I believe Crack posted a thread here about the topic a few days ago. Here it is:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/found-n...-may-19th.html
And to add, it wasn't initially 4chan that launched the attack, it was sparked by ebaumsworld, and it translated over to 4chan later.
Furthermore, I want to clarify that I just learned about 4chan a month ago thanks to stumbling upon
this, some twisted form of historical archive of how 4chan has shaped internet humor for the past several years. Despite the sophomoric tone and disgusting bigotry found within nearly every article, I still find it quite interesting.
What's more, after reading the article I found there, the whole orchestrated "attack" on youtube had no real merits, but it was just a lobbied query by some anonymous user; it started by him asking what would happen if he uploaded porn to youtube. Someone responded that it would get promptly deleted; then, he put forth the hypothesis of "but what would happen if ALL of us upload p3rn on YouTube non-stop?". Thus began the idea of
Operation YouTube, and I think it was as Crack mentioned before, initiated earlier this week on Tuesday.
Regarding the tags of Disney characters you mentioned, this is what the article explains:
Quote:
Variations
While these simple rules seemed easy enough to follow for most people, many idiots managed to get their uploaded porn deleted before anybody had a chance to view, comment, or rate the videos. Nevertheless, many smarter /b/tards realized that YouTube would begin to see the trend and start deleting anything with the tag “marblecake” attached to it. This included not only the videos, but also the accounts and IP numbers that were attached to those videos. A new mutation of the original plan had to be implemented.
Tag Changing
Get smart, dummy...
Via IRC and several threads on ebaums imageboard, people who wished to take part in this epic raid were asked to forgo using “marblecake” in lieu of using newer tags. Some of the various tags that were used were:
1. Jonas Brothers
2. Twilight
3. Swine Flu
4. Britain’s got talent
5. Hanna montanna
6. Stephanie
7. High School Musical
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