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Kekma.net has been restored for October by popular demand. It is not clear whether or not the site will remain up beyond Halloween. | Kekma.net has been restored for October by popular demand. It is not clear whether or not the site will remain up beyond Halloween. In spite of having been taken down for most of the year, Kekma continues to find its self on ban lists and filters, having recently been filtered by Cisco. | ||
<b>Kekma.net</b>, formerly <b>kekma.ga</b>, was a bait and switch [[shock site]] launched on the 23rd of April, 2019. The site was created by a man known only by his screen name "Obok MeatGod" (also known as Kekmaguy on this site). The website previously purported to be a far-right Reddit clone, especially of TheDonald and Voat.<ref><nowiki>https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddyretard/comments/dhuu1h/join_now_and_get_a_free_iphone_wich_u_can_uze_to/</nowiki></ref> | <b>Kekma.net</b>, formerly <b>kekma.ga</b>, was a bait and switch [[shock site]] launched on the 23rd of April, 2019. The site was created by a man known only by his screen name "Obok MeatGod" (also known as Kekmaguy on this site). The website previously purported to be a far-right Reddit clone, especially of TheDonald and Voat.<ref><nowiki>https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddyretard/comments/dhuu1h/join_now_and_get_a_free_iphone_wich_u_can_uze_to/</nowiki></ref> | ||
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The website continued to grow, with the site having a peak Alexa rating of 277,995 in December 2020 globally and a rating of 125,404 in the United States. On the day of its closure, Kekma.net had an Alexa rating of 930,135, showing that the site had lost its original popularity.<ref><nowiki>https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kekma.net</nowiki></ref> | The website continued to grow, with the site having a peak Alexa rating of 277,995 in December 2020 globally and a rating of 125,404 in the United States. On the day of its closure, Kekma.net had an Alexa rating of 930,135, showing that the site had lost its original popularity.<ref><nowiki>https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kekma.net</nowiki></ref> | ||
In late June 2021, BitChute banned FartMeister, the channel where all Kekma videos were located, and several other Kekma-related accounts. | In late June 2021, BitChute banned FartMeister, the channel where all Kekma videos were located, and several other Kekma-related accounts. Later in August 2021, the kekmachannel was moved to tube.kekmahub.com. | ||
In 2022, with the permission of the original Kekma hosts, a mirror called 'kekma.live' was brought up. Later a donation link was also posted there. This site is not owned by the Kekma Crew, who have a policy against asking for money of any kind. | |||
===Creator response=== | ===Creator response=== | ||
