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			The GNAA is dead.<br>
	The '''Gay Nigger Association of America''', also known as the '''GNAA''', is a self-aggrandizing ] ] that primarily targets ] communities in an effort to disrupt their normal activities and annoy their users. The name itself has been designed to ] and ] and appears to have been chosen because ] is still an uncomfortable subject for some, and the term "]" is a ] term for ] people, generally considered a ]. The terms "Association of America" is somewhat misleading because the organization has participants from countries other than the ]. The membership is also anonymous, so it is not known with any certainty that there are any homosexual or black people in the organisation.
			Our last IRC server was DDOSed<br>

			Members may find refuge on irc.buttes.net #buttes<br>
	Members have flooded ]s, produced ], ]ed ] telephone lines, and ], mass-invited, and trolled ] ]s. As a consequence, the communities that are attacked treat GNAA members as ] and frequently respond with ] and social anti-trolling measures (such as ]) to limit future disruption caused by trolling.

	==Background information==

	The group originated on the ] website. It claims to consist of six leaders and approximately 30 to 40 other members. GNAA first appeared in ], trolling Slashdot using ] ] representing the organization and ] ]s pertaining to the contents of Slashdot articles. They also have their own IRC server, which is connected to "NiggerNET" reachable by irc.gnaa.us. The main GNAA channel is #gnaa.

	The GNAA website states: "We do not support and do not promote ], ], etc." {{ref\|gnaa}}

	==Membership==

	GNAA encourages people to join by watching the ] ] ] '']'', from which their name derives. The GNAA's entry requirements also include successfully achieving a "]" on Slashdot consisting of GNAA ] text, or registering support by upwardly ] GNAA comments. A test on the subject matter in ''Gayniggers From Outer Space'' is then administered by an ].

	The GNAA has a ] which their members use whenever they perform a ] or post a news release. The full "]", which includes an embedded ] picture of the letters "GNAA" on a wall, can be found on their website. It begins:

	:GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

	:*Are you GAY?
	:*Are you a NIGGER?
	:*Are you a GAY NIGGER?

	:If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for! {{ref\|gnaa2}}

	The ASCII art signature is as follows:

	\| ______________________________________._a,____ \| Press contact:
	\| _______a_._______a_______aj#0s_____aWY!400.___ \| Gary Niger
	\| __ad#7!!*P____a.d#0a____#!-_#0i___.#!__W#0#___ \| gary_niger@gnaa.us
	\| _j#'_.00#,___4#dP_"#,__j#,__0#Wi___*00P!_"#L,_ \| GNAA Corporate Headquarters
	\| _"#ga#9!01___"#01__40,_"4Lj#!_4#g_________"01_ \| 143 Rolloffle Avenue
	\| ________"#,___*@`__-N#____`___-!^_____________ \| Tarzana, California 91356
	\| _________#1__________?________________________ \|
	\| _________j1___________________________________ \| All other inquiries:
	\| ____a,___jk_GAY_NIGGER_ASSOCIATION_OF_AMERICA_ \| Enid Al-Punjabi
	\| ____!4yaa#l___________________________________ \| enid_al_punjabi@gnaa.us
	\| ______-"!^____________________________________ \| GNAA World Headquarters
	` _______________________________________________' 160-0023 Japan Tokyo-to Shinjuku-ku Nishi-Shinjuku 3-20-2

	==Activities==
	GNAA gained notoriety in the Slashdot community when they launched several ] against the site. {{ref\|slashdot}} {{ref\|slashdot2}} Slashdot subsequently implemented ]-banning measures in its posting system; GNAA members claim that their crapflooding campaign spurred this change. They registered thousands of usernames ''en masse'' to mark Slashdot editor "michael" as their foe. {{ref\|michael}}

	], Associate Professor of Political Science (]), in a presentation on blogging for a Cultural Studies Association meeting in Tuscon, noted that when she started blogging she was disturbed by ] attacks and that:

	:I’ve also been unsettled by those I can’t place, those who may be satirical, performative in non-pc ways, and those whose comments are just generally disruptive and malicious. For example, one guy posted from the GNAA—which seems to be an anti-blog group with various satirical elements and strategies for irritating bloggers. GNAA stands for Gay Nigger Association of America and apparently gets its name from a short 1992 Danish movie called Gay Niggers from Outerspace, a film that appears to be an actual movie, a porn send up, but I can’t be completely sure. {{ref\|JodiDean}}

	During ], GNAA members flooded the popular image board ], contributing to the fourth non-permanent shutdown of the site shortly thereafter. In the list of reasons why it closed down, the administrator wrote: "Flooding. GNAA put the final nail in the coffin, however I am thankful that they willingly ceased the flood after finding out it was costing me money." {{ref\|4chan}} However, a poster on the ] later stated that this was only one of several factors that caused them to be shut down: "It was not the GNAA who killed 4chan (I quite like them actually), or really the moronic users, it was a man named Chris, who goes by the name TheRowan and runs a business that shuts you down if you fail to play along." {{ref\|somethingawful}}

	In ], GNAA member JesuitX submitted leaked ]s of the then-forthcoming ] ] to popular ] ] news website MacRumors. {{ref\|macrumors}} {{ref\|macrumors2}} A report on the site reads "With WWDC just days away, the first Tiger information and screenshots appears to have been leaked. According to sources, Apple will reportedly provide developers with a Mac OS X 10.4 Preview copy at WWDC on Monday. The screenshots provided reportedly come from this upcoming developer preview." {{ref\|macrumors3}} When the source was found to be from the GNAA, many declared the screenshots to be fake, based on the organization's apparent disreputability. The GNAA released a press release which claimed that the screenshots {{ref\|appleinsider}} were genuine (cf. ), and that the Apple community had been trolled. {{ref\|gnaa-apple}}

	In late ], the GNAA discovered vulnerabilities in weblogging service ]. {{ref\|netsys}} In a related attack, they launched a ] attack on Slashdot, taking down its search engine for a few days. {{ref\|mytechaid}} {{ref\|kuro5hin}}

	In ], the GNAA created a fake ] Tiger release for ] processors which caught media attention from Mac Daily News. {{ref\|macdailynews}} The supposed leak also made front page news on Slashdot {{ref\|apple-slashdot}} and was mentioned on the ] show '']''. The DVD image released onto ] {{ref\|anti-slash}} merely booted an image of hello.jpg (]). The remaining several gigabytes of space were filled with the text "GNAAGNAA...." repeating.

	GNAA members have created the ] ], which often factors into their crapfloods as the destination of links or redirects, and made its source code available under the ]. {{ref\|lastmeasure}}

	GNAA also runs a ] system, which they use to ] various companies and people, including ]. They have produced an ] which combines samples from their prank AOL calls with the "Hey, everybody! I'm looking at ] ]!" voice from Last Measure.

	==Trivia==
	*The GNAA has created many scripts to carry out its activities, including specialized scripts for ] sites.
	*On ]'s IRC server, the #GNAA channel redirects to #you_have_got_to_be_kidding with a warning message indicating that the network might be inappropriate. This is standard Freenode behavior for ]d channels. Other IRC networks similarly jupe #GNAA.
	*In contrast to their lo-fi ASCII text sigs, the GNAA website appears to parody the slick design of many corporate websites. It features pictures of African American athletes and professionals, apparently taken from stock image archives.

	==See also==
	*]
	*]
	*]

	== References ==
	# {{note\|gnaa}} - Information about the GNAA.
	# {{note\|gnaa2}} - Information about the GNAA.
	# {{note\|slashdot}} Slashdot.org (March 13, 2004) - I, Robot Trailer available. Crapflooded article.
	# {{note\|slashdot2}} Slashdot.org (March 13, 2004) - Intel Plans CPU Naming Change. Crapflooded article.
	# {{note\|michael}} Slashdot editor Michael's "freaks list"
	# {{note\|JodiDean}} , April 24, 2005. Jodi's presentation can be found .
	# {{note\|4chan}} 4Chan.org
	# {{note\|somethingawful}}
	# {{note\|macrumors}} Mac Rumours (June 26, 2004) - Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Screenshots?
	# {{note\|macrumors2}} Mac Rumours (June 27, 2004) - WWDC, Photos and More on Tiger.
	# {{note\|macrumors3}} Mac Rumours (2004) - Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Screenshots? (discussion)
	# {{note\|appleinsider}}
	# {{note\|gnaa-apple}} GNAA press release - GNAA Announces Victory over Apple Community.
	# {{note\|netsys}}
	# {{note\|mytechaid}}
	# {{note\|kuro5hin}}
	# {{note\|macdailynews}}
	# {{note\|apple-slashdot}} Slashdot.org (June 12, 2005) - Fake Mac OS X X86 makes Front Page news.
	# {{note\|anti-slash}}
	# {{note\|lastmeasure}}

	== External links ==
	*
	*
	*
	*{{imdb title\|id=0274518\|title=Gayniggers from Outer Space}}
	*"James A. C. Joyce" (GNAA member rolloffle) (February 3, 2004). . ''Kuro5hin.org''.

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			The GNAA is dead.<br>
	The '''Gay Nigger Association of America''', also known as the '''GNAA''', is a self-aggrandizing ] ] that primarily targets ] communities in an effort to disrupt their normal activities and annoy their users. The name itself has been designed to ] and ] and appears to have been chosen because ] is still an uncomfortable subject for some, and the term "]" is a ] term for ] people, generally considered a ]. The terms "Association of America" is somewhat misleading because the organization has participants from countries other than the ]. The membership is also anonymous, so it is not known with any certainty that there are any homosexual or black people in the organisation.
			Our last IRC server was DDOSed<br>

			Members may find refuge on irc.buttes.net #buttes<br>
	Members have flooded ]s, produced ], ]ed ] telephone lines, and ], mass-invited, and trolled ] ]s. As a consequence, the communities that are attacked treat GNAA members as ] and frequently respond with ] and social anti-trolling measures (such as ]) to limit future disruption caused by trolling.

	==Background information==

	The group originated on the ] website. It claims to consist of six leaders and approximately 30 to 40 other members. GNAA first appeared in ], trolling Slashdot using ] ] representing the organization and ] ]s pertaining to the contents of Slashdot articles. They also have their own IRC server, which is connected to "NiggerNET" reachable by irc.gnaa.us. The main GNAA channel is #gnaa.

	The GNAA website states: "We do not support and do not promote ], ], etc." {{ref\|gnaa}}

	==Membership==

	GNAA encourages people to join by watching the ] ] ] '']'', from which their name derives. The GNAA's entry requirements also include successfully achieving a "]" on Slashdot consisting of GNAA ] text, or registering support by upwardly ] GNAA comments. A test on the subject matter in ''Gayniggers From Outer Space'' is then administered by an ].

	The GNAA has a ] which their members use whenever they perform a ] or post a news release. The full "]", which includes an embedded ] picture of the letters "GNAA" on a wall, can be found on their website. It begins:

	:GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.

	:*Are you GAY?
	:*Are you a NIGGER?
	:*Are you a GAY NIGGER?

	:If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for! {{ref\|gnaa2}}

	The ASCII art signature is as follows:

	\| ______________________________________._a,____ \| Press contact:
	\| _______a_._______a_______aj#0s_____aWY!400.___ \| Gary Niger
	\| __ad#7!!*P____a.d#0a____#!-_#0i___.#!__W#0#___ \| gary_niger@gnaa.us
	\| _j#'_.00#,___4#dP_"#,__j#,__0#Wi___*00P!_"#L,_ \| GNAA Corporate Headquarters
	\| _"#ga#9!01___"#01__40,_"4Lj#!_4#g_________"01_ \| 143 Rolloffle Avenue
	\| ________"#,___*@`__-N#____`___-!^_____________ \| Tarzana, California 91356
	\| _________#1__________?________________________ \|
	\| _________j1___________________________________ \| All other inquiries:
	\| ____a,___jk_GAY_NIGGER_ASSOCIATION_OF_AMERICA_ \| Enid Al-Punjabi
	\| ____!4yaa#l___________________________________ \| enid_al_punjabi@gnaa.us
	\| ______-"!^____________________________________ \| GNAA World Headquarters
	` _______________________________________________' 160-0023 Japan Tokyo-to Shinjuku-ku Nishi-Shinjuku 3-20-2

	==Activities==
	GNAA gained notoriety in the Slashdot community when they launched several ] against the site. {{ref\|slashdot}} {{ref\|slashdot2}} Slashdot subsequently implemented ]-banning measures in its posting system; GNAA members claim that their crapflooding campaign spurred this change. They registered thousands of usernames ''en masse'' to mark Slashdot editor "michael" as their foe. {{ref\|michael}}

	], Associate Professor of Political Science (]), in a presentation on blogging for a Cultural Studies Association meeting in Tuscon, noted that when she started blogging she was disturbed by ] attacks and that:

	:I’ve also been unsettled by those I can’t place, those who may be satirical, performative in non-pc ways, and those whose comments are just generally disruptive and malicious. For example, one guy posted from the GNAA—which seems to be an anti-blog group with various satirical elements and strategies for irritating bloggers. GNAA stands for Gay Nigger Association of America and apparently gets its name from a short 1992 Danish movie called Gay Niggers from Outerspace, a film that appears to be an actual movie, a porn send up, but I can’t be completely sure. {{ref\|JodiDean}}

	During ], GNAA members flooded the popular image board ], contributing to the fourth non-permanent shutdown of the site shortly thereafter. In the list of reasons why it closed down, the administrator wrote: "Flooding. GNAA put the final nail in the coffin, however I am thankful that they willingly ceased the flood after finding out it was costing me money." {{ref\|4chan}} However, a poster on the ] later stated that this was only one of several factors that caused them to be shut down: "It was not the GNAA who killed 4chan (I quite like them actually), or really the moronic users, it was a man named Chris, who goes by the name TheRowan and runs a business that shuts you down if you fail to play along." {{ref\|somethingawful}}

	In ], GNAA member JesuitX submitted leaked ]s of the then-forthcoming ] ] to popular ] ] news website MacRumors. {{ref\|macrumors}} {{ref\|macrumors2}} A report on the site reads "With WWDC just days away, the first Tiger information and screenshots appears to have been leaked. According to sources, Apple will reportedly provide developers with a Mac OS X 10.4 Preview copy at WWDC on Monday. The screenshots provided reportedly come from this upcoming developer preview." {{ref\|macrumors3}} When the source was found to be from the GNAA, many declared the screenshots to be fake, based on the organization's apparent disreputability. The GNAA released a press release which claimed that the screenshots {{ref\|appleinsider}} were genuine (cf. ), and that the Apple community had been trolled. {{ref\|gnaa-apple}}

	In late ], the GNAA discovered vulnerabilities in weblogging service ]. {{ref\|netsys}} In a related attack, they launched a ] attack on Slashdot, taking down its search engine for a few days. {{ref\|mytechaid}} {{ref\|kuro5hin}}

	In ], the GNAA created a fake ] Tiger release for ] processors which caught media attention from Mac Daily News. {{ref\|macdailynews}} The supposed leak also made front page news on Slashdot {{ref\|apple-slashdot}} and was mentioned on the ] show '']''. The DVD image released onto ] {{ref\|anti-slash}} merely booted an image of hello.jpg (]). The remaining several gigabytes of space were filled with the text "GNAAGNAA...." repeating.

	GNAA members have created the ] ], which often factors into their crapfloods as the destination of links or redirects, and made its source code available under the ]. {{ref\|lastmeasure}}

	GNAA also runs a ] system, which they use to ] various companies and people, including ]. They have produced an ] which combines samples from their prank AOL calls with the "Hey, everybody! I'm looking at ] ]!" voice from Last Measure.

	==Trivia==
	*The GNAA has created many scripts to carry out its activities, including specialized scripts for ] sites.
	*On ]'s IRC server, the #GNAA channel redirects to #you_have_got_to_be_kidding with a warning message indicating that the network might be inappropriate. This is standard Freenode behavior for ]d channels. Other IRC networks similarly jupe #GNAA.
	*In contrast to their lo-fi ASCII text sigs, the GNAA website appears to parody the slick design of many corporate websites. It features pictures of African American athletes and professionals, apparently taken from stock image archives.

	==See also==
	*]
	*]
	*]

	== References ==
	# {{note\|gnaa}} - Information about the GNAA.
	# {{note\|gnaa2}} - Information about the GNAA.
	# {{note\|slashdot}} Slashdot.org (March 13, 2004) - I, Robot Trailer available. Crapflooded article.
	# {{note\|slashdot2}} Slashdot.org (March 13, 2004) - Intel Plans CPU Naming Change. Crapflooded article.
	# {{note\|michael}} Slashdot editor Michael's "freaks list"
	# {{note\|JodiDean}} , April 24, 2005. Jodi's presentation can be found .
	# {{note\|4chan}} 4Chan.org
	# {{note\|somethingawful}}
	# {{note\|macrumors}} Mac Rumours (June 26, 2004) - Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Screenshots?
	# {{note\|macrumors2}} Mac Rumours (June 27, 2004) - WWDC, Photos and More on Tiger.
	# {{note\|macrumors3}} Mac Rumours (2004) - Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Screenshots? (discussion)
	# {{note\|appleinsider}}
	# {{note\|gnaa-apple}} GNAA press release - GNAA Announces Victory over Apple Community.
	# {{note\|netsys}}
	# {{note\|mytechaid}}
	# {{note\|kuro5hin}}
	# {{note\|macdailynews}}
	# {{note\|apple-slashdot}} Slashdot.org (June 12, 2005) - Fake Mac OS X X86 makes Front Page news.
	# {{note\|anti-slash}}
	# {{note\|lastmeasure}}

	== External links ==
	*
	*
	*
	*{{imdb title\|id=0274518\|title=Gayniggers from Outer Space}}
	*"James A. C. Joyce" (GNAA member rolloffle) (February 3, 2004). . ''Kuro5hin.org''.

	]
	]
	]