“Free speech” imageboard alternative; minimal moderation platform.
8chan launches as 4chan alternative
Evento Aún sin revisar Esta página aún no ha pasado por el proceso de revisión automatizada.Fredrick Brennan opens 8chan, an imageboard on which any user can create and moderate their own board. Brennan later dated the opening to October 2013; the earliest archived capture of the site is February 2014.
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Caldwell, D. (2014). Q&A with Fredrick Brennan of 8chan. Know Your Meme. Interview of 14 October 2014 in which Brennan states the site 'was opened in October 2013 as a place where anyone who wanted to could make their own board.' Founder's own account and the source for the month; no source consulted establishes the day.
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Internet Archive. 8chan.co (earliest archived capture). (2014). First successful Wayback capture, 8 February 2014, confirming the site was public by then. The archive record begins after the stated October 2013 opening and so does not corroborate it independently.
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October 2013
8chan launches as 4chan alternative
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