R9k

Categories: Incelosphere

[[File:Screenshot_2019-04-19_20-55-37.png|thumb|right|what r9k looks like]]
'''R9K''' is a [[pseudo-incelospherian]], [[hikikomori]], and [[astroturfing]] board on [[4chan]] where, theoretically, users can only post original content due to a software bot that rejects unoriginal content. It turns out when you ask a bunch of lonely weeaboos to create original content it comes out in the form of [[Tfw no gf|complaining about not having a girlfriend]]. This complaining grew so frequent that the board morphed into a board where online [[dating]] experiments were done to try to figure out why so many men were sharing similar experiences of not being able to get a single date online for years. Users of r9k are called [[robot]]s. 

Despite some genuine [[incel]] discussion, r9k has also served as a place for people to pretend to be incel to trolls incels, and the board contains a lot of [[anti-incel]] bad actors, [[Incelphobia|incelphobes]], [[astroturfing|astroturfers]], [[Troll|trolls]], and [[volcel|volcel]] misogynists. As it was never a self-identfied incel board there was never any mechanism in place to keep the aforementioned types out.
==Hostility toward incels==
The board doesn't prefer using the term 'incel' instead preferring the [[hikikomori]] term '[[robot (r9k)|robot]]'. The board is schizophrenic with regards to it's attitude towards incels. R9k has entirely defined what the media calls, 'incel culture', however the board is extremely populated with various [[noncel]] [[troll]]s, [[astroturfing|astroturfers]], [[noncel]] misogynists, and [[Alt-Right|/pol/acks]] that quite a lot of [[anti-incel]] posting occurs there, but with more of a dismissive air than a [[feminist]] spirit. Nonetheless, perhaps due to the media and [[Wikipedia]] admins like [[GorillaWarfare]] constantly insisting that [[4chan]] culture is all that the incel label is, there has been a moderate influx of genuine self-identified incel posters. [[r9k]] is most accurately viewed as [[4chan]] subculture's enormous influence on incel forums, rather than an incel forum in itself.
== Unique Browsing Experience ==
{{See also|[[Tfw no gf]]}}
R9k used to be ground-zero for incel discussions because all the internet's ragefuel downpoured into this undefined board where aimless venting is allowed - however as time passed many hostile entities have taken over the the board and its culture, turning it into a more offensive [[/b/]]-esque experience. R9K is truly a unique browsing experience, mostly because every bit of content on the site is meant to irritate, enrage and upset unwary users. the overall 'mentality' of the board is taken directly from /b/'s rage culture where shitposting and swearing is part & parcel of the general browsing experience. Anyone who tries to re-direct the board culture in a different direction is met with heavy resistance.

==Online dating experiments==
The revelation through r9k's [[Tinder]] [[dating]] experiments was that a very, very small % of men were getting literally all the attention and [[date]]s accross all [[dating]] sites. Users hypothesized this type of man would look like your stereotypical college jock, and they were right. The word '[[Chad]]' came from an online [[Catfishing|catfish]] dating experiment [[Chadfishing|with an image of a stereotypical sports jock]]. Using this image, r9k users found themselves able to be racist, childish, and rude with [[women]] and it in no way hampered the conversation. These online [[dating]] experiment threads were quite popular.

These experiments have since been replicated by non-trolling third parties, and the experiments are also quite easy to perform oneself.
==Well known incelospherian users==
Online [[dating]] experiments were popular on r9k around the same time [[eggman]]'s pics were being spammed on r9k by an acquaintance jokingly as an example of a butt ugly guy. This forced [[eggman]] into a meme, and [[eggman|eggy]] himself began posting on the boards. Vashta Nerada/Tahlia is another well known user of the site.
==E-girls==
R9k users were known for obsessing over [[e-thot|e-girls]] aka women on the board, who were often under 18 years old.
==Spread==
r9k users eventually migrated to the incel subreddits that [[Caamib]] helped shape and mold, like /r/truecels and /r/incels. When those subreddits were banned, the users then migrated to [[incels.co]] making [[incels.co]] a third, but increasingly sincere iteration of r9k. r9k users often talked about [[Love-shy dot com|love-shy.com]] but did not fully invade [[Love-shy dot com|love-shy.com]].
==Demographics==
[[File:A robot's life.png|thumb]]

Almost all r9k users are [[Men|male]]. There was a time when black women started posting in r9k talking about how they were not valued in the [[dating]] scene and wanted to be recognized as not wanted as well. They were poorly received by the rest of r9k.
==See also==
*[[Wizchan]]
*[[4chan]]
*[[Hikikomori]]
*[[Vintologi]]
*[[Waster]]
[[Category:Incelosphere]]