420chan
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420chan was an anonymous imageboard founded on 20 April 2005[1][2][note 1] by hacker[3] and freelance web developer[4] Aubrey Cottle.[5] According to its founder, its name was 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 was primarily focused around recreational drug use and wrestling, with other boards related to topics including humor and academia.[7]
While in its early history it was primarily known for hosting a board known as /i/,[note 2][note 3][8] then used by the hacker collective Anonymous[7][9] to stage "invasions" against individuals and web platforms such as Habbo Hotel,[10] and Hal Turner.[7]
The modern incarnation of the website was primarily known for hosting discussions about psychoactive drugs legal and illegal.[11] The site was also known for its LGBT discussion boards, /cd/[note 4] and /sd/,[note 5] as well as the wrestling board, /wooo/.[12]
As of 1 June 2022, 420chan's main URL, 420chan.org, went offline. On 20 April 2023, the domain was sold to Fredrick Brennan for $4,200 in Ethereum, and a temporary landing page went up.
Footnotes
Notes
- ↑ The .org TLD specifies its creation dates in its WHOIS data using ISO 8601 dates. The creation date of
2005-04-21T03:39:16Zspecifies 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. - ↑ As on 4chan, boards are identified by their URLs, which are typically acronyms or shorthand for the full name of the board.
- ↑ /i/ — "Invasion".
- ↑ /cd/ — "Transgender Discussion".
- ↑ /sd/ — "Sexuality Discussion".
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