Current Events > if Death Note took place in the real world, 4Chan would be about to catch Kira

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you agree with this guy's analysis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8OfANX2hEw

Edit: *able
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Do they have 4chan in Japan?
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This dude looks exactly like a dude I would expect to fetishize 4chan.
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UncleBourbon33 posted...

Do they have 4chan in Japan?

They have 2chan, but I doubt they do the kind of weird obsessive sleuthing 4chan does.
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COVxy posted...

This dude looks exactly like a dude I would expect to fetishize 4chan.

nah, he was making a point about how 4chan might be able to track Light, using their past exploits as examples.

his main argument is that because of the internet (how people can cooperate, social media/search engines compiling profiles of people, etc.), a Death Note user wouldn't last for long.
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Well yeah, L is basically like a 4channer

boxington posted...

nah, he was making a point about how 4chan might be able to track Light, using their past exploits as examples.

I mean, this idea of 4chan as a big scary powerful entity and L serve the same exact nerdy power fantasy, which is why I like the comparison, but that's really what it is, a power fantasy.
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Kisai posted...

UncleBourbon33 posted...

Do they have 4chan in Japan?

They have 2chan, but I doubt they do the kind of weird obsessive sleuthing 4chan does.

2chan is worse in just about everything. They just didn't go through a phase of CP like 4chan, AFAIK.
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The death note user just needs to be aware of 4chan so they can use the internet themselves to spread out the killings globally. Would literally never get caught if you didn't intentionally taunt investigators.
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oh yea, sorry. I just meant Kira, since he was trying to be a "god of justice", and had to make good killings notable so people knew he was out there.

and in the video, the guy brought up how Shia tried to track 4chan's movements, and they used that to their advantage by misdirecting him, and actually formulated their plans in private discords
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Light is a lot smarter than the weirdos on 4chan
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GOATTHlEF posted...

How did L figure out that Light needed a face and a name in the manga?

By using a death row inmate called Lind L. Taylor in that public speech.
Didn't make sense how he came to that conclusion in the Netflix movie.
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Realistically, it'd be hard to even know someone had a Death Note if they didn't stick to a pattern and didn't use the same method all the time.
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COVxy posted...

boxington posted...

nah, he was making a point about how 4chan might be able to track Light, using their past exploits as examples.

I mean, this idea of 4chan as a big scary powerful entity and L serve the same exact nerdy power fantasy, which is why I like the comparison, but that's really what it is, a power fantasy.

You might be underestimating 4chan a bit. They've managed to pull of some fairly impressive feats.

Recently, for example, they positively ID'd Eric Clanton, the antifa bike lock basher by examining various pictures and footage of the protest he was involved in. And they found Shia LeBeouf's flag in the middle of some field by timing the sunrise and sunset, examining the stars in the sky, listening for ambient noise, and triangulating the flight course airplanes flying overhead.

I'm just saying, don't underestimate the ability of thousands of lonely young men on the internet.
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All the internet would manage is to wrongfully ID the Death Note user repeatedly and make memes about it.
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Why would 4chan willingly make the world a worse place by catching Kira?

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Why would 4chan willingly make the world a worse place by catching Kira?

I could honestly see 4chan be supportive of Kira
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I think the biggest obstacle is deciding that a Death Note exists in the first place in a world where the anime/manga didn't exist.
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Anteaterking posted...

I think the biggest obstacle is deciding that a Death Note exists in the first place in a world where the anime/manga didn't exist.

Yeah, this is all meaningless and stupid cause we already have knowledge of the series.
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I've always thought this whole "wow 4chan can find out someone's identity" is rubbish. Oh woohoo, you were able to track down an idiot who literally puts his/her real name and location/contact info on facebook, bravo. If they were able to actually track down someone who posts anonymously, like maybe by their ip address or something, that would be impressive indeed...
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I skimmed his vide. He doesn't mean just 4chan but the internet in general.

I think he's exaggerating a bit how good the internet is and not considering all the times the internet gets it wrong and innocent people get caught up in it b

CruelBuffalo posted...

I skimmed his vide. He doesn't mean just 4chan but the internet in general.

I think he's exaggerating a bit how good the internet is and not considering all the times the internet gets it wrong and innocent people get caught up in it b

In the best light, there would be more than a few accused innocents thrown under the bus.
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CruelBuffalo posted...

I skimmed his vide. He doesn't mean just 4chan but the internet in general.

I think he's exaggerating a bit how good the internet is and not considering all the times the internet gets it wrong and innocent people get caught up in it b

Like Reddit with the Boston Bomber. That was embarrassing for them.
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Esrac posted...

COVxy posted...

boxington posted...

nah, he was making a point about how 4chan might be able to track Light, using their past exploits as examples.

I mean, this idea of 4chan as a big scary powerful entity and L serve the same exact nerdy power fantasy, which is why I like the comparison, but that's really what it is, a power fantasy.

You might be underestimating 4chan a bit. They've managed to pull of some fairly impressive feats.

Recently, for example, they positively ID'd Eric Clanton, the antifa bike lock basher by examining various pictures and footage of the protest he was involved in. And they found Shia LeBeouf's flag in the middle of some field by timing the sunrise and sunset, examining the stars in the sky, listening for ambient noise, and triangulating the flight course airplanes flying overhead.

I'm just saying, don't underestimate the ability of thousands of lonely young men on the internet.

I mean, a broken clock is right twice a day. In the perfect conditions it's easy enough for a few people with the right Google fu to do this shit. More often than not, you just get this internet sleuthing to lead to nowhere or worse, wrongly accusing someone.

But looking at things more realistically, what 4chan has more than anything else is the uncanny ability to take credit for things they weren't responsible for and exaggerate their involvement to continue this bullshit persona.

Remember when it was 4chan that was responsible for tricking reporters into taking the Trump dossier, the document they apparently completely made up, and running with it, single handedly creating the "fake" Russia investigation?
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Kira eventually wanted to move on to "unproductive" members of society, so probably not that long
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