Encyclopedia Dramatica

Encyclopedia Dramatica was a not-so-humble little site. ED claimed to be a satirical website; however, like 4chan, the site was almost run like an anarchy. The site was not safe for work in every regard - shock images, pornography, misogynist comments (but strangely, it wasn't misandrist too), homophobia, racism, and many more.

Created by Sherrod DeGrippo in 2004, the site came under several lawsuits and cases of drama. The site's primary focuses were memes, drama, your typical topics, and nothing actually useful.

In an attempt to create a safe for work version, Whatport:80 was created. The main reason this was done, according Oh Internet!, was to make it easier to read in places like libraries. The other reason was to increase ad revenue since Encyclopedia Dramatica was obviously not safe for work

Mercifully, on April 16, 2011, the site was shut down and replaced with Oh Internet!. Many loyal users of ED complained on Oh Internet!'s Facebook page (which is pretty much useless) Coincidentally, a tumbler had the same name and had to put a disclaimer for those who thought the two had any sort of connection.

The site was also revived in a mirror format and nothing of value was lost.