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{{Infobox website |
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| name = incels.is |
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| logo = |
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| type = Internet forum |
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| language = ] |
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| predecessor = ], incels.co, incels.me |
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| owner = Lamarcus Small |
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| founder = SergeantIncel (Diego Galante) and Lamarcus Small |
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| url = {{URL|incels.is}} |
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| commercial = No |
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| registration = Required |
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| launch_date = {{start date and age|2017|11|8}} |
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| current_status = Online |
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'''incels.is''', formerly known as '''incels.co''' and '''incels.me''',<ref name="Zimmerman">{{cite journal |last1=Zimmerman |first1=Shannon |last2= |first2= |date=2022-10-26 |title=The Ideology of Incels: Misogyny and Victimhood as Justification for Political Violence |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2022.2129014 |journal=] |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> founded in 2017 by SergeantIncel and Lamarcus Small after the banning of ].<ref name="migration">{{cite journal |last1=Horta Ribeiro |first1=Manoel |last2=Jhaver |first2=Shagun |last3=Zannettou |first3=Savvas |last4=Blackburn |first4=Jeremy |last5=Stringhini |first5=Gianluca |last6=De Cristofaro |first6=Emiliano |last7=West |first7=Robert |date=2021-10-18 |title=Do Platform Migrations Compromise Content Moderation? Evidence from r/The_Donald and r/Incels |url=https://doi.org/10.1145/3476057 |journal=Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction |volume=5 |issue=CSCW2 |pages=316:1–316:24 |doi=10.1145/3476057|s2cid=224803187 }}</ref><ref name="Lorenz"> {{Cite web |last=Lorenz |first=Taylor |title=The online incel movement is getting more violent and extreme, report says | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/incels-rape-murder-study/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=] }}</ref> |
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It since gained notoriety for being the largest English-speaking incel internet forum, <ref name="Vox">{{Cite web |last=Beauchamp |first=Zack |date=2019-04-16 |title=The rise of incels: How a support group for the dateless became a violent internet subculture |url=https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> and became a main subject of academic literature treating the ] online subculture.<ref name="Halpin2023">{{cite journal |last1=Halpin |first1=Michael |date=2023-06-06 |title=Men who hate women: The misogyny of involuntarily celibate men |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448231176777 |journal=] |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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The site was originally created under the name ] on November 8, 2017, after the suspension of the ] ], by a previous moderator of the subreddit with ] SergeantIncel. The day the subreddit was banned, SergeantIncel and other former members communicated through ] to migrate to a standalone site. According to a 2021 ] study published in the ], this moderation measure led to a decrease in newcomers, but an increase in previous users' activity within this community.<ref name="migration" /> |
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In 2018, it became known as incels.co after being suspended by the ] registrar.<ref name="Mashable">{{Cite web |last=Binder |first=Matt |date=2018-11-20 |title=Incels.me, a major hub for hate speech and misogyny, suspended by .ME registry |url=https://mashable.com/article/incels-me-domain-suspended-by-registry |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Mashable |language=en}}</ref> |
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As a result of its new url incels.co being denied domain name renewal, it switched again to the URL incels.is, belonging to the ] registrar,<ref name="Zimmerman" /> known from hosting previously-banned sites like ].{{Citation needed}} |
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The founder SergeantIncel and webmaster Lamarcus Small, also run the suicide encouragement forum ]. They claim that their forums are intended as support communities.<ref name="Buzzfeed News">{{Cite web |last=Nashrulla |first=Tasneem |title=Incels Are Running An Online Suicide Forum That Was Blamed For A Young Woman's Death |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/incels-suicide-forum-woman-killed-herself |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=BuzzFeed News |date=6 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Vice">{{Cite web |last=Love |first=Shayla |date=November 19, 2020 |title=People Are Dying After Joining a 'Pro-Choice' Suicide Forum. How Much Is the Site to Blame? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vn9a/people-are-dying-after-joining-a-pro-choice-suicide-forum-how-much-is-the-site-to-blame |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> |
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In December 2021, ] investigative reporter ] published a piece naming Small and SergeantIncel (online handle of ] national Diego Galante), as the founders of ], incels.is and related forums. It described their network's connection to multiple real-world suicides.<ref name="Twohey">{{cite news |last1=Twohey |first1=Megan |author-link=Megan Twohey |last2=Dance |first2=Gabriel J.X. |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Where the Despairing Log On, and Learn Ways to Die |work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/09/us/where-the-despairing-log-on.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214211928/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/09/us/where-the-despairing-log-on.html |archive-date=February 14, 2023}}</ref> A year later, New York Times reported that Galante and Small claimed to have subsequently resigned from Sanctioned Suicide.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Dance |first1=Gabriel J. X. |last2=Twohey |first2=Megan |author-link2=Megan Twohey |date=2022-11-02 |title=Bill Outlawing Online Suicide Assistance Would Open Sites to Liability |language=en-US |work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/technology/online-suicide-assistance-bill.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215040455/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/technology/online-suicide-assistance-bill.html |archive-date=2023-02-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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As of 2022, according to ], Small is running multiple ]-related websites that direct people to this forum.<ref name="Lorenz" /> |
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In 2023, ] described site backlash due to an increase in members, including a moderator "komesarj", leaving the site after not identifying as ] anymore.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{Cite magazine |last=Klee |first=Miles |date=2023-04-27 |title=The 'LeBron James of Incels' Swears He Has a Girlfriend Now -- He Just Can't Prove It |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/incel-civil-war-girlfriend-komesarj-1234724278/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 |magazine=] }}</ref> |
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== Site characteristics == |
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The website is a primary gathering place for incels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ling |first=Justin |date=June 2, 2020 |title=Incels Are Radicalized and Dangerous. But Are They Terrorists? |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/02/incels-toronto-attack-terrorism-ideological-violence/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=Foreign Policy}}</ref> |
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It is composed of public and registered ] for self-described ] to discuss their personal experiences.<ref name="Vox" /> Users may tag their forum posts with specific ].<ref name="Zimmerman" /> |
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The author ] in her book ] describes the site's culture as one of "one-upmanship", "barroom boast-off" and ].<ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Lavin |first=Talia |date=2020-10-13 |title=Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy |url=https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-culture-warlords-talia-lavin-hachette-books-163023083.html |location= |publisher=] |isbn=978-0-30684-643-4}}</ref> ] describes a vindictive site culture after an ex-moderator entered a romantic relationship, and was subsequently rejected by site members as a "fake incel".<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> Although site members justify the site's content as ironic, a prominent spokesperson ] claims to have left the site due to its exaggerated ] and ] rhetoric.<ref name="Peterson">{{Cite news |last=Ling |first=Justin |date=2018-06-19 |title='Not as ironic as I imagined': the incels spokesman on why he is renouncing them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/incels-why-jack-peterson-left-elliot-rodger |access-date=2023-05-03 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
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According ], the site has a culture of praising mass killers, which is treated lightly by the site's admins. They describe a site member's username as praising ], a ] mass killer.<ref name="Vox" /> |
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To hide the forum from stranger view, users have the option to mask its appearance as a "banana marketing website".<ref name="Lorenz" /> |
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The site owners also operate the ] incels.wiki, which is described as ] academic papers to promote ] points.<ref name="Halpin2023" /> |
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=== Rules === |
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Registration is approval-based. As of 2021, the site requires users to use their home ] to register.<ref> {{cite thesis |degree=Masters |last=Percich |first=Arnold A. |date=1901 |title=On some aspects of Ducks |publisher=Duck University}}</ref> |
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The moderators ban women and ] individuals from joining, justifying so by stating that the forum is oriented towards ].<ref name="Buzzfeed News" /><ref name="Jaki">{{Cite journal |last1=Jaki |first1=Sylvia |last2=Smedt |first2=Tom De |last3=Gwóźdź |first3=Maja |last4=Panchal |first4=Rudresh |last5=Rossa |first5=Alexander |last6=Pauw |first6=Guy De |date=2019-11-25 |title=Online hatred of women in the Incels.me forum: Linguistic analysis and automatic detection |url=https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/jlac.00026.jak |journal=Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict |language=en |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=240–268 |doi=10.1075/jlac.00026.jak |s2cid=199183681 |issn=2213-1272}}</ref> |
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=== Demographics === |
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Despite common stereotypes of ]s as ], according to the website 40% of its users are of an ethnic minority background.<ref name="Halpin2023" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hitting the Books: The racist underpinnings of incel ideology |url=https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-culture-warlords-talia-lavin-hachette-books-163023083.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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According to a 2019 website poll, one in four members were on the ], and two thirds considered suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-13 |title=Radical online communities and their toxic allure for autistic men |url=https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/radical-online-communities-and-their-toxic-allure-for-autistic-men/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Spectrum {{!}} Autism Research News |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Public image == |
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Both of the website's public and hidden content are characterized by ] and ], like glorification of ].<ref>{{Cite web |title="I laugh at the death of normies": How incels are celebrating the Toronto mass killing |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/24/i-laugh-death-normies-how-incels-are-celebrating-toronto-mass-killing |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}</ref><ref name="book" /><ref name="The Guardian">{{Cite news |last=Ling |first=Justin |date=2018-06-19 |title='Not as ironic as I imagined': the incels spokesman on why he is renouncing them |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/19/incels-why-jack-peterson-left-elliot-rodger |access-date=2023-05-03 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> |
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Due its moderation and content, the site has migrated between different ].<ref name="Zimmerman" /> |
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In 2018, it was suspended by a ] registrar due to potential connections with the ].<ref name="Mashable" /> |
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In 2021, New York Times connected the site and its operators to the suicide encouragement site ].<ref name="Twohey" /><ref name="Buzzfeed News" /> |
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== Notable members == |
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* ], media personality.<ref name="Peterson" /> |
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* ], American politician and ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-05 |title='Nathan Larson, the self-described incel paedophile, is running for Congress. This is how he groomed vulnerable young men' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nathan-larson-incel-paedophile-dark-web-congress-virginia-a8384391.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> |
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* ], media personality.<ref name=":2" /> |
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* ], American politician and ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-05 |title='Nathan Larson, the self-described incel paedophile, is running for Congress. This is how he groomed vulnerable young men' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nathan-larson-incel-paedophile-dark-web-congress-virginia-a8384391.html |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> |
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