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Goatse has become an Internet meme due to many users being tricked into viewing the site or a mirror of it. The infamous images were posted on the official [[wikipedia:Oprah Winfrey|''Oprah Winfrey'']] Message Boards in 2000, causing the board to be retired shortly afterwards. [[wikipedia:Slashdot|''Slashdot'']] also altered its threaded discussion forum display software to prevent users from tricking unsuspecting readers into visiting the site.<ref>Levy, Steven. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Penguin Books, 2001. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=lVXnmsCCd3wC&q=goatse&pg=PA274.</ref> The use of ''goatse.cx'' as a "fake" link to shock friends became popular and was later adapted as a technique for common shock sites such as [[Tubgirl]].<ref name="vice" /> Website authors have used the goatse.cx image to deter hot-linking to their site by replacing the hot-linked image with an embarrassing one. This sends a clear message to the offending website's operators visible to anyone who views the web page in question. For instance, in 2007, ''[[wikipedia:Wired (magazine)|WIRED]]'' hot-linked to another site in an article about the "sexiest geeks of 2007" and the site replaced the hot-linked image with one from goatse.cx.<ref>Waters, Richard. "What's the Story Behind the Bill O'Reilly Goatse Image?" The Washington Post, 9 Jul. 2008, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901983.html.</ref> The site's images, including hello.jpg and others, have also become subjects of parodies, mirrors, and tributes.<ref>"Goatse." Sam Hocevar, archived from the original on 18 Jul. 2016, http://sam.zoy.org/goatse/.</ref> Additionally, the Goatse image has been used for various parodies, such as in the aftermath of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Charley|''Hurricane Charley'']] in August 2004 when a photograph purporting to show "the hands of God" in the cloud formations circulated via email.<ref>Mikkelson, David. "God Hands." Snopes.com, 26 Aug. 2015, http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/godhands.asp.</ref> Similarly, discs containing a leaked Mac OS X build, OSx86, were distributed in 2005 on [[wikipedia:BitTorrent|''BitTorrent'']] filesharing networks, but instead of the expected Mac OS, the discs reportedly displayed the Goatse image when booted.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051109102655/tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/] Jumping on the bandwagon: OS X on x86 OMG] by Scott McNulty, published on TUAW.com on August 12, 2005. Internet Archive, archived from [http://www.tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/ the original] on 9 Nov. 2005.</ref> [[wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America|GNAA]] also did the same thing for the supposedly leaked [[wikipedia:Mac OS X Tiger|''Mac OS X Tiger'']] release for Intel x86 processors.<ref>Farivar, Cyrus. "The Greatest Internet Moments of All Time." Gizmodo, 23 Jan. 2006, https://gizmodo.com/107940/macindell-part-quatre-the-ruby-goldmine.</ref> | Goatse has become an Internet meme due to many users being tricked into viewing the site or a mirror of it. The infamous images were posted on the official [[wikipedia:Oprah Winfrey|''Oprah Winfrey'']] Message Boards in 2000, causing the board to be retired shortly afterwards. [[wikipedia:Slashdot|''Slashdot'']] also altered its threaded discussion forum display software to prevent users from tricking unsuspecting readers into visiting the site.<ref>Levy, Steven. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Penguin Books, 2001. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=lVXnmsCCd3wC&q=goatse&pg=PA274.</ref> The use of ''goatse.cx'' as a "fake" link to shock friends became popular and was later adapted as a technique for common shock sites such as [[Tubgirl]].<ref name="vice" /> Website authors have used the goatse.cx image to deter hot-linking to their site by replacing the hot-linked image with an embarrassing one. This sends a clear message to the offending website's operators visible to anyone who views the web page in question. For instance, in 2007, ''[[wikipedia:Wired (magazine)|WIRED]]'' hot-linked to another site in an article about the "sexiest geeks of 2007" and the site replaced the hot-linked image with one from goatse.cx.<ref>Waters, Richard. "What's the Story Behind the Bill O'Reilly Goatse Image?" The Washington Post, 9 Jul. 2008, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901983.html.</ref> The site's images, including hello.jpg and others, have also become subjects of parodies, mirrors, and tributes.<ref>"Goatse." Sam Hocevar, archived from the original on 18 Jul. 2016, http://sam.zoy.org/goatse/.</ref> Additionally, the Goatse image has been used for various parodies, such as in the aftermath of [[wikipedia:Hurricane Charley|''Hurricane Charley'']] in August 2004 when a photograph purporting to show "the hands of God" in the cloud formations circulated via email.<ref>Mikkelson, David. "God Hands." Snopes.com, 26 Aug. 2015, http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/godhands.asp.</ref> Similarly, discs containing a leaked Mac OS X build, OSx86, were distributed in 2005 on [[wikipedia:BitTorrent|''BitTorrent'']] filesharing networks, but instead of the expected Mac OS, the discs reportedly displayed the Goatse image when booted.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20051109102655/tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/] Jumping on the bandwagon: OS X on x86 OMG] by Scott McNulty, published on TUAW.com on August 12, 2005. Internet Archive, archived from [http://www.tuaw.com/2005/08/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon-os-x-on-x86-omg/ the original] on 9 Nov. 2005.</ref> [[wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America|GNAA]] also did the same thing for the supposedly leaked [[wikipedia:Mac OS X Tiger|''Mac OS X Tiger'']] release for Intel x86 processors.<ref>Farivar, Cyrus. "The Greatest Internet Moments of All Time." Gizmodo, 23 Jan. 2006, https://gizmodo.com/107940/macindell-part-quatre-the-ruby-goldmine.</ref> | ||
[[File:Olympics Goatse.png|thumb|left|200px|The alternative | [[File:Olympics Goatse.png|thumb|left|200px|The alternative 2012 Summer Olympics's logo before it was later removed.<ref name="Wired">''[https://www.wired.com/2007/06/goatsecx-and-th/ Goatse.cx and the Birth of the Internet Meme]''. Wired. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref>]] | ||
Chris Anderson, in his book ''The Long Tail'' (2008), noted that goatse.cx is a well-known reference only among a small subculture of Internet users who use it as a shared context joke or secret membership code. Anderson cited an example of a photo of Anil Dash wearing a T-shirt with the word "Goatse" and stylized hands accompanying an article about Google in ''[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]''.<ref>Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. Hyperion, 2006. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=ElswmhzTc8cC&pg=PA59.</ref> In 2007, a sketch featuring two hands stretching the "0" wide in "2012" appeared on the BBC News 24 broadcast and website as an alternative to the official logo for the [[wikipedia:2012 Summer Olympics|''2012 Summer Olympics'']], leading to its subsequent removal from the website.<ref name="Wired" /><ref>Leyden, John (4 June 2007). ''[https://www.theregister.com/2007/06/04/bbc_olympics_cx/ BBC hit by mass website attack]''. The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> In June 2010, computer experts known as Goatse Security exposed a security flaw in AT&T's system that revealed the email addresses of iPad users. The group uses a stylized cartoon of the cropped goatse.cx image as its logo with the motto "Gaping Holes Exposed."<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100615230959/http://security.goatse.fr/ Goatse Security]''. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> Pranksters also displayed the image on a digital billboard in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2015.<ref>Haddon, Heather. "Atlanta Drivers Stunned by Lewd Image on Digital Billboard." USA Today, 12 May 2015, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/12/lewd-image-digital-billboard-atlanta/27163101/.</ref> | Chris Anderson, in his book ''The Long Tail'' (2008), noted that goatse.cx is a well-known reference only among a small subculture of Internet users who use it as a shared context joke or secret membership code. Anderson cited an example of a photo of Anil Dash wearing a T-shirt with the word "Goatse" and stylized hands accompanying an article about Google in ''[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]''.<ref>Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. Hyperion, 2006. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=ElswmhzTc8cC&pg=PA59.</ref> In 2007, a sketch featuring two hands stretching the "0" wide in "2012" appeared on the BBC News 24 broadcast and website as an alternative to the official logo for the [[wikipedia:2012 Summer Olympics|''2012 Summer Olympics'']], leading to its subsequent removal from the website.<ref name="Wired" /><ref>Leyden, John (4 June 2007). ''[https://www.theregister.com/2007/06/04/bbc_olympics_cx/ BBC hit by mass website attack]''. The Register. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> In June 2010, computer experts known as Goatse Security exposed a security flaw in AT&T's system that revealed the email addresses of iPad users. The group uses a stylized cartoon of the cropped goatse.cx image as its logo with the motto "Gaping Holes Exposed."<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100615230959/http://security.goatse.fr/ Goatse Security]''. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2023.</ref> Pranksters also displayed the image on a digital billboard in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2015.<ref>Haddon, Heather. "Atlanta Drivers Stunned by Lewd Image on Digital Billboard." USA Today, 12 May 2015, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/12/lewd-image-digital-billboard-atlanta/27163101/.</ref> | ||