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{{Short description|Defunct 2015–2021 PSL forum where “looksmaxxing” is archived}} | |||
{{About|the defunct forum|the claim that looks are a ranking|[[Lookism]]}} | |||
{{Infobox website | |||
| name = Lookism.net | |||
| type = Forum (defunct) | |||
| launched = June 2015 | |||
| owner = “Victory” (founding admin) | |||
| url = lookism.net (dead) | |||
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'''Lookism.net''' was an English forum launched '''June 2015''' after [[SlutHate]] downtime. It is the '''L''' in [[PSL forums]]. Tagline in the living years: aesthetics, red pill, masculinity. Subforums included Looksmaxxing, Moneymaxxing, Rate Me, and a “Shitty Advice” carry-over. Know Your Meme dates the word '''looksmaxxing''' to this board in 2015 (Looksmaxxing forum category archived 3 July 2015; domain created 27 June).<ref name="kym">{{cite web |url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Know Your Meme |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> | |||
Founding admin went by '''Victory'''. Later years were admin war: a user '''Zesto''' is widely blamed in scene timelines for a 2019 vandalism/dox episode; the board shut and sputtered, briefly returned without him, and is treated as '''dead by around December 2021'''. Traffic had already leaked to [[Looksmax.org]] (founded 2018). A 2021 paper still counted Lookism among the large English incel-adjacent boards of 2020, with on the order of 10,000 members and millions of posts.<ref name="pelzer">{{cite journal |title=Toxic language in online incel communities |journal=SN Social Sciences |year=2021 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43545-021-00220-8 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref> | |||
Not the Korean webtoon ''Lookism''. Not this encyclopedia. | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Lookism]] — the claim | |||
* [[PSL forums]] | |||
* [[Looksmax.org]] | |||
* [[Looksmaxxing]] | |||
== References == | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Websites]] | |||
[[Category:History]] | |||
[[Category:Looksmaxxing]] | |||
Latest revision as of 08:39, 10 September 2026
| Type | Forum (defunct) |
|---|---|
| Owner | “Victory” (founding admin) |
| Launched | June 2015 |
| URL | lookism.net (dead)
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Lookism.net was an English forum launched June 2015 after SlutHate downtime. It is the L in PSL forums. Tagline in the living years: aesthetics, red pill, masculinity. Subforums included Looksmaxxing, Moneymaxxing, Rate Me, and a “Shitty Advice” carry-over. Know Your Meme dates the word looksmaxxing to this board in 2015 (Looksmaxxing forum category archived 3 July 2015; domain created 27 June).[1]
Founding admin went by Victory. Later years were admin war: a user Zesto is widely blamed in scene timelines for a 2019 vandalism/dox episode; the board shut and sputtered, briefly returned without him, and is treated as dead by around December 2021. Traffic had already leaked to Looksmax.org (founded 2018). A 2021 paper still counted Lookism among the large English incel-adjacent boards of 2020, with on the order of 10,000 members and millions of posts.[2]
Not the Korean webtoon Lookism. Not this encyclopedia.
See also
- Lookism — the claim
- PSL forums
- Looksmax.org
- Looksmaxxing
References
- ↑ Looksmaxxing. Know Your Meme. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
- ↑ "Toxic language in online incel communities". SN Social Sciences. 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2026.