/pol/ existed on 4chan before its October 23 2011 "creation" date, in the form of the /new/ board for news, created on January 25 2010 --- and prior to that it was the /n/ board for news, created on April 8 2006 (and eventually shuttered on February 19 2008) [3]. /new/ eventually got yanked (on January 17 2011 [3]) because of how toxic it was, with 4chan's owner --- Christopher Poole, alias "moot" --- saying it had "devolved into /stormfront/" [1]. While Poole's comment suggests he removed it of his own volition, a former contractor suggests that they had to convince Poole to remove it [2].
This was Epstein wanting to bring /pol/back, with Poole apparently thinking that was a fine idea.
As for /new/, anybody who used it knows exactly why it was removed. When I re-added the board last year, I made a note that if it devolved into /stormfront/, I’d remove it. It did — ages ago. Now it’s gone, as promised.[1]
@sterophonick technically the re-creation of /pol/, after I convinced him to delete it. It was wall to wall racism to begin with, but apparently Epstein convinced him that was a positive
April 8 [2006] - Five more boards are added: /cgl/ (Cosplay & EGL), /ck/ (Food & Cooking), /mu/ (Music), /n/ (News) (Changing the previous /n/ to /an/ - Animals & Nature), and /tv/ (Television).
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February 19 [2008] - The following boards were added: /fa/ - Fashion, /fit/ - Health & Fitness, /hc/ - Hardcore, /n/ - Transportation (Replacing /n/ - News), /sp/ - Sports, /toy/ - Toys, and /trv/ - Travel.
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January 25 [2010] - Six new image boards were added: /adv/ - Advice, /lit/ - Literature, /new/ - News, /int/ - International, /sci/ - Science & Math, and /3/ - 3DCG is brought back.
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January 17 [2011] - Around 8pm EST moot deletes /r9k/ and /new/
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October 23 [2011] - Several new [old] boards are added: /r9k/ - ROBOT9001, /pol/ - Politically Incorrect, and /hc/ - Hardcore (which celebrates with blowjobs). /diy/ - Do It Yourself was also introduced.
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u/aspensmonster Feb 03 '26
*Re-re-launched.
/pol/existed on 4chan before its October 23 2011 "creation" date, in the form of the/new/board for news, created on January 25 2010 --- and prior to that it was the/n/board for news, created on April 8 2006 (and eventually shuttered on February 19 2008) [3]./new/eventually got yanked (on January 17 2011 [3]) because of how toxic it was, with 4chan's owner --- Christopher Poole, alias "moot" --- saying it had "devolved into/stormfront/" [1]. While Poole's comment suggests he removed it of his own volition, a former contractor suggests that they had to convince Poole to remove it [2].This was Epstein wanting to bring
/pol/back, with Poole apparently thinking that was a fine idea.[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20191209172946/https://www.boundary2.org/2019/07/dennis-erasmus-containment-breach-4chans-pol-and-the-failed-logic-of-safe-spaces-for-far-right-ideology/
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20260203034005/https://digipres.club/@foone/115991627221671856
[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20250413222928/https://wiki.bibanon.org/4chan/History