Flags
Five boards on 4chan currently have flags. Four of them have country flags, which display the country you're posting from (or the location of your VPN or proxy if you are using one.) Flags are used on 4chan as a method of pseudonymity.
Country Flags
Country flags, or geoflags, display the country of the IP address that was used to submit a post. This flag is displayed to the right of a poster's name, or to the right of their ID, depending on the board. There are 255 supported countries. During certain sporting events, /sp/ gains specific flags for England, Scotland, and Wales. These flags can very rarely be found on /pol/ and /bant/ if a thread is moved from /sp/. Outside of these events, posting from one of those countries would normally display a Union Jack labelled United Kingdom.
Rare Flags
Certain flags are more common to find than others. Countries with very low populations, or limited access to the Internet can be very rare to come across while browsing 4chan. These are often referred to as rare flags, and are pointed out by many when they are sighted.
Retired Flags
There are various flags that have been retired, and now will no longer appear on posts from their previous IP ranges. Not much is known about them; we can only infer from the archives that they have been retired due to an extremely long time since the last post from that country.
| Country | ISO 3166 | Last Seen | Total Posts | Flag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands Antilles | AN | 13 June 2017 | 12 |  |
to be written |
Board Flags
Board flags, previously troll flags, are colloquially referred to as meme flags by most posters. These flags are not determined by poster location, and instead can be chosen from a drop-down menu underneath the posting field.
Current board flags on /pol/
| Display Name | Drop-down Name | ID | Date Added | Icon |
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| Anarcho-Capitalist | - | AC | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Anarchist | - | AN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Black Lives Matter | Black Nationalist | BL | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Confederate | - | CF | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Commie | Communist | CM | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Catalonia | - | CT | 27 October 2017[1] | 
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| Democrat | - | DM | 13 June 2017 | 
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| European | - | EU | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Fascist | - | FC | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Gadsden | - | GN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| LGBT | Gay | GY | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Jihadi | - | JH | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Kekistani | - | KN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Muslim | - | MF | 13 June 2017 | 
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| National Bolshevik | - | NB | 13 June 2017 | 
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| NATO | - | NT | 19 May 2022 | 
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| Nazi | - | NZ | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Hippie | - | PC | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Pirate | - | PR | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Republican | - | RE | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Task Force Z | - | MZ | 19 May 2022 | 
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| DEUS VULT | Templar | TM | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Tree Hugger | - | TR | 13 June 2017 | 
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| United Nations | - | UN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| White Supremacist | - | WP | 13 June 2017 | 
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/pol/ Harbor
-memeflags only (list them below) -moot fucks with /pol/, removes them -adds geoflags and IDs
anomalous flags
-vaporwave bhutan -easter egg flag -brotherhood of nod
/mlp/ pony flags
-board town hall feb 2021 -anon proposes flags -twimod agrees -board designs flags for a couple weeks -eventually 80 get added -too many to list
/lgbt/ pride month flags
-/lgbt/ got flags for pride month (June) 2022 -todo: crop and label them -list them
