Wykop.pl

{{Short description|Polish online news aggregator and micro-blogging service}}

{{Infobox website | author = Piotr Chmolowski | owner = Wykop Sp. z o.o. | url = {{Official URL}} | name = wykop.pl | logo = Wykop pl logo.png }}

'''wykop.pl''' ({{IPAc-pl|'|w|y|.|k|o|p|-|'|p|e|-|'|e|l}}) is a Polish social networking internet service, founded on December 28, 2005. It is modeled after the American website digg.com (''wykop'' in the Polish language means ''a dig out''). The basic idea behind wykop.pl is the collection of potentially interesting internet-based information and making them available to users.

ReadWriteWeb described wykop as a "clone" of Digg. As of 2006, Sebastian Kwiecień, owner of the blog web20.pl, said that it was probably Poland's most popular Web 2.0 website.<ref>MacManus, Richard. "[http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_polish_webapps.php Top Polish Web 2.0 Apps (including Coke's 43Things!)]." ''ReadWriteWeb''. 1 August 2006. Retrieved on 8 August 2011.</ref>

Other part of service is a microblog<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wykop.pl/mikroblog/ | title=Mikroblog }}</ref> based on hashtag system, which can be subscribed.

Nicknames of users have different colors. After registration user's nick has green color, which after 30 days changes into orange color. Special colors are: claret for 1,000 users from the top of user ranking, blue for the sponsored users, black for the admins and silver for the banned users and users, which deleted their accounts.

==Statistics==

According to data from April 2008 the service was getting 650,000 users monthly, of which around 30,000 were registered users. By September 2008 the number of visitors rose to 900,000, of which 60,000 were registered users, and there were 13 million views. Currently Wykop.pl has more than 110,000 registered users, 3.1 million unique visitors and around 58 million views.

==Trivia==

* Wykop's microblogging service attracted notable people, e.g. Lech Wałęsa,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/ludzie/lechwalesa/ | title=Lechwalesa - profil w Wykop.pl }}</ref> Hanna Zdanowska,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/ludzie/hannazdanowska/ | title=Hannazdanowska - profil w Wykop.pl }}</ref> Przemysław Wipler.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/ludzie/przemyslawwipler/ | title=Przemyslawwipler - profil w Wykop.pl }}</ref> Wykop.pl is also often used to promote enterprises and media such as RMF24.pl, Radio Zet. * Wykop.pl often organizes AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions with famous people, e.g. Cezary Pazura,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/1113029/ama-cezary-pazura/ | title=AMA - Cezary Pazura }}</ref> Jerzy Owsiak,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wykop.pl/ama/owsiak/ | title=AMA z Jurkiem Owsiakiem czas zacząć! Startujemy! }}</ref> Bohdan Smoleń,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/909881/ama-stworzenia-pana-smolenia/ | title=AMA - Stworzenia Pana Smolenia }}</ref> Krzysztof Hołowczyc,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/1449545/ama-krzysztof-holowczyc/ | title=AMA - Krzysztof Hołowczyc }}</ref> Tadeusz Sznuk<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/1403695/ama-tadeusz-sznuk/ | title=AMA - Tadeusz Sznuk }}</ref> ** Before 2015 Polish presidential election some candidates participated in AMA events: Andrzej Duda,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/2511707/ama-andrzej-duda/ | title=AMA - Andrzej Duda }}</ref> Janusz Korwin-Mikke,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/2513229/ama-janusz-korwin-mikke/ | title=AMA - Janusz Korwin-Mikke }}</ref> Adam Jarubas,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/2521557/ama-adam-jarubas/ | title=AMA - Adam Jarubas }}</ref> Paweł Tanajno,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/2529453/ama-pawel-tanajno/ | title=AMA - Paweł Tanajno }}</ref> Marian Kowalski<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/2531315/ama-marian-kowalski/ | title=AMA - Marian Kowalski }}</ref> and Janusz Palikot.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/2535325/ama-janusz-palikot/ | title=AMA - Janusz Palikot }}</ref> * Community of Wykop.pl organized real life meetings ''Wykop Party'' (8 editions) in large Polish cities. * The most popular entry on Wykop was about 2021 polish independent media blackout protest, which has 19,048 votes (February 11, 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Protest prywatnych mediów w Polsce. Czarne plansze i brak programu|url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/5949121/protest-prywatnych-mediow-w-polsce-czarne-plansze-i-brak-programu/|access-date=2021-02-11|website=Wykop.pl}}</ref> * Service has also own Web radio station, Radio Wolne Mirko with auditions led by users.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rwmfm.pl/ |title=RWM FM {{!}} Radio Wolne Mirko |access-date=2017-08-02 |archive-date=2017-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731185918/http://www.rwmfm.pl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the past there were also other Web radio stations related to the service, such as Mirko FM and WykopFM. * In June 2015, users of Wykop took part in an action against the ''Polish death camps'' term, designing posters and billboards, reminding that Nazi concentration camps during World War II were not Polish, but German. Users wanted to set them in major Polish and European cities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/polscy-internauci-walcza-z-okresleniem-polskie-obozy-zaglady/c5skyn | title=Polscy internauci walczą z określeniem "polskie obozy zagłady" | date=25 June 2015 }}</ref> {{See also|Polish death camp controversy}}

==Controversies==

* In September 2009 database containing nicknames and hashed passwords of around 100,000 users was leaked.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/232212/wyciekla-baza-danych-wykopu/ | title=Wyciekła baza danych wykopu! }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.tvn24.pl/wiadomosci-z-kraju,3/ukradli-hasla-100-tys-polskich-internautow,108002.html| title = Ukradli hasła 100 tys. polskich internautów - TVN24}}</ref> * In early 2010s dozens of short movies claiming that Pope John Paul II was a child molester were uploaded to YouTube. Some of those clips were described as originating from Wykop.pl. In early 2011, the Łódź Voivodeship website was defaced with offensive and pornographic pictures of the Pope. Attackers claimed to be from Wykop. Shortly after this incident users from Wykop discovered that movies and pictures containing anti-papal content might be created on local mutation of 4chan, Karachan. Michał Białek, chairman of Wykop.pl, notified prosecutors about the hate campaign targeting the Pope and Wykop.pl.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rp.pl/artykul/621262.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140107062937/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/621262.html| archive-date = 2014-01-07| title = Doniosą na YouTube za papieża {{!}} rp.pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/link/650965/doniosa-na-youtube-za-papieza/ | title=Doniosą na YouTube za papieża }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.spidersweb.pl/2012/05/znamy-sprawcow-wlamania-na-strone-cke-to-uzytkownicy-karachana.html | title=Znamy sprawców włamania na stronę CKE. To użytkownicy Karachana | date=21 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://niebezpiecznik.pl/post/strona-cke-edu-pl-zhackowana-wlamywacze-obrazaja-papieza/|title=Strona CKE.edu.pl podmieniona. Włamywacze obrażają papieża Jana Pawła II}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rp.pl/artykul/620624.html|title=Internauci na YouTube obrażąją Jana Pawła II}}</ref> * In May 2013, some users of Wykop found and uploaded naked photos of a female administrator, nicknamed ''Elfik32''. Pictures were taken in a field of wheat. Moderators of Wykop banned users posting said photos. In response users started uploading and upvoting articles connected to grain, eventually flooding the main page. The incident was named ''grain scandal'' (''afera zbożowa'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://natemat.pl/61955,afera-zbozowa-na-wykop-pl-uzytkownicy-walcza-z-administratorami-serwisu|title = "Afera zbożowa" na Wykop.pl. Użytkownicy walczą z administratorami serwisu}}</ref> A few days later, ''Elfik32'' withdrew bans and apologized to banned users.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wykop.pl/wpis/1704907/w-ostatnim-czasie-przetoczylo-sie-wiele-negatywnyc/ | title=W ostatnim czasie przetoczyło się wiele }}</ref> * A similar scandal happened in January 2015. Moderators removed heavily upvoted article about plans of privatization of National Forests by President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski. Users reacted and for some time main page consisted of nothing but articles connected to forests. The protest was named ''forest scandal'' (''afera leśna'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://natemat.pl/130847,afera-lesna-na-wykopie-zaskakujacy-protest-po-usunieciu-artykulu-o-zydach-i-lasach-panstwowych|title = "Afera leśna" na Wykopie. Zaskakujący protest po usunięciu artykułu o Żydach i Lasach Państwowych}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wykop.pl/ |title=Wykop.pl - newsy, aktualności, gry, wiadomości, muzyka, ciekawostki, filmiki |website=www.wykop.pl |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121235714/http://www.wykop.pl/ |archive-date=21 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * In December 2018, ''PurePC.pl'' reported that anonymous users added child sexual abuse material to the website; Wykop.pl reported the content to authorities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-30|title=Nieznani sprawcy dodają na Wykop.pl treści z pornografią dziecięcą|url=https://www.purepc.pl/nieznani-sprawcy-dodaja-na-wykop-pl-tresci-z-pornografia-dziecieca|access-date=2020-07-22|website=PurePC.pl|language=pl-PL}}</ref> * The problem related to child sexual abuse materials has not been resolved for the next 3 years and users reporting it were either banned or ignored.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-28|title=Pornografia dzięcięca na Wykop.pl|url=https://www.wykop.pl/wpis/58729879/drogie-mirki-i-mirabelki-zalozylem-konto-na-tym-ws/|access-date=2021-06-29|website=wykop.pl|language=pl-PL}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Portal|Poland|Internet}} * {{Official website}} {{in lang|pl}}

Category:Online companies of Poland Category:Polish social networking websites Category:Internet properties established in 2005