"4chan’s most famous and harmless accomplishments were the invention of LOLcats and Rickrolling. More dubious exploits include hacking the Time 100 List, making the hashtag #gorillapenis a Trending Topic on Twitter, hacking Sarah Palin’s Yahoo Mail account, declaring Porn Day on YouTube, and hacking the MacRumors coverage of the 2009 Macworld keynote presentation. They’re also the central site of Anonymous, a group whose best move has been going after Scientology, though they’ve been real jerks on other occasions" - Michael Stillwell

How does that old Jim Croce song go? You don't tug on Superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger. And you don't mess around with 4chan. But apparently that's exactly what AT&T has done, and the fireworks have already started. [ This isn't the first time 4chan has stirred the pot. Find out what hijinks they allegedly perpetrated with Wikipedia and Twitter | Stay up to date on Robert X. Cringely's musings and observations with InfoWorld's Notes from the Underground newsletter. ] 4chan is a rogue state unto itself, a loose collective of Internet miscreants whose pranks are generally juvenile, sometimes disgusting, often ingenious, and occasionally hilarious. Among other things, 4chan is associated with the Anonymous campaign against the Church of Scientology, gaming Time.com's "100 most influential" geeks to land one of its leading lights at No. 1, establishing national "porn day" on YouTube, the "#gorillapenis" Twitter scam, and the...

Neste domingo, o Twitter sofreu um ataque em massa para alavancar o tópico #gorillapenis para o topo da lista. A estratégia usada para promover o termo na rede de micro blogging foi criar uma grande quantidade de perfis falsos que passaram a retwittar a palavra. O Twitter já removeu #gorillapenis da lista, mas uma olhadinha rápida na busca já revela os indícios do ataque. - 7 Pontos