How Boxxy brought the internet to it’s knees

Boxxy5A year ago a young, unnamed and heavily-eyelinered young woman who hung around on Gaia Online made a video. She went by the handle of Boxxy.  That’s it. Or at least it was for nearly 12 months.

At Christmas, the video – by then languishing in YouTube’s vaults – got posted to i-am-bored, and from there hit 4Chan, and in particular the site’s /b/ messageboard… the heartland for many memes (and definitely NSFW). Why? Nobody’s sure. Was Boxxy herself behind it? Or was she simply a vehicle for fans who liked her camgirl approach, apparent ADD and weirdly excitable behaviour?

Over the subsequent days and weeks, Boxxy became a topic of contention on 4Chan – with the site splitting into two groups; those who professed to love Boxxy and all she stood for and those who hated Boxxy and her fans. Every thread threaten to spill over into Boxxy spam or a flamewar, and hundreds of 4channers went hacking Boxxy’s YouTube account and other websites in search of her true identity. So far they don’t seem to have succeeded.

Read the rest of this article at the Guardian.

24 thoughts on “How Boxxy brought the internet to it’s knees”

  1. Oops – I meant we’ve never actually seen BELLA

    Has anyone ever seen Bella and Boxxy in the same room?? Huh??

  2. AAAAAaaarrrrrrr, I would pull out my curly red hair if I was in the same room (and I’m not talking about down there infidel) coz she would drive me to drink. Oh, short drive. Sorry. Over 9000 fans, you say. Like ceiling fans? Hopefully one will whack her.

  3. Frankly, who cares?

    The Boxxy fans are the ones who can’t meet real girls.

    C’mon boys, you should be more excited about the new Sony Shebot.

    You’ll definitely have a chance with her.

  4. Wow…she looks really young in that shot (in the post).

    Anyone starting to feel a little grossed out by the previous post’s comments, now?

  5. DAMN IT Scott ,oh well two more years,check out the pic at bottom of the nsfw pics ,DAYUM was that 10 guys that shot all over her face

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