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No external link

Where is the external link ? 216.247.72.142 (talk) 04:33, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

If there is no need for one, I'd understand the reasons for this. I'm a newbie here. 216.247.72.142 (talk) 04:43, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
There is a link to the .online version in the infobox, but it is not clickable due to WP:LINKLOVE.--♦IanMacM♦ 06:58, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Nuetrality

Despite agreeing with lines such as "the site hosts racist material and shock content", I'm not sure if that compromises the neutrality of the article. Best regards, Nobody expects the UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk)! 14:54, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Honestly "prejudice" would be a better word than "racist", because you can't be racist against "furries". And if the argument is that the mere existance of something that is racist means the site is racist, then that means pretty much every American politician is racist just because they've verifiably said something that could be easily argued to be racist. But of course no one in the right mind would consider a politician who was, say, verifiably against bussing at one point in their career (which could arguably seen as reflecting resistance to policies aimed at addressing racial segregation and promoting racial equality) as outright racist.
Basically, it's essential to recognize that shock-value racism like Encyclopedia Dramatica uses hurtful language not because the individuals genuinely believe in the racist statements, but because they seek to provoke strong reactions for entertainment value. Consequently, responding with strong emotions to such provocations can inadvertently play into their hands, and it doesn't deter the provocateurs from their primary goal of inciting reactions. Instead, it's more effective to withhold the emotional response and deny them the satisfaction they seek. This includes calling their content "racist", because even tho the language is, and perhaps was added by an actual racist editor, I feel like calling it as such simply lures in people who think "they should be stopped!", which provides a constant feed of unwitting victims who can be trolled "for the lulz".
In other words, I feel it's more appropriate to call it for what it is: shock content that uses the language used by racists solely to provoke unwitting readers into reacting emotionally which can then be exploited for "the lulz". Claiming the site itself is racist or "hosts racist material" is not very neutral as it is asserting that the site is something that it isn't.
Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that ED members actually made that claim as a sort of game of five-D chess to make the site seem more "evil" than it actually is, in order to provide that constant feed of unwitting victims to the site who are either ignorant of ED's goal of trolling "for the lulz" or think they can "raid" ED to "fix" it or something. — 66.60.148.2 (talk) 17:40, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, but I still think a little rewriting should be in the works. I also think it's bias by omission, as the content itself is meant for entertainment value, albeit being not very socially correct or sensitive. The only thing I think should be rewrote due to omission is that part. It IS, in fact, troll culture. They are trying to get a reaction. And the users DO partake in harassment. I just think the racism is a bit murky with intention, and should be put as such. I can't tell whether it's entirely for shock value or to spread racist ideals, but this is my case for a rewrite. Cheers, Nobody expects the UnexpectedSmoreInquisition (talk)! 17:52, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

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May 2024

We have now entered another period where the site is offline and there is currently no indication of what the problem is and when it might return. The error given is DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN which means that the URL does not resolve to an IP address. The infobox should not say "offline" for brief outages, but this looks to be ongoing. ♦IanMacM♦ 07:45, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

The same error pops up to me, @Ianmacm, the text says "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN", it can be that the domain, is down but, some "Sysops" said that the domain was seized for nonpayment or some user reporting the domain. Also, the forums were down with the same error. CiriloHQ (talk) 16:17, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
The domain may have been suspended/blocked by the registrar on 3 May 2024, see this WHOIS screenshot. Anyway, the .online domain is out of action and we don't know why. ED .online hasn't said anything publicly about this. They used to have a Twitter/X account but it was also suspended.--♦IanMacM♦ 09:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Their subreddit is banned too, and I believe their discord server is gone as well. All that's left is a facebook group that hasn't been used since 2010 and a steam group that's very hard to find. According to said group a .top domain is on the way but the person is funding it via crowdfunding so it's likely to be a scam. 2601:155:300:910:A9A4:6C7C:C929:9526 (talk) 03:51, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
Encyclopediadramatica.top was registered on 12 May 2024 (screenshot) and the page currently says "It's happening". It looks like ED may be migrating (or planning to migrate) to the .top domain at the moment, 8chan also did this after being kicked off their previous domain.--♦IanMacM♦ 08:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
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