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NARRATOR
( while this is being said various images of the internet and videos
are playing silent footage over the top)
The internet is a place of variety and community. We all know about
Facebook and twitter, But lies beneath that? We find out about more
of the stranger communities out there on the world wide web, Ranging
from simple video games to People who like to dress up as animals.

As of October 2013, we now know that over 500 million people use
facebook. Thats 250 million people using on their mobile devices
We also know that there are 645,750,000 Twitter users, However only 115
million are actively using it every month, Thats still making it one of the most
popular social networking sites after facebook.
But what about the websites you might not know about? For those of you who dont
spend 24 hours of your time a day on the computer like some of us do. Here are the
websites that make up some of our biggest online communities.

4Chan
4chan is a simple- image posting board that
was started in 2003 by Cristopher Poole or moot in which A nameless user , or an
Anon Can post and start a discussion thread about what ever theyd like. There
are Advise boards, DIY boards, Anime and manga boards, Pokemon Boards, Video gaming
boards. However what isnt so simple is what they end up posting about after being
given this freedom. The Most popular board, Known as /b/ Which makes up 30% of the
websites traffic. /b/ often ignores the boundaries of Gore, and the users often
try to shock each other with the content they create or find. From this board,
group of hackers known as Anonymous ( because remember on 4chan they all go by
the name anon)Started to raid different websites, for instance They raided habbo
hotel by Creating a certain Avatar, A Black man in a suit with an afro, they would
all use this avatar to make human blockades in popular hangouts in protest because
apparently the habbo moderators would sometimes ban some users based on their skin
colour. This particular group of hackivists Became a popular face of 4chan,
discovering and causing the arrest of certain internet predators, and gradually
they started to help the world from the comfort of their swivel chairs.

- Interview with a few of the listed people-
Questions to be asked:
1. What is 4chan?
2. Could you sum it up in 1 word?
3. Do you use it often?
4. How do you think 4chan has benefitted the world?
5. Whats your favourite board?
6. What kind of community do you get form 4chan?




Reddit.
Known as the front page of the internet
Founded by roommates Stephen Huffman and Alexis Ohanian Reddit was started in
2006 and is very similar to 4chan in terms of its content, it has 56 billion page
views in 2013 it can Very from sports, health , photo shopping battles, videogames,
however they are a little more compassionate than 4dchan is. Users of reddit are
often referred to as Redditors Reddit entries are organized into areas
of interest called "subreddits". Historically, the front page was the main
subreddit, and other areas were "subreddits". The website is known for is
open nature and diverse user community. Reddit, like 4chan can work as one
to accomplish a goal. In early October 2010, a story was posted on Reddit
about a seven-year-old girl, Kathleen Edward, who was in the advanced
stages of Huntington's disease. The girl's neighbours were taunting her and
her family. Redditors banded together and gave the girl a shopping spree at
Tree Town Toys, a toy store local to the story owned by a Reddit user.
Questions to be asked:
1. What can you tell me about reddit?
2. Do you go on reddit often?
3. If you could describe reddit for me, how would you do that?
4. What kind of community do you get form reddit?

Tumblr

According to yahoo, Tumblr has a staggering 300 million monthly unique visitors,
which would mean it was 200 million shy of catching up with facebook, right?

However this is Total unique users, Facebook and twitter often talk about their
total number of active users. And in that case, tumblr only has 30-50 million
active users. Which is pretty low. But theyre Rich full of a much less dark
community like 4chan. And is a lot more user friendly to someone who perhaps just
started using social networking sites and is looking for somewhere to post.
Tumblr has Their top fandoms such as The doctor who fandom, the supernatural fandom
the Sherlock homes fandom, which all compile into a superfandom called
superwholock. And according to the BBC theyre making a canon cross over 10 episode
miniseries for the fandom. The harry potter fandom, The Disney fandom, the walking
dead, and other things are just as popular, too. In recent times, Tumblr Has been
raided several time by the unrelenting 4chan armies, As unfortunately the website
has a Feminazi label slapped on their heads. Those who browse tumblr daily know
that the feminazis arent that big of a problem, if you know how to avoid them. but
one bad apple spoils the bunch. And so the war continues. They did this by tagging
gore, porn, and other offensive content to tags such as #feminism, #Privilege,
#equality, Even #Disney.
Questions to be asked
1. Tell me about tumblr
2. What are your favourite fandoms on tumblr?
3. Why do you like _____ ?
4. How often do you spend on tumblr?
5. What kind of community do you feel you get from tumblr?

Narrator
Before we talk about The more interesting
fandoms, here are some websites that Are just as interesting, but arent as popular
In terms of their history or present events.
IGN
Toonbook
SomethingAwful
7chan

Questions to be asked about the furries:
1. What are furries?
2. What kind of community does the furry fandom give?
3. What comes to mind when you think of the furries?


Furries are subculture interested
in anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and
mannerisms. Its a fandom that are very unique because they havent
sprouted from a Tv show or movie, theyre just Entirely dependant on
Each other for promotion and publicity. However, They have had bad
publicity recently due To a few rhomours that Furries enjoy
particular sexual activity with animals. However many of the furry
fans Know that this is not the case. And continue to Meet at
conventions or furmeets here they trade and sell art of animals,
and provide community to those who may not have one anywhere else.
If you find it easy to connect to this fanbase,its essentially the
core for the bronies, too. So it will be very easy to fit into both.
Furries usually dress us in animal costumes, the most popular umong
those are wolves, foxes, dragons, ponies, cats, and dogs


Bronies
Bronies are a fanbase that sprouted from 4chan after the first
episode of my little pony aired. The bronies, like furries are very
open hearted and enjoy the company of others, they too dress up in
firsuits, but its usually more pony-specific. The same themes run
through bothh furry and brony fandoms in terms of the community, at
the conventions the bronies trade and sell art and have a very well
rounded togetherness air about them. Triggering the attention of
Hasbro into making them more fandom appropriate merchandise. The
bornies write fanfictions, make music, and draw art for one
another.
Questions to be asked about the bronies
1. Are you a brony?
2. What do you like most about the tv show?
3. What kind of community do you look for in the brony fanbase?
4. What comes to mind when you think of bronies?