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|Quote = the snapshot of '''rotten.com''', before closing down. | |Quote = the snapshot of '''rotten.com''', before closing down. | ||
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'''Rotten.com''' was a [[shock site]], which collects pictures of dead people, disgusting diseases, deformed bodies, and more, | '''Rotten.com''' was a [[shock site]], which collects pictures of dead people, disgusting diseases, deformed bodies, and more, After a long closure, the site has been closed, this is the first [[shock site]] ever created on the internet. | ||
The website was first registered in 1996, and was first hosted by a person "Soylent", he made a program that can easily identify unregistered internet domain names, only consisting of one word on a dictionary entry, after searching, he found a word ''Rotten'' was one of the unclaimed words on the domain, so he went on to register on the website with ''Rotten.com'', this is where it starts off, Rotten.com has based itself as an online free speech, in a time, when censorship rules had begun to restrict internet access from many people. | The website was first registered in 1996, and was first hosted by a person "Soylent", he made a program that can easily identify unregistered internet domain names, only consisting of one word on a dictionary entry, after searching, he found a word ''Rotten'' was one of the unclaimed words on the domain, so he went on to register on the website with ''Rotten.com'', this is where it starts off, Rotten.com has based itself as an online free speech, in a time, when censorship rules had begun to restrict internet access from many people. | ||
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They are also known for the images used from the infamous article of [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] known as [[Offended]] and [[The Pain Series]], which is a montage of vulgar content including medical photographs, animal cruelty, gruesome and surrealistically abhorrent images, and pornographic artworks. | They are also known for the images used from the infamous article of [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] known as [[Offended]] and [[The Pain Series]], which is a montage of vulgar content including medical photographs, animal cruelty, gruesome and surrealistically abhorrent images, and pornographic artworks. | ||
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*'''Special thanks to Wikipedia for informations''': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten.com | *'''Special thanks to Wikipedia for informations''': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten.com | ||
<u>NOTE</u>: The following [[shock site]] contains extremely graphic images! | <u>NOTE</u>: The following [[shock site]] contains extremely graphic images! | ||
