The NPC meme started off as a harmless joke among 4chan users about how people connect with the world around them. It quickly became something far more harmful, that only spread after media scrutiny.

4chan’s /pol/ boards have, for much of the 2016 campaign, felt like an alternate reality, one where a Trump presidency was not only possible but inevitable. At some point on Tuesday evening, … ...

Probable origins: The 4chan meme-machine. As a true cultural meme, Deus Vult has survived extinction for almost a millennium, as it is still found on online forums. Like many Internet memes, the ...

The two-year-old 4Chan post, despite its laughable premise, fueled a meme last month that has some scary implications. “How to tell when someone is an NPC,” wrote anti-SJW alt-right journalist ...

4chan was hacked by users from Soyjak.Party, leaking janitor emails, restoring the long-dead /qa/ board, and exposing the site's creaky old codebase.

According to Vocativ, the 4chan users' ploy worked. Ebola-Chan made its way onto the Nigerian message board Nairaland — presumably with the help of 4chan — and the conspiracies firmly took hold.

4chan’s /pol/ boards have, for much of the 2016 campaign, felt like an alternate reality, one where a Donald Trump presidency was not only possible but inevitable. At some point Tuesday evening ...