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> /r9k/ played a big role in the whole incel thing, Elliot Rogers was treated as a sort of deity there before he went on a rampage. I'm pretty sure this only s
by ehaliewicz2 8y ago
> /r9k/ played a big role in the whole incel thing, Elliot Rogers was treated as a sort of deity there before he went on a rampage.
I'm pretty sure this only started afterwards, but I could be wrong. There are histories of 4chan, but they are usually incomplete since the number of users who kept track of things all the way from the beginning are few.
- azeirah 8y agoI was on /r9k/ before what he did. He was definitely on their radar, and there were nearly weekly discussions on him. After the rampage he definitely got a lot more attention, but he definitely had a strong presence before.