[ransomnote]

I'm not kiddin' when I say some cray cray lefties insist that 88 is code for Heil Hitler (H is the 8th letter of the alphabet) and then go on to assert that's how 8ch got it's name. Then they cite this article, among others:

 

Sporadic Outages at 8chan and a New Host After Mass Shooting 

BOSTON (AP) — The online message board 8chan suffered sporadic outages Monday after its cybersecurity provider cut it off for what it called a "cesspool of hate" following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. 

But the board, which has a history of use by violent extremists, also quickly found a new online host. That company also provides such support for Gab.com, another social media site frequented by white supremacists that doesn't ban hate speech. 

The operators of 8chan said there might be downtime in the next one or two days as the site sought a solution, and online records indicated the site had been moved to a new domain host: Sammamish, Washington-based web services provider Epik.com. https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2019-08-05/security-cut-off-for-cesspool-of-hate-8chan-forum

[ichabod1]

I never heard that story, I read it wanted to be infinity chan, as opposed to four chan, but without an infinity sign the closest thing was an 8.