420chan

420chan is an anonymous imageboard founded on 20 April 2005[3][4][note 1] by freelance web developer[5] Aubrey Cottle.[1] According to its founder, its name is a portmanteau of 420, a slang word originating in cannabis culture but now applicable to drug culture more generally, and 4chan, another imageboard website.[6] Discussion on the site is primarily focused around recreational drug use and wrestling, with other boards related to topics including humor and academia.

420chan
Type of site
Imageboard
Founded20 April 2005
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
OwnerTaima Enterprises
Created byAubrey Cottle
URL420chan.org
not420chan.com[2] (defunct)
RegistrationNo
Current statusActive

While in its early history it was primarily known for hosting a board known as /i/,[2] then used by the hacker collective Anonymous[7][8] to stage "invasions" against individuals and web platforms such as Habbo Hotel,[9] the modern incarnation of the website is primarily known for hosting discussions about psychoactive drugs legal and illegal.[10]:PT403 The site is also known for its LGBT discussion boards, /cd/ and /sd/.[11]

Further reading
  • Beran, Dale (11 August 2020). "The Return of Anonymous". The Atlantic. ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

Footnotes

Notes
  1. The .org TLD specifies its creation dates in its WHOIS data using ISO 8601 dates. The creation date of 2005-04-21T03:39:16Z specifies that the domain was registered on 21 April 2005, in UTC. However, because Cottle is from Toronto, which in April has time zone UTC−05:00, the registration actually did happen in the final hours of 20 April 2005.

References
  1. "Internet Intruder From Australia May Be Behind Early Morning Prank That Led To Local ETF Raid". CityNews Toronto. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. Singel, Ryan (27 July 2007). "Investigative Report Reveals Hackers Terrorize the Internet for LULZ". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. Cottle, Aubrey (10 October 2015). "First New Board in Four Years". 420chan. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "WHOIS for 420chan.org". Domain WHOIS. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via WHOIS.com.
  5. Villarreal, Daniel (10 March 2020). "In the Late 1980s, Nintendo Revealed That Super Mario Has an Uncircumcised Penis". Hornet. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. Cottle, Aubrey. "420chan FAQ". Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2020. I was talking to some friends and one of them came up with "420chan", a stupid combination of 4chan and drugs.
  7. Caneppele, Stefano; Calderoni, Francesco (30 October 2013). Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention: Essays in Honor of Ernesto U. Savona. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 235. ISBN 978-3-319-01839-3.
  8. Beran 2020.
  9. Shuman, Phil (July 26, 2007). "FOX 11 Investigates: 'Anonymous'". MyFOX Los Angeles. KTTV (Fox). Archived from the original on 2008-05-22.
  10. Olson, Parmy (5 June 2012). We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-316-21353-0. 420chan is known for its discussion of drugs.
  11. Sauerbier, Rachel Ann (2011). Word is out: the use of social media sites during the coming out process (PDF). California State University, Chico. pp. 8, 52.
gollark: Wouldn't black be due to horrible necrosis beeoids or something?
gollark: Inflammation is where the immune system gets annoyed or something and embiggens a body part.
gollark: What? No. You should immediately maximize politics.
gollark: So you should do so.
gollark: Actually, this is the politics discussion channel.
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