Kiwi Farms
Kiwi Farms, formerly known as CWCki Forums, is an American Internet forum for gossip about online people and communities it deems "lolcows" (people who can be “milked for laughs”).
Type of site | Forum |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, except the 'Internationale Clique' subforum for non-English discussions |
| Owner | Joshua 'Null' Moon |
| URL | https://kiwifarms.net |
| Commercial | Yes[1] |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | February 4, 2013 |
| Current status | Online in certain parts of the world |
The site has been part of many controversies like hosting the video of the Christchurch mosque shootings and for being linked to trolling campaigns, and sometimes play a role in bolstering tiger parents when dealing with autistics.
History
The site launched as CWCki Forums in 2013, as a place to discuss Chris Chan, a webcomic artist.[2][3]
In late 2022, due to an organized complaint campaign, it was taken down by its DDoS protection provider Cloudflare and later by its ISP Zayo. In November 2022, the website was blackholed by ISP GTT Communications, after someone made a threatening email via a Google.com address, effectively cutting off access to the website for 50% of internet users.
See also
References
- Moon, Joshua. "Ad discussion". Kiwi Farms. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- Denkison, Katherine. "Tracking Chris Chan started Kiwi Farms. Will her arrest be its end?". Input. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- Pless, Margaret (July 19, 2016). "Kiwi Farms, the Web's Biggest Community of Stalkers". Intelligencer. New York Magazine. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
