The threats got so bad that the young girl was put in police protection at one point. They posted her address, called her house, and spread false rumors and reports about her and her family. Jessi Slaughter – In what may have been their most vicious attack to date, members of 4Chan began to cyberbully an 11-year-old girl after claiming she was having a relationship with an older man. The Canadian did not ultimately make the trip. 4Chan users hacked his site, and the overwhelming winner was North Korea. Send Justin Bieber To North Korea – Justin Bieber has long been a target for the site, and in 2010 he wanted fans to tell him where they wanted him to go on his My World Tour. Steve Jobs Death – In 2008 members on the site spread a false rumor that Steve Jobs was dead, causing Apple stock prices to plummet a whopping 10% in one day. Instead of seeing a look at the highly anticipated new game, eager fans were instead taken to the YouTube page for the Rick Astley music video “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Rickroll – In 2007, a fake link to the trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto IV was posted to the site after the website of the game’s publisher, Rockstar Games, crashed. LOLCats – The Internet obsession with cats actually began back in 2005 when one 4Chan commenter decided to post as a photo of a cat waiting for Caturday.

While this has led to the site producing some amusing and funny pranks, many are horrific and have led to the arrest of the person or persons who created them.

The biggest difference between 4Chan and other websites however is that it allows commenters and contributors to post anonymously, giving many free reign to do things they would not do otherwise. The image board site soon grew to by much more, and quickly became one of the biggest websites in the world. Created in 2003 by a 15-year-old high school student from New York City, Christopher Poole, 4Chan was originally meant to be a forum to discuss Japanese anime and post photos.

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