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After existing in various iterations as a [[Chris]]-focused message board, the [[CWCki Forums]] was consolidated in [[February 2015]] by [[Null|Joshua "Null" Moon]] into the '''Kiwi Farms''' (also known as '''KF''', '''The Farms''' and '''Kiwi'''), a forum which focuses on lolcows (people and groups whose eccentric or foolish behavior can be "milked" for amusement and laughs) in general and not just Chris. The new name came from [[speech impediment|the way several lolcows mispronounced "CWCki Forums"]].
The '''Financhu Crisis''' is a term coined by users from [[Kiwi Farms]] to describe the steep decline in the Chandler family's [[Chris and money|financial management]] beginning in early [[2016]]. Signs of the Chandlers' worsening finances were made apparent by the increasing amounts of begging videos and donation requests on [[YouTube]] and [[Facebook]].


For reasons unrelated to Chris, the forum has become extremely controversial in recent years and is frequently down due to {{w|Denial-of-service attack|DDoS}} attacks. In the early [[2020s]], it has been on and off the {{w|Clearnet (networking)|Clearnet}} and between different domain names, but remains consistently accessible via {{w|Tor (network)|Tor}}.
In June 2017, [[Christian Weston Chandler|Chris]] began to take his [[Patreon]] account more seriously and recommenced drawing Sonichu comic pages. He has gotten several hundred dollars per month for his efforts, and payments continued until 2 August 2021, when his Patreon account was shut down. As a result, begging had temporarily subsided.


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Chris, begging for money, while standing in front of more than a thousand dollars' worth of Lego sets and toys.

The Financhu Crisis is a term coined by users from Kiwi Farms to describe the steep decline in the Chandler family's financial management beginning in early 2016. Signs of the Chandlers' worsening finances were made apparent by the increasing amounts of begging videos and donation requests on YouTube and Facebook.

In June 2017, Chris began to take his Patreon account more seriously and recommenced drawing Sonichu comic pages. He has gotten several hundred dollars per month for his efforts, and payments continued until 2 August 2021, when his Patreon account was shut down. As a result, begging had temporarily subsided.

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