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Post by happytoexplain »

CamelCaseName wrote: post #2

If you lamented the disappearance of the "old internet", well, this was a part of it, and now it may be gone too. The title is also a fair bit understated. They're leaking the moderators home addresses and work contact info (for admins, who are(were?) paid moderators)

Was part of it. As somebody who has been trapped there since 2004, I'd say it evolved into a part of the normal internet between 2010 and 2016 (i.e. it had already fully transformed before Trump's first term), where "normal internet" means being infested with uncle-on-Facebook-tier political posts, "jokes" where the punchline is "I hate my political enemies", etc. Creative irreverence was replaced with regular childishness.

Mostly because, as more people came online, they mistook offensive humor for conservatism; and thought "counter-culture" meant "being opposed to the political party currently in power", rather than "being opposed to political parties".

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Post by pjc50 »

fooList wrote: post #187
ToucanLoucan wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I feel too many people conflate /pol/ with the whole website. That's probably why a lot of websites use moderation to avoid having one section of it turn into a cesspit of every -ism you can imagine, up to and including fascism, because once you have a section of your website that is openly coordinating the pushing of fascism on society, everyone kinda forgets about the diverse and interesting other things it might…

That is what has saved Reddit. You cannot find society fascism coordination there because the mods are strong. If 4chan followed that model bronies might still be a thing.

Eh, they came in very late on that one and only on the absolute worst examples. It's still very prevalent.

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Post by rescbr »

wegfawefgawefg wrote: post #133
properpopper wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For users who aren't familiar with 4chan - this post describes only one board - /pol/, where you can find hateful posts about every race and religion. 4chan have 30+ boards in total

To add context, every male in my high school went on that site. Pol was just a place crazy people posted. We used to laugh and read eachother dumb copypastas at lunch with gorgonzola cheese rhymes and bad puns. The average 15yo boy have enough mental hygiene to know everything you read online is false. The website is not a nazi factory.

> The average 15yo boy have enough mental hygiene to know everything you read online is false. The website is not a nazi factory.

The real problem is when the internet leaks and boomers assume everything they read online is true.

Worst part of it all? My parents always told me not to trust what's on the internet, and now I have to tell them 99% of what they see on FB or whatever is AI trash and lies.

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Post by ArinaS »

doublerabbit wrote: post #189
ArinaS wrote: post #173

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> "shoved down my throat." Who shoves it down someone's throat though? I can't remember the last time I used tiktok, probably 3 or 4 years ago, and I don't feel like anyone forces me to.

Vendors. Mobile phone providers, Television companies, News Corporations, Advertising companies. I am locked out from viewing reading groups unless I have a facebook account. I can't even read reviews on Amazon without a Amazon account. You do have the choice not to view, watch or use. And if you desire to create your own site for "social media" the uphill battle is so greatly regulated in their honour you can't due…

> "But if you desire to create your own site for social media the uphill battle is so great regulated in their honour, it's not possible."

Fediverse exists quite successfully.

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Post by kelipso »

flmontpetit wrote: post #140
Red_Tarsius wrote: post #88

I feel too many people conflate /pol/ with the whole website. I enjoyed browsing through sfw boards like /tg/ (tabletop media), /ck/ (cooking) and /fit/ (fitness). I had long discussions about the SW sequels on /tv/ back in 2015-19. The readership was surprisingly diverse and the anonymity lead users to provide more focused replies. With bodybuilding.com gone, the blue boards felt like the last bastion of the old int…

It used to be a diverse place without much to tie all the boards and users together save for a shared commitment to counter-culture. Then GamerGate and Donald Trump happened. "Every board is /pol/" was one of the most frequent replies you would see for a while until all the halfway decent people left. /g/ is where I and a lot of people learned about FOSS advocacy and now it's just gamer hardware and transphobia.

Yeah, after 2015 it became impossible to go to any of the boards if you weren’t a pol poster. They made it their mission to spread their vile shit everywhere.

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Post by gnarlynarwhal42 »

throw_m239339 wrote: post #82
pelagicAustral wrote: post #5

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Isn't it a running joke that the Jannies don't get paid?

> Isn't it a running joke that the Jannies don't get paid? You're think about reddit and why it is the way it is from an editorial perspective and what kind of people have the time to mods 100+ subs for free... But that ceased to be true long ago. While some of the supermods aren't paid by reddit directly, they might be paid by other orgs to mod and influence reddit, corporate or 'grass root'... Some others simply hi…

Go back.

The joke on 4chins actually is that the Jannies do it for free. Never cared to fact check it, but it is a popular saying.

Also sage in all fields

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Post by moonlet »

Red_Tarsius wrote: post #88

I feel too many people conflate /pol/ with the whole website. I enjoyed browsing through sfw boards like /tg/ (tabletop media), /ck/ (cooking) and /fit/ (fitness). I had long discussions about the SW sequels on /tv/ back in 2015-19. The readership was surprisingly diverse and the anonymity lead users to provide more focused replies. With bodybuilding.com gone, the blue boards felt like the last bastion of the old int…

/fit/ and /mu/ were good to me in my late teens, and /ck/ is the reason I actually asked my roommate’s mom to show me cooking basics when I was in college!

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Post by mmcwilliams »

Macha wrote: post #150
technion wrote: post #79

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Nearly every website developer servicing small business builds a WordPress site and sets it up on a hosting company's cPanel install with phpmyadmin running by default.

Which are far far outnumbered by people setting up squarespace sites, or shopify sites or facebook pages or twitter profiles these days. It was definitely true at one point that small scale indie web devs and small business contractors outnumbered big tech in both headcount and servers. I don't think that's been true for a while now.

Do you have figures for that?

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Post by bruhwait »

throw10920 wrote: post #72
doublerabbit wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

4chan is widely known for /b/ but it had and has much more than /b. /b was always known for its murk. Each chan sub category tended to their own niche community and rivalry was little. /f/ in its hayday was a wonderful creative group for Flash animations and with existent of NewGrounds made the internet fun. It's how I learnt flash and how YTMND came to be.

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Post by giancarlostoro »

Red_Tarsius wrote: post #88

I feel too many people conflate /pol/ with the whole website. I enjoyed browsing through sfw boards like /tg/ (tabletop media), /ck/ (cooking) and /fit/ (fitness). I had long discussions about the SW sequels on /tv/ back in 2015-19. The readership was surprisingly diverse and the anonymity lead users to provide more focused replies. With bodybuilding.com gone, the blue boards felt like the last bastion of the old int…

Funny you point to /pol/ and forget about /b/, that was the meat of 4chan in the late 2000's
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