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| |name = Gay Nigger Association of America | |||
| |image = Gnaa-logo.png | |||
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| |alt = Gay Nigger Association of America | |||
| |caption = Gay Nigger Association of America | |||
| |abbreviation = GNAA | |||
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| |formation = {{Start date and years ago|2003|09|11}}<ref>. GNAA. Accessed 2010-09-07.</ref> | |||
| |leader_title = President | |||
| |leader_name = ]<ref name="wiki"> GNAA. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref> | |||
| |headquarters = ]<ref name="about">. GNAA. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref> | |||
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| The '''Gay Nigger Association of America''', (more commonly known by the acronym '''GNAA''') are a tightly-knit<ref name="tightknit">. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref> group of anti-]ging trolls<ref name="GLS" /> who take their name from the 1992 Danish movie, '']''<ref name="about" /><ref name="GLS">{{cite conference | |||
| | first = Jodi | |||
| | last = Dean | |||
| | authorlink = Jodi Dean | |||
| | title = Blog Theory: Feedback and Capture in the Circuits of Drive. | |||
| | publisher = {{nowrap|}} | |||
| | date = 2010 | |||
| | location = ] | |||
| | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=3wWGIvVS8JAC&lpg=PR5&ots=k3M2mFeTUh&dq=%22gay%20nigger%20association%22&lr&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q=%22gay%20nigger%20association%22&f=false | |||
| | accessdate = 2010-08-27 | |||
| | quote= Then I got a comment from the GNAA or Gay Nigger Association of America, a group of organized anti-blogging trolls who take their name from a 1992 Danish movie, ''Gay-Niggers from Outerspace''. GNAA claims that it promotes neither racism nor homophobia but aims rather to sow disruption on the internet. The comment on my blog was a minor instance of their more extensive disruptive practices (like "crapflooding" a site with a massive amount of text or data with no meaning or relevance: for example, a word, phrase, or group of letters repeated over and over, or producing hoax or shock sites and inserting links or code that redirect viewers to the site). }} | |||
| </ref><ref>. Jodi Dean. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref> responsible for several high profile ]s<ref name="macrumors-tiger">. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref><ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref><ref> TWiT. Accessed 2010-08-27</ref><ref name="CNN"> GNAA. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref>, as well as software products<ref name="lm"> . Last Measure. Accessed 2010-08-27 </ref> and security releases<ref name="IRC"> ]. Accessed 2010-08-27</ref>. The group maintains a wiki-based site<ref name="wiki" /> dedicated to commenting on notable internet events and parodying slashdot posts, as well as offering a ]-based repository known as "Trollforge" for GNAA coding projects<ref> GNAA. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>. | |||
| Members engage in such activities as flooding weblogs<ref name="GLS" /><ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, producing shock sites<ref name="GLS" /><ref name="lm" /> <ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref>, prank-calling technical support telephone lines<ref> . ] Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, protesting <ref>. ]. Access 2010-08-28</ref>, ] channel disruption<ref name="IRC" /><ref>. Patrick McFarland. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref><ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27</ref><ref>. Techworld. Accessed 2010-08-31.</ref>, ] demonstrations<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-27.</ref>, and allegedly "trolling" ]<ref name="CNN" />. These actions have occasionally interrupted the normal operation of popular websites such as ], even forcing some websites to shut down temporarily. As such, targeted communities generally consider GNAA crapfloods to be a serious matter and frequently respond with technological and social anti-trolling measures such as moderation systems to limit future disruption<ref name="tightknit" />. | |||
| Despite the name, which according to new media researcher ] caused immediate alarm in anyone with a semblance of good taste, the group claims that it promotes neither racism nor homophobia<ref name="GLS" />. Its aim is to sow disruption on the internet<ref name="GLS" />. Lih has noted on the groups activities within ], claiming that by adhering to every rule, they can use the system against itself<ref> {{cite book | last1 = Lih | first1 = Andrew | authorlink = Andrew Lih | title = ] | publisher = Hyperion | date = 17 Mar 2009 | location = Cambridge, UK | pages = 170-171 | accessdate = 2010-07-27 | quote= What were some ways to troll and cause trouble? Create an article about something extremely controversial and offensive, but otherwise adhere to every rule of Misplaced Pages and use the system against itself. This was the case with creating an article that had an intentionally offensive name, the Gay Niggers Association of America. GNAA was a name that caused immediate alarm in anyone with a semblance of good taste. It was a phenomenon for many years in the online tech communities, as legions of trolls attempted to have an article in Misplaced Pages about the mischievous group. It's not clear a defined group ever existed as GNAA. Supposed GNAA "members" were simply troublemakers online who unified under a common moniker in an effort to disrupt Misplaced Pages for amusement.}}</ref>. | |||
| == Relationship with Apple Inc. == | |||
| In ], two GNAA members submitted leaked ]s of the forthcoming ] ] to the popular ] ] news website ], which read "With ] 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 name="macrumors-tiger" />." Later, when accusations were raised that the images were fabricated, the GNAA released a press release which claimed that the screenshots were genuine, and that they "trolled" the Apple community<ref>. GNAA. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref>. | |||
| In ], the GNAA claimed<ref>. GNAA. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref> to have created a ] Tiger release for ] processors which caught media attention from various sources.<ref>. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref><ref>. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref><ref>. Wired. Accessed 2010-09-08.</ref> The next day, the supposed leak made front page news on Slashdot<ref>. Slashdot. Accessed 2010-09-07.</ref> and was mentioned on the ] show '']''<ref>.</ref> The DVD image released onto ] merely booted an image of ] instead of the leaked operating system as some had thought<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-09-07.</ref>, and the remaining several gigabytes of space on the DVD was filled with a repetition of the text "GNAAGNAA..."{{fact|date=September 2010}}. | |||
| == Goatse Security == | |||
| ] are a group of ]<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-09-02.</ref> information security professionals founded by the GNAA<ref name="Atlantic"> . ]. Accessed 2010-08-31. </ref><ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-31.</ref><ref> {{cite news | first = Altieres | last = Rohr | title = Saiba como ocorreu falha que expôs e-mails de 114 mil usuários do iPad | date = 2010-06-11 | url = http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2010/06/entenda-como-foi-falha-que-expos-e-mails-de-114-mil-usuarios-do-ipad.html | work = Rede Globo | accessdate = 2010-09-13 | quote = “weev”, um dos integrantes do grupo, já foi citado em outras matérias do grupo Gawker Media, que deu a notícia como “exclusiva”. Ele, assim como outros membros, faz parte da GNAA, a “Associação de Gays Negros da América”. São pessoas que passam boa parte do tempo on-line tentando realizar “trotes” ou trolls. Entre os membros do grupo, e um dos principais da GNAA, está um desenvolvedor do Linux Debian. O “ex presidente” da GNAA, timecop, é conhecido na internet por fazer parte do Dattebayo – fãs que realizaram traduções dos desenhos japoneses Naruto e Bleach.}}</ref> and made up of GNAA members<ref>. Goatsec. Accessed 2010-08-31.</ref>. Goatse Security attracted mainstream media attention for their disclosure of 114,000 ]es<ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-09-06.</ref><ref name="Atlantic" /><ref>. ]. Accessed 2010-08-31.</ref> registered to ] ] devices for early adopters of Apple's 3G iPad service, causing Apple Inc.'s stock price to drop<ref>. Google Inc. Accessed 2010-09-07.</ref>. The data was aggregated from ]'s servers by feeding a publicly available script with ] requests containing randomly generated ], which would then return the associated email address. | |||
| This incident culminated in the arrest of GNAA President Andrew ']' Auernheimer on unrelated drug charges found during an ] search<ref>. CNET. Accessed 2010-09-01.</ref>. | |||
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