Changes

| 2001 || August 30 || Prelude || {{w|Futaba Channel}} (also sometimes called 2chan), launches in Japan as an imageboard dealing with {{w|otaku}} and [[w:Subculture|underground culture]].<ref>{{cite web |title=An irreverent guide to the many boards of Futaba Channel |url=http://www.bluethree.us/futaba/futaba-guide.htm |website=bluethree.us |accessdate=12 August 2019}}</ref>|-| 2003 || October 1 || Prelude || English-language {{w|imageboard}} website {{w|4chan}} launches describing itself as "a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images anonymously."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chiel |first1=Ethan |title=Meet the man keeping 8chan, the world's most vile website, alive |url=https://splinternews.com/meet-the-man-keeping-8chan-the-worlds-most-vile-websit-1793856249 |website=splinternews.com |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref> The website is intended to be an American counterpart to the popular Japanese {{w|Futaba Channel}} ("2chan") imageboard and a place to discuss {{w|manga}} and {{w|anime}}.<ref name="what4chan" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/tuning-into-innovation-outside-the-confines-of-english-speaking-web-1.919524|title=Tuning into innovation outside the confines of English-speaking web|last=O'Brien|first=Danny|date=May 2, 2008|newspaper={{w|The Irish Times}}|accessdate=12 August 2019}}</ref>

| 2014 || September || Partnership || {{w|8chan}} partners with {{[[w:Futaba Channel|2channel}} (a similar Japanese imageboard site) 2chan]] and moves servers from French datacenter <code>online.net</code> to 2ch’s datacenter.<ref name="Full transcript: Ars interviews 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan"/><ref name="KYM">{{cite web|url=http://knowyourmeme.com/blog/interviews/qa-with-fredrick-brennan-of-8chan|title=Q&A with Fredrick Brennan of 8chan|last=Brennan |first=Fredrick |interviewer=Don Caldwell |date=October 9, 2014|work={{w|Know Your Meme}}|accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref> and subsequently relocates in the {{w|Philippines}}.<ref name="Chen">{{cite web |last=Chen |first=Adrian |date=October 27, 2014 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/gamergate-supporters-party-at-strip-club.html |title=Gamergate Supporters Partied at a Strip Club This Weekend |work=[[w:New York (magazine)|New York magazine]]}}</ref>