I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up as the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary, The Anti-social

network from memes to mayhem.

And so as the internet gets foreshanified, it's easier than ever to make really dark, disgusting or

screwed up things and they can let it spawn in that environment until it

spreads everywhere. It started as a low-tech online message board where people shared funny memes.

Then users of 4-chan began testing their influence offline, identifying targets for come-upence,

and demonstrating against them.

But some use the site to organize hacking attacks for social action, which drew the attention

of the FBI.

Others found an unchecked platform for extremism which eventually led to insurrection.

The Netflix documentary, The Anti-Social Network from Memes to Mayhem,

chronicles the rise of 4-chan, from its early days the snarky image board Board to a home for the hacktivist of

anonymous and conspiracy theorists of QAnon. It not only examines its

grip on users stuck in its infinite scroll, but also its real life effects on technology,

politics, and society.

All of us who had built the culture started seeing our work being used by people we utterly despised, and because we all

left the Chan culture. There was no one there pushing back.

And I'm joined now by directors Arthur Jones and Georgio Angelini.

Welcome to you Can Make This Up, guys.

Thank you for having us.

So Arthur, the film starts with 4-chan emerging as an online messaging board,

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