Current Events > how negative are your views on 4chan?

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do you look down on that website and it's users with disgust? do you wish harm on them?

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30/70

Gems but a lot are drowned out by the truly wtf crowd

Eh, but b is pretty atrocious these days.

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a shell of its former self but i still drop in once every day or so to see what's being discussed

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shithole full of internet memebois who live online

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They've got some interesting discussions occasionally, but every single post comes off as crippling afraid of appearing genuinely happy, so there's always this kind of pitiful "look at me, I'm edgy" humor to everything that gets tiring after a while. >_>

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Awful because they birthed the Wojack memes which are basically the new Rage Face Comics.

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I don't loath it, but I don't use it and they definitely churn the worst out of the internet

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The Yuri board is quite good

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B has some funny stuff sometimes. I go there like Im once a week.

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what's 4chan?
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/pol/ is the only irredeemable board

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I try not to pay attention to that corner of the Internet.

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you need to get help tc seriously I don't mean this in a bad way

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CM_Ponch posted...

/pol/ is the only irredeemable board

This. It's far worse than /b/

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Its a website I went to when i was a middle school.

if you still go there then i think you're still stuck there.

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Don't really give a shit about them or what they say

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Smackems posted...

Don't really give a shit about them or what they say

you okay lmao?

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Why would you navigate to 4chan and go to /pol/ instead of /u/

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malenz posted...

you okay lmao?

?

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malenz posted...

you okay lmao?

Dude, even they rip on you there.

Plus, name<edit>ing?

Seriously bro?

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Bronies ruined it; /pol/ was just the nail in the coffin.

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Supernatural posted...

Its a website I went to when i was a middle school.

if you still go there then i think you're still stuck there.

Most folks would probably say the same about GameFAQs, lol

4chan is a shithole. Green texts are funny, and I like hearing about like classic internet events that originated on 4chan, but you can't really redeem a website known for bullying an autistic boy en masse and turning him into an internet laughing stock, or for leaving porn and guro in the guestbook of a memorial webpage for a girl who committed suicide.

It wouldn't surprise me if there was a serious contingent of white supremacists with their roots in /pol/ as well.

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4chan isn't a single thing. Most people think /b/ = 4chan when every board is different and a lot of them are surprisingly civil.

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Kalavinka posted...

Bronies ruined it; /pol/ was just the nail in the coffin.

i rarely if ever encounter bronies there, guessing they're well contained in /mlp/

CM_Ponch posted...

/pol/ is the only irredeemable board

unfortunate presence of nazis and racism aside, it's otherwise home to some pretty interesting discussions and high octane ****posting

the quality has been diminishing for years though, less and less people doing their homework, exodus of its better minds

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TheMikh posted...

i rarely if ever encounter bronies there, guessing they're well contained in /mlp/

Im talking about before that containment board was a thing; they flooded EVERYWHERE with their shit.

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/gif/ has some great porn sometimes >_>

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Depends on the board. Big ones are usually trash heaps but smaller ones can have good discussions.

ehhh/10

was funner when I was younger.

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MrMallard posted...

Most folks would probably say the same about GameFAQs, lol

4chan is a shithole. Green texts are funny, and I like hearing about like classic internet events that originated on 4chan, but you can't really redeem a website known for bullying an autistic boy en masse and turning him into an internet laughing stock.

CWC does it to their self at this point and its only going to get worse when his parents pass. But like Terry A David there is a chance that they look after him for a bit....granted I think that was more Kiwifarms doing but yea.

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Best goddamned site on the internet. If you're looking to test ideas or learn something or want a good discussion, there's no better place. Because of its anonymous nature, you can't rely on reputation or authority to garner clout and acknowledgement, you have to have something insightful or contribute in a meaningful manner at each and every point else your post will get ignored, scrutinized or downright ripped apart at worst. It's because of this ruthless culture that good ideas thrive. A good application of this is in the crypto community, 4chan is always the first to deduce the most profitable projects to invest in. As such, a lot of crypto enthusiasts get their information from that site.

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a majority of them are straight up pedophiles

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ZeroX91 posted...

CWC does it to their self at this point and its only going to get worse when his parents pass. But like Terry A David there is a chance that they look after him for a bit....granted I think that was more Kiwifarms doing but yea.

Well, CWC's dad is aleady dead. Which may be why he seems to have deteriorated further under the care of his enabling, crazy mother.

Yeah, some people encouraged Chris' behavior for laughs, but he does bring most of it on himself. By Null's account, he no longer wants to help Chris because Chris refuses to accept help from the people who do try to help him get it together, preferring to only listen to people who do enable his delusions.

Esrac posted...

Well, CWC's dad is already dead. Which may be why he seems to have deteriorated further under the care of his enabling, crazy mother.

Yeah, some people encouraged Chris' behavior for laughs, but he does bring most of it on himself. By Null's account, he no longer wants to help Chris because Chris refuses to accept help from the people who do try to help him get it together, preferring to only listen to people who do enable his delusions.

Gotta wonder where that whole Christina thing came from, didn't really seem to follow with his other stuff, not that I actively follow it anymore.

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The layout of that site always kept me away the few times I tried to browse it.
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ZeroX91 posted...

Gotta wonder where that whole Christina thing came from, didn't really seem to follow with his other stuff, not that I actively follow it anymore.

I would hypothesize, but anything I say on it would probably be moderated, whether it is accurate or not. I'm not looking for another suspension just yet.

Fucking full of chan shits.

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Some of those boards are the best places on the internet for discussion due to the anonymous nature. You don't have to deal with drama like you have here on CE for example or users having reputations that follow them to every thread. Lots of people on forums tend to remember stupid shit other users post or obsess over the smallest details so it ruins the nature of the forums themselves. Users who have been around longer and ewho are more popular tend to get more attention and notoriety for better or for worse.

On sites like the chans, everyone is on equal footing. You have people who get trips(names) to become recognizable but most anons tend to dislike those users for one reason or another. On the chans, you can say whatever you want no matter how stupid it is without fear of other users documenting and using it against you later on. If you lose an argument, just leave the thread and nothing happens. You can't just enter a thread and make an idiotic one sentence shitpost either like many people here on CE like to do. Otherwise, people will ignore your posts. Posts need some degree of thought put into them in order to get many users to respond. Even the shitposts aren't totally mindless usually.

Like Vy said, most people think /b/ = 4chan which isn't true. Lot of the other boards don't even like /b/ for the same reason why most sane people don't like /b/. /co/ or Comics & Cartoons is good for talking about all sorts of comics and cartoons no matter how obscure. Most other sites dedicated to discussing comics or cartoons are dead or dying. /co/ is also one of the more civil boards. The Darkstalkers threads hosted every October are awesome.

/tv/ or Television & Film is just pure shitposting. It's rare to find anons discussing anything. Avoid /pol/ for obvious reasons. /lit/ is good for discussing books. /v/ has is a mixture of dumb shitposting and decent discussion but super fun when live presentations are happening. /sci/ is a good place to talk about Science & Math actually. There are actually some really intelligent people there.

There's a board for everything and most of them don't act like /b/. I actually recommend people with less common interests look into those boards. There are boards dedicated to history and even transportation. Just stay away from /b/ and /pol/ and you should be good.

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4chan is great. The anonymous system really encourages discussions from both sides, assuming that the board isn't for pure shitposting.

Negative enough that characterizing /pol/ took up an entire chapter of my masters thesis.

I can only stomach /a/ and /g/.
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I think they're fine.

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It's a benign cesspool

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The Mos Eisley line has already been used, so I have nothing to add.

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/x/ can actually be a decent board, /mu/ and /ck/ are ok sometimes too.

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they're like kittens compared to what they used to be

i spend like 40% of my time on 4chan and 40% of my time on tumblr and i can say with absolute certainty that they feel like exactly the same site

i like 4chan tho but also i mostly hang out on blue boards

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i'll go to the music or games boards but most of it's shit. i like going to more specific forums, even if they're a bit on the slow side.

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