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| 1999 || May 30 || Prelude || Japanese {{w|textboard}} {{w|2channel}} is launched by {{w|Hiroyuki Nishimura}}.<ref name="The Second Channel">{{cite web |title=The Second Channel: 2channel - Part I |url=http://yotsubasociety.org/the2ndchannel_pti/ |website=yotsubasociety.org |accessdate=13 August 2019}}</ref> The site would become very successful, gaining significant influence in Japanese society.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/international/asia/09toky.html |title=Japanese Find a Forum to Vent Most-Secret Feelings, NYTimes.com, May 9, 2004 |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 2004 |accessdate=29 March 2012 |first=Norimitsu |last=Onishi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/situation/071006/stt0710062210004-n1.htm |title=Taro Aso said he occasionally posts on 2channel |work=MSNSankei |date=6 October 2007 |language=ja |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516002801/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/situation/071006/stt0710062210004-n1.htm |archivedate=16 May 2009 }}</ref> It is used by many Japanese who share information, and chat with people over several topics, with many posting anonymously, due to the ease of the posting system.<ref name="The Second Channel"/>|- | 2001 || August 30 || Prelude || {{w|Futaba Channel}} (also sometimes called 2chan), launches in {{w|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> 2chan is a spin-off of {{w|2channel}}.<ref name="Why Does 8chan Exist at All?"/>
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| 2003 || October 1 || Prelude || English-language {{w|imageboard}} website {{w|4chan}} launches describing itself is launched by fifteen-year-old {{w|Christopher Poole}}, who describes the site 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" >{{cite web |url=https://www.4chan.org/faq.php#what4chan |title=FAQ – What is 4chan? |website=4chan |accessdate=12 August 2019}}</ref><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><ref name="Why Does 8chan Exist at All?">{{cite web |title=Why Does 8chan Exist at All? |url=https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/why-does-8chan-exist-at-all-33a8942dbeb2 |website=medium.com |accessdate=12 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2004 || || Team || Jim Watkins establishes in the {{w|Philippines}}, in the wake of the {{w|dot-com bubble}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Police checking Philippines link of 8chan tagged in US shooting |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/06/19/police-checking-philippines-link-of-8chan-tagged-in-us-shooting |website=news.abs-cbn.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2013 || October || Founding || {{w|8chan}} is created by computer programmer {{w|Fredrick Brennan}},<ref name="Howell2014">{{cite web|last=Howell O'Neill|first=Patrick|date=November 17, 2014|url=http://www.dailydot.com/politics/8chan-pedophiles-child-porn-gamergate/|title=8chan, the central hive of Gamergate, is also an active pedophile network|work=The Daily Dot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brennan |first=Fredrick |interviewer=Sam Machkovech |title=Full transcript: Ars interviews 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan |url=https://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/full-transcript-ars-interviews-8chan-founder-fredrick-brennan/ |work=Ars Technica |accessdate=7 August 2019 |date=March 17, 2015 |deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125135937/http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/full-transcript-ars-interviews-8chan-founder-fredrick-brennan/ |archivedate=November 25, 2015 }}</ref> as a “Free Speech Friendly {{w|4chan}} Alternative.” <ref name="owner of extremist site lashes out as scrutiny intensifies">{{cite web |title=8chan: owner of extremist site lashes out as scrutiny intensifies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/06/8chan-owner-statement-jim-watkins |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Founder of controversial website 8chan still lives in the Philippines amid investigation on Texas mass shooting |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/politics-issues/2019/08/06/153081/8chan-founder-lives-philippines-texas-shooting/ |website=interaksyon.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || February || || 8chan joins {{w|Twitter}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=8chan |url=https://twitter.com/infinitechan?lang=en |website=twitter.com |accessdate=12 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || March || || 8chan's {{w|FAQ}} states only one rule that is to be globally enforced: "Do not post, request, or link to any content illegal in the United States of America. Do not create boards with the sole purpose of posting or spreading such content."<ref name="The Hate and Violence-Filled Legacy of 8chan">{{cite web |title=Hatechan: The Hate and Violence-Filled Legacy of 8chan |url=https://www.adl.org/blog/hatechan-the-hate-and-violence-filled-legacy-of-8chan |website=adl.org |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref>
| 2014 || September || Background || {{w|4chan}} founder {{w|Christopher Poole}} announces removal of all [[w:Gamergate controversy|Gamergate]] threads, many of whom include death threats aimed at a female game developer and “doxed” women—posting personal information without permission—in the gamer community. Those alienated by the decision would flock to {{w|8chan}} whose populatiry would explode with its fewer restrictions on posting.<ref name="What is 8chan, the internet">{{cite web |title=What is 8chan, the internet’s most dangerous message board? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/8chan/ |website=dailydot.com |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="owner of extremist site lashes out as scrutiny intensifies"/>
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| 2014 || September || Userbase || {{w|8chan}} goes from around 100 posts per hour to over 4,000 posts per hour. The massive exodus of {{w|4chan}}-banned people shapes the character of 8chan into a more controversial site.<ref name="Full transcript: Ars interviews 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan">{{cite web |title=Full transcript: Ars interviews 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/full-transcript-ars-interviews-8chan-founder-fredrick-brennan/ |website=arstechnica.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2014 || September || Partnership || {{w|8chan}} partners with [[w:Futaba Channel|2chan]] and moves servers from French datacenter <code>online.net</code> to 2ch’s 2chan’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>
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| 2014 || ? || Team || Brennan and Watkins start working together.<ref name="owner of extremist site lashes out as scrutiny intensifies"/>
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| 2015 || August || Reaction || 8chan is blacklisted from {{w|Google Search}} for what Google describes as content constituting "suspected child abuse content".<ref name=ars-8chancensor>{{cite web|title=8chan-hosted content disappears from Google searches|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/8chan-hosted-content-disappears-from-google-searches/|last=Machkovech|first=Sam|website={{w|Ars Technica}}|publisher={{w|Condé Nast}}|date=August 14, 2015|accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2015 || September 21 || Background || {{w|4chan}} founder {{w|Christopher Poole}} formally announces having sold [[w:Futaba Channel|4chan]] {{w|2channel}} founder {{w|Hiroyuki Nishimura}}.<ref name=forbes2015>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/21/4chan-sale-2channel-moot-christopher-poole-hiroyuki-nishimura/|author=Lauren Orsini|title=How The 4chan Sale Returns The Controversial Forum To Its Anime Roots|date=September 21, 2015|website={{w|Forbes}}|access-date=March 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211021/http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/21/4chan-sale-2channel-moot-christopher-poole-hiroyuki-nishimura/|archive-date=September 23, 2015|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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| 2016 || Early year || Controversy || Microsoft releases its artificial intelligence {{w|chatterbot}} [[w:Tay (bot)|Tay]] on {{w|Twitter}}. Being able to learn from the world via the accounts that tweeted at it, Tay would turn offensive and racist in less that 24 hors, after 8chan, along with 4chan users, are mobilized to send offensive messages to the AI bot, which would be shut down.<ref name="What is 8chan, the internet"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Who turned Microsoft's chatbot racist? Surprise, it was 4chan and 8chan |url=https://splinternews.com/who-turned-microsofts-chatbot-racist-surprise-it-was-1793855848 |website=splinternews.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Timeline of CloudFlare]]
==External links==
* [[https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/why-does-8chan-exist-at-all-33a8942dbeb2]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
