Epic Win For Anonymous

Epic Win For Anonymous by Cole Stryker is the most definitive history book about 4chan that anyone has ever dared to print. It's sales are fast growing, and it's even on the syllabus for Gabriella Coleman's NYU Studies course. Although it offers little more than what could be found on Encyclopedia Dramatica, Wikipedia, or our own 4chan History Timeline, Cole Stryker manages to show a fresh new perspective of it's ancestry mixed with his own experiences as a old internet nerd and modern meme carpetbagger.

As a major secondary source for our own article on 4chan History, we've archived the entire book in this library. Sorry, Cole. If you like his writing, go buy the book. If you detest his (good-intentioned) attempt to monetize 4chan history, well, just read it here for free.

Chapters

• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1: Memes: Shared Nuggets of Cultural Currency
• Chapter 2: Discovering 4chan
• Chapter 3: 4chan in a Day
• Chapter 4: Tracing 4chan Ancestry
• Chapter 5: The Rise of 4chan
• Chapter 6: The Meme Industry
• Chapter 7: The Meme Life Cycle
• Chapter 8: Merry Pranksters, Freedom Fighters, or Sadistic Bullies?
• Chapter 9: The Anti Social Network
• EPILOGUE
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography

Interviews with Cole Stryker

Cole Stryker has been interviewed by various blogs and newspapers about this book, where he explains some of the reasons behind writing the book.

• Stryker NY Times Interview