Incels.is
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Type of site | Internet forum |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Predecessor(s) | r/incels, incels.co, incels.me |
| Website | incels |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | November 8, 2017 |
| Current status | Online |
incels.is, formerly known as incels.co and incels.me,[1][2] is an English-language incel forum founded in 2017 after the banning of r/incels.[3] It since gained notoriety for being the largest English-speaking incel internet forum,[1][4][5] and became a main subject of academic literature treating the incel online subculture.[6][7]
History[edit]
The incel subculture became an online phenomenon in the early 2010s, during which various chat rooms and message boards dedicated to it started to emerge.[8]
The website was founded on November 8, 2017, after the banning of the r/incels subreddit.[3] The founders, "Marquis" and "Serge", as reported by BuzzFeed News, also run the suicide encouragement forum Sanctioned Suicide. In the same article, they claim that both forums are intended as support communities.[9]
Over years, it has switched between .me, .co and .is TLD extensions due to suspension from domain registrars.[10][1][2]
Site characteristics[edit]
The website registration is approval-based. The moderators ban women and LGBT individuals from joining, justifying so by stating that the forum is oriented towards straight men.[11][12][13]
It is composed of public and registered message boards for self-described incels to discuss their personal experiences.[1]
Demographics[edit]
Despite common stereotypes of incels as young white men,[14] according to the website 40% of its users are of an ethnic minority background.[15]
According to a 2019 website poll, one in four members were on the autism spectrum.[16]
Public image[edit]
Both of the website's public and hidden content are characterized by hate speech and trolling.[17][12][18][19] The Guardian reports that users on the website encourage mass shootings.[20] Due to its content and moderation, it has faced suspension from domain registrar services.[10]
Notable members[edit]
- Jack Peterson, media personality.[20]
- Nathan Larson (criminal), American politician and white supremacist.[21]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beauchamp, Zack (2019-04-16). "The rise of incels: How a support group for the dateless became a violent internet subculture". Vox. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Goerz, Thelonious (20 May 2019). "What incels are, and why you need to know about them". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Horta Ribeiro, Manoel; Jhaver, Shagun; Zannettou, Savvas; Blackburn, Jeremy; Stringhini, Gianluca; De Cristofaro, Emiliano; West, Robert (2021-10-18). "Do Platform Migrations Compromise Content Moderation? Evidence from r/The_Donald and r/Incels". Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5 (CSCW2): 316:1–316:24. doi:10.1145/3476057. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ "'I am an absolute grotesque subhuman': Incels use inferiority complex to justify misogyny, study shows". nationalpost. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ↑ Halpin, Michael (October 5, 2022). "Weaponized Subordination: How Incels Discredit Themselves to Degrade Women". Gender & Society. 36 (6): 813–837. doi:10.1177/08912432221128545. ISSN 0891-2432. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Costello, William; Rolon, Vania; Thomas, Andrew G.; Schmitt, David (2022-12-01). "Levels of Well-Being Among Men Who Are Incel (Involuntarily Celibate)". Evolutionary Psychological Science. 8 (4): 375–390. doi:10.1007/s40806-022-00336-x. ISSN 2198-9885. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Hajarian, Mohammad; Khanbabaloo, Zahra (June 2, 2021). "Toward Stopping Incel Rebellion: Detecting Incels in Social Media Using Sentiment Analysis". 2021 7th International Conference on Web Research (ICWR): 169–174. doi:10.1109/ICWR51868.2021.9443027. ISBN 978-1-6654-0426-6. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Kardaras, Nicholas (21 March 2023). "A new book examines how digital media turned an 'incel' support group into a misogynistic nightmare". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ↑ Nashrulla, Tasneem (6 June 2019). "Incels Are Running An Online Suicide Forum That Was Blamed For A Young Woman's Death". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Binder, Matt (2018-11-20). "Incels.me, a major hub for hate speech and misogyny, suspended by .ME registry". Mashable. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ↑ Stadtmiller, Mandy (2018-04-29). "Sympathy for the 'Incel'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Jaki, Sylvia; Smedt, Tom De; Gwóźdź, Maja; Panchal, Rudresh; Rossa, Alexander; Pauw, Guy De (2019-11-25). "Online hatred of women in the Incels.me forum: Linguistic analysis and automatic detection". Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict. 7 (2): 240–268. doi:10.1075/jlac.00026.jak. ISSN 2213-1272. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Nashrulla, Tasneem (6 June 2019). "Incels Are Running An Online Suicide Forum That Was Blamed For A Young Woman's Death". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ Rozsa, Matthew (2022-10-12). "Which came first, the incel or the misogynist? A new study delves into the incel mind". Salon. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ "Hitting the Books: The racist underpinnings of incel ideology". Engadget. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ "Radical online communities and their toxic allure for autistic men". Spectrum | Autism Research News. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ ""I laugh at the death of normies": How incels are celebrating the Toronto mass killing". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ↑ Grau Chopite, Jessica (2022-03-17). "Framing of Inceldom on incels.is: A content analysis". PsychArchive.
- ↑ Hinds, Zachary. True or False Incels: an analysis of the Incels.is forum (Thesis). University of Chicago.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Ling, Justin (2018-06-19). "'Not as ironic as I imagined': the incels spokesman on why he is renouncing them". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ↑ "'Nathan Larson, the self-described incel paedophile, is running for Congress. This is how he groomed vulnerable young men'". The Independent. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
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