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| '''/b/''' (also called '''random''') is one of the ] of ]. /b/ was the first board created at the establishment of the platform in 2003, and it then stood for "anime/random".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-27|title=Moot x Hiroyuki Social Media Talk Session (ID: 57271090)|url=http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv57271090|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831182732/http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv57271090|archive-date=2014-08-31|access-date=2021-04-13|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Alfonso III|first=Fernando|date=2021-01-27|title=Now 10 years old, 4chan is the most important site you never visit|work=]|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/4chan-10-years-christopher-moot-poole/|access-date=2021-04-13}}</ref> While /b/ permits discussion and posting of any sort of content, the community etiquette is to self-limit discussion on /b/ of those topics which are specialties or the focus of other boards on 4chan. | |||
| Many journalists & news personnel have strong feelings towards the board, including a writer for ''The Washington Post'' who described /b/ as "an unfathomable grab-bag of the random, the gross and the downright bizarre".<ref name="Dewey Sept 2014"/> | |||
| ==Analysis== | |||
| A 2011 MIT analysis examined two weeks of posts to /b/ in summer 2010. During this time, users made 5.5 million posts on /b/ in 480,000 threads. The median life of a discussion thread was four minutes; the longest in that period was six hours. The analysis found that the community mostly posts playful images and links. The same analysis found that at least 90% of the posts are anonymous, even though posters adopt and discard various claims of identity at will.<ref name="MIT 2011">{{cite web|last1=Monroy-Hernandez|first1=Andres|last2=Harry|first2=Drew|last3=André|first3=Paul|last4=Panovich|first4=Katrina|last5=Vargas|first5=Greg|date=20 July 2011|title=4chan and /b/: An Analysis of Anonymity and Ephemerality in a Large Online Community|url=https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/4chan-and-b-an-analysis-of-anonymity-and-ephemerality-in-a-large-online-community/|url-status=live|website=]}}</ref><ref name="slate 2011">{{cite web|last1=Agger|first1=Michael|date=28 June 2011|title=4chan /b/: A new academic study of the influential message board.|url=https://slate.com/technology/2011/06/4chan-b-a-new-academic-study-of-the-influential-message-board.html|url-status=live|website=]|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| A 2013 article noted that 4chan is a top-ranking website by popularity especially in the United States but also globally.<ref name="Dot October 2013">{{cite web |last1=Alfonso III |first1=Fernando |title=The definitive guide to 4chan, one of the worst places on the internet |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/beginners-guide-to-4chan/ |website=The Daily Dot |language=en |date=7 October 2013}}</ref> Within 4chan, /b/ is by far the most popular and active board.<ref name="Dot October 2013"/> | |||
| Mainstream media has regularly reported /b/ as both requiring explanation and defying it.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} | |||
| ==Character== | |||
| /b/ and ] are the most notorious boards on 4chan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tait |first1=Amelia |title=4Chan is the worst place on the internet, but we should defend its right to exist |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2016/10/4chan-worst-place-internet-we-should-defend-its-right-exist |website=www.newstatesman.com |language=en |date=6 October 2016}}</ref> | |||
| One of /b/'s defining features is its lack of posting rules. In general, anything that does not go against US law will not be removed. /b/ is consequently one of the only boards on 4chan where users can post grotesque and objectionable material such as gore and hate speech.<ref name="Dewey Sept 2014">{{cite web |last1=Dewey |first1=Caitlin |title=Absolutely everything you need to know to understand 4chan, the Internet’s own bogeyman |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/09/25/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-to-understand-4chan-the-internets-own-bogeyman |website=Washington Post |language=en |date=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rules - 4chan |url=https://www.4chan.org/rules#b/ |website=4chan.org}}</ref> | |||
| /b/ is among the boards on 4chan which has a ] designation.<ref name="gigaom 2013">{{cite web |last1=Hockenson |first1=Lauren |title=4Chan has rules now, apparently |url=https://gigaom.com/2013/09/19/4chan-has-rules-now-apparently/ |website=gigaom.com |date=19 September 2013}}</ref> Consequently, users may post NSFW content on /b/ when the 4chan moderators may restrict such postings on boards without that designation.<ref name="gigaom 2013"/> | |||
| The community at /b/ sustains various customs. Users may promise to post photos of acts of self-degradation in an attempt to barter. A 2013 research paper reported that misogyny sustains the culture at /b/.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Manivannan |first1=Vyshali |title=FCJ-158 Tits or GTFO: The logics of misogyny on 4chan's Random - /b/ |journal=The Fibreculture Journal |date=2013 |issue=22 |pages=109–132 |url=http://twentytwo.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-158-tits-or-gtfo-the-logics-of-misogyny-on-4chans-random-b/ |issn=1449-1443}}</ref> | |||
| Users claim to have insider information on news events.<ref name="Gawker January 2008">{{cite web |last1=Douglas |first1=Nick |title=What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And /b/ |url=https://gawker.com/346385/what-the-hell-are-4chan-ed-something-awful-and-b |website=Gawker |language=en |date=18 January 2008}}</ref> Users ask for advice, often on romance and relationships.<ref name="Gawker January 2008"/> Users post various images containing puzzles.<ref name="Gawker January 2008"/> | |||
| ==Events== | |||
| In October 2006, a /b/ user was arrested for ] multiple ] stadiums. He was sentenced to six months in prison and further six months in ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Macroanonymous Is The New Microfamous - Fimoculous.com|url=http://fimoculous.com/archive/post-5738.cfm|access-date=2020-09-07|website=fimoculous.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=June 2008|first=Jane McEntegart 16|title=Man {{sic|Reci|eves|nolink=y}} 6 Months In Jail and House Arrest For Fake Bomb Threats On 4chan|url=https://www.tomsguide.com/us/Bomb-threat-NFL,news-1678.html|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Tom's Guide|language=en}}</ref> | |||
| In January 2012 when the ] took down ], ] retaliated by hacking various websites including that of the Department of Justice and the ].<ref name="Broderick Jan 2012">{{cite web |last1=Broderick |first1=Ryan |title=Last Night's Anonymous Attack As Told By 4chan's /b/ Board |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/last-nights-anonymous-attack-as-told-by-4chan |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en |date=20 January 2012}}</ref> During the attacks /b/ hosted live narration of the event with early information about how to watch various websites go down.<ref name="Broderick Jan 2012" /> | |||
| 4chan hosts various live discussion events related to crimes and persuading people to mistakenly and foolishly destroy their iPhones.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alfonso III |first1=Fernando |last2=Bond |first2=John-Michael |title=The 13 most disturbing controversies in 4chan history |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/4chan-controversies/ |website=The Daily Dot |language=en |date=3 October 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ==Development== | |||
| In the year 2009, /b/ accounted for 30% of ] on 4chan, which had 44 image boards at the time.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
| In response to community demand to expel "social posts" on /b/, in 2011 Moot established /soc/, the social board of 4chan.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Otte |first1=Jef |title=4chan's new /soc/ board seems to be making /b/ slightly less cancerous |url=https://www.westword.com/arts/4chans-new-soc-board-seems-to-be-making-b-slightly-less-cancerous-5791790 |website=Westword |date=12 January 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ==Further reading== | |||
| *{{cite web|title=Complete History of 4chan|url=http://tanasinn.info/Complete_History_of_4chan|website=tanasinn.info|access-date=2019-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305223522/http://tanasinn.info/Complete_History_of_4chan|archive-date=2017-03-05|url-status=dead}} | |||
| *{{cite web |author1=Entraste |title=4chan Chronicle/The Golden Age of /b/ |url=https://en.wikibooks.org/4chan_Chronicle/The_Golden_Age_of_/b/ |website=en.wikibooks.org |date=26 September 2015}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * {{official site}} | |||
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