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'''Rantic''' is a marketing agency that hosted a website threatening to release nude photographs of Emma Watson on behalf of [[4chan]].

==Emma Watson hoax==

In late August 2014, anonymous hackers released nude photographs of celebrities that had been stolen from the Apple iCloud service. A link to the photographs was posted on [[4chan]] on August 31.
<ref name="fappening_kym" />

On September 20, British actress Emma Watson spoke at the United Nations to call on men to do more to support the equality of women in society.

On September 21, Fox Weekly reported that [[4chan]] had created the website EmmaYouAreNext threatening to release nude photographs of Emma Watson. The report was carried by numerous mainstream media outlets. 4chan users quickly discovered that the EmmaYouAreNext website was hosted by the Rantic marketing agency and that Fox Weekly is the product of a marketing company known as Swenzy or SocialVevo which is known for planting false information in the news and using bots to manipulate the voting system on [[Youtube]].<ref name="socialvevo_dailydot"/><ref name="rantic_emmanext" />

By September 24, the EmmaYouAreNext page redirected to Rantic's website which hosted the message "#ShutDown4Chan" and accused 4chan of leaking the celebrity nudes in August.<ref name="rantic_wapo" />

Business Insider alleges that Rantic and Swenzy/SocialVEVO are the same organization.<ref name="rantic_bi" />

==Possible identity of Rantic==

===Domain listing===

A [http://img.4plebs.org/boards/pol/image/1411/72/1411723126852.png list] of domains purportedly from Rantic's server includes:

* Swenzy and SocialVevo
* howiboughtfollowers.com with similar domains for likes, subscribers, and views
* facebookflexy.com and similar "flexy" domains for instagram, twitter, and youtube
* domains for several hoax websites, such as one predicting a secret Smash Brothers character

=== Rantic Records ===

[[4chan]] users [http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/36379638/ allege] that Rantic is the same as Rantic Records, the company of David Arbelaez of Texas, suspected to be the owner of car companies Arlington Autos and Interautos <ref>''Arbelaez Investments, LLC. in Arlington, TX'', Corporation Wiki, http://www.corporationwiki.com/Texas/Arlington/arbelaez-investments-llc/37539101.aspx</ref>

An upset customer accused Arlington Autos of "scamming people left and right." <ref>''Arlington Autos'', Ripoff Report, http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/arlington-autos/arlington-texas-76001/arlington-autos-heartbeat-auto-sales-withheld-auto-title-from-me-arlington-texas-473835</ref>

== See Also ==

[[4chan]]

[[Category: 4chan]]

== References==

<references>
<ref name="fappening_kym">''The Fappening'', Know Your Meme, http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/the-fappening-celebgate</ref>
<ref name="rantic_emmanext">http://gamergate.giz.moe/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ranic-emmanext.jpg</ref>
<ref name="rantic_wapo">Abby Phillip, ''How serial hoaxers duped the Internet with fake 4Chan threats against Emma Watson'', Washington Post, September 24, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/24/how-serial-hoaxers-duped-the-internet-with-fake-4chan-threats-against-emma-watson/</ref></ref>
<ref name="socialvevo_dailydot">Fernando Alfonso III, ''The hoax economy: Behind SocialVEVO and the 'Family Guy' scam'', Daily Dot, December 06, 2013, http://www.dailydot.com/business/socialvevo-family-guy-hoax-company/</ref>
<ref name="rantic_bi">James Cook, ''The Emma Watson Naked Photo Countdown Was The Work Of Serial Internet Hoaxers'', Business Insider, Sep. 24, 2014, http://www.businessinsider.com/emma-watson-naked-photo-countdown-hoax-2014-9</ref>
</references>

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-'''Rantic''' is a marketing agency that hosted a website threatening to release nude photographs of Emma Watson on behalf of [[index.php?title=4chan|4chan]].
+'''Rantic''' is a marketing agency that hosted a website threatening to release nude photographs of Emma Watson on behalf of [[4chan]].
 == Emma Watson hoax ==
-In late August 2014, anonymous hackers released nude photographs of celebrities that had been stolen from the Apple iCloud service. A link to the photographs was posted on [[index.php?title=4chan|4chan]] on August 31. <sup>[[#cite_note-fappening_kym-1|[1]]]</sup>
+In late August 2014, anonymous hackers released nude photographs of celebrities that had been stolen from the Apple iCloud service. A link to the photographs was posted on [[4chan]] on August 31. <sup>[[#cite_note-fappening_kym-1|[1]]]</sup>
 On September 20, British actress Emma Watson spoke at the United Nations to call on men to do more to support the equality of women in society.
-On September 21, Fox Weekly reported that [[index.php?title=4chan|4chan]] had created the website EmmaYouAreNext threatening to release nude photographs of Emma Watson. The report was carried by numerous mainstream media outlets. 4chan users quickly discovered that the EmmaYouAreNext website was hosted by the Rantic marketing agency and that Fox Weekly is the product of a marketing company known as Swenzy or SocialVevo which is known for planting false information in the news and using bots to manipulate the voting system on [[index.php?title=Youtube&action=edit&redlink=1|Youtube]].<sup>[[#cite_note-socialvevo_dailydot-2|[2]]][[#cite_note-rantic_emmanext-3|[3]]]</sup>
+On September 21, Fox Weekly reported that [[4chan]] had created the website EmmaYouAreNext threatening to release nude photographs of Emma Watson. The report was carried by numerous mainstream media outlets. 4chan users quickly discovered that the EmmaYouAreNext website was hosted by the Rantic marketing agency and that Fox Weekly is the product of a marketing company known as Swenzy or SocialVevo which is known for planting false information in the news and using bots to manipulate the voting system on [[Youtube]].<sup>[[#cite_note-socialvevo_dailydot-2|[2]]][[#cite_note-rantic_emmanext-3|[3]]]</sup>
 By September 24, the EmmaYouAreNext page redirected to Rantic's website which hosted the message &quot;#ShutDown4Chan&quot; and accused 4chan of leaking the celebrity nudes in August.<sup>[[#cite_note-rantic_wapo-4|[4]]]</sup>
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 === Rantic Records ===
-[[index.php?title=4chan|4chan]] users [http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/36379638/ allege] that Rantic is the same as Rantic Records, the company of David Arbelaez of Texas, suspected to be the owner of car companies Arlington Autos and Interautos <sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup>
+[[4chan]] users [http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/36379638/ allege] that Rantic is the same as Rantic Records, the company of David Arbelaez of Texas, suspected to be the owner of car companies Arlington Autos and Interautos <sup>[[#cite_note-6|[6]]]</sup>
 An upset customer accused Arlington Autos of &quot;scamming people left and right.&quot; <sup>[[#cite_note-7|[7]]]</sup>
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 [[#cite_ref-7|↑]] ''Arlington Autos'', Ripoff Report, http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/arlington-autos/arlington-texas-76001/arlington-autos-heartbeat-auto-sales-withheld-auto-title-from-me-arlington-texas-473835</li></ol>
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