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February 22, 2017

From nihilistic lulz to the White House: 4chan and Trump's electing coalition

Dale Beran has written a fascinating and compelling long read, drawing a direct line from 4chan springing to life from Something Awful’s forums, to the rise of Trump. And the bridging factor? Milo. He took the GamerGate movement and…

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January 06, 2015

Understanding chan culture, the birthplace of GamerGate

Boing Boing has published a fascinating exploration of chan culture – the society of “anons” that congregate around 4chan and its spinoffs – and the problems created when it clashes with, say, Twitter culture, as it did at the height of GamerGate:…

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