4chan Best Book Read Raid

4chan Best Book Read Raid

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Overview

4chan Best Book Read Raid was a prank orchestrated by members of 4chan which targeted an online poll ranking life-changing books by the website Best Book Read.

Background

On April 7th, 2014, the website Best Book Read[1] published a promotional video for their online poll ranking books that "transformed your life forever."



On April 17th, 2014, a thread was submitted to 4chan which urged users to vote the 1925 autobiographical manifesto Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler to the top of the Best Book Read poll.


Passwora used Tor deletion) Please read the rules and FAQ before posting Please support 4chan by disabling your ad blocker on *.4ha.org/*, purchasing a self-serve ad, or buying a 4chan Pass File: 1397692820997 ipg-(35 KB, 372x500, DolfyLaughs.jpg) Anonymous (ID: Lz13m83H) 04/17/14(Thu)02:00:20 UTC+2 No.542570176 Replies: 54257040542573768542575404 542577393542577578542578438542578987 Vote Mein Kampf http://bestbookread.com/ Previous thread was deleted Anonymous (ID: IYcQaIRI 04/17/14(Thu)02:01:44 UTC+2 No.542570352 Bump Anonymous (ID: ew+H7ax) 04/17/14(Thu)02:02:04 UTC+2 No. 542570402 Replies: 22542584483 I'm the f-- that didn't know how to spam votes, well i am now spamming let's do this Anonymous (ID: Lz/3m83H) 04/17/14(Thu)02:02:07 UTC+2 No.542570407 File: 1397692927041ipg-(52 KB, 714x462, pushMeinBretheren.jpg) P> Anonymous (ID: vx/VMEjw) 04/17/14(Thu)02:03:30 UTC+2 No.542570607 This is great, lets keep at it lads! HAIL OUR MIGHT FUHRER! Anonymous (ID: Lz/3m83H) 04/17/14(Thu)02:04:17 UTC+2 No.542570710 bump P2 Anonymous (ID: lud1ZElj) 04/17/14(Thu)02:06:25 UTC+2 No.542570992 File: 1397693185122 jpg-(69 KB, 640x480, Photo on 2014-04-10 at 17(...).jpg) I did my part Pic related: it's me Anonymous (ID: Lz/3m83H) 04/17/14(Thu)02:07:36 UTC+2 No.542571162 File: 1397693256395.jpg-(51 KB, 750x460, Ein Struggle.jpg) Keep pushing mein /b/retheren!

Notable Developments

The same day on April 17th, Redditor majorwtf submitted several screenshots of the Best Book Reads poll to the /r/4chan[2] subreddit, where it gained over 1,700 up votes and 230 comments in the first 24 hours. The images showed Mein Kampf topping the the poll at #1, with subsequent titles referencing Nazis, pedophilia, suicide, 4chan's founder moot and racial and homophobic slurs (shown below).


Rank Title Author Vote Mein Kam Adolf Hitler 24278 Mein Kampf [Special Banned Edition] (World Classics) Adolf Hitler MEIN 16865 2 Moot R J Seeley 15276 H---------- Yourself C. V. Hunt 15262 BOOK OF MORMON The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4 Book of Mormon 11080 L----- Vladimir Nabokov 5083 The Game 6 The Game Jack London 4166 7 Ten Little N------ Agatha Christie 3776 RAMPAGING F------ OF EVERYTHING ON THE CRAZY Rampaging F------ of Everything on the Crazy S------- Planet of the Vomit Atmosphere: Three Novels 8 Mykle Hansen 3698 LARRY KRAMER Larry Kramer,Reynolds Price 10 F------ F------ 3482

The same day, Redditor majorwtf submitted the Best Book Read poll to the /r/offbeat[4] subreddit, where it gathered more than 1,700 up votes and 200 comments. Also on April 17th, the Internet news site The Daily Dot[3] published an article about the prank, comparing it to a raid on Mountain Dew's "Dub the Dew" contest in 2012. On April 18th, the Best Book Read website began forwarding to the Mindvalley Academy online university website.

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Cyphon
Cyphon

I'm really enthusiastic about it. Books are my life, and it would be totally impossible to pick a favorite……..
So it's down to these two.


They're so different…….but I wouldn't be who I am today without them.

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