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Reddit actually does have a number of these. I'm not sure I want to link any, though.
Reddit has subreddits dedicated to the foulest stuff that you'll ever occasionally see on 4chan. That has historically included borderline illegal content, with literally illegal content mixed in. Reddit's reputation of being better than 4chan is entirely undeserved.
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> This is important because with a history, you open yourself up to attacks. Which is why I set up a script a few months ago to delete my account history every month. The amount of doxing I saw on reddit made me nervous.
I change my username every few months
Huge respect for Chris, and I'm very happy he's feeling that sense of relief. I took a shot at moderating a few smaller subreddits, and managed to find myself hating every moment spent doing it. It sure makes the majority of internet look like selfish ingrates, even though it's usually just a vocal minority. I just stay away from Reddit now for the most part; primarily due to seeing the kind of place you get when the…
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This is possibly the most hateful thing I've seen on HackerNews. Surely there were other approaches you could have taken. Surely there are other sites that have been attacked by 4chan's users and come out the other side.
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As someone who casually browses 4chan (at least some of the less major boards, certainly not /b/) I've got to say that I've never really seen any particularly awful content. Either it's not as ubiquitous as people think or the janitors are really, really good at their jobs. It's all very silly, of course. But the anonymous thing is fun and I've had some interesting debates where I can just test ideas and say whatever…
Most people think 4chan is /b/, because that's where all the worst stuff happens. Imagine if reddit had an "anything legal goes" subreddit - it would be pretty messed up. Other boards can be pretty tame.
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Ugh. The last thing a smart, creative young person with a soul needs is to be sucked into the VC empty-air universe.
I'm not criticizing Chris Poole at all, but if your value metric is doing "good in this world," I'm pretty sure Union Square Ventures has brought about more good in this world than 4chan has.
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Not everyone considers "deviant" a pejorative word :) 4chan is honesty where most everything else is façade. I enjoy the feel, even if not every day.
4chan isn't "honest". Anonymity without consequence might make honesty easier, but it makes deception easier as well.
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Reddit has subreddits dedicated to the foulest stuff that you'll ever occasionally see on 4chan. That has historically included borderline illegal content, with literally illegal content mixed in. Reddit's reputation of being better than 4chan is entirely undeserved.
Why are people comparing reddit and 4chan anyway? They are two completely different sites.
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"not just spam, but gore, cp, raids, etc." (I'm assuming cp means children) "The good news is that I've recently returned to 4chan as a regular, anonymous user, and I'm really enjoying it." I've never visited the site, and really don't want to. So maybe I'm missing something, but why would you want to associate yourself with a place like that? It seems like even spending time there as an anonymous user would change y…
I like to see it from the outside, where you only get linked to the "best of." 4Chan can be extremely hilarious sometimes; some of the funniest content I've seen on the internet is from 4Chan. But spending any real time there looking for that content, waiting for it, that's a waste in my eyes.