711chan
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711chan
711chan was the 'chaotic' bulletin board that was co-founded by “jewlion” and “plasma” around November 20, 2007,1) then shut down by 2012. It would mostly be known for triggering Project Chanology, which caused a brief strife over Anonymous's nature and end goal.
History
2007–2012
Around November 20, 2007,2) “jewlion” and “plasma” allegedly saw 'moderator drama' on 7chan and decided to set up Kusaba X at the “711chan.org” domain,3) but ended up benefiting from 420chan's brief downtime.4) Soon enough, they housed another “Invasion” (/i/) refuge,5) but came under fire for a "CoS" (/xenu/) board6) which caused a 420chan–Enturbulation split,7) so /xenu/ was deleted after three months.8)
In 2008, they had PayPal problems9) and shut down to fund a new server10) in 16 days.11) In 2009, a VPD detective working with Interpol had asked 711chan to remove footage of a cat drowning,12) so they just slapped it on the front page to 4chan's disdain,13) then the staff joined Twitter.14) There wasn't much else after that, aside from Kusaba X exploits, so 711chan shut down by Spring 2012.15)
2014–2015
Two years later, 314chan founder “parley” offered to host 711chan,16) so the website just came back online at the original “711chan.org” domain with a Kusaba X fork.17) The website's front page would see a redesign on November 6, 2014,18) then 711chan died again in late 2015 and it became a splash page for their IRC channel. Eventually, 7-Eleven bought the domain around 2020, which marked the end of 711chan.
2022–2024
On December 10, 2022, “lolwut” and “Comatoast” resurrected 711chan,19) though they kept “Kusaba X” and had to settle at “711chan.net” since the original domain was taken by the actual convenience store chain. Recently, the website set up a Tor address on February 8, 2023.20) Then on October 24, 2024, “bigbully” had announced that 711chan effectively shut down, essentially due to a lack of interest.21)
List of Boards
Notes
- The only noteworthy Twitter accounts mentioned in the news post are “Slowbro” (@slowbrohime), “Internets” (@mistercow), “Levo” (@levo75), and “WB” (@weedbaglicious).22)
- On September 23, 2010, the news post had brought up “russian porn spammers”.23) Is this anything?
See also
External links
- 711chan [Archive] - The front page of the first 711chan, archived January 27, 2012.
- 711chan [Archive] - The front page of the second 711chan, archived October 9, 2015.
- 711chan.net (711chan.wtf) - The front page of the third 711chan. Tor is available.
1)
, 2)
"www.711chan.org SHIT WE FUCKIN SUCK SO HELP US OUT <3 4chan" (November 20, 2007). 4chan /b/.
3)
"Y HALO THAR" (November 23, 2007). 711chan.
4)
"http://711chan.org/weed/ REPORT HERE FAGHATS. TEMP HOME FOR /weed/ TIL KIRT FIXES SHIT." (November 26, 2007). 711chan.
5)
"New Boards (And fixed shit)" (November 24, 2007). 711chan.
6)
The Church of Scientology can be abbreviated to 'CoS', while Xenu is a key figure in their lore.
7)
The Project Chanology event became controversial because there was a philosophical split on whether the collective should 'avoid attention whoring altogether' or 'use this power for good'. The latter would form the 'Why We Protest Forums' at “Enturbulation.org” and encouraged 'IRL trolling' (i.e. activism and protests).
9)
"GODDAMMIT" (April 13, 2008). 711chan.
10)
"he's dead, jim!" (June 16, 2008). 711chan.
11)
"ZERO HOUR" (July 2, 2008). 711chan.
12)
"wat happan" (June 5, 2009). 711chan.
15)
The last known archive was on January 26, 2012, meaning that it died sometime before June 18, 2012. I can't extract exact dates because the history technically continues.
16)
"yo @slowbrohime I'll host 711chan if you can point the dns" (March 31, 2014). Twitter.
17)
"oh fuck." (March 31, 2014). 711chan.
18)
"Code Modernization" (November 6, 2014). 711chan.
20)
"|-|4ck3r 4[)[)r355 4[)[)3[)" (February 8, 2023). 711chan.
21)
"711chan is read-only :^(" (October 24, 2024). 711chan /711/.
711chan.txt · Last modified: 2025-03-14 14:41:59 by namelessrumia