Kuvalauta (Finnish pronunciation: [kuʋɑlɑu̯tɑ], lit. 'Image plank') was a Finnish imageboard. Kuvalauta was originally founded on 10 December 2007 and was shut down on 31 August 2010 following disputes with the service provider and police investigations.[1][2] Kuvalauta was founded by "Gabo", whose real name has never been published.
Type of site | Imageboard |
|---|---|
| Available in | Finnish and English |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Founder(s) | "Gabo" |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | November 10, 2007 |
| Current status | Inactive |
Kuvalauta operated as a successor to Finnchan, another Finnish imageboard that operated from 2006 to 2009.[3] It was one of the most popular websites in Finland, being within the top 200 most visited websites in Finland.[1]
Publicity
editKuvalauta first gained public traction in September 2009 following the publication of a threat against the Harju vocational school in Jyväskylä.[4] In October 2009, a traffic camera pole in Rovaniemi, Lapland was bombed by a user of Kuvalauta and the video of the bombing was subsequently uploaded on YouTube.[5][6] In March 2010, over 120,000 passwords were published on Kuvalauta, the passwords were obtained from a data breach against Älypää.[7]
Impact on Finnish internet culture
editKuvalauta was a site where many viral Finnish internet memes were born, such as Spurdo Spärde, which was born out of the Pedobear meme.[8][9] Kuvalauta made Jonne, a boys name, into a nickname for an awkward teenage boy.[10] In 2010, Kuvalauta managed to make the Kari Tapio song "Juna kulkee" the most listened to song in Finland on Spotify.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Tarjouspyyntö www.kuvalauta.fi -sivuston hostaamisesta". www.nybergh.net. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Partanen, Tatu (2022-09-04). "Internetissä vaikuttaa monille tuntematon voima – näin "laudoilla" masinoidaan kampanjoita". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ a b Räty, Panu (2024-07-04). "Peppukipua luvassa". Mikrobitti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Linnake, Tuomas (2009-09-17). "Poliisi takavarikoi tietokoneita koulu-uhkauksen vuoksi". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Kameratolpan räjäyttäjä kertoi aikeistaan etukäteen". Lapin Kansa. 2009-10-08. Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ anonuploads (2009-10-07). Traffic camera. Retrieved 2024-07-04 – via YouTube.
- ^ Ketola, Ilkka (2024-07-04). "Yli 120 000 suomalaisen salasanat hakkeroitu - lista netissä". AfterDawn (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Bernstein, Joseph (2015-02-10). "How A Leftist Finnish Meme Became A White Supremacist Comic Strip". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Holopainen, Simo; Kauppinen, Ina (2016-08-23). "Kiitos tästäkin internet! 16 ikonista kuvaa ja videota, joita meillä ei olisi ilman nettiä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Hän on alkuperäinen Jonne". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-04.