xkcd & Imgur joins 4chan battle vs. AT&T
AT&T is blocking 4chan.org’s infamous /b/ message board for many of its customers. We all know 4chan’s meme-tastic anonymous army will show AT&T the meaning of pain.
But the revolt doesn’t stop there. Several important Internet figures are also sharpening their pitchforks.
XKCD creator Randall Munroe said:
What IP blocks do their corporate offices have? If they’re really cutting off my trashy time-wasting web entertainment, I’m cutting off theirs.
Alan Schaaf, creator of the popular social media image sharing website Imgur, is ready to jump in as well:
Let me know if you find out. Imgur is prepared to forward all their images; I hope they like goatse.
Munroe and Schaaf bring a higher level of credibility to this discussion. AT&T will have a tough time dismissing their arguments as the rantings of frustrated 15 year-old gamers living in their parents’ basements.
AT&T has effectively pissed off the mob and the net intelligentsia. Good luck folks!
Why do people care so much about 4chan? Consumerist puts it best:
“You may find 4chan weird, chaotic, or offensive, but you can’t deny that the Internet wouldn’t be the same without it. There would be no cat macros. There would be no Rickrolling. There would be no Anonymous protests against the Church of Scientology.”
You can get information directly from the 4chan message boards.
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And once again, it NEVER fails with the incessant lying, as lying is a way of life for these hacker creeps. I salute AT&T for blocking viruses, trojans and nasty spider scripts, as that is what the REAL truth is as to WHY AT&T has flashed the middle finger [blocked] to 4 Chan. Why should AT&T waste time and energy in dealing with viruses, trojans and uncontrollable script programs emanating from the 4 Chan site?
I don’t condone censorship and I certainly don’t condone lies “in the name of lulz”. The only thing 4 Chan has proven again and again, is that they are infantile and violent. A bunch of two year olds who go on tirades. And just like an out of control two year old, they need some REAL hard slaps from the school of hard knocks.
Any consequences or denial of internet access to AT&T customers due to NAZI actions emanating from 4 Chan [or any other hacker creeps for that matter], I pray that they are caught, rounded up, prosecuted beyond the extent of the law, thrown in a windowless cell and locked up forever until the day they die.
I commend AT&T for taking the step forward and I sincerely hope that other ISP’S follow suit ASAP. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Hackers cause destruction, chaos, waste everyones time and energy. Normal people on the net are SICK AND TIRED of these two year old tantrum antics that 4 Chan displays on a daily basis. These hacker creeps really and truly need to GROW THE F*** UP.
Cool story bro!