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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 |language=en}}</ref> is an English-language [[incel]] [[Internet forum|forum]] founded in 2017 after the banning of [[r/incels]].<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 |issn=0891-2432}}</ref> and became a main subject of academic literature treating the [[incel]] online subculture.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Costello |first=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 |issn=2198-9885}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hajarian |first=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/abstract/document/9443027 |journal=2021 7th International Conference on Web Research (ICWR) |pages=169–174 |doi=10.1109/ICWR51868.2021.9443027}}</ref>
-== History ==
-The [[incel]] subculture became an online phenomenon in the early 2010s, during which various [[Chat room|chat rooms]] 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 |language=en-US}}</ref>
-The website was founded on November 8, 2017, after the banning of the [[r/incels]] [[subreddit]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Horta Ribeiro |first=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}}</ref> 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.<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 |language=en}}</ref>
-Over years, it has switched between [[.me]], [[.co]] and [[.is]] TLD extensions due to suspension from domain registrars.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
-== Site characteristics ==
-The website 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]].<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 |last=Jaki |first=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 |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 |language=en}}</ref>
-It is composed of public and registered [[Message board|message boards]] for self-described [[Incel|incels]] to discuss their personal experiences.<ref name=":1" />
-=== Demographics ===
-Despite common stereotypes of [[incel]]s as [[Angry white male|young white men]],<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 [[autism spectrum]].<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 [[hate speech]] and [[Troll (slang)|trolling]].<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> [[The Guardian]] 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 [[Domain name registrar|domain registrar]] 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 ==
-* [[Jack Richard Peterson|Jack Peterson]], media personality.<ref name=":2" />
-* [[Nathan Larson (criminal)]], American politician and [[white supremacist]].<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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-[[Category:Incel-related violence]]
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