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Inspired by Null's lament about the "old guard" and how the Kiwi Farms has changed over the last five years, I've hammered out a brief history of Kiwi Farms, which I hope to make a comprehensive history about all the drama and everything happened since. It's not externally hosted yet (except for the original file on my computer), so any major additions/corrections will be appreciated.
January 2013: The "new" CWCki Forums is founded by Null with champthom, the moderator of the old CWCki Forum, which were a place created to continue to talk about Chris following the closure of the PVCC to new users, despite the lull in content. Kengel and A-log, which were banned from the old forum, were declared persona non grata.
Sometime in 2013: People begin talking about alternate "lolcows" in Off-Topic, including an on-going search to find the "next Chris". Null attempts to create a forum to split off this discussion, it is shot down by champthom, but a permanent subforum is created.
January 2014: Chris' house is involved in a large house fire, Null organizes drive to send Chris a care package. Null releases tracking number publicly, trolls attempt to cause chaos.
Early 2014: A lolcow, Jace Connors, comes into CWCki Forum's radar as a lolcow, of this, a user trying to create a "Liquid Jace saga", PvtRichardCranium, is banned. A new user, DeagleDad420, essentially runs the thread. Gamerfood, a small griefing group trying to troll Jace, runs ops on the site to try to compromise Jace but DeagleDad420 helps Null protect the site. The "Deagle Nation" (or "Grilled Cheese" subforum) is created.
May 2014: Moleman9000 subforum started.
August 2014: Golden Knight subforum started. Sometime around this era, it is revealed Null was aware of another trolling operation on Chris with user skyraider and another unidentified party. There was also another subforum established in this timeframe, Blue Pill, but it is folded back in to main Lolcow forum.
Sometime around September 2014: Ratings are introduced, previously there was only an "Mm, Yeah" (and "QUOTE ME NOW") button. The Horrifying rating comes in soon after when Chris pierces his taint.
November 2014: Null announces a rebranding of the site. A popular choice is "Kiwi Farms", based after Jace mispronounced it in a video earlier that year. [https://kiwifarms.net/threads/rebranding.5801/] This thread is also where a random.txt quote originates from ("if nigge.rs was available we'd totally be nigge.rs tomorrow and nobody would have any say in it"). Kiwi Farms launches with new software, but the same content as CWCki Forum. The "beta" Kiwi Farms looks very different than what the modern KF looked like, with "Beryllium" as the logo.
December 2014: Marjan Šiklić joins. Soon after, over three days of bizarre posts on chat and many forum posts earn him the mostly highly-rated in negative user ratings.
February 2015: Jace Connors revealed to be a hoax. The Entersphere subforum is launched.
May 2015: The Entersphere subforum is closed.
July 2016: A new subforum, Lolcow News, is created to create a series of articles independent from the Kiwi Farms forums on a Wordpress site. Loveshy Therapy Center subforum is shut down and archived.
September 2016: Sometime around this time, the True Capitalist Radio subforum is archived.
December 2016: Events & News subforum is archived. Beauty Parlor is created, initially with a set theme of purple and black (as opposed to normal green and black). Most Beauty Parlor threads were long-running lolcow threads.
January 2017: Kiwi Farms is shut down following serious threats on Null's family.
February 2017: Kiwi Farms reopens.
August 2017: Lolcow News is archived and plans for the Wordpress site are abandoned.
September 2017: Tired of the hijinks in the Amberlynn Reid thread (started in August 2016), the Amberlynn Reid subforum is created.
"Perpetual, paper-thin shielding. Violent, frothing-at-the-mouth rage for no particular reason. Indignant outrage at every possible attempt to contain, control, mitigate, or in any way improve the Amberlynn thread. You've driven out my Beauty Parlor mods by being awful, constantly, and none of the other staff even want to read it."
The subforum is completely unmoderated, but it works, and all the problem users eventually disappear.
[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/trial-of-the-amberlynn-reid-board.34192/, Amberlynn stream]
Late 2017: A Russell Greer subforum is created but archived within the period of a few months.
March 2018: Salt Mine closes, with the Trump fallout thread moved and eventually renamed.
September 2019: Site hacked, revealing many PMs and user emails. Despite passwords remaining secure and no content lost, many users end up deleting their accounts.
Sometime in 2013: People begin talking about alternate "lolcows" in Off-Topic, including an on-going search to find the "next Chris". Null attempts to create a forum to split off this discussion, it is shot down by champthom, but a permanent subforum is created.
January 2014: Chris' house is involved in a large house fire, Null organizes drive to send Chris a care package. Null releases tracking number publicly, trolls attempt to cause chaos.
Early 2014: A lolcow, Jace Connors, comes into CWCki Forum's radar as a lolcow, of this, a user trying to create a "Liquid Jace saga", PvtRichardCranium, is banned. A new user, DeagleDad420, essentially runs the thread. Gamerfood, a small griefing group trying to troll Jace, runs ops on the site to try to compromise Jace but DeagleDad420 helps Null protect the site. The "Deagle Nation" (or "Grilled Cheese" subforum) is created.
May 2014: Moleman9000 subforum started.
August 2014: Golden Knight subforum started. Sometime around this era, it is revealed Null was aware of another trolling operation on Chris with user skyraider and another unidentified party. There was also another subforum established in this timeframe, Blue Pill, but it is folded back in to main Lolcow forum.
Sometime around September 2014: Ratings are introduced, previously there was only an "Mm, Yeah" (and "QUOTE ME NOW") button. The Horrifying rating comes in soon after when Chris pierces his taint.
November 2014: Null announces a rebranding of the site. A popular choice is "Kiwi Farms", based after Jace mispronounced it in a video earlier that year. [https://kiwifarms.net/threads/rebranding.5801/] This thread is also where a random.txt quote originates from ("if nigge.rs was available we'd totally be nigge.rs tomorrow and nobody would have any say in it"). Kiwi Farms launches with new software, but the same content as CWCki Forum. The "beta" Kiwi Farms looks very different than what the modern KF looked like, with "Beryllium" as the logo.
December 2014: Marjan Šiklić joins. Soon after, over three days of bizarre posts on chat and many forum posts earn him the mostly highly-rated in negative user ratings.
February 2015: Jace Connors revealed to be a hoax. The Entersphere subforum is launched.
May 2015: The Entersphere subforum is closed.
July 2016: A new subforum, Lolcow News, is created to create a series of articles independent from the Kiwi Farms forums on a Wordpress site. Loveshy Therapy Center subforum is shut down and archived.
September 2016: Sometime around this time, the True Capitalist Radio subforum is archived.
December 2016: Events & News subforum is archived. Beauty Parlor is created, initially with a set theme of purple and black (as opposed to normal green and black). Most Beauty Parlor threads were long-running lolcow threads.
January 2017: Kiwi Farms is shut down following serious threats on Null's family.
February 2017: Kiwi Farms reopens.
August 2017: Lolcow News is archived and plans for the Wordpress site are abandoned.
September 2017: Tired of the hijinks in the Amberlynn Reid thread (started in August 2016), the Amberlynn Reid subforum is created.
"Perpetual, paper-thin shielding. Violent, frothing-at-the-mouth rage for no particular reason. Indignant outrage at every possible attempt to contain, control, mitigate, or in any way improve the Amberlynn thread. You've driven out my Beauty Parlor mods by being awful, constantly, and none of the other staff even want to read it."
The subforum is completely unmoderated, but it works, and all the problem users eventually disappear.
[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/trial-of-the-amberlynn-reid-board.34192/, Amberlynn stream]
Late 2017: A Russell Greer subforum is created but archived within the period of a few months.
March 2018: Salt Mine closes, with the Trump fallout thread moved and eventually renamed.
September 2019: Site hacked, revealing many PMs and user emails. Despite passwords remaining secure and no content lost, many users end up deleting their accounts.
keep posting updates to this thread so we can keep feeding you bits and pieces as we remember them (as you know, Null appreciates all forms of feeding on the forums).
off to you!
