Watch How A 4chan Hoax Happens
On Monday night, BuzzFeed sat in on a private chatroom full of anonymous 4chan members as they put together a follow-up prank to their #Cutting4Bieber Twitter hoax on Monday. WARNING: Extremely NSFW language.
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Watch How A 4chan Hoax Happens
Ryan Broderick
When the 4chan community starts a raid they meet in a private IRC chatroom. Last night’s meeting took place in a private, IRC-built, self-hosted chatroom.
1. Members of the chatroom have agreed upon the hashtag #RememberAddison, which they plan on using to fake a teenage girl’s death on twitter, claiming she was a victim of the #cutting4beiber hoax.
They’re currently deciding on who will spread the death hoax on what social network. Reddit, Tumblr, and 9gag are common targets of theirs.
2. They’ve taken things to the next step, creating a false social media trail for this fake Addison girl. One member of the chat writes a script while another member begins making a YouTube channel for her.
4. And they make Addison’s memorial Twitter page, supposedly run by a grieving brother.
Via: @RememberAddison
They record a SoundCloud file of a boy reading a script about the fake girl Addison they’ve created.
Source: w.soundcloud.com
7. And a fake Anonymous warning, threatening to hack 9gag.com in retaliation for Addison’s death.
Source: w.soundcloud.com
8. An anonymous user under the screen name CLOSEDPOOL agrees to take the script and make a YouTube video out of it. He signs off and never returns.
One of the more vocal Twitter users in the chatroom is @Holla4Hitler.
Via: @Holla4Hitler
9. A user puts together a fake blog post.
They also start making fake Twitpics of Justin Bieber tweets.
13. And post this notice to 9gag.com and encourage chatroom members to start sharing it heavily.
Source: d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net
14. By the end of the first few hours they fill up two trending tags, #RememberAddison
Via: @search
16. One chatroom member has access to the Facebook group “YES, MOM I UNDERSTAND!!*5 minutes later* What did she want me to do again??” which has 585,000 likes.
Via: facebook.com
17. They make a fake Anonymous Leader video demanding justice for the #Cutting4Bieber deaths.
Source: youtube.com
18. And post it to Reddit’s /r/videos subreddit. All the comments are from members from the chatroom.
Via: reddit.com
19. They also successfully vote their comments to the top of this YouTube video.
Via: youtube.com
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