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-//"But who were these forefathers?"// you may or may not be asking yourself right now. They were of the first **community** that called itself //Anonymous//. It was conceived in 2003 by a group of [[hazards:goons|Goons]] with the founding of the now-infamous website [[anonymous:4chan]]. It began as a mode of posting, in which any post not signed with a name was automatically attributed to //Anonymous//. This had been a standard feature in website platforms and bulletin board systems for many years. However, it was in the twisted depths of 4chan that //Anonymous// began to take on a life of its own. This evolutionary process accelerated in 2004 (and again in 2006) when "Forced Anon" was enabled for a period of time, and **all** posts were signed //Anonymous//. By the time users were given the option to use their own names again, the moniker //Anonymous// was firmly being used as a caricature of the average faceless 4chan user.
+//"But who were these forefathers?"// you may or may not be asking yourself right now. They were of the first **community** that called itself //Anonymous//. It was conceived in 2003 by a group of [[hazards:goons|Goons]] with the founding of the now-infamous website [[site:4chan]]. It began as a mode of posting, in which any post not signed with a name was automatically attributed to //Anonymous//. This had been a standard feature in website platforms and bulletin board systems for many years. However, it was in the twisted depths of 4chan that //Anonymous// began to take on a life of its own. This evolutionary process accelerated in 2004 (and again in 2006) when "Forced Anon" was enabled for a period of time, and **all** posts were signed //Anonymous//. By the time users were given the option to use their own names again, the moniker //Anonymous// was firmly being used as a caricature of the average faceless 4chan user.
 By the summer of 2006, several alternative imageboards had sprung up, each with //Anonymous// functions of their own. As Anons began to take up residence at these additional websites, they declared independence, firmly establishing the //Anonymous// persona as **a full-fledged community that could exist anywhere on the internet**. From 2006-2011, //Anonymous// experienced a period of rapid growth, as independent cells at various imageboards, chat rooms, blogs and social media platforms, all contributed back to the overall "culture" of the thriving decentralized community.

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