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'''incels.is''', formerly known as '''incels.co''' and '''incels.me''',<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Goerz |first=Thelonious |title=What incels are, and why you need to know about them |url=https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_culture/what-incels-are-and-why-you-need-to-know-about-them/article_35d36392-7ab9-11e9-882d-5f690e6ea6be.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=The Daily of the University of Washington |date=20 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> is an English-language ] ] founded in 2017 after the banning of ].<ref name=":4" /> It since gained notoriety for being the largest English-speaking incel internet forum,<ref name=":1">{{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><ref>{{Cite web |title='I am an absolute grotesque subhuman': Incels use inferiority complex to justify misogyny, study shows |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/i-am-an-absolute-grotesque-subhuman-incels-use-inferiority-complex-to-justify-misogyny-study-shows |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=nationalpost |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Halpin |first=Michael |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Weaponized Subordination: How Incels Discredit Themselves to Degrade Women |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08912432221128545 |journal=Gender & Society |language=en |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=813–837 |doi=10.1177/08912432221128545 |s2cid=252740108 |issn=0891-2432}}</ref> and became a main subject of academic literature treating the ] online subculture.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Costello |first1=William |last2=Rolon |first2=Vania |last3=Thomas |first3=Andrew G. |last4=Schmitt |first4=David |date=2022-12-01 |title=Levels of Well-Being Among Men Who Are Incel (Involuntarily Celibate) |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-022-00336-x |journal=Evolutionary Psychological Science |language=en |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=375–390 |doi=10.1007/s40806-022-00336-x |s2cid=252252373 |issn=2198-9885}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hajarian |first1=Mohammad |last2=Khanbabaloo |first2=Zahra |date=June 2, 2021 |title=Toward Stopping Incel Rebellion: Detecting Incels in Social Media Using Sentiment Analysis |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9443027 |journal=2021 7th International Conference on Web Research (ICWR) |pages=169–174 |doi=10.1109/ICWR51868.2021.9443027|isbn=978-1-6654-0426-6 |s2cid=235307794 }}</ref> '''incels.is''', formerly known as '''incels.co''' and '''incels.me''',<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Goerz |first=Thelonious |title=What incels are, and why you need to know about them |url=https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_culture/what-incels-are-and-why-you-need-to-know-about-them/article_35d36392-7ab9-11e9-882d-5f690e6ea6be.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=The Daily of the University of Washington |date=20 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> is an English-language ] ] founded in 2017 after the banning of ].<ref name=":4" /> It since gained notoriety for being the largest English-speaking incel internet forum,<ref name=":1">{{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><ref>{{Cite web |title='I am an absolute grotesque subhuman': Incels use inferiority complex to justify misogyny, study shows |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/i-am-an-absolute-grotesque-subhuman-incels-use-inferiority-complex-to-justify-misogyny-study-shows |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=nationalpost |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Halpin |first=Michael |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Weaponized Subordination: How Incels Discredit Themselves to Degrade Women |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08912432221128545 |journal=Gender & Society |language=en |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=813–837 |doi=10.1177/08912432221128545 |s2cid=252740108 |issn=0891-2432}}</ref> and became a main subject of academic literature treating the ] online subculture.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Costello |first1=William |last2=Rolon |first2=Vania |last3=Thomas |first3=Andrew G. |last4=Schmitt |first4=David |date=2022-12-01 |title=Levels of Well-Being Among Men Who Are Incel (Involuntarily Celibate) |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-022-00336-x |journal=Evolutionary Psychological Science |language=en |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=375–390 |doi=10.1007/s40806-022-00336-x |s2cid=252252373 |issn=2198-9885}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hajarian |first1=Mohammad |last2=Khanbabaloo |first2=Zahra |date=June 2, 2021 |title=Toward Stopping Incel Rebellion: Detecting Incels in Social Media Using Sentiment Analysis |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9443027 |journal=2021 7th International Conference on Web Research (ICWR) |pages=169–174 |doi=10.1109/ICWR51868.2021.9443027|isbn=978-1-6654-0426-6 |s2cid=235307794 }}</ref>

== History ==
The ] subculture became an online phenomenon in the early 2010s, during which various ] and message boards dedicated to it started to emerge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kardaras |first=Nicholas |title=A new book examines how digital media turned an 'incel' support group into a misogynistic nightmare |url=https://scroll.in/article/1045647/a-new-book-examines-how-digital-media-turned-an-incel-support-group-into-a-misogynistic-nightmare |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Scroll.in |date=21 March 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The website was founded on November 8, 2017, after the banning of the ] ].<ref name=":4">{{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>{{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> The founders, "Marquis" and "Serge", as reported by ], also run the suicide encouragement forum ]. In the same article, they claim that both forums are intended as support communities.<ref>{{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>{{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>

Over years, it has switched between ], ] and ] TLD extensions due to suspension from domain registrars.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Site characteristics ==
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> Registration is approval-based. The moderators ban women and ] individuals from joining, justifying so by stating that the forum is oriented towards ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stadtmiller |first=Mandy |date=2018-04-29 |title=Sympathy for the 'Incel' |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/sympathy-for-the-incel |access-date=2023-05-03}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{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><ref name=":6">{{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=2023-05-02 |website=BuzzFeed News |date=6 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

It is composed of public and registered ] for self-described ] to discuss their personal experiences.<ref name=":1" />

=== Demographics ===
Despite common stereotypes of ]s as ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rozsa |first=Matthew |date=2022-10-12 |title=Which came first, the incel or the misogynist? A new study delves into the incel mind |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/10/12/incel-misogyny-study/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref> according to the website 40% of its users are of an ethnic minority background.<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>

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>

== Public image ==
Both of the website's public and hidden content are characterized by ] and ].<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=":3" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grau Chopite |first=Jessica |date=2022-03-17 |title=Framing of Inceldom on incels.is: A content analysis |url=https://www.psycharchives.org/en/item/cba554f7-26de-4166-86d6-8848a80983e9 |journal=PsychArchive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |title=True or False Incels: an analysis of the Incels.is forum |url=https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/4217 |publisher=University of Chicago |first=Zachary |last=Hinds}}</ref> '']'' reports that users on the website encourage mass shootings.<ref name=":2">{{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> Due to its content and moderation, it has faced suspension from ] services.<ref name=":5">{{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>

== Notable members ==
* ], media personality.<ref name=":2" />
* ], 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>

==References==

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incels.is
File:Incels.is logo (colored).png
Type of siteInternet forum
Available inEnglish
Predecessor(s)r/incels, incels.co, incels.me
URLincels.is
CommercialNo
RegistrationRequired
LaunchedNovember 8, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-11-08)
Current statusOnline

incels.is, formerly known as incels.co and incels.me, is an English-language incel forum founded in 2017 after the banning of r/incels. It since gained notoriety for being the largest English-speaking incel internet forum, and became a main subject of academic literature treating the incel online subculture.

History

The incel subculture became an online phenomenon in the early 2010s, during which various chat rooms and message boards dedicated to it started to emerge.

The website was founded on November 8, 2017, after the banning of the r/incels subreddit. The founders, "Marquis" and "Serge", as reported by BuzzFeed News, also run the suicide encouragement forum Sanctioned Suicide. In the same article, they claim that both forums are intended as support communities.

Over years, it has switched between .me, .co and .is TLD extensions due to suspension from domain registrars.

Site characteristics

The website is a primary gathering place for incels. Registration is approval-based. The moderators ban women and LGBT individuals from joining, justifying so by stating that the forum is oriented towards straight men.

It is composed of public and registered message boards for self-described incels to discuss their personal experiences.

Demographics

Despite common stereotypes of incels as young white men, according to the website 40% of its users are of an ethnic minority background.

According to a 2019 website poll, one in four members were on the autism spectrum, and two thirds considered suicide.

Public image

Both of the website's public and hidden content are characterized by hate speech and trolling. The Guardian reports that users on the website encourage mass shootings. Due to its content and moderation, it has faced suspension from domain registrar services.

Notable members

References

  1. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (2019-04-16). "The rise of incels: How a support group for the dateless became a violent internet subculture". Vox. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. ^ Goerz, Thelonious (20 May 2019). "What incels are, and why you need to know about them". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  3. ^ Horta Ribeiro, Manoel; Jhaver, Shagun; Zannettou, Savvas; Blackburn, Jeremy; Stringhini, Gianluca; De Cristofaro, Emiliano; West, Robert (2021-10-18). "Do Platform Migrations Compromise Content Moderation? Evidence from r/The_Donald and r/Incels". Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5 (CSCW2): 316:1–316:24. doi:10.1145/3476057. S2CID 224803187.
  4. "'I am an absolute grotesque subhuman': Incels use inferiority complex to justify misogyny, study shows". nationalpost. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. Halpin, Michael (October 5, 2022). "Weaponized Subordination: How Incels Discredit Themselves to Degrade Women". Gender & Society. 36 (6): 813–837. doi:10.1177/08912432221128545. ISSN 0891-2432. S2CID 252740108.
  6. Costello, William; Rolon, Vania; Thomas, Andrew G.; Schmitt, David (2022-12-01). "Levels of Well-Being Among Men Who Are Incel (Involuntarily Celibate)". Evolutionary Psychological Science. 8 (4): 375–390. doi:10.1007/s40806-022-00336-x. ISSN 2198-9885. S2CID 252252373.
  7. Hajarian, Mohammad; Khanbabaloo, Zahra (June 2, 2021). "Toward Stopping Incel Rebellion: Detecting Incels in Social Media Using Sentiment Analysis". 2021 7th International Conference on Web Research (ICWR): 169–174. doi:10.1109/ICWR51868.2021.9443027. ISBN 978-1-6654-0426-6. S2CID 235307794.
  8. Kardaras, Nicholas (21 March 2023). "A new book examines how digital media turned an 'incel' support group into a misogynistic nightmare". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  9. Klee, Miles (2023-04-27). "The 'LeBron James of Incels' Swears He Has a Girlfriend Now -- He Just Can't Prove It". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  10. Nashrulla, Tasneem (6 June 2019). "Incels Are Running An Online Suicide Forum That Was Blamed For A Young Woman's Death". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  11. Love, Shayla (November 19, 2020). "People Are Dying After Joining a 'Pro-Choice' Suicide Forum. How Much Is the Site to Blame?". Vice. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  12. ^ Binder, Matt (2018-11-20). "Incels.me, a major hub for hate speech and misogyny, suspended by .ME registry". Mashable. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  13. Ling, Justin (June 2, 2020). "Incels Are Radicalized and Dangerous. But Are They Terrorists?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  14. Stadtmiller, Mandy (2018-04-29). "Sympathy for the 'Incel'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  15. ^ Jaki, Sylvia; Smedt, Tom De; Gwóźdź, Maja; Panchal, Rudresh; Rossa, Alexander; Pauw, Guy De (2019-11-25). "Online hatred of women in the Incels.me forum: Linguistic analysis and automatic detection". Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict. 7 (2): 240–268. doi:10.1075/jlac.00026.jak. ISSN 2213-1272. S2CID 199183681.
  16. Nashrulla, Tasneem (6 June 2019). "Incels Are Running An Online Suicide Forum That Was Blamed For A Young Woman's Death". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  17. Rozsa, Matthew (2022-10-12). "Which came first, the incel or the misogynist? A new study delves into the incel mind". Salon. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  18. "Hitting the Books: The racist underpinnings of incel ideology". Engadget. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  19. "Radical online communities and their toxic allure for autistic men". Spectrum | Autism Research News. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  20. ""I laugh at the death of normies": How incels are celebrating the Toronto mass killing". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  21. Grau Chopite, Jessica (2022-03-17). "Framing of Inceldom on incels.is: A content analysis". PsychArchive.
  22. Hinds, Zachary. True or False Incels: an analysis of the Incels.is forum (Thesis). University of Chicago.
  23. ^ Ling, Justin (2018-06-19). "'Not as ironic as I imagined': the incels spokesman on why he is renouncing them". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  24. "'Nathan Larson, the self-described incel paedophile, is running for Congress. This is how he groomed vulnerable young men'". The Independent. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

History

The incel subculture became an online phenomenon in the early 2010s, during which various chat rooms and message boards dedicated to it started to emerge.

The website was founded on November 8, 2017, after the banning of the r/incels subreddit. The founders, "Marquis" and "Serge", as reported by BuzzFeed News, also run the suicide encouragement forum Sanctioned Suicide. In the same article, they claim that both forums are intended as support communities.

Over years, it has switched between .me, .co and .is TLD extensions due to suspension from domain registrars.

Site characteristics

The website is a primary gathering place for incels. Registration is approval-based. The moderators ban women and LGBT individuals from joining, justifying so by stating that the forum is oriented towards straight men.

It is composed of public and registered message boards for self-described incels to discuss their personal experiences.

Demographics

Despite common stereotypes of incels as young white men, according to the website 40% of its users are of an ethnic minority background.

According to a 2019 website poll, one in four members were on the autism spectrum, and two thirds considered suicide.

Public image

Both of the website's public and hidden content are characterized by hate speech and trolling. The Guardian reports that users on the website encourage mass shootings. Due to its content and moderation, it has faced suspension from domain registrar services.

Notable members

References

  1. Kardaras, Nicholas (21 March 2023). "A new book examines how digital media turned an 'incel' support group into a misogynistic nightmare". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. Horta Ribeiro, Manoel; Jhaver, Shagun; Zannettou, Savvas; Blackburn, Jeremy; Stringhini, Gianluca; De Cristofaro, Emiliano; West, Robert (2021-10-18). "Do Platform Migrations Compromise Content Moderation? Evidence from r/The_Donald and r/Incels". Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 5 (CSCW2): 316:1–316:24. doi:10.1145/3476057. S2CID 224803187.
  3. Klee, Miles (2023-04-27). "The 'LeBron James of Incels' Swears He Has a Girlfriend Now -- He Just Can't Prove It". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  4. Nashrulla, Tasneem (6 June 2019). "Incels Are Running An Online Suicide Forum That Was Blamed For A Young Woman's Death". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  5. Love, Shayla (November 19, 2020). "People Are Dying After Joining a 'Pro-Choice' Suicide Forum. How Much Is the Site to Blame?". Vice. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  6. ^ Binder, Matt (2018-11-20). "Incels.me, a major hub for hate speech and misogyny, suspended by .ME registry". Mashable. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. Ling, Justin (June 2, 2020). "Incels Are Radicalized and Dangerous. But Are They Terrorists?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  10. Stadtmiller, Mandy (2018-04-29). "Sympathy for the 'Incel'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  11. ^ Jaki, Sylvia; Smedt, Tom De; Gwóźdź, Maja; Panchal, Rudresh; Rossa, Alexander; Pauw, Guy De (2019-11-25). "Online hatred of women in the Incels.me forum: Linguistic analysis and automatic detection". Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict. 7 (2): 240–268. doi:10.1075/jlac.00026.jak. ISSN 2213-1272. S2CID 199183681.
  12. Nashrulla, Tasneem (6 June 2019). "Incels Are Running An Online Suicide Forum That Was Blamed For A Young Woman's Death". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  13. Rozsa, Matthew (2022-10-12). "Which came first, the incel or the misogynist? A new study delves into the incel mind". Salon. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  14. "Hitting the Books: The racist underpinnings of incel ideology". Engadget. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  15. "Radical online communities and their toxic allure for autistic men". Spectrum | Autism Research News. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  16. ""I laugh at the death of normies": How incels are celebrating the Toronto mass killing". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  17. Grau Chopite, Jessica (2022-03-17). "Framing of Inceldom on incels.is: A content analysis". PsychArchive.
  18. Hinds, Zachary. True or False Incels: an analysis of the Incels.is forum (Thesis). University of Chicago.
  19. ^ Ling, Justin (2018-06-19). "'Not as ironic as I imagined': the incels spokesman on why he is renouncing them". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  20. "'Nathan Larson, the self-described incel paedophile, is running for Congress. This is how he groomed vulnerable young men'". The Independent. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

History

The website was founded on November 8, 2017, after the banning of the r/incels subreddit. The founders, "Marquis" and "Serge", as reported by BuzzFeed News, also run the suicide encouragement forum Sanctioned Suicide. In the same article, they claim that both forums are intended as support communities.

Over years, it has switched between .me, .co and .is TLD extensions due to suspension from domain registrars.

Ethnographic research

Journalist Talia Lavin conducted ethnographic research into the forum while it was named incels.co, including their main chat room. She noted forum users frequently making fun of a random, overweight Reddit user for his looks. She also noted that the co-administrator of the forum at the time, named SergeantIncel, "expressed amusement at the anti-Semitism, racism, and misogyny" on incels.co.

Site characteristics

The website is a primary gathering place for incels. Registration is approval-based. The moderators ban women and LGBT individuals from joining, justifying so by stating that the forum is oriented towards straight men.

It is composed of public and registered message boards for self-described incels to discuss their personal experiences.

Demographics

Despite common stereotypes of incels as young white men, according to the website 40% of its users are of an ethnic minority background.

According to a 2019, internal website poll, one in four members were on the autism spectrum, and two thirds considered suicide.

The CCDH found that incels.is had millions of monthly visits. They also found that, what they call the "heart of the incelosphere network", by which they meant incels.is, had only 4,057 active members from January 1st, 2021 to July 7th, 2022. According to the study, 406 incels.is users account for 74.6% of all incels.is posts during the aforementioned study period. As incels.is was reportedly the largest self-described incel forum during this time, this is in slight contrast to a now-deleted The Spectator article authored by Toby Young which estimated the self-described incel community was hundreds of thousands people large. The CCDH found that usernames from the incels.is forum overlap with what the CCDH calls "incelosphere" forums about body image and unemployment also owned by the incels.is owners.

Notable members

References

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