Supernatural Anon Hate Campaign
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Overview
The Supernatural Anon Hate Panic refers to an alleged hate speech campaign targeting fans of the paranormal drama TV series Supernatural that began on Tumblr in December 2014.
Background
In late December 2014, several Tumblr users claimed there was a hate speech raid against the fans of Supernatural underway, with several popular posts describing how the messages had driven users to self-harm and suicide, describing how to retrieve an IP address from anonymous messages, expressing sentiments of support for the alleged victims, and warning others of incoming anonymous hate. In the wake of the rumor, the hashtag #affectedbyhate was launched to support those affected by the anonymous hate, though some casted skepticism as to the legitimacy of the claim.
Origin of Raid
The group behind the alleged attack was reported to be from 8chan or 4chan, invoking memories of the 2014 Tumblr-4chan Raids. While a raid was planned by the 8chan board /firstday/ against Tumblr, it's methods didn't match reports of anonymous hate messages. Users from 4chan's /b/ board, however, went to Omegle under the tag of 4chan and simulated the planning of a raid. There, they passed along the usernames of Supernatural-themed blogs, and their triggers. Tumblr users acting as "spies" screen-capped the exchanges and shared them on tumblr. Other 4chan users spread a rumor that hackers from 4chan had planted a virus called s32 and advised others to delete it from their computers in a ploy to convince them to delete system 32.
Notable Developments
Supernatural Cast Tweets
Several cast members of the tv show Supernatural sent messages of support to the fans, including Felicia Day, Misha Collins and Mark Sheppard.
Change.org Petitions
Soon after the allegations of a raid, two Change.org petitions were made, one[1] which gained over 11 thousand signatures that asked for yahoo and tumblr to find and press charges against those responsible, and the other[2] only petitioning for tumblr to "Prosecute and investigate anonymous cyberterrorists" and gained nearly 2,500 signatures.
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