ATRL
{{Short description|Pop culture Internet forum}}
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| type = Internet forum
| registration = Closed (with occasional open periods)
| language = English
| num_users = >32,134 registered users
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| programming_language = PHP, MySQL (powered by Invision Community 4.3.5)
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| launch_date = 1999 (as Absolute TRL)
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ATRL, previously known as Absolute TRL and PopFusion, is an Internet forum that discusses pop culture.{{Cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pdominguez/pop-music-stans-arent-crazy-theyre-having-a-conversation |title=Pop Music Stans Aren't Crazy, They're Having A Conversation |last=Dominguez |first=Pier |date=2017-09-21 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en |access-date=2018-10-22}}
History
Absolute TRL was founded in 1999, as a fan site of MTV's TV Show Total Request Live. In 2005, the main site was closed in favor of the forum. It got renamed to PopFusion in 2006, and retained that name for a year. In 2007, it was renamed to ATRL. Despite the cancelation of Total Request Live in late 2008, it continued operating as a general pop culture forum. In 2017, ATRL gained media attention when a member of the forum discovered hidden artwork, and incomplete tracklist of Taylor Swift's then-upcoming sixth studio album, Reputation (2017), ahead of the official announcement on her website.{{cite web |last=Cusumano |first=Katherine |title=What Game is Taylor Swift Playing? Here's All the Conspiracy Theories Floating Around About New Album Reputation |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/taylor-swift-new-album-reputation-all-the-conspiracy-theories |website=W |access-date=October 22, 2018 |date=August 23, 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Park |first1=Andrea |title=Information About Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Album May Have Been Leaked Before the Official Release |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/taylor-swift-reputation-album-cover-track-listing-potential-leak |website=Teen Vogue |access-date=October 22, 2018 |date=August 23, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/08/stans-exposed-taylor-swifts-album-before-she-announced-it.html |title=Stans Exposed Taylor Swift's New Album Before She Announced It |last=Feldman |first=Brian |date=2017-08-23 |website=Intelligencer |language=en |access-date=2018-10-22}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a12062254/a-hacker-released-taylor-swifts-new-album-info-an-hour-before-taylor-did-it-herself/ |title=A Hacker Released Taylor Swift's New Album Info an Hour Before Taylor Did It Herself |last=Orenstein |first=Hannah |date=2017-08-23 |website=Seventeen |access-date=2018-10-22}} In a BuzzFeed article on pop fandom culture, ATRL is described as a "space for fans to argue in favor of their chosen artist with statistics and ideas about cultural impact".
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://atrl.net/}}
- [http://classic.atrl.net/ Classic ATRL (forum archive)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418003201/https://classic.atrl.net/ |date=2019-04-18 }}
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