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Summary

The Great Re/b/oot refers to an event on 4chan's /b/ that started on March 26, 2007, when many users were banned, flashing yellow and white lights jazzed up the front page, and "Cotton Eyed Joe" was embedded into every page. It also signaled the end of forced anonymous, which Shii had started many years before.

Four threads were stickied. Two of these were posted by moot and received over 9,000 replies. The first one described a letter he had received from an apparent terrorist named Han Saad. The second sticky was by Moot also, saying that moderators would now be cracking down and banning all retards from the site. The third sticky was a closed thread with two replies in which a user called Moot a homosexual, followed by a resounding (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST). The fourth sticky was the 23M GET, which, unfortunately, was furries.

Also, names and subjects were re-added to /b/. It is very likely that there will be many moar underage users, retards, and furries banned in the near future. All of /b/ rejoiced and creamed their collective panties.

March 26, 2007 - Re/b/oot

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The First Sticky

the best email i have gotten in ages moot !Ep8pui8Vw2 ## Admin 03/26/07(Mon)03:49:19

Han Saad wrote:

Greetings, m♥♥tykins.

I'm not sure why I've decided to write again, perhaps out of despair or some equally strange feeling such as abandonment. Don't think I intend to merely waste your time - I should be getting some much-needed sleep now, so I'll try and make each word count.

First and foremost, if nothing else in this letter means much to you, I would like to genuinely thank you for your continued work in keeping 4chan alive. I can only imagine what actually goes on behind-the-scenes dealing with hosting, funding, FBI gag-orders, etc. Really - thanks for not giving up on us when sh*t got tough and for continuing to balance the site's survivability with the user experience.

Now, I want to be forward but I hope not to lose your interest right away: this letter concerns /b/, its past and future. I promise to leave behind my assumptions of you as an administrator if you do the same for me as a /b/tard. A week or so ago, a magical thing happened on /b/ - a user was banned for posting " lol u tk him 2da bar

The Second Sticky

for what it's worth... moot !Ep8pui8Vw2 ## Admin 03/26/07(Mon)05:37:01 No.22972938

im sorry for letting /b/ destroy itself. while forced_anon was cool for a while, it definitely began to suck a while back. discouraging the public banning of homosexuals amongst the moderators was also a mistake. unfortunately i thought letting /b/ run itself entirely was a good idea...

it wasn't.

from here on out, consider yourselves on notice. it's time to /b/egin anew and wipe out the sh*theads that have been ruining this wonderful board.

03/26/07

The Third Sticky

Anonymous 03/26/07(Mon)06:49:47 No.22977880 sticky [Reply]

Hi I'm afraid of being banned by the retarded mods, you might as well make rules for /b/ now idiots

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The Fourth and Final Sticky

The 23M GET. Pokemon/furry get.

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Current status

And nothing of value was lost.

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