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[[File:Goatse.jpg|thumb|100px|Hackers successfully hijack a billboard to display the dreaded image.|293x293px]]
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'''[[Goatse]]''' was a [[shock site]] registered in 1999. The website featured an image, as displayed in the center titled "''Hello.jpg''", showing a man stretching his anus with both hands. Because of its shock value, it's the first image to ever be used in bait-and-switch pranks, where the user "baits" another user into clicking the link. The site used the [[wikipedia:.cx|.cx]] domain because its pronunciation is similar to the word "sex", but it was filed by [[wikipedia:Christmas Island|Christmas Island]] to shut down the website.
'''[[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]''', often abbreviated ED or æ, is a website consisting of a satirical MediaWiki based wiki and a XenForo based discussion forum, it was created by the website's owner Sherrod DeGrippo on December 10, 2004. it's a parody of Wikipedia, containing much more harassment, offensive/vulgar content; however, much of offensive content is done solely for "the lulz."


The image used on the site was originally named "gap3.jpg" from the Gap.zip file, a collection of shock images depicting the man, who was revealed to be gay porn-star Kirk Johnson, "''using dildos and butt plugs to stretch his anus''". Gap.zip might have been posted by Johnson himself, but it also may have been originated "''in emails ftp servers, etc.''"
The wiki contains five infamous shock pages including Offended, Kittens, and Puppies, [[Reporting Un-Islamic Content]] and many of the articles contain shock images such as[[ Goatse]], [[Blue Waffle]], and Lemon Party among many others. as well as numerous other gruesome images, one can find disturbing. It's infamous for every page being something vulgar/disturbing.
 
Encyclopedia Dramatica has moved domains many times during its life. It was originally established in December 2004 at encyclopediadramatica.com, but said site was later moved to a safe-for-work website called OhInternet, which also later closed.

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Encyclopedia Dramatica, often abbreviated ED or æ, is a website consisting of a satirical MediaWiki based wiki and a XenForo based discussion forum, it was created by the website's owner Sherrod DeGrippo on December 10, 2004. it's a parody of Wikipedia, containing much more harassment, offensive/vulgar content; however, much of offensive content is done solely for "the lulz."

The wiki contains five infamous shock pages including Offended, Kittens, and Puppies, Reporting Un-Islamic Content and many of the articles contain shock images such asGoatse, Blue Waffle, and Lemon Party among many others. as well as numerous other gruesome images, one can find disturbing. It's infamous for every page being something vulgar/disturbing.

Encyclopedia Dramatica has moved domains many times during its life. It was originally established in December 2004 at encyclopediadramatica.com, but said site was later moved to a safe-for-work website called OhInternet, which also later closed.

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