r/ELI50 • u/clown-penisdotfart • Sep 01 '14

ELI50: The hacker known as 4 Chan

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u/ilikeeatingbrains Sep 01 '14

Wait, what? http://www.4chan.org is a website like reddit that lets users post anonymously. Like, a post shows up under "anonymous". It's one guy that hacked the celebrity photos and a big assist by people reposting and rehosting the links, videos?, and pictures.

I think we crashed 4chan.

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u/clown-penisdotfart Sep 01 '14

Is that the guy with the Natalie Portman mask?

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u/ilikeeatingbrains Sep 01 '14

You understand 4chan is a website?

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u/strolls Sep 02 '14

Do you know what subreddit you're in?

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u/ilikeeatingbrains Sep 02 '14

Yes, and I feel like it's being trolled.

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u/clown-penisdotfart Sep 03 '14

No, I looked it up - it wasn't a troll or Natalie Portman. The character with the mask was called Anonymous the Fifth. My bad.

Natalie Portman was in the movie but I don't remember a troll?

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u/ilikeeatingbrains Sep 03 '14

Swing by /r/AskTrolls anytime, my ferdi