Encyclopedia Dramatica

thumb| In lulz we trust. thumb| Wikipedia's evil twin Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED, also spelled Encyclopædia Dramatica) is a satirical online community originating from 10 December 2004 centered around a wiki that acts as a "troll archive". The site hosts racist material and shock content; as a result it was filtered from Google Search in 2010. It has been linked to one school shooting and participates in harassment campaigns. Quotes In lulz we trust. Roisin Kiberd on Vice website, 2017-09-27, describing banner on ED website.Kiberd Roisin 2017-09-27 The Trouble With Keeping ‘Wikipedia’s Evil Twin’ Online https://www.vice.com/en/article/evpx77/the-trouble-with-keeping-wikipedias-evil-twin-online 2023-02-12 Vice.com Quotes about Encyclopedia Dramatica Created in 2004, Wikipedia's evil twin was intended to keep record of flame wars, 'famewhores,' and the feuds of blogging platform LiveJournal. Roisin Kiberd on Vice.com website, 2017-09-27, describing origins of ED. …it claims it intends to parody the "supposed objectivity and accuracy, elitism, and stupid edit wars". Click (2019) in Anti-Fandom: Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age: 24 (Postmillennial Pop) possibly quoting (Dee 2007) in section Case study No. 5: Anti-Fans of Wikipedia.Click Melissa A. 2019-01-08 Anti-Fandom: Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age: 24 (Postmillennial Pop) https://books.google.com/books?id=Er11DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&lpg=PA50&dq=encyclopedia%20dramatica&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q=encyclopedia%20dramatica&f=false 2023-02-12 NYU press 49–50 978-1479851041 Google books The site won't be taken down, but the cost is extremely burdensome Quoted from an email from Brian Zaiger, a Internet forum moderator on ED, to Motherboard, by Roisin Kiberd on Vice.com website, 2017-09-27, in the context of a lawsuit against ED by Monsarrat. References External links Category:Social media