1. Pastebin does not lend itself to timelines.
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  3. ==2013==
  4. *October: copypaste creates 8chan, inspired by STI's (of Tinyboard and 4chon fame) refusal to create new boards when the users wanted them.
  5. *Probably this year: First and second migrations as laid out by copypaste. Lowcard becomes a global.
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  7. ==2014==
  8. *January: Third migration, from 4chan /tv/. /waifuist/ is created.
  9. April or May: Fourth migration, from /co/. /legion/ is created.
  10. *2 September: Fifth migration/"First Exodus", after Five Guys (not yet Gamergate) is banned on /v/. /burgers/ is created, but sparsely populated as of yet.
  11. *18 September: moot goes full retard and makes the "4chan is not about free speech" sticky on /v/. People repulsed by this flock to 8chan's /v/, which remains one of the fastest boards on the site.
  12. *19 September: "Fuck it, We're Out" propaganda images are spammed on 4chan encouraging people to leave for 8chan by 10 October.
  13. *Late September: Hotwheels invented as a nickname for copypaste.
  14. *10 October: Some people have left. 8chan gets a sizable number of migrants from /b/.
  15. *16 October: 8archive is opened.
  16. *23 October: Rei (零, types LIKE THIS) migrates to 8chan, and is subsequently banned from all boards that he frequents. He takes to whining on /meta/, and subsequently creates /politik/ as a replacement /pol/.
  17. *26 October: A shitstorm erupts over /fem/, with anons demanding that Hotwheels remove it from the header. He agrees, and blacklists several other boards including /hebe/, /furry/, and /cuteboys/. He later goes back on this decision, deciding that it is not in the spirit of free speech or the site.
  18. *Late October: /gg/, until then the primary GamerGate board on 8chan, is returned by Hotwheels to its original owner (who is a faggot and whose name escapes me). Anons create /gamergate/ and switch over, thus providing a proof of concept for "make your own board then fgt" as a moderation strategy.
  19. *7 December: "Second Exodus", following moot's destruction/funpostization of /pol/. On the same day, some skids by the name of BaseSquad try to attack 8chan and get BTFO.
  20. *8 December: Ponyfags steal both the 1M get and 999999 get on /b/. /b/ raids MLPchan in retaliation. Following the raid, MLPchan's admin bitches to Hotwheels, who encourages /b/ to raid further. In the end MLPchan's admin is doxed, but the ponyfags ruse the /b/tards into firing LOIC at fbi.gov. Lulz.
  21. *10 December: Foxworth posts on /b/ for the first time, with a Blender screenshot of his character and 3D text reading "Sup 8chan". He will grow to become one of 8chan's most profitable lolcows.
  22. *12 December: Following a wave of "muh shills" bans on /pol/ and binary-encoded bait being posted by one of the
  23. volunteers, Hotwheels nationalizes the board. He later creates /news+/ and returns /pol/ to its original owners.
  24. *25 December: Three sticky threads for Christmas, wishing Hotwheels, 8chan, and fellow anons a merry Christmas.
  25. *28 December: 8chan goes down for a server move.
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  27. ==2015==
  28. *8 January: 8chan gets hit with a DDoS instigated by srhbutts and Dan Olson unknown SJWs, using LizardStresser.
  29. *9 January: Hotwheels creates Weekendchan as an 8chan substitute while doing upgrades to mitigate the DDoS. It is promptly raided by anons from Ylilauta, who spam dicks on /b/. They are repelled by an animu counter-spammer.
  30. *10 January: 8chan comes back online with few interruptions - for about a day.
  31. *12 January: SJWs go to Cloudflare and Internet.bs, 8chan's domain registrar, with CP claims. Cloudflare doesn't give a fuck and automatically reveals who sent said claims, but I.bs shits itself and suspends 8chan.co. 8chan moves, temporarily, to 8ch.net. /baphomet/ has a field day and doxxes the bullshit claimants.
  32. *13 January: Hotwheels gets the 8chan.co domain back, but has warmed to 8ch.net. The domain move is now permanent.
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  34. Todo:
  35. Information on /baphomet/, /fringe/. Ask Benjikins and Smiley for interviews (separate articles?)
  36. Information on 2ch partnership. >implying I can interview Jim
  37. Ascertain dates for "Late/Early Month" ranges, research pre-September events
  38. Put this on ED or Tanasinn. Failing that set up an Etherpad.
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  40. Notes:
  41. Hotwheels is called copypaste before October and Hotwheels after. Muh historical accuracy.