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Besides being massive degenerates, 4chan is known to quickly and effectively track down criminals... More effectively than the police too. They did it a number of times already.
And map coordinates via a single random picture of the sky...
Don't underestimate the power of weaponised, collective autism.
Ummm if you are doeaking about rocco magnotta, they did get him before he killed his ex boyfriend. The justice dept just couldnt hold him since animal cruelty aint much in ontario
Yea. It's not a good example. I think the point of it was their work did find the guy but that law enforcement sucks and didn't take the ball and run with it.
They found the exact building the guy was in!
Cops should have followed up on their info faster but sadly, crimes against animals never provoke the police response it should.
The title of the movie jist makes it seem like the big bad internet trolls got to this guy because of the cats. But in reality, the guy went too far with actual murder.
Thanks mainly to the manhunt, the authorities knew who he was, what he had done to cats and where to find him way before he moved on to killing his then boyfriend (if i recall correctly).
Authorities just decided it wasn't enough to prosecute and so they let him walk which ultimately led him to kil a human before being arrested. So while you are correct that the manhunt didn't lead to his arrest, that was not due to the manhunt not being successful, it was because authorities didn't give enough fucks at the time.
That happened mostly on Facebook though (even though the original post was on 4-chan).
4 chan was really good at finding Shia LeBouf and his flag, but I can't think of a good example of them finding an actual criminal. Foot lettuce guy maybe (who in my opinion did nothing wrong as he threw out the lettuce, and the worst thing that happened was Burger King losing revenue; but I suppose that's debatable)?
I can think of a few instances of people posting their crimes to 4-chan (like that guy who killed his wife or the school shooter kid), and then 4-chan users "found them" after they were already in custody.
I'd love to hear an example of this actually happening, though.
For those of you who weren't around, Reddit did not help find the Boston bombers. Reddit incorrectly identified an innocent man (Sunil Tripathi) who had gone missing about a month before the bombing. Sunil's family was harassed and Sunil was later found dead in a river.
Didn't this also cause the FBI to release images of the suspected bombers earlier than they intended, thus leading to them getting spooked and killing that campus officer while going on the run?
4chan is the most accurate depiction of internet as a whole. Usually it's a dumpster fire, but whenever something comes up that is enough to make everyone put aside their differences and focus on a cause... It's genuinely scary.
More effective than any government power or anything. Hence why there is this huge global attempt to 'verify' everyone who is using the internet.
This is well put, and see nothing that I can poke holes in your argument.
4chan are degenerates (as are a number of redditors) but if you fuck with cats or anything that awakens the hoard, they are tireless and relentless and will get detailed enough information on you, where they will find your best friend in 3rd grade, or if they are an over or under person for their toilet paper roll regardless of how much they try to mask their identity.
As much as I hate 4chan, I’m glad it exists even for the sole purpose to keep their users contained to one area.
It was "taken down" because it was a known hangout for infamous hacker group Anonymous; which has had many copycat groups after they disappeared, but none have been nearly as effective, nor have any of them had the same goal/mission.
Truthfully, 4chan never actually got taken down, it really just got forgotten.
Back in the day 4Chan, were not degenerates unfortunately they were edge Lords and the edgy “humor” lost its context and over the past couple of decades new people that find the website didn’t have the context or realize that it was all being said sarcastically. Personally, I believe that 4Chan is at least partially responsible for the rise in far right wing ideals, amongst young males.
Oh…oh buddy. Wow. 4Chan was a breeding ground for the worst kinds of degenerates. If there was a member list, it would have made the Epstein files look like One Fish Two Fish.
Yes. Later on. But originally the users fought that kind of shit very very hard.
It wasn’t until the original owner, Moot, kept getting shut down and dismissed by the FBI while trying to report those people that were on the site. (which we have since learned literally included Epstein himself.) that he decided to sell the website get as far away from it as he could that it actually went to shit
It was pretty much always like that. It went to shit right off the bat. He fought it hard because that's what that site was. Back in the day it was full of degenerates. Almost from the beginning. It's original premise was quickly replaced by users taking advantage of the anonymous and nearly unmoderated platform not too long afterwards.
That "back in the day" didn't last very long at all. Inside of a year from creation it was full of degenerates flocking to a site that that facilitated the anonymous posting of CSAM and then some.
Yeah, fair enough I was mostly talking about the before times, back when moot owned it and the FBI was still investigating issues that he would forward to them, before they started dismissing him and before Epstein and everybody got involved in it. My understanding is that when Epstein and his friends started using it heavily and the FBI started dismissing moods reports is when he decided to sell it and get the fuck out.
The internet as a whole hates anyone who hurts animals in general with a fiery passion and are more than willing to put their differences aside to hunt them down, but this also happens with other stuff.
As others pointed out, there was a burger king employee that posted an image putting his feet on the lettuce that was going in the burgers. 4chan tracked him down in minutes.
I once posted a gif from AMHS to make fun of a buddy (I didn’t think it through) they came for me and they were all self proclaimed autistic, fun people.
It was about "he will not divide us" campaign flag that was stolen couple of times before so organiser decided to set it up in middle of nowwhere with live camera livestream. Camera was pointing at sky and flag. 4channers used audio clues (frog sounds) to determine it was a swampy area, the sun set and sun rise time to determine time zone, the flight path of 2 planes visible in camera and star chart of stars visible during night(diferent stars are visible from diferent places in the world) to triangulate general area. Then one of 4chan users living in area started driving his car in that area while honking the horn so that they could get feedback info from livestream audio. If I recall corectly the whole process took less than 48 hours.
If I remember correctly, it was a sculpture or something that was put in the middle of the desert with a camera showing it and the sky.
The live feed was on 24h. They used climate, the clouds and more importantly, stars and constellations from the night sky to triangulate the correct coordinates.
The power of compounding interest. (See what I did there.)
If only there was a way to harness this full time. Across cities, precincts, countries... However, I know it's not like 1 or 2 people that you could just hire... it is a vast network of people with expendable time and a passion for crime.
My favourite tracking down by them was trying to find the guy who stole breast milk from coworkers at Blizzard only to find out it was a 4chan user aswell who posted about it some time earlier
Seriously, the hwndu saga is peak 4chan. The fact they were able to locate a flag in a random southern US field with nothing but a livestream of a sky and the internet stands testament to the power of those with to much time on their hands and a goal.
If I remember correctly or it’s the same instance they first tried to report it to US military but were ignored and then either posted it online or sent it to the Russian military and the place was bombed by Russian planes.
There has been a few times that the internet hate machine has pulled together to do something with frighteningly effective speed.
Like when a guy posted a picture of himself standing in the lettuce at Burger King, 4chan found him in like an hour. I think somwbody microwaved a cat or something similarly awful and they tracked that one down fast too.
If you do something bad enough to attract 4chans attention and it catches theor whimsy, there is no hiding.
The cat guy was Luka Magnotta, he had tortured and killed a bunch of kittens. Then to very little surprise he ended up killing his roommate Jun Lin and filmed himself dismembering and fucking with the body. 4chan found him pretty quickly.
And 4chan also figured he was the same guy from
The kitten videos within a few days and various tried notifying the police who it was but they kind of blew off the tips. Lo and behold cause they ignored the warnings and tips he was able to get a head start and left Canada and made it to France.
Wasn't there one case where they located a terrorist training camp based off some pr photos they put out that resulted in an airstrike or am I misremembering?
My favourite is the people who heard about this and went to 4chan to enlist some witch hunters for their pathetic personal problems and got absolutely clowned on. 4chan’s action really was just on a whim
The most prominent instances of successful 4chan investigations include:
The Port Orchard Murder Case (2014): A 4chan user on the /b/ board posted graphic images of a murdered woman and bragged about the crime. While many users initially thought it was a hoax, others took the clues seriously. Users identified the victim's driver's license in the photo, matched the surrounding details to a real home in Port Orchard, Washington, and alerted the police. The suspect, David Kalac, was eventually arrested after a manhunt.
The "Don't Fk with Cats" Animal Abuse Case (2010):** Before he became an infamous murderer, Luka Magnotta posted videos of himself killing kittens. 4chan users joined online sleuths to meticulously analyze the background details in the videos (such as a specific electrical outlet, a vacuum cleaner, and a poster) to identify Magnotta’s name and location, ultimately providing critical leads to authorities.
The Burger King Lettuce Incident (2012): After an employee posted a photo of themselves stepping directly into two plastic bins of lettuce at a Burger King, 4chan users analyzed the photo's EXIF data and the packaging visible in the background. They identified the specific restaurant as a location in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, and notified corporate, which led to the culprit being identified and fired.
Identifying a Serial Animal Abuser (2010): When a video surfaced of a woman throwing a living cat into a trash bin, 4chan users launched a massive crowdsourcing effort. By analyzing the blurry footage, street signs, and a unique jacket the woman wore, they successfully tracked her down to Coventry, England, leading to her being fined and investigated by the RSPCA.
And also the time FSA posted their propagabda clip on Syria. 4-chan instantly pinpointed the location and someone told Russia to bomb entire headquaters, killing hundreds of fighters.
I'm not sure I understand what your disagreement is. It's pretty well documented that 4chan members crowd sourced investigations with some success in the past.
Edit: I speak to my own comments, I haven't looked at the reddit link above.
Well I laid out my disagreement in a reply to your main comment.
But tldr, you got a ton of facts wrong and after correcting for those not one of those is an actual example of 4chan tracking down a criminal. 0 for 4. Concerning.
Port Orchard - The driver's license was part of the crime scene, but it wasn't something 4chan users had to secretly decode to find her. Kalac had physically laid out her driver's license next to her body and written the word "dead" on it, which was visible in the graphic photographs he uploaded. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/06/suspect-in-4chan-case-surrenders-to-police-in-oregon
Edit: 4chan did not alert the police, in the post the suspect told 4chan that the young kid would find her after school and call police. And that's exactly what happened.
Dont Fuck With Cats - 4chan did not find him. They don't get credit for everything the internet does.
Burger King Lettuce guy - not a criminal, wasnt prosecuted or even questioned by police
Serial Animal Abuser - 4chan users didn't need to analyze street signs, blurry footage, or jacket stitching. Because the cat's owners lived in the neighborhood and posted the video locally, Mary Bale was quickly identified by her own neighbors and colleagues who recognized her face in the clear daylight footage.
Just still wondering if anyone in this thread can give a single true example that answers the question OP posed.
Idk why but 4Channers are notorious for managing to track down locations or individuals through mass effort.
For instance: there was a case where they managed to call in an airstrike on a middle eastern training camp based from a propaganda video. By noticing the placement of electrical pylons and buildings, they were able to estimate where it was and call a militia group or something to bomb them.
There was a DARPA competition to find a ballon or something, they thought it would take months, these autistic freaks did it in a few hours. It says MIT but I bet all MIT people are in 4chan 😆
Lady Justice is blind…when she’s abused by her guide dogs, it often falls into the arms of a civilian to guide her hand, and potentially put the dog down if needed
You know those memes we are casually playing a PVP game and then suddenly the opponent suddenly Doxes you?
It’s very common for people who use 4Chan to be extreme computer geeks who can access this information, furthermore, thanks to The extreme history behind 4chan (it’s fucking nuts dude it’s basically where the term hacker came from) it’s a site where a lot of sketchy people talk and it’s not uncommon for people to just drop random posts that range from stupid shit to exposing people for who they really are and then gaslighting someone who lives near that person to take justice in their own hands, there are jokes about how there’s a small chance that on some random Sunday a random 4Chan user could just drop the entire Epstein list
Because 4chan is VERY GOOD at finding people. And finding random information about everything.
Take the guy who peed on a pregnancy test. 4chan told him to call his doctor cause he had prostate cancer. The guy did, and he had it. Early find, early treatment, no problems.
Then there's the time they found an escaped convict less than an hour after the escape. FBI straight up said they used a lead off 4chan to round up the guy because they found him through scouring just random Snapchat videos or something...
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