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4chan

2008-09-14T01:30:22Z

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[[Image:4chan.png|right|thumb|4chan old logo]]
'''4chan''' is a [[Wikipedia:Futaba Channel|2chan]] style art community founded by [[Something Awful]] [[goons]], with English content. Visitors submit content in various categories, such as: /h/ for [[Wikipedia:Hentai|Hentai]], /d/ for alternative hentai (subtypes of [[wikipedia:hentai|hentai]] such as [[Wikipedia:Futanari|Futanari]]), /y/ for [[Wikipedia:Yaoi|Yaoi]], /t/ for [[Wikipedia:BitTorrent|torrents]], etc.

* '''Addresses''':
** '''Website''': http://www.4chan.org/
** '''Blog''': http://www.4chan.org/blog/
** '''IRC''': irc://irc.rizon.net/4chan
* '''Founder''': [[moot]]
* '''Administrators''': ?
* '''Ran from/to''': 2003 - present

Prior to 2005, it also allowed [[Wikipedia:Loli|Lolicon]] and [[Wikipedia:Shotacon|Shota]], however, these categories were moved to [http://not4chan.org/ '''not4chan.org'''], due to [[Wikipedia:Terms_of_Service|TOS]] violations. 4chan also incorporates other categories such as "Papercraft and Origami", "Videogames", "Animals and Nature", and "Mecha", as well as many others.<ref>[http://www.4chan.org/faq.php 4chan's FAQ page]</ref>

==4chan and furry==
[[Image:4chanFurryFriday.jpg|thumb|lright|150px|Typical furry friday image macro.]]
For the first year or so of its existence, the majority of people on 4chan look down upon furries, even [[funny animal]] cartoons, as a nuisance that does not belong on an anime board. A moderator may ban a user who posts furry material, for days or much longer.<ref>[http://www.4chan.org/rules.php 4chan's Rules page]</ref>

However, /b/, a random board where anything can be posted within U.S. law, is centered around anonymity and is rebellious against any sort of rules imposed on it from outside. '''Furry Friday''' used to be a regular feature of /b/, as every Friday /b/tards and furries flood the board both with clean and pornography furry media, to the disgust of some other /b/ users (who invariably complain that it is the "wrong day" if furry art is posted on any other day). Images and "[[siterips]]" from furry [[wikipedia:Pay-site|paysites]] (such as [[SexyFur]]) are often reposted on Fridays. Over a month ago Fur Friday was offcially replaced by F40PH Friday. This spark a huge protest by the 4chan furry community which to this day has refused to recognized the change.

Today, approximately 15% of /b/ users identify themselves as furries, and another 30% enjoy furry artwork.<ref>[http://wasted.ig3.net/stuff/bSurvey.xls Results from a furry survey conducted in /b/ (Excel document format.)] View original results [http://wasted.ig3.net/stuff/bSurvey-Data/ here].</ref>

====April Furs Day====

On April 1, 2005, 4chan administrators pulled a stunt called '''April Furs Day'''<ref ><nowiki>http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/April_Furs_Day</nowiki> April Furs Day at [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]</ref><ref>[http://www.trendpediawiki.com/April_Furs_Day April Furs Day] at [[Trendpedia]]</ref>, in where a '''/fur/''' board was created, and people were informed that from now on, furry images should go in there instead of /b/. Some users assumed it to be an [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day]] joke, and expected it to be gone the next day<ref>[http://www.crushyiffdestroy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1123 April Furs Day] at [[CYD]]</ref>, while others complained about it in both /b/ and /fur/.

By April 2nd, it remained and people against it tried to flood it with non-furry images, such as [[Wikipedia:EroGuro|EroGuro]] -- the moderators immediately banned those people. Finally, on April 3, the moderators removed the board, and banned every person who had posted in it -- including those who complained about it in the /fur/ board. The banning almost completely eliminated all furry postings for the next several months. This prank was not repeated again in 2006.

====4chan and Fchan====

Months prior to the April Furs Day event, to balance the growing demand for furry art and to provide a place for furry artwork to be posted without risk of removal or banning from an admin (as 4chan's owner proclaimed it was an anime website and would never add any furry or cartoon board), a user named [[Dr. Pon]] found hosting for and founded [[Fchan]], one of the first and most popular furry image-boards.

====4chan and WikiFur====

On several occasions since 4chan began, some members of the /b/ community have organized raids against [[WikiFur]] utilizing the message board as a communications medium. Typical punishment consisted of a forum ban that could last for two weeks or longer, or be permanent, depending on the offense. Such vandalism is similar to pranks on Wikipedia and other wikis.

==4chan and the 2006 /b/ exodus (/b/-day)==

[[Image:NevarForget.jpg|thumb|right|/b/ drama]]
On 2006-08-23, the 4chan moderators started to strictly enforce its previously neglected rules on posting illegal content, private forum/wiki raids (such the ones on Wikifur,) and posting personal information. This caused a great deal of unrest within the /b/ community, with many expressing their discontent. Ultimately, most users stayed, accepting the new rules, while some left to find other image boards at which they could post such content without punishment.

A new home was found at the [[7chan]] image-board, and a new /b/ community was recreated there with less restrictive rules, and a dedicated board for the posting of calls to invasion, /i/. Thus, any clash, raid or interaction between /b/ users and furry most likely originates from this new board, instead of 4chan's (still operational) /b/ community and/or users.

==/b/ terminology (partial)==
Both 4chan and 7chan /b/ communities share some of the following terms. These examples are some of the most relevant when involving furry, with some appearing during /b/ invasions (raids.) Many other examples can be perused [http://wikichan.org/wiki/Memes at WikiChan].

*'''/b/tard''': Both a derisive ("retard") and a self-identifying term for /b/ users.
*'''Anonymous Does Not Forgive''': The battle cry of many /b/ raiders. The anonymous users of /b/ commit to a course of action and retaliate against perceived insults and attacks.
*'''F40PH Friday''': Every Friday, /b/ users mass post images of F40PHs. Furry Friday is now canceled.
*'''Caturday''': Every Saturday, /b/ users mass post images of cats and kittens to /b/.
*'''GTFO FURFAG''' ("Get The Fuck Out[,] [[Furfag]]"): A [[Wikipedia:Memetic|memetic]] [[Wikipedia:Internet_slang|net slang]] term used on anybody posting [[furry art]] on 4chan, specially /b/.
*'''DESU''': A catch phrase used by [[Wikipedia:Suiseiseki|Suiseiseki]] in [[Wikipedia:Rozen Maiden|Rozen Maiden]]. It is a Japanese sentence closure and literally means "it is". /b/ has taken and exaggerated this catch phrase: it is often spammed to make up meaningless replies, a rotated version ''nsәp'' and ASCII version are also used. "Desu" may also refer to the character Suiseiseki. '''Furry Desu''', or [[Furseiseki]] is a furry fan creation, where she's drawn as an [[anthropomorphic]] [[fox]] counterpart to Suiseiseki.
*'''Harbl''': Slang for testicles or male genitalia.
*'''Pool's Closed''': Notification that a pool (as on [[Wikipedia:Habbo Hotel|Habbo Hotel]]) or other public area is blocked by raiders and inaccessible. The "pool" may be closed due to disease.
*'''Nigra''': The image or avatar of a cleanly suited black man with an [[Wikipedia:Afro|afro]] hairstyle that many raiders adopt. Also known as /b/rothas.
*'''/r/''': '''R'''equest (i.e. "/r/ backup, /r/ the following image")
*'''CP''': [[Wikipedia:Child_pornography|Child Pornography]], Captain Picard, Captain Planet, Clown Porn and Corn Porn.
*'''JB''': "Jailbait" (underage [ [[Wikipedia:Teeen_(demographics)|"teen"]] ] porn.)

==See also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan 4chan] on [[Wikipedia]]
*[http://wikichan.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiChan], by and for *chan users

==References==
<references/>

==External links==

*[http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/index.php?title=4chan#4chan_Memes_.26_Terms Lurkmore.com's] Wiki article on 4chan
*[http://cybernations.wikia.com/wiki//b/ Cybernations'] Wiki article on 4chan

{{Image boards}}
[[Category:Anti-furries]]
[[Category:Mature image boards]]

4chan

2008-09-14T01:30:08Z

70.79.214.49: /* /b/ terminology (partial) */

[[Image:4CHANnewlogo.png|145px|right]]
{{rating-nc17-button2}}
[[Image:4chan.png|right|thumb|4chan old logo]]
'''4chan''' is a [[Wikipedia:Futaba Channel|2chan]] style art community founded by [[Something Awful]] [[goons]], with English content. Visitors submit content in various categories, such as: /h/ for [[Wikipedia:Hentai|Hentai]], /d/ for alternative hentai (subtypes of [[wikipedia:hentai|hentai]] such as [[Wikipedia:Futanari|Futanari]]), /y/ for [[Wikipedia:Yaoi|Yaoi]], /t/ for [[Wikipedia:BitTorrent|torrents]], etc.

* '''Addresses''':
** '''Website''': http://www.4chan.org/
** '''Blog''': http://www.4chan.org/blog/
** '''IRC''': irc://irc.rizon.net/4chan
* '''Founder''': [[moot]]
* '''Administrators''': ?
* '''Ran from/to''': 2003 - present

Prior to 2005, it also allowed [[Wikipedia:Loli|Lolicon]] and [[Wikipedia:Shotacon|Shota]], however, these categories were moved to [http://not4chan.org/ '''not4chan.org'''], due to [[Wikipedia:Terms_of_Service|TOS]] violations. 4chan also incorporates other categories such as "Papercraft and Origami", "Videogames", "Animals and Nature", and "Mecha", as well as many others.<ref>[http://www.4chan.org/faq.php 4chan's FAQ page]</ref>

==4chan and furry==
[[Image:4chanFurryFriday.jpg|thumb|lright|150px|Typical furry friday image macro.]]
For the first year or so of its existence, the majority of people on 4chan look down upon furries, even [[funny animal]] cartoons, as a nuisance that does not belong on an anime board. A moderator may ban a user who posts furry material, for days or much longer.<ref>[http://www.4chan.org/rules.php 4chan's Rules page]</ref>

However, /b/, a random board where anything can be posted within U.S. law, is centered around anonymity and is rebellious against any sort of rules imposed on it from outside. '''Furry Friday''' used to be a regular feature of /b/, as every Friday /b/tards and furries flood the board both with clean and pornography furry media, to the disgust of some other /b/ users (who invariably complain that it is the "wrong day" if furry art is posted on any other day). Images and "[[siterips]]" from furry [[wikipedia:Pay-site|paysites]] (such as [[SexyFur]]) are often reposted on Fridays. Over a month ago Fur Friday was offcially replaced by F40PH Friday. This spark a huge protest by the 4chan furry community which to this day has refused to recognized the change.

Today, approximately 15% of /b/ users identify themselves as furries, and another 30% enjoy furry artwork.<ref>[http://wasted.ig3.net/stuff/bSurvey.xls Results from a furry survey conducted in /b/ (Excel document format.)] View original results [http://wasted.ig3.net/stuff/bSurvey-Data/ here].</ref>

====April Furs Day====

On April 1, 2005, 4chan administrators pulled a stunt called '''April Furs Day'''<ref ><nowiki>http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/April_Furs_Day</nowiki> April Furs Day at [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]]</ref><ref>[http://www.trendpediawiki.com/April_Furs_Day April Furs Day] at [[Trendpedia]]</ref>, in where a '''/fur/''' board was created, and people were informed that from now on, furry images should go in there instead of /b/. Some users assumed it to be an [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day]] joke, and expected it to be gone the next day<ref>[http://www.crushyiffdestroy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1123 April Furs Day] at [[CYD]]</ref>, while others complained about it in both /b/ and /fur/.

By April 2nd, it remained and people against it tried to flood it with non-furry images, such as [[Wikipedia:EroGuro|EroGuro]] -- the moderators immediately banned those people. Finally, on April 3, the moderators removed the board, and banned every person who had posted in it -- including those who complained about it in the /fur/ board. The banning almost completely eliminated all furry postings for the next several months. This prank was not repeated again in 2006.

====4chan and Fchan====

Months prior to the April Furs Day event, to balance the growing demand for furry art and to provide a place for furry artwork to be posted without risk of removal or banning from an admin (as 4chan's owner proclaimed it was an anime website and would never add any furry or cartoon board), a user named [[Dr. Pon]] found hosting for and founded [[Fchan]], one of the first and most popular furry image-boards.

====4chan and WikiFur====

On several occasions since 4chan began, some members of the /b/ community have organized raids against [[WikiFur]] utilizing the message board as a communications medium. Typical punishment consisted of a forum ban that could last for two weeks or longer, or be permanent, depending on the offense. Such vandalism is similar to pranks on Wikipedia and other wikis.

==4chan and the 2006 /b/ exodus (/b/-day)==

[[Image:NevarForget.jpg|thumb|right|/b/ drama]]
On 2006-08-23, the 4chan moderators started to strictly enforce its previously neglected rules on posting illegal content, private forum/wiki raids (such the ones on Wikifur,) and posting personal information. This caused a great deal of unrest within the /b/ community, with many expressing their discontent. Ultimately, most users stayed, accepting the new rules, while some left to find other image boards at which they could post such content without punishment.

A new home was found at the [[7chan]] image-board, and a new /b/ community was recreated there with less restrictive rules, and a dedicated board for the posting of calls to invasion, /i/. Thus, any clash, raid or interaction between /b/ users and furry most likely originates from this new board, instead of 4chan's (still operational) /b/ community and/or users.

==/b/ terminology (partial)==
Both 4chan and 7chan /b/ communities share some of the following terms. These examples are some of the most relevant when involving furry, with some appearing during /b/ invasions (raids.) Many other examples can be perused [http://wikichan.org/wiki/Memes at WikiChan].

*'''/b/tard''': Both a derisive ("retard") and a self-identifying term for /b/ users.
*'''Anonymous Does Not Forgive''': The battle cry of many /b/ raiders. The anonymous users of /b/ commit to a course of action and retaliate against perceived insults and attacks.
*'''F40PH Friday''': Every Friday, /b/ users mass post images of F40PHs. Furry Friday is now canceled.
*'''Caturday''': Every Saturday, /b/ users mass post images of cats and kittens to /b/.
*'''GTFO FURFAG''' ("Get The Fuck Out[,] [[Furfag]]"): A [[Wikipedia:Memetic|memetic]] [[Wikipedia:Internet_slang|net slang]] term used on anybody posting [[furry art]] on 4chan, specially /b/.
*'''DESU''': A catch phrase used by [[Wikipedia:Suiseiseki|Suiseiseki]] in [[Wikipedia:Rozen Maiden|Rozen Maiden]]. It is a Japanese sentence closure and literally means "it is". /b/ has taken and exaggerated this catch phrase: it is often spammed to make up meaningless replies, a rotated version ''nsәp'' and ASCII version are also used. "Desu" may also refer to the character Suiseiseki. '''Furry Desu''', or [[Furseiseki]] is a furry fan creation, where she's drawn as an [[anthropomorphic]] [[fox]] counterpart to Suiseiseki.
*'''Harbl''': Slang for testicles or male genitalia.
*'''Pool's Closed''': Notification that a pool (as on [[Wikipedia:Habbo Hotel|Habbo Hotel]]) or other public area is blocked by raiders and inaccessible. The "pool" may be closed due to disease.
*'''Nigra''': The image or avatar of a cleanly suited black man with an [[Wikipedia:Afro|afro]] hairstyle that many raiders adopt. Also known as /b/rothas.
*'''/r/''': '''R'''equest (i.e. "/r/ backup, /r/ the following image")
*'''CP''': [[Wikipedia:Child_pornography|Child Pornography]], Captain Picard, Captain Planet, Clown Porn and Corn Porn.
*'''JB''': "Jailbait" (underage [ [[Wikipedia:Teeen_(demographics)|"teeen"]] ] porn.)

==See also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan 4chan] on [[Wikipedia]]
*[http://wikichan.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiChan], by and for *chan users

==References==
<references/>

==External links==

*[http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/index.php?title=4chan#4chan_Memes_.26_Terms Lurkmore.com's] Wiki article on 4chan
*[http://cybernations.wikia.com/wiki//b/ Cybernations'] Wiki article on 4chan

{{Image boards}}
[[Category:Anti-furries]]
[[Category:Mature image boards]]