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On February 16, 2022, Kekma.net reached 30 million visits, and the creator removed all shocking content from the site, after three years of operation. The site briefly changed to a message explaining that the site had served its purpose, which was to study how a shock site can spread across the world with no advertising budget on the modern internet. The creator encourages people to make their own website to replace Kekma.net. Despite the shutdown of Kekma.net, the two community websites, stumpgrinder.info and tube.kekmahub.com remain active. | On February 16, 2022, Kekma.net reached 30 million visits, and the creator removed all shocking content from the site, after three years of operation. The site briefly changed to a message explaining that the site had served its purpose, which was to study how a shock site can spread across the world with no advertising budget on the modern internet. The creator encourages people to make their own website to replace Kekma.net. Despite the shutdown of Kekma.net, the two community websites, stumpgrinder.info and tube.kekmahub.com remain active. | ||
[[File:RIPKekma.jpeg|right|thumb|250px|The message displayed on Kekma.net shortly before getting deleted.]] | |||
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. | 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. | ||
Twelve days later, on February 28, Kekma.net's hosting provider completely removed the site. Kekma.net now redirects to a video on tube.kekmahub.com. | Twelve days later, on February 28, Kekma.net's hosting provider completely removed the site. Kekma.net now redirects to a video on tube.kekmahub.com. | ||
==Spread and history== | ==Spread and history== | ||
The earliest known post about kekma.ga was made by a [[YouTuber]] named Crocnic, who commented on the link on a YouTube video.<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go2OFpO8fyo&lc=UgzS3tdZs246u2uDiq54AaABAg</nowiki></ref> Another post was made by u/SinfulPrince on r/Teenagers calling the website "cool and free".<ref>snew.notabug.io/r/teenagers/comments/dnlk2x/httpwwwkekmaga/ (Dead link)</ref> | The earliest known post about kekma.ga was made by a [[YouTuber]] named Crocnic, who commented on the link on a YouTube video.<ref><nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go2OFpO8fyo&lc=UgzS3tdZs246u2uDiq54AaABAg</nowiki></ref> Another post was made by u/SinfulPrince on r/Teenagers calling the website "cool and free".<ref>snew.notabug.io/r/teenagers/comments/dnlk2x/httpwwwkekmaga/ (Dead link)</ref> | ||
