Justin Bieber cancer hoax: Did fans shave their heads for nothing

The internet pranksters at the 4chan message boards schemed up an elaborate hoax to fool Justin Bieber fans into thinking that their idol has cancer - which he certainly doesn't. Not cool, 4chan. The...

Christopher Chaney Arrested in Scarlett Johansson Nude Pics Case

FBI Arrests 'Lone Wolf' Hacker Christopher Chaney in Scarlett Johansson Nude Photos Case The FBI gave a press conference at 11am PT/2pm ET, in which it discussed an arrest made in connection to the Scarlett Johannson...

Canvas: Moot's New Project Goes Public

Canvas Open to the Public: 4Chan Fans Declare It to Be Bullshit Moot (Christopher Poole when he's at home) has launched Canvas after closed beta. Now you can generate your image macros (please stop calling them...

4Chan Down: 4Chan Outage: Why is 4Chan Down?

4Chan Down: DDoS Attack Brings 4Chan Down The snarky, sneaky and sometime notorious website 4Chan is down. The 4Chan outage occurred at 2:39 a.m. PST according to 4Chan site administrator, Moot. The 4Chan Twitter...

Race Guy: 4chan vs Hot Topic over 'Rage Guy' Meme

4chan Hijacks Meme to Derail Hot Topic Product Sales Via reddit, we found that 4chan users hijacked an established meme to taint a product being sold by mass-market retailer Hot Topic. "Rage Guy" became "Race Guy"....

Justin Bieber Going On Tour in North Korea? 4chan Rig Poll

Justin Bieber is Not Dead, He Does Not Have Syphilis, His Mom is Not Going to Pose For Playboy and He is Most Likely Not Going on a Tour of North Korea Anytime Soon However, when he asked his fans on his Twitter page...

Time.com Supreme Court Poll Hacked by 4chan Users

TIME Supreme Court Poll: 4chan Strikes Again TIME Magazine posted an online poll asking users which criteria are most important in a Supreme Court nominee: career, religion, gender or race. Time.com did not take...

Verizon Blocks 4Chan: Revenge is Likely Imminent

Verizon has blocked 4chan. Yeah. According to 4chan founder Moot's blog, a conversation with Verizon tech support confirmed that 4chan was "explicitly blocked". Oh, my goodness, what a stupid thing to do. I can only...

Youtube Porn Day: 4Chan Loves Lukeywes1234

Lukeywes1234, the newly-appointed object of 4chan worship, has been blocked by Youtube. 4chan is a force to be reckoned with. Lukeywes1234 is just a regular Youtube user whom 4chan's massive and unpredictable...

4Chan.org Unblocked by AT&T: Wise Move

It looks like 4Chan.org is unblocked: apparently AT&T came to its senses just a day after blocking 4Chan. Will this stop 4Chan's widespread and difficult-to-control netizens from continuing to go after...

AT&T Blocks 4Chan.org, Prepares Will

Imagine, if you will, a can of worms. Only, this isn't any normal can of worms. These worms are large, powerful, slick, slimy, restless, malicious, irreverent, crude, tech-savvy, and have a lethal degree of strength in numbers. And they have teeth. Sharp, web server-chomping,...

First-Ever LOL Art Show Hits San Francisco

I Can Has Gallery Showz?From funny-captioned cat photos to a bona fide art show, the LOLcat meme is moving from the web to the gallery.The first-ever LOL Art Show will be held in San Francisco on Thursday, October...

What's With All the FAIL?

The ever-incisive Slate Magazine drops science on the origins and evolution of the FAIL meme. Haven't heard of it yet? You will soon enough, dear internet friends and followers. Thus far, FAIL looks to be this...
 

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