Kiwi Farms
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Type of site | Forum |
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| Available in | English, with the exception of the "Internationale Clique" subforum for non-English discussions |
| Owner | Joshua "Null" Moon |
| Website | https://kiwifarms.net |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to participate) |
| Launched | February 4, 2013 |
| Current status | Online |
Kiwi Farms, formerly known as CWCki Forums), is an American Internet forum dedicated to the discussion of online figures and communities it deems "lolcows" (people who can be "milked for laughs"). The targets of threads are often subject to doxing and other forms of organized group trolling, harassment, and stalking, including real-life harassment by users. Harassment stemming from Kiwi Farms has been implicated in the suicides of three people targeted by users of the site.
History
The website was originally launched as a forum website to troll and harass a webcomic artist who was first noticed in 2007 on a 4chan video game board. Eventually, an Encyclopedia Dramatica page was created about the artist. A dedicated wiki, titled "CWCki" based on the artist's initials, was created by people who felt that the Encyclopedia Dramatica entry was not detailed or accurate enough. Kiwi Farms was originally called "CWCki Forums".
Following the June 2021 suicide of Near, a software developer who had been a target of harassment from Kiwi Farms users, DreamHost gave the site owner notice that they would no longer provide domain registration services. Kiwi Farms subsequently began using a Russian registrar. Shortly thereafter, it was moved to an American-based domain registrar.