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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. Twelve days later, on February 28, Kekma.net's hosting provider completely removed the site. Kekma.net then changed to a video on tube.kekmahub.com. | 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. Twelve days later, on February 28, Kekma.net's hosting provider completely removed the site. Kekma.net then changed to a video on tube.kekmahub.com. | ||
[[File:RIPKekma.jpeg|right|thumb|250px|The message displayed on Kekma.net shortly before getting deleted.]] | [[File:RIPKekma.jpeg|right|thumb|250px|The message displayed on Kekma.net shortly before getting deleted.]] | ||
Kekma.net was restored by October due to popular demand. In spite of having been shut down for most of 2022, Kekma.net continues to find itself on ban lists and filters, having more recently been filtered by Cisco. | Kekma.net was restored by October due to popular demand. In spite of having been shut down for most of 2022, Kekma.net continues to find itself on ban lists and filters, having more recently been filtered by [[Wikipedia:Cisco|Cisco]]. | ||
==Spread and history== | ==Spread and history== | ||
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A flag reminiscent of the "[https://i.imgur.com/tbNsIgO.png Kekistan]" and [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg Greater German Reich] flags was also created around this time and became the [https://files.screamer.wiki/kekmaga.jpg de-facto flag for the website]; this flag has a picture of "[[Wikipedia:Wabbit_Twouble#Big_Chungus|Big Chungus]]" in the middle, a swastika in the corner, and the text "WE HATE NIGGERS" and "FREE SEX AT KEKMA.GA." The flag's colors were taken from the Gabonese flag, the country being the owner of the .ga top-level domain. | A flag reminiscent of the "[https://i.imgur.com/tbNsIgO.png Kekistan]" and [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281938%E2%80%931945%29.svg Greater German Reich] flags was also created around this time and became the [https://files.screamer.wiki/kekmaga.jpg de-facto flag for the website]; this flag has a picture of "[[Wikipedia:Wabbit_Twouble#Big_Chungus|Big Chungus]]" in the middle, a swastika in the corner, and the text "WE HATE NIGGERS" and "FREE SEX AT KEKMA.GA." The flag's colors were taken from the Gabonese flag, the country being the owner of the .ga top-level domain. | ||
Later posts came in the form of a brigade by u/TheRomanianAtheist, who first advertised the site on r/Adulting and titled the post "THE HOTTEST REDDIT ALTERNATIVE"; this user simply posted the link to the shock site multiple times. TheRomanAtheist continued to post about the website on other subreddits, claiming it was a "roleplay" and "webcomic" site, though, for the most part, TheRomanAtheist roleplayed as a Donald Trump supporter who hated minorities. | Later posts came in the form of a brigade by u/TheRomanianAtheist, who first advertised the site on r/Adulting and titled the post "THE HOTTEST REDDIT ALTERNATIVE"; this user simply posted the link to the shock site multiple times. TheRomanAtheist continued to post about the website on other subreddits, claiming it was a "roleplay" and "webcomic" site, though, for the most part, TheRomanAtheist roleplayed as a [[Wikipedia:Donald Trump|Donald Trump]] supporter who hated minorities. | ||
After March 2020, the website's popularity died down. However, in June 2020, The_Donald user "ProtectWhites" continued the roleplaying that TheRomanAtheist did by spamming Kekma.ga on reddit.<ref><nowiki>https://patriots.win/u/ProtectWhites/?type=comment</nowiki></ref> | After March 2020, the website's popularity died down. However, in June 2020, The_Donald user "ProtectWhites" continued the roleplaying that TheRomanAtheist did by spamming Kekma.ga on reddit.<ref><nowiki>https://patriots.win/u/ProtectWhites/?type=comment</nowiki></ref> | ||
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The website then shut down a second time, as the kekma.xyz domain was seized by Namecheap, who claimed that the site contained "support of violence." This was very likely due to a series of [[TikTok]] videos falsely claiming that Kekma had secret political extremist and Satanism-related training sections, and used subliminal messages to cause violent thoughts. After kekma.xyz was closed, the site moved to the .net domain. | The website then shut down a second time, as the kekma.xyz domain was seized by Namecheap, who claimed that the site contained "support of violence." This was very likely due to a series of [[TikTok]] videos falsely claiming that Kekma had secret political extremist and Satanism-related training sections, and used subliminal messages to cause violent thoughts. After kekma.xyz was closed, the site moved to the .net domain. | ||
In July and August 2020, Kekma.net continued to spread, although the website was no longer at its peak of popularity. On August 24, an anonymous user started a thread on [[4chan]]'s /pol/ board about the website, claiming that there were "no nu-right larpers there," and many other | In July and August 2020, Kekma.net continued to spread, although the website was no longer at its peak of popularity. On August 24, an anonymous user started a thread on [[4chan]]'s /pol/ board about the website, claiming that there were "no nu-right larpers there," and many other users continued to mislead political communities into visiting the site. | ||
On September 11, 2020, a 41-minute video titled "The Kekma.net Movie" was released, and embedded on the site, below the entry button. It is a collaboration between multiple members of the Kekma.net community. It contains several YouTube Poops, various parodies, offensive jokes, and statements about the September 11 attacks. The video ends with a picture of Osama Bin Laden and the text "THIS MOVIE IS DEDICATED TO THE BRAVE MUJAHEDDIN FIGHTERS OF AFGHANISTAN."<ref><nowiki>https://tube.kekmahub.com/w/uYeF1NKTETMNRh1UCCMSt3</nowiki></ref> Shortly after the release of the movie, Kekma.net was blocked in Russia and some other countries.<ref><nowiki>https://reestr.rublacklist.net/record/2497418</nowiki></ref> | On September 11, 2020, a 41-minute video titled "The Kekma.net Movie" was released, and embedded on the site, below the entry button. It is a collaboration between multiple members of the Kekma.net community. It contains several YouTube Poops, various parodies, offensive jokes, and statements about the September 11 attacks. The video ends with a picture of [[Wikipedia:Osama Bin Laden|Osama Bin Laden]] and the text "THIS MOVIE IS DEDICATED TO THE BRAVE MUJAHEDDIN FIGHTERS OF AFGHANISTAN."<ref><nowiki>https://tube.kekmahub.com/w/uYeF1NKTETMNRh1UCCMSt3</nowiki></ref> Shortly after the release of the movie, Kekma.net was blocked in Russia and some other countries.<ref><nowiki>https://reestr.rublacklist.net/record/2497418</nowiki></ref> | ||
On October 6, 2020, the Kekma Crew created another [[shock site]] called [[WomensAlliance.xyz]], which was similar to Kekma.net. The website was created from the scraps of a previous plan called "BrownAction", which was intended to look like a race activism website but was ultimately abandoned, as the original design proposed would likely require malware to function, transforming it from an annoyance to a crime. | On October 6, 2020, the Kekma Crew created another [[shock site]] called [[WomensAlliance.xyz]], which was similar to Kekma.net. The website was created from the scraps of a previous plan called "BrownAction", which was intended to look like a race activism website but was ultimately abandoned, as the original design proposed would likely require malware to function, transforming it from an annoyance to a crime. | ||
