4chan Seems To Have Been Sold To SomethingAwful Owner Lowtax
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[QUOTE=RichyZ;51094504]you can view during non-peak hours[/QUOTE]
You have to pay to even [I]view[/I] the site?
Ahahahaha hahah
what the fuck
[QUOTE=rdotelm;51094449]I heard that SA got really social justice friendly a couple years back. Did that really happen?[/QUOTE]
lmao not even close
[QUOTE=KillRay;51094545]People paid to see gmf and have bigger avatars and considered that worthwhile I'm sure to some the cost of entry to sa is also worth it[/QUOTE]
i just paid for the bigger avatars lol. you could take or leave the GMF
[QUOTE=AaronM202;51091740]/b/, much like /mlp/ and /pol/, are containment boards, if you delete them, the cancer will spread.[/QUOTE]
[URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/MetaSubredditDrama/comments/39csf0/containment_forums_dont_work_a_case_study_from/"]Containment boards don't work[/URL]
[QUOTE=Aredbomb;51093900]Nah, the problem is that containment boards only work for content, not people. /b/tards and /pol/lacks very quickly developed an identity around their respective boards and will bring that identity with them all over the goddamn place. Without that identity you get something far more isolated, like /s4s/.[/QUOTE]
[s4s]'s unique board culture is fascinating in a fucking weird way. Every board has its own varieties of intentional shitposting ("what did he mean by this?") but s4s just makes memes for meme's sake? it's this weird self-referential morass of layered inside jokes with strange effort put into it - they even had a newsletter at one point.
[QUOTE=Talvy;51095561][URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/MetaSubredditDrama/comments/39csf0/containment_forums_dont_work_a_case_study_from/"]Containment boards don't work[/URL][/QUOTE]
Sure worked for /mlp/
[QUOTE=Talvy;51095561][URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/MetaSubredditDrama/comments/39csf0/containment_forums_dont_work_a_case_study_from/"]Containment boards don't work[/URL][/QUOTE]
[quote], now slurs are thrown around and used in a very sincere way. (Even considering that fag is a proper noun on 4chan, and gay people are called gayfags, straight people are straightfags, and so on) [/quote]
4chan has always been like that. Always.
[url]http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-shit-nigg-r-what-are-you-doing[/url]
Just because slurs are thrown around doesn't mean that people are actual nazis. Many "offensive" terms are used lightly and jokingly- that doesn't mean that the actual culture is becoming more conservative than it has been before.
/pol/ has definitely made the website as a whole way better than it was after /new/ was deleted.
[editline]23rd September 2016[/editline]
Also look at /mlp/
[QUOTE=Limed00d;51094495]quite easy to tell you've never visited SA at all if this is your impression of it lol[/QUOTE]
thats why hes asking the question dood
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;51092816]/b/ and /pol/ don't contain shit.[/QUOTE]
They do, it's just that the entirety of 4chan is shit. That website is basically a giant septic tank that hasn't been emptied in years. /pol/,/b/,/mlp/ and boards like those are the disgusting putrid old shit that sits at the bottom, while the nicer boards are the disgusting new shit that sits at the top. It's all shit, it's just about perspective.
[editline]23rd September 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Talvy;51095561][URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/MetaSubredditDrama/comments/39csf0/containment_forums_dont_work_a_case_study_from/"]Containment boards don't work[/URL][/QUOTE]
yes, a reddit "case study" which is just a bunch of anecdotal evidence is proof that contaiment boards don't work :rolleyes:
4chan has always been racist, bigoted, and down right disgusting. 4chan has always been that website where social degenerates can go and be an anonymous social degenerate. The wave of people not calling each other "nigger" and "fag" is a new thing. The only people that bitch about how they wish things were the way they used to be are people who have only been browsing for a month.
4chan is 4chan, get over it.
[QUOTE=Talvy;51095561][URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/MetaSubredditDrama/comments/39csf0/containment_forums_dont_work_a_case_study_from/"]Containment boards don't work[/URL][/QUOTE]So it's a redditor complaining because their board has slurs on it and that hurts their feelings, despite the fact that /o/ has been just as hostile as any other board except the strictly moderated ones. Oh, and this got me laughing:[quote] The only boards that haven't been cancered are super-niche ones like /n/, /k/, /trv/, /asp/, /tg/, etc.[/quote]Oh man.
You know what makes a great fucking case for keeping containment zones? When /k/ had a divide in culture between night and day, and there was a noticeable increase in post quality during the night. Then moot decided to appoint some SJW mods to /pol/ and sure as shit they evacuated the kill zone and flooded elsewhere, and to this fucking day there's a high amount of /pol/ retards who A: don't own guns and B: shitpost about Jews, degeneracy, cucking, and other /pol/ catchphrases. Same thing with /sci/ but at least there they're drowned out by the /x/ shitposters who make threads about never going to the moon. Yeah, great job on that "source" you got there, Talvy, it's not like the guy is a dumb motherfucker who doesn't know what he's talking about.
Wait what is this about /tg/ always being cancerous
Sure it's been much worse for the last few years due to quest thread takeover (I blame MGNQ and originally Ruby Quest) but [I]always? [/I]
I've found it one of the better boards, due to having a niche interest, a decently self-moderating community (although no one beats /a/ and /jp/ at that) and always having an interesting thread or three.
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;51096283]Wait what is this about /tg/ always being cancerous
Sure it's been much worse for the last few years due to quest thread takeover (I blame MGNQ and originally Ruby Quest) but [I]always? [/I]
I've found it one of the better boards, due to having a niche interest, a decently self-moderating community (although no one beats /a/ and /jp/ at that) and always having an interesting thread or three.[/QUOTE]Yeah I deleted that line specifically because I remember a time when /tg/ wasn't chock full of the retards it has now, but even at that it isn't as bad as /v/ has become.
Actually it seems like a lot of the boards have taken a nosedive in these past few years, I don't know if I'm the only one who's noticed that.
[QUOTE=Talvy;51095561][URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/MetaSubredditDrama/comments/39csf0/containment_forums_dont_work_a_case_study_from/"]Containment boards don't work[/URL][/QUOTE]
A post from a year ago, only very few upvotes without actual evidence other than "Someone posted bad thing on usually good place".
Overflow is expected when there's that much filth trying to be contained to a single area. As long as the majority are in containment, then it worked.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;51096508]Yeah I deleted that line specifically because I remember a time when /tg/ wasn't chock full of the retards it has now, but even at that it isn't as bad as /v/ has become.
Actually it seems like a lot of the boards have taken a nosedive in these past few years, I don't know if I'm the only one who's noticed that.[/QUOTE]
No, the boards havent changed. You just have a bad case of rose colored glasses.
[QUOTE=Cyke Lon bee;51096628]No, the boards havent changed. You just have a bad case of rose colored glasses.[/QUOTE]Yeah, that's bullshit. I know for a fucking fact /k/ changed and why, I even explained as much.
[QUOTE=KillRay;51094545]People paid to see gmf and have bigger avatars and considered that worthwhile I'm sure to some the cost of entry to sa is also worth it[/QUOTE]
I paid since of wanting to support the forum that I already used since it was good, SA is something I can't use without paying. A lot different
That and I wanted to give dai money
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;51096664]Yeah, that's bullshit. I know for a fucking fact /k/ changed and why, I even explained as much.[/QUOTE]
Nope, you are just looking at the past with rose colored glasses. You are just remembering the good and forgetting the bad. I've been on 4chan for what feels like a decade and can tell you with due certainty that it has always been complete trash.
"I wish things were how they used to be"/"I wish all the new people would leave" is the cry of people who have completely forgotten how shitty things used to be.
Sorry to say it dood, but your favorite thing is [i]never[/i] as good as it used to be. Thats just how the world works.
[QUOTE=Cyke Lon bee;51097158]Nope, you are just looking at the past with rose colored glasses. You are just remembering the good and forgetting the bad.[/QUOTE]I literally acknowledged the bad in that post, I don't care how long you've been around because you [I]don't[/I] know what you're talking about.
[QUOTE]Sorry to say it dood, but your favorite thing is [i]never[/i] as good as it used to be. Thats just how the world works.[/QUOTE]Yeah I am [I]well aware[/I] of how nostalgia works, thanks. Just because the boards you browse might have been forever shit doesn't mean the rest of them suffered the same, and on top of that not everyone else suffers memory deficiencies either. I do remember quite well the good, bad, ugly, funny, and awful parts of the boards I browsed, and I'm quite capable of reading archived posts and formulating an opinion from that. When /pol/ got it's clock cleaned the rest of the boards suffered and they haven't been the same since.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;51097211]I literally acknowledged the bad in that post, I don't care how long you've been around because you [I]don't[/I] know what you're talking about.[/quote]
Yea and I acknowledge that your acknowledgement is pure nostalgia. Get off your high horse, I'm not about to have a dick-measuring contest on whose been on 4chan the longest and whose browsed what boards longer.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;51097211]
Yeah I am [I]well aware[/I] of how nostalgia works, thanks. Just because the boards you browse might have been forever shit doesn't mean the rest of them suffered the same, and on top of that not everyone else suffers memory deficiencies either. I do remember quite well the good, bad, ugly, funny, and awful parts of the boards I browsed, and I'm quite capable of reading archived posts and formulating an opinion from that. When /pol/ got it's clock cleaned the rest of the boards suffered and they haven't been the same since.[/QUOTE]
Any evidence we present here is completely anecdotal anyways, but I can say with absolute certainty that it hasn't changed one fucking bit. 4chan was, is, and will always be the internet's cesspool, get over it.
[QUOTE=Cyke Lon bee;51097233]Yea and I acknowledge that your acknowledgement is pure nostalgia.[/QUOTE]Cool, so admitting the faults and looking critically at the situation doesn't count because [I]reasons.[/I] Oh, but that's not all!
[QUOTE]Get off your high horse, I'm not about to have a dick-measuring contest on whose been on 4chan the longest and whose browsed what boards longer.[/QUOTE]Hmm:
[QUOTE=Cyke Lon bee;51097158]I've been on 4chan for what feels like a decade and can tell you with due certainty[/QUOTE]You're the only one with your dick out, chief.
[QUOTE]Any evidence we present here is completely anecdotal anyways, but I can say with absolute certainty that it hasn't changed one fucking bit. 4chan was, is, and will always be the internet's cesspool, get over it.[/QUOTE]
"Yeah you said to read your post but I don't want to think critically and I like my narrative better so like whatever, it's all anecdotes but I'm right."
I actually laughed. Okay buddy, whatever you say.
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