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'''R9K''' is a [[pseudo-incelospherian]], [[hikikomori]], and [[astroturfing]] board on [[4chan]] where, theoretically, users can only post original content due to a software bot that rejects unoriginal content. It turns out when you ask a bunch of lonely weeaboos to create original content it comes out in the form of complaining about not having a girlfriend. This complaining grew so frequent that the board morphed into a board where online [[dating]] experiments were done to try to figure out why so many men were sharing similar experiences of not being able to get a single [[date]] online for years. Users of r9k are called [[robot]]s.

 

Despite some genuine [[incel]] discussion, r9k has also served as a place for people to pretend to be incel to trolls incels, and the board contains a lot of [[anti-incel]] bad actors, [[astroturfing|astroturfers]], [[trolls]], and [[volcel|volcel]] misogynists.  As it was never a self-identfied incel board there was never any mechanism in place to keep the aforementioned types out.

The board doesn't prefer using the term 'incel' instead preferring the [[hikikomori]] term '[[robot (r9k)|robot]]'. The board is schizophrenic with regards to it's attitude towards incels. R9k has entirely defined what the media calls, 'incel culture', however the board is extremely populated with various [[noncel]] [[troll]]s, [[astroturfing|astroturfers]], [[noncel]] misogynists, and [[/pol/]]acks that quite a lot of [[anti-incel]] posting occurs there, but with more of a dismissive air than a [[feminist]] spirit. Nonetheless, perhaps due to the media and [[Wikipedia]] admins like [[GorillaWarfare]] constantly insisting that [[4chan]] culture is all that the incel label is, there has been a moderate influx of genuine self-identified incel posters. [[r9k]] is most accurately viewed as [[4chan]] subculture's enormous influence on incel forums, rather than an incel forum in itself.

 

 

R9k used to be ground-zero for incel discussions because all the internet's ragefuel downpoured into this undefined board where aimless venting is allowed.- however as time passed many hostile entities have taken over the the board and its culture, turning it into a more offensive /b/ esque experience.

R9K is truly a unique browsing experience, mostly because every bit of content on the site is meant to irritate,enrage and upset unwary users. the overall 'mentality' of the board is taken directly from /b/'s rage culture where shitposting and swearing is part & parcel of the general browsing experience. anyone who tries to re-direct the board culture in a different direction is met with heavy resistance.

 

The revelation through r9k's [[Tinder]] [[dating]] experiments was that a very, very small % of men were getting literally all the attention and [[date]]s accross all [[dating]] sites. Users hypothesized this type of man would look like your stereotypical college jock, and they were right. The word '[[Chad]]' came from an online [[catfish]] dating experiment with an image of a stereotypical sports jock. Using this image, r9k users found themselves able to be racist, childish, and rude with women and it in no way hampered the conversation. These online [[dating]] experiment threads were quite popular.

Online [[dating]] experiments were popular on r9k around the same time [[eggman]]'s pics were being spammed on r9k by an acquaintance jokingly as an example of a butt ugly guy. This forced [[eggman]] into a meme, and [[eggman|eggy]] himself began posting on the boards. Vashta Nerada/Tahlia is another well known user of the site.

 

r9k users eventually migrated to the incel subreddits that [[Caamib]] helped shape and mold, like /r/truecels and /r/incels. When those subreddits were banned, the users then migrated to [[incels.co]] making [[incels.co]] a third, but increasingly sincere iteration of r9k. r9k users often talked about [[Love-shy dot com|love-shy.com]] but did not fully invade [[Love-shy dot com|love-shy.com]].