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* July 27 - CAPTCHA wars - moot adds reCAPTCHA to quell the enormous waves of spam they have been suffering for years. Everyone shitstorms, but eventually they conclude that CAPTCHA is for the better. | * July 27 - CAPTCHA wars - moot adds reCAPTCHA to quell the enormous waves of spam they have been suffering for years. Everyone shitstorms, but eventually they conclude that CAPTCHA is for the better. | ||
* August 7 - The Boxxy videos are back up. | * August 7 - The Boxxy videos are back up. | ||
* September 17 - AnonTalk dies, after being spammed endlessly by Minichan, their clone site, since April 13. | * September 17 - AnonTalk dies, after being spammed endlessly by Minichan, their clone site, since April 13. | ||
* September 22 - AnonTalk returns. To everyone’s dismay. | * September 22 - AnonTalk returns. To everyone’s dismay. | ||
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* July 14 - /v/ achieves its [https://archived.moe/v/thread/199999406/#200000000 200M GET]. After lots of tension, the GET goes to a completely unrelated post in a Pikmin thread, asking, "Also why does everyone crash land trying to get to Earth? Seriously." | * July 14 - /v/ achieves its [https://archived.moe/v/thread/199999406/#200000000 200M GET]. After lots of tension, the GET goes to a completely unrelated post in a Pikmin thread, asking, "Also why does everyone crash land trying to get to Earth? Seriously." | ||
* July 15 - A thread is posted on /b/ with a link to a contest where you can have a chance to meet Taylor Swift by writing an essay about why you should be considered her biggest fan. The OP urges everyone to vote for a "Charles Z". "Charles" quickly reached 1st place, and on the 19th, the radio station shut down the content for "being compromised". This was followed by other attempts to make "Charles" meet a pop star - rigging a contest by New York City's Z100 to meet Selena Gomez on the 21st, and being followed the next day by another raid on a contest by the same station to meet the Jonas Brothers. | * July 15 - A thread is posted on /b/ with a link to a contest where you can have a chance to meet Taylor Swift by writing an essay about why you should be considered her biggest fan. The OP urges everyone to vote for a "Charles Z". "Charles" quickly reached 1st place, and on the 19th, the radio station shut down the content for "being compromised". This was followed by other attempts to make "Charles" meet a pop star - rigging a contest by New York City's Z100 to meet Selena Gomez on the 21st, and being followed the next day by another raid on a contest by the same station to meet the Jonas Brothers. | ||
* July 19 - /b/ | * July 19 - /b/ twitter-bombs UFC fighter "War Machine." Raiders insult his family, send him pizzas, post him in the gay section of Craigslist, and almost fool him into deleting system 32. As a result War Machine became enraged and repeatedly punched himself in the head. | ||
* July 27 - A harsh critic from GameInformer journalist Martin Beer makes Indie games developer Phil Fish ragequit Twitter and cancel his newest game, Fez 2. /v/ celebrates by making tons of OC, including a new /v/ Sings and countless Youtube videos. | * July 27 - A harsh critic from GameInformer journalist Martin Beer makes Indie games developer Phil Fish ragequit Twitter and cancel his newest game, Fez 2. /v/ celebrates by making tons of OC, including a new /v/ Sings and countless Youtube videos. | ||
* August 11 - moot finally renames /soc/ to Cam & Meetups, /q/ to 4chan Feedback and /fit/ to just Fitness. | * August 11 - moot finally renames /soc/ to Cam & Meetups, /q/ to 4chan Feedback and /fit/ to just Fitness. | ||
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*October 6-7 - Ylilauta raids 4chan, especially /pol/, by spamming copypasta of Marutei Tsurunen. 4chan reacts by blocking Finland from posting on all boards for almost the whole weekend. | *October 6-7 - Ylilauta raids 4chan, especially /pol/, by spamming copypasta of Marutei Tsurunen. 4chan reacts by blocking Finland from posting on all boards for almost the whole weekend. | ||
*October 12 - Suiseiseki is revived on /bant/ after its tragic desu-worthy death on /b/ back when moot was still a faggot. LET THE DESU HELL BEGIN! [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/2488686/#2488888] | *October 12 - Suiseiseki is revived on /bant/ after its tragic desu-worthy death on /b/ back when moot was still a faggot. LET THE DESU HELL BEGIN! [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/2488686/#2488888] | ||
*October 21 - An anon on /v/ known as 4chanleaker as his Switch name or Brainlet, finds an copy of Super Mario Odyssey and decides to leak the game. People on the thread think he's lying, but then he streams the intro and posts screenshots and the show begins. | *October 21 - An anon on /v/ known as 4chanleaker as his Switch name or Brainlet, finds an copy of Super Mario Odyssey and decides to leak the game. People on the thread think he's lying, but then he streams the intro and posts screenshots and the show begins. The brainlet keeps streaming for hours while anons laugh out the game for being too empty and bland. Meanwhile on NeoGAF a huge drama takes loose where the owner of the site has been accused of sexual assault against a woman. Users get banned, staff members step down (and get banned as well) and the owner has plans to shut the website down. Neogaf gets 404's at least 3 times. A sticky with the message “The NeoGAF scandal and/or bitching about social justice garbage is NOT VIDEO GAMES. Threads posted about it will be deleted and the posters warned or banned. If you want to talk about it go to /pol/. If you want to stay on /v/, then talk about VIDEO GAMES.” gets made on /v/ to move the NeoGAF discussion elsewhere, linking to /pol/, with a picture of moot with a quote "It has the most basic fucking rules: Talk about video games!".[https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2017/10/4chan-v-bans-discussion-neogaf-sexual-misconduct-scandal/42448/] Faggot mods start censoring hard on NeoGaf threads, which result in /v/ finding out that one of the mods named 'Beam' is female single mother roastie who most likely frequents NeoGaf. /v/ users get confused about the censoring, since NeoGaf is a big video game board, which resulted in /v/ migrating to /pol/ to talk about NeoGaf. Due to the overwhelming shitposting about NeoGaf on /pol/, /pol/ users get mad and help /v/ users who want to celebrate NeoGAF's death start shitposting on /v/. Shitposting commenced, with either /v/ posting John Morris "He does it for free" meme to piss off mods, and just straight up NeoGAF posting, which of course resulted in bans. The event would result in half of the United Kingdom and parts of Canada to get temporarily ISP banned. Canada should have stayed banned. /a/ gets a new rule, low-effort, catchphrase and template threads are now banned. Statements from various mods on IRC confirm that generals are allowed again, they just should follow the new rule. | ||
*October 23 - Hiro comes on /qa/ and gets asked if he can allow NeoGaf threads on /v/. Hiro than | *October 23 - Hiro comes on /qa/ and gets asked if he can allow NeoGaf threads on /v/. Hiro than eternally BTFO /v/ mods by letting a single, stickied thread about the NeoGAF question to be allowed on /v/, which resulted in the thread to be more about /v/ laughing at the mods more than laughing/discussing the NeoGAF situation. Later, after more than two years, /qa/ becomes a listed board. [s4s], /r9k/, /vip/ and /qa/, much like /cm/, /hm/, /lgbt/ and /y/, are merged into their own section on the board list. | ||
*October 24 - [http://web.archive.org/web/20220311171223/https://desuarchive.org/qa/search/subject/welcome%20to%20%2Fqa%2F/type/sticky/ After struggling for a bit,] Hiro makes [http://web.archive.org/web/20220311171106/https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1654916/ a locked "welcome to /qa/" sticky] saying that other than meta topics the board has "no specific theme". This is accompanied by [http://web.archive.org/web/20220311171502/https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/qa/image/1508/81/1508819394828.png a sitewide message stating that from now meta threads on other boards will be moved to /qa/.] | *October 24 - [http://web.archive.org/web/20220311171223/https://desuarchive.org/qa/search/subject/welcome%20to%20%2Fqa%2F/type/sticky/ After struggling for a bit,] Hiro makes [http://web.archive.org/web/20220311171106/https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1654916/ a locked "welcome to /qa/" sticky] saying that other than meta topics the board has "no specific theme". This is accompanied by [http://web.archive.org/web/20220311171502/https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/qa/image/1508/81/1508819394828.png a sitewide message stating that from now meta threads on other boards will be moved to /qa/.] | ||
*October 27 - Catalonia declares independence (and fails), resulting in a [http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/chunk/146841910/ /pol/ sticky]. The Catalonian flag is added as a troll flag on /pol/. | *October 27 - Catalonia declares independence (and fails), resulting in a [http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/chunk/146841910/ /pol/ sticky]. The Catalonian flag is added as a troll flag on /pol/. | ||
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*December 10 - /b/ gets three stickies, "Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis And The News embedded in the background and mods ban porn for a day. Two [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815883666 DSFARGEG] [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815887780 threads] and [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815877806 three] [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815877818 obvious] [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815877950 troll]-porn threads get public banned. Yellowfags rejoice and spam yellow threads and upper text lower text memes while ironically saying /b/ will "now be free of spam and uncreative threads". Mods remove the stickies and unban porn the next day | *December 10 - /b/ gets three stickies, "Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis And The News embedded in the background and mods ban porn for a day. Two [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815883666 DSFARGEG] [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815887780 threads] and [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815877806 three] [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815877818 obvious] [https://archived.moe/b/thread/815877950 troll]-porn threads get public banned. Yellowfags rejoice and spam yellow threads and upper text lower text memes while ironically saying /b/ will "now be free of spam and uncreative threads". Mods remove the stickies and unban porn the next day | ||
([http://archive.4plebs.org/f/thread/3411327 Note: an anon on /f/ archived the front page in the form of a .swf file]) | ([http://archive.4plebs.org/f/thread/3411327 Note: an anon on /f/ archived the front page in the form of a .swf file]) | ||
*December 25 - Christmas hats are added. | *December 25 - Christmas hats are added. | ||
*December 31 - /v/ [http://archive.is/lu9je stickies] International Wrestling Festival's 2019 gachimuchi collab | *December 31 - /v/ [http://archive.is/lu9je stickies] International Wrestling Festival's 2019 gachimuchi collab | ||
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*April 22 - Out of nowhere, [https://archive.is/u93DR moot leaves his position at Google.] Threads across the entire site pop up ([https://archive.is/btYej /qa/], [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/220906502/#220906502 /a/], [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/552896541/#552896541 /v/], [https://archive.is/GkBG8 /pol/]) to discuss it, and anons wonder if he'll ever come back, let alone do a Q&A. | *April 22 - Out of nowhere, [https://archive.is/u93DR moot leaves his position at Google.] Threads across the entire site pop up ([https://archive.is/btYej /qa/], [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/220906502/#220906502 /a/], [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/552896541/#552896541 /v/], [https://archive.is/GkBG8 /pol/]) to discuss it, and anons wonder if he'll ever come back, let alone do a Q&A. | ||
*April 25 - /a/ gets a [https://desuarchive.org/a/chunk/221041183 sticky] after a fourth Madoka Magica movie (Turning the Tide of Walpurgis) is announced for the anime's tenth anniversary. | *April 25 - /a/ gets a [https://desuarchive.org/a/chunk/221041183 sticky] after a fourth Madoka Magica movie (Turning the Tide of Walpurgis) is announced for the anime's tenth anniversary. | ||
*April 29 - /pw/ hits 999999 and 1mil get, 1mil gets scrubbed. 999999 is about blowing Stone Cold after he makes anon grab Stone Cold’s ass, reactions are mixed on win or fail. | *April 29 - /pw/ hits 999999 and 1mil get, 1mil gets scrubbed. 999999 is about blowing Stone Cold after he makes anon grab Stone Cold’s ass, reactions are mixed on win or fail. | ||
*May 1 - After an eternity, the /mlp/ mods finally implement selectable pony waifu flags. There are eighty different icons to choose from, including main characters, side characters, board-centric characters like Anon and Anonfilly, Equestria Girls and Them's Fightin' Herds characters, the known G5 characters (at least those that were known when anons were creating the flags), and even the /mlp/ 4chan Cup logo. The reason it took so long is still uncertain, but likely due to the fact that the site's code itself had to be altered to accommodate them. [https://archive.ph/jXLye Self-fellating thread that mods stickied.] Also on the same day, [https://archive.is/ekaD1 /vm/ gets an "Official Vidya Night"] with Alien Swarm Reactive drop being played. | *May 1 - After an eternity, the /mlp/ mods finally implement selectable pony waifu flags. There are eighty different icons to choose from, including main characters, side characters, board-centric characters like Anon and Anonfilly, Equestria Girls and Them's Fightin' Herds characters, the known G5 characters (at least those that were known when anons were creating the flags), and even the /mlp/ 4chan Cup logo. The reason it took so long is still uncertain, but likely due to the fact that the site's code itself had to be altered to accommodate them. [https://archive.ph/jXLye Self-fellating thread that mods stickied.] Also on the same day, [https://archive.is/ekaD1 /vm/ gets an "Official Vidya Night"] with Alien Swarm Reactive drop being played. | ||
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*October 10-11 - /pol/ [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/343043007 raids the Southwest Airlines discussion forum] after their employees walk out to protest the vaccine mandate, which resulted in many cancelled flights that they blamed on weather and ATC issues (both bullshit to anyone who knows planes, but they probably had shit-eating grins while they said it). [http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/343006728 A fake Southwest tweet blaming the far-right circulates.] The forums then get taken down for maintenance. | *October 10-11 - /pol/ [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/343043007 raids the Southwest Airlines discussion forum] after their employees walk out to protest the vaccine mandate, which resulted in many cancelled flights that they blamed on weather and ATC issues (both bullshit to anyone who knows planes, but they probably had shit-eating grins while they said it). [http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/343006728 A fake Southwest tweet blaming the far-right circulates.] The forums then get taken down for maintenance. | ||
*October 12 - Two days after the 11th anniversary of FiM's premiere and 2 days after being admitted to a hospital, the CEO of Hasbro, Brian Goldberg, dies. The coincidence makes Anons wonder whether Chris Chan's prophecy of Hasbro suffering drastic consequences for not making more seasons of FiM instead of G5 came true. | *October 12 - Two days after the 11th anniversary of FiM's premiere and 2 days after being admitted to a hospital, the CEO of Hasbro, Brian Goldberg, dies. The coincidence makes Anons wonder whether Chris Chan's prophecy of Hasbro suffering drastic consequences for not making more seasons of FiM instead of G5 came true. | ||
*October 23 - The 9th /v/ the Musical [https://archive.md/H9f6I releases] for the year with 160 parodies in total. | *October 23 - The 9th /v/ the Musical [https://archive.md/H9f6I releases] for the year with 160 parodies in total. | ||
*November 3 - The [https://archived.moe/lgbt/search/deleted/deleted/type/op/start/2021-11-2/end/2021-11-4/ /lgbt/ catalog was raided] [https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/5366311/#5366336 with hanging tranny soyjaks] by /qa/ and [https://archive.ph/HAuqr soyjak.party.] /qa/ later has posting disabled, and all non-meta threads [https://desuarchive.org/qa/search/deleted/deleted/start/2021-11-3/end/2021-11-4/ deleted,] [https://archive.md/OIKHY leaving a grand total of 12 posts.] The happenings threads, a popular general on /qa/, begins being [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/42889476 hosted on /trash/] for the time being. 'Jakkers and /qa/nons alike fear /qa/ is in danger now that Operation Clean Stable is in full swing. | *November 3 - The [https://archived.moe/lgbt/search/deleted/deleted/type/op/start/2021-11-2/end/2021-11-4/ /lgbt/ catalog was raided] [https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/5366311/#5366336 with hanging tranny soyjaks] by /qa/ and [https://archive.ph/HAuqr soyjak.party.] /qa/ later has posting disabled, and all non-meta threads [https://desuarchive.org/qa/search/deleted/deleted/start/2021-11-3/end/2021-11-4/ deleted,] [https://archive.md/OIKHY leaving a grand total of 12 posts.] The happenings threads, a popular general on /qa/, begins being [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/42889476 hosted on /trash/] for the time being. 'Jakkers and /qa/nons alike fear /qa/ is in danger now that Operation Clean Stable is in full swing. | ||
*November 4-5 - /qa/ is [https://archive.md/5GnHN reduced to the 4chan Happenings, Not A Happening, and the sticky threads.] Posting is still disabled and users begin flocking to other boards as well as | *November 4-5 - /qa/ is [https://archive.md/5GnHN reduced to the 4chan Happenings, Not A Happening, and the sticky threads.] Posting is still disabled and users begin flocking to other boards as well as soyjak.party. Rumors are circulating that a /qa/ discord server orchestrated the /lgbt/ raid (while the existence of the server was proven, it has since changed its name and many posts from the days of this event were deleted, most of which were not screencapped. This makes it difficult to tell who was "truly" behind the raid- /qa/, soyjak.party or the discord server. It's all very confusing). A meta thread is [https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/5368011/ moved from /a/ to /qa/,] then subsequently deleted. Meanwhile, /qa/ refugees, driven by the party and the discord server, [https://archive.ph/GnVGS culturally enrich /bant/] with 'jaks and try to make it their new home on 4chan, causing the board to [https://archive.ph/Pe1XZ spike in activity.] The mods start deleting all soyjak threads and banning anyone who posts them for "cross-board raiding". A few links to the discord server are given out on /bant/ and the situation gets more chaotic as /bant/ natives and /qa/ refugees continue to wrestle for control over the board. For some reason, a few /vt/fags decide to join in on the fun and help fight back the invaders by spamming gawr gura. Eventually things calmed down but /bant/ retained a higher level of activity than it had before, and while many /qa/ refugees left for soyjak.party, some of them stayed and continued to post /qa/ memes on /bant/. This shitstorm is known as the great /qa/-/bant/ merge. | ||
*November 6 - /co/ [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/126848381/ rediscovers] the Honeyback Queen, an unused character from Bee Movie who appears in a suggestive [https://files.catbox.moe/la5x3k.mp4 deleted scene] with her and Barry. Another [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/127665377/ thread] later gets made where anons create a bunch of art to celebrate and masturbate to their newfound waifu. The OP embarks on [https://archived.moe/b/thread/868900000/ a] [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/127722815/ mission] to contact the film's staff on Twitter to remind them of the cut character. | *November 6 - /co/ [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/126848381/ rediscovers] the Honeyback Queen, an unused character from Bee Movie who appears in a suggestive [https://files.catbox.moe/la5x3k.mp4 deleted scene] with her and Barry. Another [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/127665377/ thread] later gets made where anons create a bunch of art to celebrate and masturbate to their newfound waifu. The OP embarks on [https://archived.moe/b/thread/868900000/ a] [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/127722815/ mission] to contact the film's staff on Twitter to remind them of the cut character. | ||
*November 10 - Richard Kyanka, AKA Lowtax, the founder of Something Awful, [https://archive.md/ySzU3 is confirmed dead.] A sitewide message is displayed: '''🙏 RIP Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka 🙏 Our dad who disowned us''' | *November 10 - Richard Kyanka, AKA Lowtax, the founder of Something Awful, [https://archive.md/ySzU3 is confirmed dead.] A sitewide message is displayed: '''🙏 RIP Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka 🙏 Our dad who disowned us''' | ||
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*November 18 - [s4s]'s memetable is finally finished and the result is [https://archive.4plebs.org/s4s/thread/9993499 stickied.] | *November 18 - [s4s]'s memetable is finally finished and the result is [https://archive.4plebs.org/s4s/thread/9993499 stickied.] | ||
*November 19 - After four days of jury deliberations, Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted of all five charges pertaining to his shooting of three convicts in self-defence during the Kenosha riots. [https://archive.md/HLTci /pol/ gets a sticky with music.] | *November 19 - After four days of jury deliberations, Kyle Rittenhouse is acquitted of all five charges pertaining to his shooting of three convicts in self-defence during the Kenosha riots. [https://archive.md/HLTci /pol/ gets a sticky with music.] | ||
*November 21 - [s4s] reaches 10 million digits. The [https://archive.4plebs.org/s4s/thread/9999867/#9999999 9999999 GET] declares /jp/ their girlfren, while the [https://archive.4plebs.org/s4s/thread/9999967/#10000000 10000000 GET] is stolen by | *November 21 - [s4s] reaches 10 million digits. The [https://archive.4plebs.org/s4s/thread/9999867/#9999999 9999999 GET] declares /jp/ their girlfren, while the [https://archive.4plebs.org/s4s/thread/9999967/#10000000 10000000 GET] is stolen by soyjak.party, mods seethe and the thread gets deleted. | ||
*November 24-25 - [https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/66297471 /r9k/] and [https://warosu.org/ck/thread/S17035985 /ck/] get stickies for thanksgiving. | *November 24-25 - [https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/66297471 /r9k/] and [https://warosu.org/ck/thread/S17035985 /ck/] get stickies for thanksgiving. | ||
*November 27 - /d/ finally reaches the 10 million mark (and it only took 18 years!). | *November 27 - /d/ finally reaches the 10 million mark (and it only took 18 years!). soyjak.party tries to [https://archive.ph/bEl6r steal the digits] but fails to hit both [https://desuarchive.org/d/thread/9992922/#9999999 9999999] and [https://desuarchive.org/d/thread/9982820/#10000000 10000000], which were taken by regular image posts instead. | ||
*November 28 - Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer and gets a [https://archive.ph/SVtVc sticky on /fa/.] Norwegian youtuber Tor Eckhoff dies after falling through thin ice and gets a [https://archive.ph/N6Tq5 sticky on /bant/.] | *November 28 - Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer and gets a [https://archive.ph/SVtVc sticky on /fa/.] Norwegian youtuber Tor Eckhoff dies after falling through thin ice and gets a [https://archive.ph/N6Tq5 sticky on /bant/.] | ||
*December 4 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20211204170702/https://iili.io/5y4jxj.png Bitcoin tanks] from 52000 BTC/USD to 46000 BTC/USD in 40 minutes, and /biz/ gets a [https://archive.ph/AFQNh doom sticky] with Kanye West's "flashing lights" embedded in the background. In less then 30 minutes, the thread is unstickied and locked. | *December 4 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20211204170702/https://iili.io/5y4jxj.png Bitcoin tanks] from 52000 BTC/USD to 46000 BTC/USD in 40 minutes, and /biz/ gets a [https://archive.ph/AFQNh doom sticky] with Kanye West's "flashing lights" embedded in the background. In less then 30 minutes, the thread is unstickied and locked. | ||
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*January 31 - [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/359027537/ The Christopher Poole that got arrested for CP makes his first appeareace in court, confirming he's not moot.] | *January 31 - [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/359027537/ The Christopher Poole that got arrested for CP makes his first appeareace in court, confirming he's not moot.] | ||
*February 2 - A thread that is solely an embedded Sneed's Feed and Seed video clip gets [https://archive.fo/vrQqK stickied] on /b/. | *February 2 - A thread that is solely an embedded Sneed's Feed and Seed video clip gets [https://archive.fo/vrQqK stickied] on /b/. | ||
*February 4 - [https://archive. | *February 4 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20220204212423/https://iili.io/0HeRhG.png /his/ gets raided by soyjak.party and 8 pages are wiped,] the mods restored the archived threads to repopulate the catalog. The party also tried to steal the [https://archive.alice.al/news/thread/1000000/#1000000 1000000] GET on /news/ but it's taken by an anti Trump news post, the [https://archive.alice.al/news/thread/999952/#q999999 999999 GET was a post saying "no." in a raid thread and linking to /qa/.] A /mu/tant makes a thread supposedly leaking Godspeed You! Black Emperor's legendary lost album "All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling", more threads are made about it and attract a ton of attention, including that of the band's discord server which goes into a panic state. Following that the threads devolve into discord drama shitflinging as people try to figure out if the leak is real or not.[https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/108589111/][https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/108593818/][https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/108596566/][https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/108599421/] | ||
*Feburary 13 - Kiwifarms is taken down by a DDoS for the umpteenth time, prompting users of the site to make a [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/14479527/ refugee general] on /bant/. When opened in the brave browser, kiwifarms even directs you to the /bant/ threads. The mods occasionally delete their threads, and occasionally allow them to stay up. In the meantime, /bant/ natives spam the general. After mods delete the kiwi colonies a couple times, the message on the site changes to say [https://web.archive.org/web/https://iili.io/0SNoLG.png ''"The transgender moderators of 4chans' board for any topic has started deleting our threads so I don't know what to tell you."''][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14483305/][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14487267/][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14487568/][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14490001/]. | *Feburary 13 - Kiwifarms is taken down by a DDoS for the umpteenth time, prompting users of the site to make a [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/14479527/ refugee general] on /bant/. When opened in the brave browser, kiwifarms even directs you to the /bant/ threads. The mods occasionally delete their threads, and occasionally allow them to stay up. In the meantime, /bant/ natives spam the general. After mods delete the kiwi colonies a couple times, the message on the site changes to say [https://web.archive.org/web/https://iili.io/0SNoLG.png ''"The transgender moderators of 4chans' board for any topic has started deleting our threads so I don't know what to tell you."''][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14483305/][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14487267/][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14487568/][https://archive.alice.al/bant/thread/14490001/]. | ||
*February 14 - [https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/108793498/ The leaked Godspeed You! Black Emperor album is confirmed to be real.] | *February 14 - [https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/108793498/ The leaked Godspeed You! Black Emperor album is confirmed to be real.] | ||
*February 17 - /mlp/ celebrates the 10th year of it's existence. As if on cue, Hasbro releases a preview of the upcoming G5 2D YouTube shorts meant to accompany the upcoming 3D series. They are all presented in the typical Cal-Arts style and the board goes apeshit. In addition several VAs from the 2021 movie confirm that they won't be returning for the series. | *February 17 - /mlp/ celebrates the 10th year of it's existence. As if on cue, Hasbro releases a preview of the upcoming G5 2D YouTube shorts meant to accompany the upcoming 3D series. They are all presented in the typical Cal-Arts style and the board goes apeshit. In addition several VAs from the 2021 movie confirm that they won't be returning for the series. | ||
*February 23 - Russia invades Ukraine, /pol/ goes apeshit and gets [https://archive.is/jp6zr a sticky saying "SOVIET INVASION CONFIRMED " and with Hell March from Command & Conquer Red Alert embedded] | *February 23 - Russia invades Ukraine, /pol/ goes apeshit and gets [https://archive.is/jp6zr a sticky saying "SOVIET INVASION CONFIRMED " and with Hell March from Command & Conquer Red Alert embedded]. | ||
*February 25 - Spice & Wolf season 3, one of /a/'s never evers, gets announced; [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/234693234 /a/ gets a sticky in response]. | *February 25 - Spice & Wolf season 3, one of /a/'s never evers, gets announced; [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/234693234 /a/ gets a sticky in response]. | ||
*February 26 - The soviet invasion sticky on /pol/ is unstickied after 88034 posts, making it the second largest ever thread in 4chan history. | *February 26 - The soviet invasion sticky on /pol/ is unstickied after 88034 posts, making it the second largest ever thread in 4chan history. | ||
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*March 28 - Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars. [https://archive.ph/gq2nu /tv/] and [https://archive.ph/GkW6q /pol/] drown in threads about the event, an exploitable frame based on the slap and within hours self serve ads with slap edits are up all over the site. slap edit threads are often met with hostility on other boards due to suspicion that the whole thing was staged for views. | *March 28 - Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars. [https://archive.ph/gq2nu /tv/] and [https://archive.ph/GkW6q /pol/] drown in threads about the event, an exploitable frame based on the slap and within hours self serve ads with slap edits are up all over the site. slap edit threads are often met with hostility on other boards due to suspicion that the whole thing was staged for views. | ||
*March 30 - [https://archive.ph/307RQ Mods start teasing a Lobotomy Corporation-themed April Fools prank on /v/.] Music is embedded and several anons are publicly banned, including a mod who fucked up the CSS in a post. Jack Maxey, one of the guys involved in leaking data from Hunter Biden's laptop, [http://web.archive.org/web/20220402100050/https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/370195796/#370203543 makes a post on /pol/.] | *March 30 - [https://archive.ph/307RQ Mods start teasing a Lobotomy Corporation-themed April Fools prank on /v/.] Music is embedded and several anons are publicly banned, including a mod who fucked up the CSS in a post. Jack Maxey, one of the guys involved in leaking data from Hunter Biden's laptop, [http://web.archive.org/web/20220402100050/https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/370195796/#370203543 makes a post on /pol/.] | ||
*April 1 - April Fools rolls around again. Discord-style emotes are added to the site, with people able to roll for them with points given out every 5 minutes as well as collect which emotes they've seen other anons post. [https://archive.ph/z6Kde You can see all the emotes in this thread.] The site gets filled up with threads sharing emotes so people can complete their collections. Various boards get stickies: /v/ gets [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/594007980 a repeat of its sticky from April Fools 2019], [https://archive.ph/63S17 /lgbt/ gets one about Discord trannies], [https://archive.ph/hvU4i gets a dance thread with Dr. Dick embedded], [https://archive.ph/3M4Ey /int/ gets one that just says "Slovak cat"], and [https://archive.ph/O1zd7 <nowiki>[s4s]</nowiki> gets one celebrating its 9th birthday]. [https://archive.ph/3CPnP /vp/ asks if u liek mudkips] and /v/ gets [https://archive.ph/1xfH2 a modpost thread about Longcat]. Abnormalities start appearing in the /v/ sticky before breaking containment, spreading to [https://archive.ph/EGA4k /v/], [https://archive.ph/HlBLk /vg/], [https://archive.ph/OyAS2 /vst/] and [https://archive.ph/bWl0h /tg/]. A | *April 1 - April Fools rolls around again. Discord-style emotes are added to the site, with people able to roll for them with points given out every 5 minutes as well as collect which emotes they've seen other anons post. [https://archive.ph/z6Kde You can see all the emotes in this thread.] The site gets filled up with threads sharing emotes so people can complete their collections. Various boards get stickies: /v/ gets [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/594007980 a repeat of its sticky from April Fools 2019], [https://archive.ph/63S17 /lgbt/ gets one about Discord trannies], [https://archive.ph/hvU4i gets a dance thread with Dr. Dick embedded], [https://archive.ph/3M4Ey /int/ gets one that just says "Slovak cat"], and [https://archive.ph/O1zd7 <nowiki>[s4s]</nowiki> gets one celebrating its 9th birthday]. [https://archive.ph/3CPnP /vp/ asks if u liek mudkips] and /v/ gets [https://archive.ph/1xfH2 a modpost thread about Longcat]. Abnormalities start appearing in the /v/ sticky before breaking containment, spreading to [https://archive.ph/EGA4k /v/], [https://archive.ph/HlBLk /vg/], [https://archive.ph/OyAS2 /vst/] and [https://archive.ph/bWl0h /tg/]. A soyjak thread is [https://archive.ph/Heck5 moved from /s4s/] [https://archive.ph/wb75r to /qa/,] then quickly deleted, presumably the mods were just trolling /qa/ diaspora[https://web.archive.org/web/20220403045831/https://soyjak.party/soy//res/429969.html][https://archive.ph/8BhQZ] Reddit brings back r/place, announcing it days in advance this time. /pol/ raids the large trans flag at the center, falseflagging Epita and Mexico/Italy into helping to erase the east side and the british into taking the west. Reddit jannies step in to ban a bunch of people's throwaway accounts ([https://www.reddit.com/r/place/comments/tv2lb6/mod_caught_cheating_previous_thread_locked_and/ and get caught cheating]) and /pol/ jannies start nuking every r/place thread increasingly quickly, only allowing them on /b/, /mlp/ and off-topic boards that didn't want to help from then on.[http://web.archive.org/web/20220405072615/https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/370541631] | ||
*April 2 - The abnormalities spread further to [https://archive.ph/ux0V2 /pol/] and [https://archive.ph/T054F /trash/], before culminating in [https://archive.ph/83y6m another /v/ sticky to close out April Fools]. All emotes are unlocked for all posters for a few hours, giving some anons hope they'd stay, before finally being removed. Shortly after, posts on /pol/ start randomly getting filtered to uwuspeak. The filter is removed after a couple of hours.[https://archive.ph/pOnjm][https://archive.ph/hUh5N][https://archive.ph/vaaas] /mlp/'s ponies on r/place get assaulted by streamers and the void, but they survive it each time, making several ponies, and euquestria flag and discord by the end of the event on April 4th, much to twitch's dismay.[https://archive.ph/QF2Zd][https://archive.ph/G7QCf][https://archive.ph/MtDtl] | *April 2 - The abnormalities spread further to [https://archive.ph/ux0V2 /pol/] and [https://archive.ph/T054F /trash/], before culminating in [https://archive.ph/83y6m another /v/ sticky to close out April Fools]. All emotes are unlocked for all posters for a few hours, giving some anons hope they'd stay, before finally being removed. Shortly after, posts on /pol/ start randomly getting filtered to uwuspeak. The filter is removed after a couple of hours.[https://archive.ph/pOnjm][https://archive.ph/hUh5N][https://archive.ph/vaaas] /mlp/'s ponies on r/place get assaulted by streamers and the void, but they survive it each time, making several ponies, and euquestria flag and discord by the end of the event on April 4th, much to twitch's dismay.[https://archive.ph/QF2Zd][https://archive.ph/G7QCf][https://archive.ph/MtDtl] | ||
*April 3 - /b/ begins constructing sneed's feed and seed and a 404 Yotsuba on r/place, finishing both by the end of the day, only for xqc (some faggot streamer) to nuke everything in sneed's general area, Yotsuba is taken by another streamer while sneed is reconstructed.[https://archive.ph/bOeOl][https://archive.ph/mnkIU] | *April 3 - /b/ begins constructing sneed's feed and seed and a 404 Yotsuba on r/place, finishing both by the end of the day, only for xqc (some faggot streamer) to nuke everything in sneed's general area, Yotsuba is taken by another streamer while sneed is reconstructed.[https://archive.ph/bOeOl][https://archive.ph/mnkIU] | ||
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* June 15 - [https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/111110812/#111111111 /mu/ GET number 111111111] gets stolen by a K-POP post. | * June 15 - [https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/111110812/#111111111 /mu/ GET number 111111111] gets stolen by a K-POP post. | ||
*June 16 - ''Dragon's Dogma II'' gets announced. /v/ gets a [https://arch.b4k.co/v/chunk/602701707/ sticky]. Tim Sale dies. /co/ gets a [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/131313864/#131313864 sticky]. | *June 16 - ''Dragon's Dogma II'' gets announced. /v/ gets a [https://arch.b4k.co/v/chunk/602701707/ sticky]. Tim Sale dies. /co/ gets a [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/131313864/#131313864 sticky]. | ||
*June 24 - | *June 24 - '''HOLY SHIT, ROE V. WADE GOT OVERTURNED!''' [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/383677565/ /pol/ gets sticky on thy momentous occasion] | ||
*July 3 - Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt season 2, one of /a/'s never evers, gets announced; [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/239693161 /a/ gets a sticky in response]. | *July 3 - Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt season 2, one of /a/'s never evers, gets announced; [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/239693161 /a/ gets a sticky in response]. | ||
*July 4th-ish - [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/49024204/#q49049627 /trash/ users start reporting Captcha's change now needing 6 characters instead of 5 to solve.] ''Long Lived the Bots''...for a day or so. | *July 4th-ish - [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/49024204/#q49049627 /trash/ users start reporting Captcha's change now needing 6 characters instead of 5 to solve.] ''Long Lived the Bots''...for a day or so. | ||
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*August 7 - [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/thread/172249039/#172249377 A reply post on a /tv/ thread] [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/search/image/9b2t855tuDF4ZpyCFKsWBg/ created a paranoid-like image] where he counts down the time to when [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/thread/19657635/#19659058 a reply poster from 2011] claimed that Victoria Justice will win an Oscar's by the age of 30. | *August 7 - [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/thread/172249039/#172249377 A reply post on a /tv/ thread] [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/search/image/9b2t855tuDF4ZpyCFKsWBg/ created a paranoid-like image] where he counts down the time to when [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/thread/19657635/#19659058 a reply poster from 2011] claimed that Victoria Justice will win an Oscar's by the age of 30. | ||
*August 18 - The minimum time between posting and deleting one's post is raised from 1 to 10 minutes. This is reverted within hours. Currently it seems to vary based on the board and the age of your cookies (and maybe your IP range.) | *August 18 - The minimum time between posting and deleting one's post is raised from 1 to 10 minutes. This is reverted within hours. Currently it seems to vary based on the board and the age of your cookies (and maybe your IP range.) | ||
*August 19 - A brazillian 4chan janitor [https://archive.ph/m43ds leaks information] about /j/ on | *August 19 - A brazillian 4chan janitor [https://archive.ph/m43ds leaks information] about /j/ on soyjak.party, including screenshots of threads, userscripts made for the janitors, and [https://archive.ph/dD1Ga proof of a discord] for jannies. The event is discussed in the happenings thread. [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/50284202/] [https://soyjak.wiki/J] | ||
*August 25 - sys.4chan(nel).org, which serves captchas and forms, is now behind the Cloudflare anti-DDoS service. Allegedly due to a furry using proxies to spam his pictures, like Accelspammer of old. This results in some browsers and (and notably phoneposting apps) not being able to post. [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/88292821 Butthurt ensues]. | *August 25 - sys.4chan(nel).org, which serves captchas and forms, is now behind the Cloudflare anti-DDoS service. Allegedly due to a furry using proxies to spam his pictures, like Accelspammer of old. This results in some browsers and (and notably phoneposting apps) not being able to post. [https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/88292821 Butthurt ensues]. | ||
*September 6 - /r9k/ [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/50712537/#50743849 reported to be playing music] in the background. Song is ''Mr.Roboto'' by Styx. | *September 6 - /r9k/ [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/50712537/#50743849 reported to be playing music] in the background. Song is ''Mr.Roboto'' by Styx. | ||
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==2023== | ==2023== | ||
* January 4 - 4chan goes down for roughly an hour from 8:30 to 9:30 PM EST, with various CloudFlare SSL and 50X errors. Those that are able to load board catalogs find that the following boards appear to be [https://i.imgur.com/41r0SNj.png wiped:] /bant/, /co/, /int/, /lgbt/, /mlp/, /p/, /r9k/, and /vt/ (and maybe more). All posts return once the site comes back online. | * January 4 - 4chan goes down for roughly an hour from 8:30 to 9:30 PM EST, with various CloudFlare SSL and 50X errors. Those that are able to load board catalogs find that the following boards appear to be [https://i.imgur.com/41r0SNj.png wiped:] /bant/, /co/, /int/, /lgbt/, /mlp/, /p/, /r9k/, and /vt/ (and maybe more). All posts return once the site comes back online. | ||
* January 9 - | * January 9 - soyjak.party raids /trash/ after Undertale porn steals their 2000000 GET on /soy/. /trash/ fights back by permabanning the raiders, and 'sharty gets DDoS'd. | ||
* January 11 - WWE rumored to be sold to Saudi Arabia. /pw/ change its board name [https://i.imgur.com/oueySlw.png to Arabic]. | * January 11 - WWE rumored to be sold to Saudi Arabia. /pw/ change its board name [https://i.imgur.com/oueySlw.png to Arabic]. | ||
* January 20 - [https://archive.ph/BGOvu Janitor applications] are now being accepted for the next ~48 hours. /b/, /bant/, [s4s], and /trash/ are not available to apply for. | * January 20 - [https://archive.ph/BGOvu Janitor applications] are now being accepted for the next ~48 hours. /b/, /bant/, [s4s], and /trash/ are not available to apply for. | ||
* January 27 - Sometime between the 15th and 27th /qb/'s catalog is wiped and the board is renamed to [https://archive.ph/X7Ro6 Yotsuba Image Board]. Perhaps the dev left something behind while trying to finally delete it? | * January 27 - Sometime between the 15th and 27th /qb/'s catalog is wiped and the board is renamed to [https://archive.ph/X7Ro6 Yotsuba Image Board]. Perhaps the dev left something behind while trying to finally delete it? | ||
* February 07 - /g/ had received a raid spanning for more than twenty four hours. Mods were not able to clean the board from those spam threads this event will be known as the Femboy Event | |||
* February | |||
* February 10 - Another <s>baloon</s> balloon flies over U.S. Alaskan airspace and is shot down. [https://archive.ph/URoKQ /pol/ mods make][https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/415653885 a thread] with ''Bloons Tower Defense'' Monkey and have embedded a red balloon onto your screen ''([https://archive.ph/7yZ48 image from a reply][https://archive.palanq.win/vip/thread/120174/#121556 post on /vip/])'' , with some [https://youtube.com/watch?v=K-4SthopN2U nice theme music] from BTD5. | * February 10 - Another <s>baloon</s> balloon flies over U.S. Alaskan airspace and is shot down. [https://archive.ph/URoKQ /pol/ mods make][https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/415653885 a thread] with ''Bloons Tower Defense'' Monkey and have embedded a red balloon onto your screen ''([https://archive.ph/7yZ48 image from a reply][https://archive.palanq.win/vip/thread/120174/#121556 post on /vip/])'' , with some [https://youtube.com/watch?v=K-4SthopN2U nice theme music] from BTD5. | ||
* February 12 - Super Bowl LVII happens, [https://archive.4plebs.org/sp/thread/129138989/ /sp/ gets a sticky.] But before this, another set of balloon's, now unidentified aerial objects enter U.S. airspace, reaching to Lake Huron. /pol/ gets two stickies. [https://archive.ph/fJUAH One thread] has an opening sticky of the news headline, an "ayy lmao" embedded from [https://archive.ph/KllVm /vip/] and plays the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAlDoAtV7Y X-Files Theme.] [https://archive.ph/n5cGf Next sticky thread] has the same opening image, but probably the same [https://archive.ph/wip/PcoYh "red bloon"] from Feb. 10th sticky and the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMSlTQmDLx4 song ''"99 Luftballons"'' from the band '''NENA'''.] [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/17036155/ /bant/ Newspaper] returns after 4 year hiatus. | * February 12 - Super Bowl LVII happens, [https://archive.4plebs.org/sp/thread/129138989/ /sp/ gets a sticky.] But before this, another set of balloon's, now unidentified aerial objects enter U.S. airspace, reaching to Lake Huron. /pol/ gets two stickies. [https://archive.ph/fJUAH One thread] has an opening sticky of the news headline, an "ayy lmao" embedded from [https://archive.ph/KllVm /vip/] and plays the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAlDoAtV7Y X-Files Theme.] [https://archive.ph/n5cGf Next sticky thread] has the same opening image, but probably the same [https://archive.ph/wip/PcoYh "red bloon"] from Feb. 10th sticky and the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMSlTQmDLx4 song ''"99 Luftballons"'' from the band '''NENA'''.] [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/17036155/ /bant/ Newspaper] returns after 4 year hiatus. | ||
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* February 23 - [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/628742301 /v/ user has their lawsuit against FROM Software and Warner Brothers] thrown out because <s>of stupidity</s> he cannot build a case on how '''''quote'''''...''its too difficult and life-destroying to actually go to the other world in Bloodborne and The Matrix.''..'''''end quote.''''' On that same thread, a reply poster has pareidolia and [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/628742301#628765841 notices how the Thai script] of a reply looks like the [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/628742301/#628768208 eyes of the cereal meme guy.] | * February 23 - [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/628742301 /v/ user has their lawsuit against FROM Software and Warner Brothers] thrown out because <s>of stupidity</s> he cannot build a case on how '''''quote'''''...''its too difficult and life-destroying to actually go to the other world in Bloodborne and The Matrix.''..'''''end quote.''''' On that same thread, a reply poster has pareidolia and [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/628742301#628765841 notices how the Thai script] of a reply looks like the [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/628742301/#628768208 eyes of the cereal meme guy.] | ||
* February 23<small>Midnight</small>-24 - A year has passed since the start of the Russian Aggression or the Special Military Operation in Donbas depending on your '''<s>general thread</s>''' side. [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/chunk/417387096/ /pol/ gets a sticky] with a [https://archived.moe/gif/thread/24564347#p24613222 .webm from /gif/,] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230224043534/https://i.4cdn.org/gif/1677198446959693.webm] with music from ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OYAjj8JKkE Ирина Аллегрова - с Днём Рождения!]'' and a [https://archive.palanq.win/vip/thread/120716/#121699.gif Bukhanka-chan girl walk cycle, with a 4chan Birthday Hat from /vip/,] fixed onto the board index & thread screen. [https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/894874999 /b/ also gets the same] treatment but no sticky thread. | * February 23<small>Midnight</small>-24 - A year has passed since the start of the Russian Aggression or the Special Military Operation in Donbas depending on your '''<s>general thread</s>''' side. [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/chunk/417387096/ /pol/ gets a sticky] with a [https://archived.moe/gif/thread/24564347#p24613222 .webm from /gif/,] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230224043534/https://i.4cdn.org/gif/1677198446959693.webm] with music from ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OYAjj8JKkE Ирина Аллегрова - с Днём Рождения!]'' and a [https://archive.palanq.win/vip/thread/120716/#121699.gif Bukhanka-chan girl walk cycle, with a 4chan Birthday Hat from /vip/,] fixed onto the board index & thread screen. [https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/894874999 /b/ also gets the same] treatment but no sticky thread. | ||
* March 4 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20230311021329/https://torrentfreak.com/warner-fights-unreleased-scooby-doo-and-krypto-too-leaks-230306/ Warner Bros vaults many cartoons] set to be released. A '''possibly''' disgruntled animation employee leaks one of these "vaulted cartoons", "Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!", [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/135841946/ to /co/.] | * March 4 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20230311021329/https://torrentfreak.com/warner-fights-unreleased-scooby-doo-and-krypto-too-leaks-230306/ Warner Bros vaults many cartoons] set to be released. A '''possibly''' disgruntled animation employee leaks one of these "vaulted cartoons", "Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!", [https://desuarchive.org/co/thread/135841946/ to /co/.] | ||
* March 6 - Captcha breaks and 4chan grinds to a halt for <s>two</s> <s>four</s> AT LEAST SIX hours. | * March 6 - Captcha breaks and 4chan grinds to a halt for <s>two</s> <s>four</s> AT LEAST SIX hours. | ||
* March 11 - The /lgbt/ 30M GET is [https://archived.moe/files/talk/image/1678/54/16785455618903.png claimed by | * March 11 - The /lgbt/ 30M GET is [https://archived.moe/files/talk/image/1678/54/16785455618903.png claimed by the Sharty], and is deleted so fast that it [https://archived.moe/talk/thread/1622/ wasn't archived]. Some claim the screencap was doctored, and are waiting for Snopes to verify if the GET was legitimate or not. | ||
* March 12 - [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/249958249/#250000000 /a/'s 250M GET] is a reply telling an anon to "please use your brain". Instantly declared a FAIL, with [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/249921990/#249999999 249999999] being held as the real GET despite being only marginally better. | * March 12 - [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/249958249/#250000000 /a/'s 250M GET] is a reply telling an anon to "please use your brain". Instantly declared a FAIL, with [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/249921990/#249999999 249999999] being held as the real GET despite being only marginally better. | ||
*March 14 - A /pol/tard is [https://eu.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/03/14/new-jersey-man-issues-death-threat-against-volusia-county-sheriff/70006901007/ arrested] for [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/417233045/#q417239087 threatening] to murder a cop. You didn't actually think the "in Minecraft" meme worked, right? | *March 14 - A /pol/tard is [https://eu.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/03/14/new-jersey-man-issues-death-threat-against-volusia-county-sheriff/70006901007/ arrested] for [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/417233045/#q417239087 threatening] to murder a cop. You didn't actually think the "in Minecraft" meme worked, right? | ||
*April 1 - The big April Fool's joke is...tagging one in 25 posts posts with "Powered by 4chan-GPT ●⏶●" and changing the anon's name to a random person's name (literally the same gimmick as the 2016 April Fools Day event). Anons lament the laziness of the mods who did nothing but take some old code and added one extra line to pretend it's fresh. Many anons instead prefer to wax nostalgic over the 2018 prank, leading to a [https://archive.is/VvpjU nearly 700-reply /v/ thread complete with candy princess CSS.] | *April 1 - The big April Fool's joke is...tagging one in 25 posts posts with "Powered by 4chan-GPT ●⏶●" and changing the anon's name to a random person's name (literally the same gimmick as the 2016 April Fools Day event). Anons lament the laziness of the mods who did nothing but take some old code and added one extra line to pretend it's fresh. Many anons instead prefer to wax nostalgic over the 2018 prank, leading to a [https://archive.is/VvpjU nearly 700-reply /v/ thread complete with candy princess CSS.] | ||
*April 2 - The 180M /int/ GET is a [https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/179999731/#180000000 Brazillian win], despite | *April 2 - The 180M /int/ GET is a [https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/179999731/#180000000 Brazillian win], despite the Sharty desperately trying to claim the GET for themselves. | ||
*May 2 - The word "[https://desuarchive.org/g/search/text/nakadashi/ nakadashi]" is now spam filtered on /g/, because coomers would post it in response to every picture of an anime grill. Some claim to have been banned for posting it but that's probably because they were spamming/replying to off-topic bait. | *May 2 - The word "[https://desuarchive.org/g/search/text/nakadashi/ nakadashi]" is now spam filtered on /g/, because coomers would post it in response to every picture of an anime grill. Some claim to have been banned for posting it but that's probably because they were spamming/replying to off-topic bait. | ||
*May 13 - After a month and a half of nothing happening, | *May 13 - After a month and a half of nothing happening, the Sharty decides to [https://sp.logwarehouse.net/read.cgi/soy/3176608 launch a raid] on /b/ at 8:00PM EST, with the intention of a complete catalog wipe. It got so bad that the board actually was unusable for a while. | ||
*May 14 - Thinking that pissing in an ocean of piss would work better the second time, | *May 14 - Thinking that pissing in an ocean of piss would work better the second time, the Sharty [https://sp.logwarehouse.net/read.cgi/soy/3185678 organized their second raid] slightly better and started at 6:00PM, and managed to get 3 paged wiped. Mods would decide to take action, wiping out two pages while doling out 3-days for spamming/flooding. [https://sp.logwarehouse.net/src/1960993.png /b/'s 'log around 7:30PM] | ||
*May 15 - Give it up for [https://sp.logwarehouse.net/read.cgi/soy/3195657 day three]. Today's raid started at 3:00PM and ended by 3:15, due to a lack of manpower because most | *May 15 - Give it up for [https://sp.logwarehouse.net/read.cgi/soy/3195657 day three]. Today's raid started at 3:00PM and ended by 3:15, due to a lack of manpower because most soiteens are actual children who had to go to school. Also, 4chan & the Good Smile company are [https://archive.ph/7edZV filed against in a lawsuit] filed by the families of victims of the May 14, 2022 Buffalo massacre. | ||
*May 16 - /lgbt/'s [https://archiveofsins.com/lgbt/thread/30997425/#31000000 31M GET] is a FAILGET, and but at least | *May 16 - /lgbt/'s [https://archiveofsins.com/lgbt/thread/30997425/#31000000 31M GET] is a FAILGET, and but at least the Sharty failed to secure it this time. | ||
*May 17 - /biz/'s [https://warosu.org/biz/thread/S54995340#p55000000 55M GET] is barely better, and | *May 17 - /biz/'s [https://warosu.org/biz/thread/S54995340#p55000000 55M GET] is barely better, and the Sharty has once again failed to steal it. They did, however, steal the /gd/ [https://archived.moe/gd/thread/444444/ 444444 GET]. For some reason that 'teen was using a Pass while raiding, and when he tried to appeal his 5-day ban it was [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/17692750/ bumped to a perma.] | ||
*May 18 - Cirno gets /tg/'s [https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/88888641/#88888888 88888888 GET], with a mostly negative reaction. | *May 18 - Cirno gets /tg/'s [https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/88888641/#88888888 88888888 GET], with a mostly negative reaction. | ||
*May 21 - Cirno gets [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/427764003/#427777777 Seven 7s in a row] on /pol/, leading to much seething. | *May 21 - Cirno gets [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/427764003/#427777777 Seven 7s in a row] on /pol/, leading to much seething. | ||
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*May 24 - An Anon posting his nasty-ass room on /v/ gets told to [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/638139008 clean it up] by the mods. | *May 24 - An Anon posting his nasty-ass room on /v/ gets told to [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/638139008 clean it up] by the mods. | ||
*May 26 - On /ic/ a wizard gets [https://warosu.org/ic/thread/6647131#p6666666 Satanic Septs]. /a/'s [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/252996432/#253000000 253M GET] is a fail, and the runner-up is a thread made by a pedo about how much he likes young girls. | *May 26 - On /ic/ a wizard gets [https://warosu.org/ic/thread/6647131#p6666666 Satanic Septs]. /a/'s [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/252996432/#253000000 253M GET] is a fail, and the runner-up is a thread made by a pedo about how much he likes young girls. | ||
*May 28 - After an "intense" battle in /b/'s catalog between the natives (logposters and pornbots) and | *May 28 - After an "intense" battle in /b/'s catalog between the natives (logposters and pornbots) and soyteens, /b/'s [https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/899998971/#900000000 900M GET] is a black and white photo of American basketball player Derrick White. Cirno was the [https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/899993096/#899999999 runner up]. This is the last major GET on /b/ until the 1 billionth post, which will happen in 4-5 years. | ||
*June 1 - /lgbt/ gets a [https://archiveofsins.com/lgbt/thread/31230716/#31230716 sticky] and [[Flags#/lgbt/_Pride_Month_Flags|selectable pride flags]] for pride month. | *June 1 - /lgbt/ gets a [https://archiveofsins.com/lgbt/thread/31230716/#31230716 sticky] and [[Flags#/lgbt/_Pride_Month_Flags|selectable pride flags]] for pride month. | ||
*June 2 - For the past couple days, /pmg/ on /biz/ was mysteriously being autosaged. Accusations that the jannies were kikes or being paid off by kikes to suppress gold and silver began to fly, before a [https://archive.ph/YWWiS#p55159337 mod finally stepped in] and informed them that a pastebin link in the OP was the culprit. It contained the word cunny, which will automatically permasage a thread on any board if it's in the OP. | *June 2 - For the past couple days, /pmg/ on /biz/ was mysteriously being autosaged. Accusations that the jannies were kikes or being paid off by kikes to suppress gold and silver began to fly, before a [https://archive.ph/YWWiS#p55159337 mod finally stepped in] and informed them that a pastebin link in the OP was the culprit. It contained the word cunny, which will automatically permasage a thread on any board if it's in the OP. | ||
*June 5 - The /t/ [https://archiveofsins.com/t/thread/1108580/#1234567 1234567 GET] is something saying thanks. | *June 5 - The /t/ [https://archiveofsins.com/t/thread/1108580/#1234567 1234567 GET] is something saying thanks. The sharty tried to steal it but somehow failed despite /t/ being one of the slowest boards. The /tv/ [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/thread/185999317/#186000000 186M GET] is an Anon who doesn't need guns because he has a big dick. Also, [https://archive.is/BVAE0 Wired released an article] that contains some new info on Team 4chan. Turns out some of the top mods do not, in fact, do it for free. (The article was written by someone who thinks that 4chan has user accounts, and that janitors and moderators are the same thing, so take it with a grain of salt) | ||
*June 6 - It's [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/17777777 Tea Tuesday] on /bant/. | *June 6 - It's [https://archived.moe/bant/thread/17777777 Tea Tuesday] on /bant/. | ||
*June 7 - /mlp/'s [https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/39999282/#40000000 40M GET] is stolen by a ponified Cirno. The runner-up is a [https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/39999999/ Shimmerbro]. | *June 7 - /mlp/'s [https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/39999282/#40000000 40M GET] is stolen by a ponified Cirno. The runner-up is a [https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/39999999/ Shimmerbro]. The Sharty planned to steal the GET hours in advance, but they failed miserably, not even getting the off-by-ones. | ||
*June 9 - /v/'s [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/639989669/#640000000 640M GET] is stolen by Cirno mocking frogposters. It was deleted a few minutes later. The runner-up is absent in the archives. /pol/'s [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/429995679/#430000000 430M GET] is a random reply about inclusivity in commercials. The runner-up is someone [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/429996983/#429999999 telling people to not cope] in /ptg/. Both of the off-by-ones are advocating for Total Zigger Death. | *June 9 - /v/'s [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/639989669/#640000000 640M GET] is stolen by Cirno mocking frogposters. It was deleted a few minutes later. The runner-up is absent in the archives. /pol/'s [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/429995679/#430000000 430M GET] is a random reply about inclusivity in commercials. The runner-up is someone [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/429996983/#429999999 telling people to not cope] in /ptg/. Both of the off-by-ones are advocating for Total Zigger Death. | ||
*June 11 - | *June 11 - Soyteens steal /x/'s [https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/35000000/ 35M GET]. The runner-up is [https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/34997998/#34999999 even worse]. Mods handed out month-long bans to most of the raiders. | ||
*June 18 - A torrent containing the Starbound source code is [https://archiveofsins.com/t/thread/1237684/ posted on /t/] by the leaker. | *June 18 - A torrent containing the Starbound source code is [https://archiveofsins.com/t/thread/1237684/ posted on /t/] by the leaker. | ||
*June 20 - /vr/'s [https://warosu.org/vr/thread/10000000 10M GET] is a FOTM meme. | *June 20 - /vr/'s [https://warosu.org/vr/thread/10000000 10M GET] is a FOTM meme. | ||
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*June 30 - /int/'s [https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/183907284/#184000000 184M GET] is a reply in the Japanese learning thread. The runner-up is [https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/183997864/#183999999 Cirno BTFOing frogposters] yet again. | *June 30 - /int/'s [https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/183907284/#184000000 184M GET] is a reply in the Japanese learning thread. The runner-up is [https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/183997864/#183999999 Cirno BTFOing frogposters] yet again. | ||
*July 3 - Cirno gets [https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/902000000 902M on /b/]. A Neco-Arc thread on /v/ gets [https://archive.fo/z7zbw GIFs and music] embedded. | *July 3 - Cirno gets [https://thebarchive.com/b/thread/902000000 902M on /b/]. A Neco-Arc thread on /v/ gets [https://archive.fo/z7zbw GIFs and music] embedded. | ||
*July 4 - [https://warosu.org/lit/thread/22222067#p22222222 22222222 on /lit/] is got by Bernkastel from Umineko. | *July 4 - [https://warosu.org/lit/thread/22222067#p22222222 22222222 on /lit/] is got by Bernkastel from Umineko. The Sharty once again tried and failed to steal it, but they still tried to claim it because the post contains the word chud. | ||
*July 5 - A pirate steals [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433332003/#433333333 433333333] on /pol/. /u/'s [https://archiveofsins.com/u/thread/3990912/#4000000 40M GET] is just the word "sexo" | *July 5 - A pirate steals [https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/433332003/#433333333 433333333] on /pol/. /u/'s [https://archiveofsins.com/u/thread/3990912/#4000000 40M GET] is just the word "sexo" | ||
*July 6 - /funkg/ [https://arch.b4k.co/vg/thread/436669671/#436740326 pays to have a clip shown] on a billboard in Times Square. Said clip contains the word "infinigger" in the bottom left that got cut off on the billboard to just "nigger", which somehow wasn't caught by the ad company. | *July 6 - /funkg/ [https://arch.b4k.co/vg/thread/436669671/#436740326 pays to have a clip shown] on a billboard in Times Square. Said clip contains the word "infinigger" in the bottom left that got cut off on the billboard to just "nigger", which somehow wasn't caught by the ad company. | ||
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*July 10 - More CSS silliness: /v/ gets a [https://archive.is/RMUC1 gay bear from Baldur's Gate 3]. The game was confirmed to have a man-on-bear gay sex scene (actual bear, not a hairy guy,) and /v/ is flooded with threads about it. | *July 10 - More CSS silliness: /v/ gets a [https://archive.is/RMUC1 gay bear from Baldur's Gate 3]. The game was confirmed to have a man-on-bear gay sex scene (actual bear, not a hairy guy,) and /v/ is flooded with threads about it. | ||
*July 11 - [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/254792343 It's been seven years since /a/ laughed.] | *July 11 - [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/254792343 It's been seven years since /a/ laughed.] | ||
*July 12 - | *July 12 - The sharty steals /r9k/'s [https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/74000000/ 74M GET]. A shitposter on /a/ gets a [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/254808910 custom public ban] for his thread, two replies are also banned before the thread is locked. Another shitposter gets a [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/57966776 public ban] as well, and his thread is moved to /trash/. | ||
*July 14 - [https://warosu.org/biz/thread/55553892#p55555555 55555555 on /biz/] is got by a numerologist. | *July 14 - [https://warosu.org/biz/thread/55553892#p55555555 55555555 on /biz/] is got by a numerologist. | ||
*July 16 - Cirno gets [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/254987424/#255000000 255M on /a/]. | *July 16 - Cirno gets [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/254987424/#255000000 255M on /a/]. | ||
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*July 26 - A rare [https://archive.4plebs.org/x/chunk/35400599 /x/ sticky] is made for the Congress hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena, where a whistleblower claims that the US government recovered downed alien crafts and had been attempting to reverse-engineer them. Also, Sinéad O'Connor died and /mu/ got a [https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/117511783 sticky]. | *July 26 - A rare [https://archive.4plebs.org/x/chunk/35400599 /x/ sticky] is made for the Congress hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena, where a whistleblower claims that the US government recovered downed alien crafts and had been attempting to reverse-engineer them. Also, Sinéad O'Connor died and /mu/ got a [https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/117511783 sticky]. | ||
*July 27 - A frogposter on [s4s] gets [https://archive.ph/dTi7y two same bans!] | *July 27 - A frogposter on [s4s] gets [https://archive.ph/dTi7y two same bans!] | ||
*July 31 - A very eventful day. /a/'s [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/255555555 255555555 GET] was Rozen Maiden, their first octuplet 5s that weren't stolen by another board. After several hours the thread was briefly stickied, getting 967 posts in total. | *July 31 - A very eventful day. /a/'s [https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/255555555 255555555 GET] was Rozen Maiden, their first octuplet 5s that weren't stolen by another board. After several hours the thread was briefly stickied, getting 967 posts in total. The sharty was [https://archive.ph/djuOF seething] that they were unable to steal it, being [https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/58423873/#58437979 9/200ths of a second] too late. A mod on /v/ makes an [https://archive.ph/UNy3w Azur Lane sticky] complete with earrape and embedded GIFs. The sharty, still reeling from their loss, spam the sticky and many other [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/645951532 threads] across /v/. Also, Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman) passed away, and got a [https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/thread/188237993 sticky on /tv/]. /b/ is being raided by the sharty again, with an IP grabber being posted in a loli thread revealing many /b/ users download history. | ||
*August 1 - | *August 1 - The sharty steals [https://arch.b4k.co/vm/thread/988391/#1000000 1M on /vm/], and promptly memory-hole the massive /a/ GET they failed the day prior. | ||
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*[https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki Bibliotheca Anonoma] - [https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki/4chan-Chronicle 4chan Chronicle] | * [https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki Bibliotheca Anonoma] - [https://github.com/bibanon/bibanon/wiki/4chan-Chronicle 4chan Chronicle] | ||
*[https://shii.bibanon.org/www.jonnydigital.com/4chan-history.html Jonnydigital.com's 4chan-history] (Archived by the Bibliotheca Anonoma) - A page dealing with 4chan's earliest history, written by a former admin. | * [https://shii.bibanon.org/www.jonnydigital.com/4chan-history.html Jonnydigital.com's 4chan-history] (Archived by the Bibliotheca Anonoma) - A page dealing with 4chan's earliest history, written by a former admin. | ||
*[https://shii.bibanon.org Everything Shii Knows] (Archived by the Bibliotheca Anonoma) - A personal wiki created by Shii, an important primary source for World2ch, most anonymous textboards before 2006, and 4chan before 2006. Previously an administrator at Wikipedia. | * [https://shii.bibanon.org Everything Shii Knows] (Archived by the Bibliotheca Anonoma) - A personal wiki created by Shii, an important primary source for World2ch, most anonymous textboards before 2006, and 4chan before 2006. Previously an administrator at Wikipedia. | ||
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* | * "https://web.archive.org/web/20200314123218/http://world2ch.org/dramabomb.html" - Early world2ch post about 4chan. | ||
* | * "http://imgur.com/a/Rqkc9" - Screencaps of December 22, 2013 raid. | ||
* | * "http://macrochan.org/index.php" - Giant picture archive. | ||
* | * "http://web.archive.org/web/20140426002232/https://archive.thedarkcave.org/int/thread/23490553/" - Archived thread of the April 23 hack. <s>Gallery - "https://imgur.com/a/hkCdH"</s> (The gallery has been expunged.) | ||
* | * "http://plus4chan.org/boards/pkmn/" - Plus4chan's archived /pkmn/ board, giving an idea how /vp/ was in its early days. | ||
*[https://namelessrumia.heliohost.org/w/doku.php Nameless Rumia's Wiki (Formerly known as Everything Rumia Knows)] - A personal wiki, home to many pages on 2ch boards, AA art, Touhou, and imageboards. | *[https://namelessrumia.heliohost.org/w/doku.php Nameless Rumia's Wiki (Formerly known as Everything Rumia Knows)] - A personal wiki, home to many pages on 2ch boards, AA art, Touhou, and imageboards. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/4chan_threads_archive_10_billion Jason Scott's archive] - A text-only archive of | *[https://archive.org/details/4chan_threads_archive_10_billion Jason Scott's archive] - A text-only archive of all(?) 4chan posts from 2006 to 2008. | ||
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*[https://old.sage.moe/ Oldfriend Archive] - A text-only archive of posts from | *[https://old.sage.moe/ Oldfriend Archive] - A text-only archive of posts from 2005 to 2008. | ||
*A [https://web.archive.org/web/20221006055427/https://boards.3chan.co/www/thread/189 3chan thread] about rare messageboard screenshots, containing download links for archived 4chan threads from 2004. | *A [https://web.archive.org/web/20221006055427/https://boards.3chan.co/www/thread/189 3chan thread] about rare messageboard screenshots, containing download links for archived 4chan threads from 2004. | ||
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*[https://4chansociety.neocities.org/ 4chansociety] - A 4chan history site run by [[User:Toad|Toad]]. | *[https://4chansociety.neocities.org/ 4chansociety] - A 4chan history site run by [[User:Toad|Toad]]. | ||
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