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4chan is the location where prominent internet memes were popularized, including lolcats, Rickrolling, rage comics, [[File:Soyjak.png]] wojaks, and [[File:Honkler.png]] Pepe the Frog.
Originally, most 4channers held very [[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism|progressive]] views. However, by the mid-2010s, 4chan began its ideological shift to the right. In August 2014, 4chan was heavily involved in the Gamergate controversy. [[File:GamerGate.png]] [[Ochlocracy|Gamergate]] was a
On January 21, 2015, Poole stepped down as administrator, amid the fallout of [[File:Mansphere.png]] Gamergate. He was succeeded by [[File:AltBert.png]] [[National Libertarianism#Alt-Libertarianism|Hiroyuki Nishimura]]. Not long after assuming the position, he assigned the senior moderator position to an anonymous person with the alias [[File:Altr.png]] [[White Nationalism|R*peApe]]. R*peApe is well known for his racist views and his intention to push those views to the mainstream of 4chan, especially /pol/. He has dissuaded moderators from banning users for racism and fired moderators, and occasionally banned users, who are [[File:Prgess.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Left|Culturally Left]]. R*peApe claims to have served in Afghanistan. He is also interested in [[File:Gamer.png]] video games, and [[File:GRights.png]] firearms. He often made complaints about his family members allegedly blocking his work, worrying that they would walk in on him looking at adult content as he was moderating.<ref>Arthur Rob (November 2, 2020) [https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7aap8/the-man-who-helped-turn-4chan-into-the-internets-racist-engine The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet's Racist Engine] Retrieved October 15, 2022</ref>
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