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	}}.</ref> The site is also known for its pervasive [[clickbait]] advertisements, in addition to its having almost none of the [[Netiquete\|rules]] expected on other similar communities. [[Ninemsn]] described Encyclopedia Dramatica as:		}}.</ref> The site is also known for its pervasive [[clickbait]] advertisements, in addition to its having almost none of the [[Netiquete\|rules]] expected on other similar communities. [[Ninemsn]] described Encyclopedia Dramatica as:

	<blockquote>[[Wikipedia]]'s evil twin. It's a site where almost every article is biased, offensive, unsourced, and without the faintest trace of [[political correctness]]. A search through its archives will reveal animated images of people committing suicide, articles glorifying extreme racism and sexism, and a seemingly endless supply of twisted, shocking views on just about every major human tragedy in history.<ref name="mar09_2010_ninemsn_article" /></blockquote>		<blockquote>[[Wikipedia]]'s evil twin. It's a site where almost every article is biased, offensive, unsourced, and without the faintest trace of [[political correctness]]. A search through its archives will reveal animated images of people committing suicide, articles glorifying extreme racism and sexism, and a seemingly endless supply of twisted, shocking views on just about every major human tragedy in [[history]].<ref name="mar09_2010_ninemsn_article" /></blockquote>

	On April 14, 2011, the original URL of the site was redirected to a new website named "'''Oh Internet'''" that bore little resemblance to Encyclopedia Dramatica. Parts of the ED community harshly criticized the changes.<ref name="msnbc">{{cite news\|last=Popkin\|first=Helen A.S.\|title=Notorious NSFW website cleans up its act\|url=http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/18/6489864-notorious-nsfw-website-cleans-up-its-act\|newspaper=Digital Life on MSNBC\|date=April 18, 2011\|access-date=April 19, 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101152109/http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/18/6489864-notorious-nsfw-website-cleans-up-its-act\|archive-date=November 1, 2011\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On the night of the Encyclopedia Dramatica shutdown, regular ED visitors bombarded the 'Oh Internet' [[Facebook]] wall with hate messages.<ref name="gos">{{cite web \| url=http://www.geekosystem.com/encyclopedia-dramatica-ohinternet/ \| first=Robert \| last=Quigley \| title=Encyclopedia Dramatica Becomes OhInternet \| work=Geekosystem \| date=April 15, 2011 \| access-date=April 15, 2011 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417011425/http://www.geekosystem.com/encyclopedia-dramatica-ohinternet/ \| archive-date=April 17, 2011 \| url-status=live \| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Web Ecology Project published a downloadable archive of Encyclopedia Dramatica content's the next day.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.webecologyproject.org/2011/04/archiving-internet-subculture-encyclopedia-dramatica/ \|title=Archiving Internet Subculture: Encyclopedia Dramatica \|first=Alex \|last=Leavitt \|date=April 15, 2011 \|work=Web Ecology Project \|access-date=September 29, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020124102/http://www.webecologyproject.org/2011/04/archiving-internet-subculture-encyclopedia-dramatica/ \|archive-date=October 20, 2011 \|url-status=live \|df=mdy-all }}</ref>{{sfn\|Stryker\|2011\|p=155}} Besides this archive, [[Fan (person)\|fan]]-made [[torrent file\|torrents]] and several [[mirror website\|mirrors]] of the original site were subsequently generated.<ref name="digitaltrends">{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/encyclopedia-dramatica-evolving/\|title=What? Encyclopedia Dramatica is evolving!\|first=Jeff\|last=Hughes\|publisher=Digital Trends\|date=April 19, 2011\|access-date=April 26, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426135924/http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/encyclopedia-dramatica-evolving/\|archive-date=April 26, 2011\|url-status=live\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Based on these archives, the site has repeatedly gone offline and come back under new domain names. As of April 2021, versions of the website are hosted at both '''encyclopediadramatica.online''' and '''encyclopediadramatica.wiki'''. Between 2013 and 2019, the website was hosted under various [[top level domains]]: [[.rs]], [[.ch]], [[.es]], and [[.se]],<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|last=Mitchell\|first=Liam\|title="Because none of us are as cruel as all of us": Anonymity and Subjectivation\|date=24 April 2013\|url=https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ctheory/article/download/14794/5668?inline=1#_edn1\|work=[[CTheory]]\|volume=Theory Beyond the Codes\|editor-last=Kroker\|editor-first=Arthur\|type=eJournal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701234006/http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=720\|publisher=Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture\|id=tbc051\|access-date=16 April 2021\|archive-date=1 July 2013\|editor2-last=Kroker\|editor2-first=Marilouise}}</ref> with each domain bearing the [[second-level domain]] "encyclopediadramatica".<ref name="thedailydot1" /><ref name="gawkerinterview" />		On April 14, 2011, the original URL of the site was redirected to a new website named "'''Oh Internet'''" that bore little resemblance to Encyclopedia Dramatica. Parts of the ED community harshly criticized the changes.<ref name="msnbc">{{cite news\|last=Popkin\|first=Helen A.S.\|title=Notorious NSFW website cleans up its act\|url=http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/18/6489864-notorious-nsfw-website-cleans-up-its-act\|newspaper=Digital Life on MSNBC\|date=April 18, 2011\|access-date=April 19, 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101152109/http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/18/6489864-notorious-nsfw-website-cleans-up-its-act\|archive-date=November 1, 2011\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> On the night of the Encyclopedia Dramatica shutdown, regular ED visitors bombarded the 'Oh Internet' [[Facebook]] wall with hate messages.<ref name="gos">{{cite web \| url=http://www.geekosystem.com/encyclopedia-dramatica-ohinternet/ \| first=Robert \| last=Quigley \| title=Encyclopedia Dramatica Becomes OhInternet \| work=Geekosystem \| date=April 15, 2011 \| access-date=April 15, 2011 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417011425/http://www.geekosystem.com/encyclopedia-dramatica-ohinternet/ \| archive-date=April 17, 2011 \| url-status=live \| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The Web Ecology Project published a downloadable archive of Encyclopedia Dramatica content's the next day.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.webecologyproject.org/2011/04/archiving-internet-subculture-encyclopedia-dramatica/ \|title=Archiving Internet Subculture: Encyclopedia Dramatica \|first=Alex \|last=Leavitt \|date=April 15, 2011 \|work=Web Ecology Project \|access-date=September 29, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020124102/http://www.webecologyproject.org/2011/04/archiving-internet-subculture-encyclopedia-dramatica/ \|archive-date=October 20, 2011 \|url-status=live \|df=mdy-all }}</ref>{{sfn\|Stryker\|2011\|p=155}} Besides this archive, [[Fan (person)\|fan]]-made [[torrent file\|torrents]] and several [[mirror website\|mirrors]] of the original site were subsequently generated.<ref name="digitaltrends">{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/encyclopedia-dramatica-evolving/\|title=What? Encyclopedia Dramatica is evolving!\|first=Jeff\|last=Hughes\|publisher=Digital Trends\|date=April 19, 2011\|access-date=April 26, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426135924/http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/encyclopedia-dramatica-evolving/\|archive-date=April 26, 2011\|url-status=live\|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Based on these archives, the site has repeatedly gone offline and come back under new domain names. As of April 2021, versions of the website are hosted at both '''encyclopediadramatica.online''' and '''encyclopediadramatica.wiki'''. Between 2013 and 2019, the website was hosted under various [[top level domains]]: [[.rs]], [[.ch]], [[.es]], and [[.se]],<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|last=Mitchell\|first=Liam\|title="Because none of us are as cruel as all of us": Anonymity and Subjectivation\|date=24 April 2013\|url=https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ctheory/article/download/14794/5668?inline=1#_edn1\|work=[[CTheory]]\|volume=Theory Beyond the Codes\|editor-last=Kroker\|editor-first=Arthur\|type=eJournal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701234006/http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=720\|publisher=Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture\|id=tbc051\|access-date=16 April 2021\|archive-date=1 July 2013\|editor2-last=Kroker\|editor2-first=Marilouise}}</ref> with each domain bearing the [[second-level domain]] "encyclopediadramatica".<ref name="thedailydot1" /><ref name="gawkerinterview" />
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	}}.</ref> The material is presented to appear comprehensive, with extensive use of [[shock value\|shock-value]] prose, drawings, photographs, and the like. The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in similarly derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking further emotional response. Adherents of the practice assert that visitors to the website "shouldn't take anything said on Dramatica seriously."<ref name="davies" />		}}.</ref> The material is presented to appear comprehensive, with extensive use of [[shock value\|shock-value]] prose, drawings, photographs, and the like. The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in similarly derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking [[further]] emotional response. Adherents of the practice assert that visitors to the website "shouldn't take anything said on Dramatica seriously."<ref name="davies" />

	Articles at Encyclopedia Dramatica are particularly critical of [[MySpace]]<ref name="mitchell">{{citation		Articles at Encyclopedia Dramatica are particularly critical of [[MySpace]]<ref name="mitchell">{{citation
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Bloit: Undo revision 134799 by Killdykekikesandzooniggers (talk)

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31.209.143.115: Updated the current logo and added to the revivals section.