:Draft:Soyjak.party

"Soyjak" is a variant of the Wojak meme, based on the standard Wojak combined with features of a soy boy,{{cite web |last=Abascal |first=Luis |date=4 July 2021 |title=Basado, charocracia, chad o pesetas y cunetas: así habla el Team Facha |url=https://www.elplural.com/politica/basado-charocracia-joseo-habla-team-facha_269959102 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919004449/https://www.elplural.com/politica/basado-charocracia-joseo-habla-team-facha_269959102 |archive-date=19 September 2021 |access-date=22 Sep 2021 |website=Elplural |language=Spanish}} a pejorative term for men who consume soy products.

The creation of the website was announced by Soot on September 2020 in the /qa/ board of 4chan. Soot said in a blog post that he intended for the imageboard to be a joke and did not expect it to become as popular as it is.{{Cite web |last=Weedston |first=Lindsey |date=2024-07-12 |title=The Sad Origins And Redemption Of The Soyjack Meme |url=https://www.dailydot.com/memes/soyjak-meme/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}} The /qa/ board was permanently locked in November 2021, leading to many former users and subcommunities moving onto Soyjak.party.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The site was later purchased by Russian entrepreneur Yuri "Kuz" Kuznetsov. It was then run by Kuznetsov from July 2022 until his resign in July 2023. It is currently owned by an individual known as Froot. The site has been shut down several times due to various legal reasons.{{Cite web |last=Wei |first=Lim How |date=2023-02-17 |title=What is Soyjak Party? |url=https://www.followchain.org/what-is-soyjak-party/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Followchain |language=en-US}}

The site has since gained infamy for its various inside jokes, doxxing and harassment campaigns, as well as stealing various "GETs" (unique post IDs) from other imageboards.

On April 14, 2025, the site gained widespread notoriety when it was implicated in hacking 4chan. Several pieces of sensitive information were uncovered, such as 4chan's source code, backend systems, and the personal information of staff. The hack was purportedly carried out by exploiting a vulnerability in the outdated version of PHP which 4chan had been operating on since 2016.{{Cite news |last=Burgess |first=Matt |title=Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins |url=https://www.wired.com/story/2025-4chan-hack-admin-leak/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web |last=Dellinger |first=A. J. |date=2025-04-15 |title=Internet Cesspool 4chan Is Down After Alleged Hack, Rival Forum Users Claim Credit |url=https://gizmodo.com/internet-cesspool-4chan-is-down-after-alleged-hack-rival-forum-users-claim-credit-2000589582 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Infamous message board 4chan taken down following major hack |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/infamous-message-board-4chan-taken-down-following-major-hack/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=BleepingComputer |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |date=2025-04-15 |title=4chan Goes Offline After Hacker Appears to Hijack the Site |url=https://tech.yahoo.com/articles/4chan-goes-offline-hacker-appears-163527454.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGLkINbt_H5oJZpObR5ZuICJDoupWyKFc0iZggH-ugGX0jo07i-RO4rozZnFCKZcON5dYJzAANKCNkZOq3dVJpfOPFhcsL89t4J5-Eyz8XOo_3c2B01queDgneCEdk2iXhi5YSBLkJFIHQkALz9hiS3P6QuOGqjouixVOwiKn2-d |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Yahoo Tech |language=en-US}}

The community originally consisted of posters from the now-defunct /qa/ board of 4chan, with newer members coming from various corners of the Internet, mainly those from the alt-right and incel community. The users of Soyjak.party refer to themselves as "Chuds" (based on the default username of each post, similar to Anonymous on 4chan), "'Jakkers" (short for "Soyjakkers"), and "Soyteens" (based on the notion that most users of the site are in their teenage years).{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

The community has their own rating system for user-created content Gem and Coal{{Cite web|date=2023-04-10|title=Gem and Coal|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gem-and-coal|access-date=2024-05-11|website=Know Your Meme}}, with gem representing a post that is generally considered high-effort or good, and coal representing a low-effort, bad post. Community-created content includes various songs, animations, soyjaks, music videos, and an officially-endorsed fan game.{{Cite web|date=2024|title=Five Nights at Cobson's|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2709910|access-date=2024-06-11|website=Steam}}

The community has garnered much controversy and infamy around the Internet for their various doxxing and harassment campaigns (mainly targeting those of the LGBT community), raids of various Twitch streamers and websites, violent and illegal content being posted on the site (although site admins have always denounced such content being posted), as well as minor controversies such as stealing unique post IDs on other imageboards, also known as GETs.{{cite web |title=FAQ on GETs |url=https://www.4chan.org/faq.php#get |access-date=March 14, 2007 |website=4chan}}

Described by the Anti-Defamation League as "a far-right reactionary imageboard filled with crude racist and antisemitic humor", it has been linked to the Antioch High School shooting.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-23 |title=Antioch, Tenn., Shooter Inspired by Broad Extremist Beliefs and Previous Mass Killers |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/article/antioch-tenn-shooter-inspired-broad-extremist-beliefs-and-previous-mass-killers |url-status=live |website=Anti-Defamation League}}

The first admin of the site is known as Soot, who owned and maintained the website until its purchase by Russian entrepreneur Yuri Kuznetsov, also known as Kuz, who became the second admin of the site. In 2023, Kuznetsov stepped down as administrator, leaving the role of admin to site manager Doll. The site was shut down during Doll's reign due to Doll not being able to maintain the high cost of running the site.{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.soyjak.st/images/d/d1/The_end_of_the_sharty.png|title=It's over - for good this time.|website=Soyjak Wiki}} It was later purchased and reopened by an individual simply known as Froot, who is now the current owner and admin of the site.

The site has been linked to the 2023 Jacksonville shooting{{Cite web |title=Unsound Minds – Folio 2.0 / EU Jacksonville |url=https://folioweekly.com/2024/10/30/unsound-minds/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=folioweekly.com|date=October 30, 2024 }}{{cite web |last1=Waters |first1=T.K. |title=4 Manifesto - 2023 |url=https://jacksonvilleso.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/(S(xc53blby3bgrhdrijxpcyw1n))/BusinessDisplay.aspx?sSessionID=&did=61&cat=0 |website=Public Records Center |publisher=Jacksonville Sheriff's Office |access-date=25 April 2025}} and the 2025 Antioch High School shooting, with the Anti-Defamation League describing it as a "far-right reactionary imageboard filled with crude racist and antisemitic humor".{{Cite web |title=Antioch, Tenn., Shooter Inspired by Broad Extremist Beliefs and Previous Mass Killers {{!}} ADL |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/article/antioch-tenn-shooter-inspired-broad-extremist-beliefs-and-previous-mass-killers |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=www.adl.org |language=en}}

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