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Kiwi Farms
About
Kiwi Farms was a discussion forum and online community dedicated to gossip about various internet users, often referred to as "lolcows." In January 2017, the site was temporarily closed by its owner Joshua Moon amid a controversial doxing campaign.
History
Starting in 2007, a community of internet users formed around an interest in YouTuber and webcomic artist Chris-Chan. In January 2009, the CWC Wiki[11] was launched, which archived information related to Chris-Chan, including his online presence and personal life. In February 2015, the CWCki Forums were renamed to Kiwi Farms. On July 30th, 2015, a page for Kiwi Farms was created on Encyclopedia Dramatica.[4]
"Lolcows"
The individuals documented on the site were typically classified as "lolcows," a pejorative term for people whose entertainment value is derived from making jokes at their expense. Other than Chris-Chan, the Kiwi Farms community often documented video game developer Brianna Wu, YouTuber Onision and journalist Samuel Collingwood Smith (a.k.a. Vodrak).
Online Presence
Following the site's closure in 2017, the Kiwi Farms Tumblr and the Lolcow Wiki were also closed. As of January 2017, the remaining active community sites include the Lolcow.farm[6] imageboard, /cow/ 8chan[5] board and the ClubCWCki Forums,[10]
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Controversies
On June 29th, 2016, 19-year-old Julie TerryBerry was found dead after hanging herself at her home in Ontario, Canada. Following her death, many speculated that the Kiwi Farms documentation of her online life may have contributed to her suicide.[7][8] On July 19th, NY Mag's Select/All published an article titled "Kiwi Farms, the Web's Biggest Community of Stalkers,"[2] which accused the Kiwi Farms community of choosing targets out of a disdain for the mentally ill.
Shut Down
In January 2017, the Kiwi Farms site was shut down, with a notice posted on the front page claiming that a "family has been attacked with demands to remove Kiwi Farms" (shown below).
On January 21st, Rededitor burningmidnight submitted a post asking about the shutdown to /r/OutOfTheLoop.[3] In the comments section, Redditor Fitey777 claimed that journalist Samuel Collingwood Smith (online handle Vodrak) tracked down the family members of the Kiwi Farms owner and called their workplaces accusing them of pedophilia. On January 24th, the news site Heat Street[9] published an article about the site's closure, which included contradicting statements from both Smith and Moon regarding the site's closure.
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External References
[1] Kiwi Farms Wiki – Kiwi Farms Wiki
[2] NY Mag – Kiwi Farms – The Webs Biggest Community of Stalkers
[3] Reddit – What happened to Kiwi Farms?
[4] Encyclopedia Dramatica – Kiwi Farms
[6] Lolcow.farm – Lolcowchan
[7] YourlifeMoments – Julie Terryberry
[8] Archive.is – MyDeathSpace Thread
[9] Heat Street – Notorious Forum Kiwi Farms Closed
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