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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 being denied domain name renewal, it switched to the domain incels.is, belonging to the ] registrar,<ref name="Zimmerman" /> known from hosting previously-banned sites like ].{{Citation needed}} As of 2023, both URLs redirect to the same website.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://incels.co/ |title=Incels.is - Involuntary Celibates |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> |
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As of 2019, the founder SergeantIncel and webmaster Lamarcus Small, also ran 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 to a 2023 ], site members join the website with pre-existing misogynistic behavior, instead of developing it over time. <ref name="Halpin2023" /> |
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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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=== 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=Alison |date=2021 |title=Supreme agentlemen or Radicalized Killers: Analyzing the Radicalization Paths of Involuntary Celibate Killers and the Role of the Online Incel Forums |publisher=Georgetown 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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== incels.wiki == |
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The site owners also operate the ] incels.wiki, which is described as ] academic papers to promote ] points.<ref name="Halpin2023" /> According to a 2023 report by the ] ], it was originally created as a result of a content dispute between self-described incel William and ]. This report describes incel.wiki as a subdued version of the main incels.is forum, with entries about various incel vocabulary. They report that the incel wiki is part of Lamarcus Small's attempts at improving public relations. The wiki receives over 500,000 monthly visitors, most of which are referred from search engine results. The report suggests this wiki broadens the concept of "incel" to advertize to a broader audience.<ref name="ISD"> {{cite web |url=https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/spitting-out-the-blackpill-evaluating-how-incels-present-themselves-in-their-own-words-on-the-incel-wiki/|title=Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki}}</ref> <ref name="gizmodo">{{cite web |url = http://gizmodo.com/incel-wiki-wikipedia-involuntary-celibates-1850064455 |title= This Violently Misogynistic Incel Community Is Rewriting Its Own History Through an Incel Wiki|date=2023-02-02 |access-date=2023-06-09}}</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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== See also == |
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* ] |
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* ] – another standalone website founded in response to the banning of a subreddit.<ref name="migration" /> |
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==References== |
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