LGBT movement finds an ally in the most offensive site online
4chan, a site best known for crude pranks and filthy language, has created a new forum for the LGBT community.
On Apr 2, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
What happens when the Web’s most notorious troll forum pranks itself?
Funny that the biggest prank on 4chan—a site known for the meanest pranks on the Internet—is on its users: a fleeting glimpse of what 4chan used to be.
On Apr 1, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Inside 4chan’s plot to get Adria Richards fired
Mid-#donglegate, 4chan launched a DDoS attack on Adria Richards’s company, SendGrid, to try to get her fired. She lost her job. Here’s what happened.
On Mar 21, 2013 by Kris Holt
Mom lets Internet name her baby for $5,000
4chan could have a field day with this one.
On Feb 28, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger
4chan votes for Hitler as the smartest person in history
4chan’s latest play at rigging an online poll has a genocidal dictatator topping the list of history’s smartest figures.
On Feb 25, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
How Twitter turned a hashtag prank into a feminist victory
Whether or not there is an actual war on women may be a hotly debated subject, but on Twitter this week a hashtag gender war has been plain for all to see.
On Feb 12, 2013 by Aja Romano
#Boobs4Bieber: 4chan’s plot to flood Twitter with underage nudes
The pranksters over at 4chan are doctoring photos of nude and seemingly underage girls to help make the hashtag #boobs4bieber a Twitter trending topic.
On Jan 30, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
4chan hunts down gearheads over highway holdup
A couple of muscle-car maniacs are under investigation by California police—and 4chan’s auto community—after stopping traffic on a busy highway to do some donuts.
On Jan 28, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Oklahoma man arrested for threatening entire town on 4chan
Glenn Allen Kirkham, 34, was arrested for a 4chan post threatening to attack the town of Casper, Wyo. Kirkham claims he had no such plan, and was merely trolling.
On Jan 18, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
NBA confirms: 4chan failed to whitewash All-Star game
“Operation White Man Can Jump,” an attempt to stuff the NBA All-Star ballot for white players, is a certified failure.
On Jan 17, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
4chan schemes to get rapper Lil B to the Grammys
If you happen to see rapper and social media sweetheart Lil B performing live on primetime TV this year with some Vans sneakers on, you can probably thank 4chan for that.
On Jan 16, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
White House hilariously responds to Death Star petition
Budgetary concerns and the desire not to destroy other planets is why the White House shot down plans to construct a Death Star, after more than 34,000 people, mostly from 4chan, signed a petition to build one.
On Jan 12, 2013 by Justin Franz
The anatomy of a 4chan hoax
4chan appears to be returning to its trolling, prankster roots in 2013. Here’s how the members of /b/ made #cutforbieber a worldwide trend on Twitter (and fooled the media in the process).
On Jan 9, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Putting the “hash” in “hashtag”: 4chan wants Beliebers to try pot
The #smoke4bieber initiative started as a “counter troll” to the more-popular #cutforbieber.
On Jan 8, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger
4chan sparks sick #cutforbieber trend, reaches new low in trolling
4chan has struck out at Beliebers once again with another cruel hoax.
On Jan 7, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger
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