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'''8chan''' (also known ascalled '''Infinitechan''', and stylized as '''∞chan''')<ref>{{cite web|title=4chan, wizardchan, 8chan... s'y retrouver dans la jungle des forums anonymes les plus populaires du Web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2014/10/15/4chan-wizardchan-8chan-le-guide-des-forums-anonymes-les-plus-populaires-du-web_4505380_4408996.html|publisher=''[[Le Monde]]''|location=France|language=French|date=October 15, 2014|quote=...Ne se prononce pas « eight chan »– que l'on pourrait confondre avec « hate chan » (« canal de la haine »), mais « infinite chan »...}}</ref> is an [[English language|English-language]] [[imageboard]] website organized by a virtually limitless numbercomposed of user-created subforums[[Internet forum|boards]]. Each oneboard is governed independently from each other by theits site's users,creator. whoUsers generally post anonymously, with the most recent posts appearing above the rest. Registration is not required, nor is it possible (except for staff).<ref name="faq">{{cite web|last=Brennan|first=Fredrick|url=https://8chan.co/faq.html|title=FAQ|publisher=Infinitechan|website=8chan.co|accessdate=November 23, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328061713/https://8chan.co/faq.html|archivedate=March 28, 2014}}</ref> An official [[Japanese language|Japanese-language]] variant is available by the name '''8ch'''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brennan|first=Fredrik|title=∞chan|url=http://8ch.net|website=8ch.net|publisher=8c|accessdate=November 24, 2014|language=Japanese}}</ref>

The site has received both praise and criticism from various parties for its stance on open [[Freedom of speech|free speech]] with minimal restrictions. It allows any topic to be discussed, and all content to be posted, regardless of whether it may be controversialcontroversy. The only provisionproviso is that all content posted must not violate United States law.

One of the site's subforumsboards has played an active role during the [[Gamergate|Gamergate controversy]] after the topic was banned on the unaffiliated website [[4chan]], resulting in a migration of users. As of November &nbsp;2014, the site haswas the 2536th most visited site in the USA,<ref name="alexa" /> receivedreceiving an average of 35,000 unique visitors per day and 400,000 posts per week.<ref name=Howell2014 />

8chan was created onin October 22, 2013 by [[programmer|computer programmer]] Fredrick Brennan while living in [[Brooklyn]], New York.{{citation<ref needed|datename=NovemberHowell2014 2014}}/> Shortly prior in the summer of 2013, Brennan had recently relocated from [[Atlantic City]] after receiving an offer to work as the lead programmer at a company that makes Webweb-marketing projects for small businesses.<ref name="Jazeera">{{cite web|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/9/12/watch-a-day-in-thelifeofamanwithbrittlebonedisease.html|title=A day in the life of a man with brittle bone disease|work=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> The website was created after Brennan perceived rapidly escalating [[surveillance]] and a loss of [[free speech]] on the Internet.<ref name=Howell2014 /> Brennan, who considers the imageboard [[4chan]] to have grown into authoritarianism, describes 8chan as a "free-speech-friendly" alternative.<ref name="Howell2014">{{cite web|last=Howell O'Neill|first=Patrick|date=November 17, 2014|url=http://www.dailydot.com/politics/8chan-pedophiles-child-porn-gamergate/|title=8chan, the central hive of Gamergate, is also an active pedophile network|work=The Daily Dot}}</ref> ItsNo experience or programming knowledge is necessary for users to create their own boards.<ref name="faq" /> Since as early as March&nbsp;2014, its FAQ stateshas stated only one rule that is to be globally enforced: "Do not post, request, or link to any content illegal in the United States of America. Do not create boards with the sole purpose of posting or spreading such content."<ref name="faq" />

In the opinion of Brennan, while he finds some of the content posted by users to be "reprehensible," he feels personally obligated to uphold the site's integrity by tolerating discussion he doesn't necessarily support regardless of his moral stance.<ref name=Howell2014 /> He argues that this premise is what makes 8chan unique, adding: "Once you get past all of the terrible content posted by teenagers to feel cool, you get to very interesting discussions and opinions that could simply not happen on [[Reddit]] or [[Facebook]]."<ref name=Howell2014 /> Many of 8chan’s most active boards are based in political discussion.<ref name="Howell2014"/>

In September &nbsp;2014, the website gained prominence in the [[GamerGateGamergate|Gamergate controversy]] after 4chan banned discussion of GamerGate.<ref name=Howell2014 /><ref name="Chen"/><ref>{{cite nameweb|last=Howell2014Audureau|first=William|title=4chan, wizardchan, 8chan... s'y retrouver dans la jungle des forums anonymes les plus populaires du Web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2014/10/15/4chan-wizardchan-8chan-le-guide-des-forums-anonymes-les-plus-populaires-du-web_4505380_4408996.html|publisher=''[[Le Monde]]''|location=France|language=French|date=October 15, 2014}}</ref> GamerGate supporters have been cited as using its ''"/gg/'' board (initials of- GamerGate)" board among other sites to organize their operations,<ref name="Chen"/> and 8chan has been callednamed "theas unofficialone headquartersof centers for the online #GamerGate movement."<ref name=Howell2014 /><ref name="Chen">{{cite web|last=Chen|first=Adrian|date=October 27, 2014|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/gamergate-supporters-party-at-strip-club.html|title=Gamergate Supporters Partied at a Strip Club This Weekend|work=[[New York (magazine)]]}}</ref>

Brennan agreed to partner 8chan with athe Japanese message board [[2channel]]{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} and subsequently relocated to the [[Pilipinas|Phillipines]] in October 2014.<ref name=Chen />

There are allegations that a portion of the 8chan userbase had harassed and attacked notable women online within the realm of [[video game culture]].<ref name=Howell2014 /> These attacks reportedly – reported to have sourced from 8chan's centralized GamerGate areas – forced some to flee their homes.<ref name="Stuart">{{cite web|last=Stuart|first=Keith|date=October 17, 2014|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/17/brianna-wu-gamergate-human-cost|title=Brianna Wu and the human cost of Gamergate: 'every woman I know in the industry is scared'|work=''[[The Guardian]]''}}</ref>

Numerous boardsBoards have been created to discuss controversial topics, among those [[pedophilia]], though the sharing of sexually explicit [[childphotos pornography]]of that violates United States lawminors is against site rules.<ref name=Howell2014 /> The site’s biggest boards are not pedophile-centric. Instead, manyper ofUnited 8chan’sStates mostlaws activeregarding boards[[child are politicalpornography]].<ref name=Howell2014 /> When asked on whether freesuch speechboards hadwere thean consequenceinevitable result of suchfree boardsspeech, Brennan responded, "Unfortunately, yes,. I don’t support the content on the boards you mentioned, but it is simply the cost of free speech and being the only active site to not impose more 'laws' than those that were passed in [[Washington, D.C.]]"<ref name="Howell2014"/>

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