 2003 under the name "anime/random", it was one of the first boards established on 4chan.2011-07-27 Moot x Hiroyuki Social Media Talk Session (ID: 57271090) http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv57271090 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140831182732/http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv57271090 2014-08-31 2021-04-13 NiconicoAlfonso III Fernando 2021-01-27 Now 10 years old, 4chan is the most important site you never visit The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/debug/4chan-10-years-christopher-moot-poole/ 2021-04-13 April 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200429225852/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/4chan-10-years-christopher-moot-poole/ live While /b/ permits discussion and posting of any sort of content,Beyer Jessica L. Trolls and Hacktivists: Political Mobilization from Online Communities 2021-11-10 https://oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197510636.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780197510636-e-47 The Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Digital Media Rohlinger Deana A. Oxford University Press en 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197510636.013.47 978-0-19-751063-6 2021-12-13 Sobieraj Sarah subscription May 26, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220526142813/https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197510636.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780197510636-e-47 live the community etiquette is to self-limit discussion on /b/ of those topics that are specialties or the focus of other boards on 4chan. /b/ is one of the most popular boards on 4chan, next to /pol/ (politically incorrect). Due to its popularity and notoriety, it overshadows the website with a bad reputation. The Washington Post described /b/ as "an unfathomable grab-bag of the random, the gross and the downright bizarre". Analysis A 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysis examined two weeks of posts to /b/ in summer 2010.Bernstein MS Monroy-Hernández A Harry D André P Panovich K Vargas G 2011 4chan and /B/: An Analysis of Anonymity and Ephemerality in a Large Online Community Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 5 50–57 10.1609/icwsm.v5i1.14134 https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/14134 https://web.archive.org/web/20220801231632/https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/14134 2022-08-01 live free During this time, users made 5.5 million posts on /b/ in 480,000 threads. The median life of a discussion thread was four minutes; the longest in that period was six hours. The analysis found that the community mostly posts playful images and links. The same analysis found that at least 90% of the posts are anonymous, although posters do adopt and discard various claims of identity at will.Monroy-Hernandez Andres Harry Drew André Paul Panovich Katrina Vargas Greg 20 July 2011 4chan and /b/: An Analysis of Anonymity and Ephemerality in a Large Online Community https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/4chan-and-b-an-analysis-of-anonymity-and-ephemerality-in-a-large-online-community/ live MIT Media Lab https://web.archive.org/web/20190727055636/https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/4chan-and-b-an-analysis-of-anonymity-and-ephemerality-in-a-large-online-community/ 2019-07-27 Agger Michael 28 June 2011 4chan /b/: A new academic study of the influential message board. https://slate.com/technology/2011/06/4chan-b-a-new-academic-study-of-the-influential-message-board.html live Slate Magazine en https://web.archive.org/web/20181101101626/https://slate.com/technology/2011/06/4chan-b-a-new-academic-study-of-the-influential-message-board.html 2018-11-01 A 2013 article noted that 4chan is a top-ranking website by popularity, especially in the United States, but also globally.Alfonso III Fernando The definitive guide to 4chan, one of the worst places on the internet https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/beginners-guide-to-4chan/ The Daily Dot en 7 October 2013 June 29, 2019 June 29, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190629083240/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/beginners-guide-to-4chan/ live Within 4chan, /b/ was the most popular and active board as of 2013. /b/ is one of a handful of key online spaces from which the hacktivist group Anonymous originated.Coleman E. Gabriella http://worldcat.org/oclc/903284590 Hacker, hoaxer, whistleblower, spy : the many faces of Anonymous October 6, 2015 Verso Books 978-1-78168-983-7 903284590 Character thumb|Index of 4chan's /b/ board on February 1, 2026, showing an example of clop depicting a ponified Wikipe-tan /b/ and /pol/ are the most notorious boards on 4chan.Tait Amelia 4Chan is the worst place on the internet, but we should defend its right to exist https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2016/10/4chan-worst-place-internet-we-should-defend-its-right-exist www.newstatesman.com en 6 October 2016 June 29, 2019 June 29, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190629123143/https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2016/10/4chan-worst-place-internet-we-should-defend-its-right-exist live One of /b/'s defining features is its lack of posting rules. In general, anything that does not go against US law will not be removed. /b/ is consequently one of the few boards on 4chan where users can post grotesque and objectionable material such as gore and hate speech.Dewey Caitlin Absolutely everything you need to know to understand 4chan, the Internet's own bogeyman https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/09/25/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-to-understand-4chan-the-internets-own-bogeyman Washington Post en 25 September 2014 June 29, 2019 June 29, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190629123156/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/09/25/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-to-understand-4chan-the-internets-own-bogeyman/ live Rules - 4chan https://www.4chan.org/rules#b/ 4chan.org January 19, 2021 November 6, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211106122120/https://www.4chan.org/rules#b/ live /b/ is among the boards on 4chan that have a not safe for work (NSFW) designation.Hockenson Lauren 4Chan has rules now, apparently https://gigaom.com/2013/09/19/4chan-has-rules-now-apparently/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130923134623/http://gigaom.com/2013/09/19/4chan-has-rules-now-apparently/ dead September 23, 2013 gigaom.com 19 September 2013 Consequently, users may post NSFW content on /b/ when the 4chan moderators may restrict such postings on boards without that designation. The community at /b/ sustains various customs. Users may promise to post photos of acts of self-degradation in an attempt to barter. A 2013 research paper reported that misogyny sustains the culture at /b/.Manivannan Vyshali FCJ-158 Tits or GTFO: The logics of misogyny on 4chan's Random - /b/ The Fibreculture Journal 2013 22 109–132 http://twentytwo.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-158-tits-or-gtfo-the-logics-of-misogyny-on-4chans-random-b/ 1449-1443 July 5, 2019 June 29, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190705015926/http://twentytwo.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-158-tits-or-gtfo-the-logics-of-misogyny-on-4chans-random-b/ live Users sometimes claim to have insider information on news events,Douglas Nick What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And /b/ https://gawker.com/346385/what-the-hell-are-4chan-ed-something-awful-and-b Gawker en 18 January 2008 June 29, 2019 July 24, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724081826/http://gawker.com/346385/what-the-hell-are-4chan-ed-something-awful-and-b live ask for advice, often on romance and relationships, or post various images containing puzzles. /b/'s history, the absence of any substantial regulation or enforcement of rules, and the users' anonymity have all been considered as essential characteristics that have contributed to a culture of ambiguity that serves to confound attempts to assess the verisimilitude of that which is posted to the board. One scholar summarized the unique challenges presented by the cultural context of /b/ by observing: "It is impossible to truly discern posters' views due to their anonymity and the saturation of 4chan's discourse with self-referential irony and a refusal to accept anything at face-value."Attaining the Ninth Square: Cybertextuality, Gamification, and Institutional Memory on 4chan enculturation https://www.enculturation.net/attaining-the-ninth-square 2022-08-02 www.enculturation.net August 2, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220802161421/https://www.enculturation.net/attaining-the-ninth-square live Memes On /b/, many memes are shared regularly among users.Cole Samantha 2018-06-12 Researchers Studied 160 Million Memes and Found Most of Them Come From Two Websites https://www.vice.com/en/article/where-do-memes-come-from-researchers-studied-reddit-4chan/ 2024-04-26 Vice en June 23, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180623221937/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zm884j/where-do-memes-come-from-researchers-studied-reddit-4chan live Events In October 2006, a /b/ user was arrested for threatening to bomb multiple National Football League stadiums. He was sentenced to six months in prison and a further six months in house arrest.Macroanonymous Is The New Microfamous - Fimoculous.com http://fimoculous.com/archive/post-5738.cfm 2020-09-07 fimoculous.com July 10, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090710113640/http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-5738.cfm liveJune 16, 2008 Jane McEntegart Man Reci eves y 6 Months In Jail and House Arrest For Fake Bomb Threats On 4chan https://www.tomsguide.com/us/Bomb-threat-NFL,news-1678.html 2020-09-07 Tom's Guide en August 14, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200814232303/https://www.tomsguide.com/us/Bomb-threat-NFL,news-1678.html live In 2008, /b/ users spread a rumor that Apple's (at the time) CEO, Steve Jobs, had suffered a fatal heart attack; the rumor's impact on shareholder's confidence resulted in a drop in Apple's share price by approximately US$10 (US 10 2008 eq).Grigoriadis V August 2014 4chan's Chaos Theory https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/04/4chan-201104 https://web.archive.org/web/20220708030458/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/04/4chan-201104 2022-07-08 live Vanity Fair Through a combination of repeat voting and manipulation of the site's servers, /b/ users successfully altered the outcome of Time magazine's 2009 "world's most influential people" poll so that 4chan's founder, Christopher Poole, was represented in the publication as the world's most influential person. In January 2012, when the United States Department of Justice took down Megaupload, Anonymous retaliated by hacking various websites including that of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Broderick Ryan Last Night's Anonymous Attack As Told By 4chan's /b/ Board https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/last-nights-anonymous-attack-as-told-by-4chan BuzzFeed News en 20 January 2012 During the attacks, /b/ hosted live narration of the event with early information about how to watch various websites go down. 4chan hosts various live discussion events related to crimes and persuading people to mistakenly and foolishly destroy their iPhones.Alfonso III Fernando Bond John-Michael The 13 most disturbing controversies in 4chan history https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/4chan-controversies/ The Daily Dot en 3 October 2012 Development In 2009, /b/ accounted for 30% of traffic on 4chan, which had 44 image boards at the time. In 2011, in response to community demand to expel "social posts" on /b/, Moot established /soc/, the social board of 4chan.Otte Jef 4chan's new /soc/ board seems to be making /b/ slightly less cancerous https://www.westword.com/arts/4chans-new-soc-board-seems-to-be-making-b-slightly-less-cancerous-5791790 Westword 12 January 2011 June 29, 2019 June 29, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190629123143/https://www.westword.com/arts/4chans-new-soc-board-seems-to-be-making-b-slightly-less-cancerous-5791790 live See also Sarah Palin email hack 4chan /pol/ /pol/ /mu/ /mu/ /mlp/ /mlp/ /v/ (imageboard) /v/ References 1 Bibliography Complete History of 4chan http://tanasinn.info/wiki/Complete_History_of_4chan tanasinn.info 2019-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20170305223522/http://tanasinn.info/wiki/Complete_History_of_4chan 2017-03-05 dead Entraste 4chan Chronicle/The Golden Age of /b/ https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/4chan_Chronicle/The_Golden_Age_of_/b/ en.wikibooks.org 26 September 2015 Nissenbaum Asaf Shifman Limor 9 October 2015 Internet memes as contested cultural capital: The case of 4chan's /b/ board https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1461444815609313 New Media & Society en 19 4 483–501 10.1177/1461444815609313 27696765 1461-4448 subscription Hagen Sal 9 June 2021 An overview of 4chan/b/ archives: What is left of the Internet's cesspool? Open Intelligence Lab https://oilab.eu/an-overview-of-4chan-b-archives-what-is-left-of-the-internets-cesspool/ 24 May 2022 Category:4chan Category:Online obscenity controversies Category:Internet properties established in 2003