April /sp/ Uprising

Date	16 April, 2014 – Present
Location	4chan's /sp/ board
Status	Conflict ongoing /sp/'s janitor BTFO; Funchan created;

April /sp/ Uprising
	A small sample of the threads posted during the uprising.
Date	16 April, 2014 – Present
Location	4chan's /sp/ board
Status	Conflict ongoing /sp/'s janitor BTFO; Funchan created;
Belligerents
/sp/ outlaws; /ref/; GETchan;	4chan; /sp/'s moderation;
Commanders and leaders
Morris Spammer; Comrade Lenin; Some Guy; King of GETs	/sp/'s janitor; Moot
Strength
472+ posters combined with access to proxies, VPNs, and multiple IPs.	The 4chan staff
Casualties and losses
2155+ IPs; ; 9 proxies; ; 403+ VPNs; ; 2,567+ threads;	Dignity;

The April /sp/ Uprising is an ongoing conflict between the users of /sp/ and /sp/'s janitor, similar to the June /int/ Uprising. The Uprising evolved from protests that began on 28 September, 2013 and ended on 15 April, 2014 that had little success. The users of /ref/ and GETchan have expressed their support for the protesters, who have named themselves "outlaws", and both chans have hosted threads to plan for a strike back at the /sp/ moderation. For five days so far, the entire board has been in a constant state of strife between the outlaws and the administration. The outlaws, /ref/ugees and fa/GET/s have kept a constant flow of pro-communist and anti-janitor threads going, many of which condemn or belittle the janitor. The original protests and later uprising have also spread to other boards with disliked janitors, notably /jp/, /b/, /tv/, and /o/.

Methods

As opposed to the June /int/ Uprising, where the users merely voiced their distaste for the janitor, the outlaws in the April /sp/ Uprising are instead poking fun at the janitor. As a means of fighting back, the janitor deletes every single post and thread that he dislikes, using 4chan's global rule 8 as justification. Many users have also been banned as a result of their protesting, which de facto indicates that the moderation supports him. Moot himself has yet to make a statement on the conflict, so his view on the matter is currently unknown. It should be noted, however, that Moot did not make an official statement after the June /int/ Uprising either, merely acting upon the users' demands.

The most popular methods of demeaning the janitor are belittling either his social or personal life, calling him a fascist, stating that he does it for free, creating songs that badmouth his moderation skills, and singing along to either "Under the Sea" and the opening of "Hey, Arthur!" that combines all of these things. On multiple occasions, it has seemed like the Janitor has surrendered, but he has come back full force each time. The conflict escalated even further on the nights of the 18th and 19th, with the outlaws pulling out all the stops and the janitor cracking down on the board while pursuing an even stricter policy. The janitor has even resorted to deleting sports-related threads for fear that they may have hidden meaning behind them. Only serial threads are spared now. For this reason, the outlaws have taken hiding in serial threads in hopes that they can spread their influence there.

On the 21st the outlaws issued an official list of demands. These demands were as follows:

Power Rankings of any kind
Eventb owl Threads (e.g, major disasters, weather events, news events, cultural events, etc.)
Feel Threads
Comedy Gold Threads for /sp/ OC
Country Banter Threads
Ass, Sportsfu, and Porn Discussion Threads that do not violate the SFW nature of /sp/"

The current plan has shifted from spamming to posting what the outlaws call "bro culture threads", threads that were previously allowed but were banned when the strictness of moderation on /sp/ intensified. Restlessness among the /sp/ users has also grown, to the point where a civil conflict is at risk between the outlaws and the pro-janitor forces on /sp/. Due to this, the outlaws are taking steps to changing around their tactics in an attempt to appease the other users.

/ref/ and GETchan's involvement

GETCHAN-SP-GUARDS — A GETchan propaganda poster depicting /ref/ and GETchan's involvement

As soon as the conflict began, /ref/ extended a hand to the outlaws on /sp/ and began to aid them in making threads. Comrade Lenin put on a Bulgarian proxy and began to lead the /sp/ users, resulting in a more organized protest. Some Guy began to write songs that made fun of the janitor and started to post them in threads all around /sp/. Many other /ref/ugees also assisted in making threads and bumping the anti-janitor threads. Word soon got to GETchan and the staff made an official announcement to recruit fa/GET/s to aid both /sp/ and /ref/:

"Dear comrades, our brothers over on /ref/ are locked in a heated battle with the janitor of /sp/ just as they were with the janitor over on /int/. Let us join them in their battle against yet another corrupt janitor! The plan is simple: We must spam /sp/ with anti-janitor and pro-communist threads in order to alert the administration that we are unsatisfied with the current situation over on /sp/! Godspeed, comrades!"

Soon afterwards, multiple fa/GET/s joined the ranks of the outlaws and the /ref/ugees in an attempt to oust the janitor. The three groups are currently collaborating on /ref/ and are making planned strikes against the moderation of /sp/. The staff of GETchan has officially announced that they will be producing propaganda in order to attempt to recruit more users to the cause.

23rd of April Crisis

On 23 April, 2014, an Australian /int/ user managed to hack into Moot's admin account. His goal was to expose the private information of an /int/ tripfag by the name of FWG. After exposing her IP and banning her 18 times, he revealed some information that may prove useful to the uprising. He posted an image of several janitors' IPs and identities, as well as their passwords. This included the /sp/ janitor. According to the leaks, the janitor goes by the name of "Cadfael". Using the newly-aquired information, a handful of outlaws have decided to attempt to dox him. The users of /jp/ are also making an attempt to dox their janitor whose information was also released. The hacker has publicly announced that he has banned all of /mlp/ as a test and that he will attempt a second hack of 4chan, this time getting more information on the /sp/ janitor and deleting his account. The hacker's website is here:

http://squarekiwi.net/

The thread that started it all:

http://archive.thedarkcave.org/int/thread/23490553/

Images from the event:

http://www.filedropper.com/strayamoothacks4chan