"Experts say that two months after 8chan, the fringe social network known as a breeding ground for white supremacists, went offline, other platforms are now attracting extremist voices. 'Where people really are going is Telegram,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher with the Counter Extremism Project, which tracks fringe communities online. Over the past month alone, Fisher-Birch has seen the user base of 65 extreme-right-wing channels on Telegram grow by an average of 256 users — or 43 percent. Even though users are certainly moving onto other platforms, extremism researchers said they were still glad 8chan is offline. 'I think that it’s always important that people are mindful of the actual violence that’s involved in these sites,' Fisher-Birch said. 'I am happy that the community that was encouraging more accelerationist attacks on 8chan is no longer there.'"