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'''4chan''' is an imageboard website made in 2003.<ref name="readwrite">Larson, S. (2018, September 29). [https://readwrite.com/2013/11/04/4chan-moot-christopher-pool-qa/ "4chan's Christopher Poole: I was a teenage coder-and then I stopped."] ReadWrite. Retrieved December 9, 2021. </ref><ref name="cnbc">Elias, J. (2021, April 23). [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/4chan-founder-chris-poole-moot-has-left-google.html "4chan founder Chris Poole has left google"]. CNBC. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="The Guardian">Wong, J. C. (2016, March 8). [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/chris-poole-4chan-google-hire-social-media "Google hires founder of 4chan, the 'Zuckerberg of Online Underground'"]. [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="The New York Times">Bilton, N. (2010, March 19). [https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/ "One on one: Christopher Poole, founder of 4chan"]. [[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="Forbes">Ewalt, D. M. (2011, August 11). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2011/03/13/4chans-christopher-poole-why-anonymity-rules/ "4chan's Christopher Poole: Why anonymity rules"]. [[wikipedia:Forbes|Forbes]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref>  The site hosts multiple with different topics boards with topics, including video games, fitness, politics, music, anime and more. It is an English-language counterpart of Futaba Channel (known as 2chan at the time of the site's creation), a Japanese imageboard site discussing online culture. 4chan is known for popularizing several internet memes made by its community, and other than that, it had also became known for being involved with [[screamer]]s and [[shock site]]s including [[Jeff the Killer]], [[Fukouna Shoujo 03]], [[Smile Dog]], [[Glory Hole Foundation]], [[Poochee and Pansy]] and others. The site doesn't require registration, so users can post anything on boards anonymously,<ref name="The Guardian" /><ref name="Forbes" /> but users can also use a nickname for themselves on the site.  
'''4chan''' is an imageboard website made in 2003.<ref name="readwrite">Larson, S. (2018, September 29). [https://readwrite.com/2013/11/04/4chan-moot-christopher-pool-qa/ "4chan's Christopher Poole: I was a teenage coder-and then I stopped."] ReadWrite. Retrieved December 9, 2021. </ref><ref name="cnbc">Elias, J. (2021, April 23). [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/4chan-founder-chris-poole-moot-has-left-google.html "4chan founder Chris Poole has left google"]. CNBC. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="The Guardian">Wong, J. C. (2016, March 8). [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/chris-poole-4chan-google-hire-social-media "Google hires founder of 4chan, the 'Zuckerberg of Online Underground'"]. [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="The New York Times">Bilton, N. (2010, March 19). [https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/ "One on one: Christopher Poole, founder of 4chan"]. [[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="Forbes">Ewalt, D. M. (2011, August 11). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2011/03/13/4chans-christopher-poole-why-anonymity-rules/ "4chan's Christopher Poole: Why anonymity rules"]. [[wikipedia:Forbes|Forbes]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref>  The site hosts multiple different topics boards with topics, including video games, fitness, politics, music, anime, and more. It is an English-language counterpart of Futaba Channel (known as 2chan at the time of the site's creation), a Japanese imageboard site discussing online culture. 4chan is known for popularizing several internet memes made by its community, and other than that, it had also become known for being involved with [[screamer]]s and [[shock site]]s including [[Jeff the Killer]], [[Fukouna Shoujo 03]], [[Smile Dog]], [[Glory Hole Foundation]], [[Poochee and Pansy]] and others. The site doesn't require registration, so users can post anything on boards anonymously,<ref name="The Guardian" /><ref name="Forbes" /> but users can also use a nickname for themselves on the site.  
==History==
==History==
<blockquote><u>NOTE</u>: This list is incomplete, you can help by adding [[screamers]] and [[shock sites]] involving 4chan on this list.</blockquote>
<u>NOTE</u>: This list is incomplete, you can help by adding [[screamers]] and [[shock sites]] involving 4chan on this list.


As mentioned, the site was introduced on 2003 by [[wikipedia:Christopher Poole|Christopher Poole]], better known online as "moot", when he was at 15-years-old.<ref name="readwrite" /><ref name="cnbc" /><ref name="The Guardian" /><ref name="The New York Times" /> The site was born shortly after Poole copied Futaba Channel's source code and translated the text into English.<ref name="readwrite" /><ref name="cnbc" /><ref name="The New York Times" /> He then advertised the site for people interested in Japanese culture.<ref name="Forbes" /> Poole left 4chan after when this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign) incident happened];<ref>D'Orazio, D. (2015, March 14). [https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/14/8214713/gamergate-scandal-convinced-4chan-founder-moot-to-leave-the-site "Gamergate scandal convinced 4chan founder moot to leave the&nbsp;site"]. [[wikipedia:The Verge|The Verge]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref> he officially announced that he sold the site to Hiroyuki Nishimura,<ref name="cnbc" /> a founder of 2channel. 4chan users also popularized [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], a site documenting internet culture in a humorous manner, which also included [[shock sites]] such as [[Offended]].
As mentioned, the site was introduced on 2003 by [[wikipedia:Christopher Poole|Christopher Poole]], better known online as "moot", when he was at 15-years-old.<ref name="readwrite" /><ref name="cnbc" /><ref name="The Guardian" /><ref name="The New York Times" /> The site was born shortly after Poole copied Futaba Channel's source code and translated the text into English.<ref name="readwrite" /><ref name="cnbc" /><ref name="The New York Times" /> He then advertised the site for people interested in Japanese culture.<ref name="Forbes" /> Poole left 4chan after when this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign) incident happened];<ref>D'Orazio, D. (2015, March 14). [https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/14/8214713/gamergate-scandal-convinced-4chan-founder-moot-to-leave-the-site "Gamergate scandal convinced 4chan founder moot to leave the&nbsp;site"]. [[wikipedia:The Verge|The Verge]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref> he officially announced that he sold the site to Hiroyuki Nishimura,<ref name="cnbc" /> a founder of 2channel. 4chan users also popularized [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], a site documenting internet culture in a humorous manner, which also included [[shock sites]] such as [[Offended]].
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The earliest screamer to be on 4chan was [[Smile Dog]]. The famous story of this [[creepypasta]] explains that there are no copies of the original Smile Dog, but fake variations had been spreading across 4chan's paranormal-related board, /x/, on 2008.<ref>Peters, L. (2016, January 16). "Is The "Smile Dog" Creepypasta Real?". Bustle. Retrieved December 10, 2021, from <nowiki>https://www.bustle.com/articles/135749-is-smile-dog-real-heres-the-truth-about-the-classic-creepypasta-its-terrifying-image-file</nowiki>.</ref>  
The earliest screamer to be on 4chan was [[Smile Dog]]. The famous story of this [[creepypasta]] explains that there are no copies of the original Smile Dog, but fake variations had been spreading across 4chan's paranormal-related board, /x/, on 2008.<ref>Peters, L. (2016, January 16). "Is The "Smile Dog" Creepypasta Real?". Bustle. Retrieved December 10, 2021, from <nowiki>https://www.bustle.com/articles/135749-is-smile-dog-real-heres-the-truth-about-the-classic-creepypasta-its-terrifying-image-file</nowiki>.</ref>  


A flash animation, [[Derpy animation.swf]], was first mentioned on January 3, 2012 in /f/, a board list of flash animations. The animation was supposed to lure My Little Pony fans thinking the screamer was a list of Derpy's animations.
A flash animation, [[Derpy animation.swf]], was first mentioned on January 3, 2012, in /f/, a board list of flash animations. The animation was supposed to lure My Little Pony fans to think the screamer was a list of Derpy's animations.


On March 14, 2018, [[Shuaiby's Suicide|Shuaib "Shuaiby" Aslam]] started a livestream on his [[YouTube]] channel titled "Hey" Tarp was put on the windows to cover any debris. He starts a Discord call and two other people can be heard talking, one of them crying. A bit later, he holds out a piece of paper with the text "Bye /r9k/" and loads a shotgun, and shoot his face, splattering blood on the ceiling. 
On March 14, 2018, [[Shuaiby's Suicide|Shuaib "Shuaiby" Aslam]] started a Livestream on his [[YouTube]] channel titled "Hey" Tarp was put on the windows to cover any debris. He starts a Discord call and two other people can be heard talking, one of them crying. A bit later, he holds out a piece of paper with the text "Bye /r9k/" loads a shotgun, and shoots his face, splattering blood on the ceiling. 


On November 18, 2021, 4chan user named Armus posted a thread about claiming to have hacked the popular [[Scratch]] copy of the [[Flappy Bird]] game and added [[Suicide of Ronnie McNutt|Ronnie McNutt's suicide]] on it.
On November 18, 2021, a 4chan user named Armus posted a thread claiming to have hacked kingliam3's account along with the popular [[Scratch]] copy of the [[Flappy Bird]] game and added [[Suicide of Ronnie McNutt|Ronnie McNutt's suicide]] on it.
====Jeff The Killer controversy====
====Jeff The Killer controversy====
{{Main|Jeff The Killer#4chan controversy}}
{{Main|Jeff The Killer#4chan controversy}}
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