for other stuff let's see uh...
most people kinda already responded to tony's bit but yeah, most of the people who grew up on "4chan" aren't talking about the past 10 years realistically. they're talking about when /b/ was a thing, exploding vans in the news, /v/ being relevant, or /pol/ being... well, like /pol/ prior to the first or second exodus. hell, third maybe too but by then it's kinda downhill and a lot of them just migrated to twitter or reddit. you're basically looking at 10-25 years ago so uh... yeah, people with actual jobs and yes, in politics right now, grew up on that. there's no way you're telling me JD Vance wasn't on 4chan 20 years ago.
over the years it's essentially become reddit with a slight edge and even
that
got neutered more and more over the years. example, the usage of slurs: in the past there was no issue with them, terms of endearment were even made out of them. in more recent years you'd get banned for it. that's probably not common knowledge but that's kinda where things went.
mnk posted...
My only frame of reference for this was on the Pokemon board, but legitimate leakers or people who got the games early would sign up for a unique user code (it wasn't a username per se, just a series of letters and numbers). It was a way to answer questions while preventing impersonators from spreading misinformation.
tripcodes, or trip for short.
most users are anonymous but if you need to have an identifier you could have a registered account, a trip, and that can be used as your de facto username. yes, it goes against the whole concept of an anonymous board and yes, most people who use any image board
hate
them. over the years that hatred has declined as more people want to be viewed for themselves which honestly ruins the whole point. if there's a reason for your trip, like you're a leaker or you're a moderator trying to lay down some rules, it's understandable (though the latter will get hatred for different reasons). but if you're just doing this for ego, fuck off. that said uh... considering how old the code is and that it's owned by a guy who's notorious for selling to the highest bidder, government included, terrible spot to leak anything. if you're a leaker there you really, really better be behind a VPN and using burner content anyway because it's insecure as fuck.