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A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by typon »

nv-vn wrote: post #53
typon wrote: post #40

Mods should remove this obvious troll.

Why? Have you tried reading the paper? There is actually interesting data and analysis in there.

Yes I have read the paper. It seems like a lot of pandering to 4chan and /pol/. It's a clear example of an effort troll for the lulz.

> recent events have brought the discussion board site 4chan to the forefront of the world’s collective mind

Err, try polling even the American population and see how many know about the existence of 4chan. It is NOT at the forefront of the world's collective mind.

> Even though 4chan has long been viewed as the “final boss of the Internet,”

By whom?

> Perhaps the least rare pepe.

Really? A sarcastic/jokey remark in a caption for no reason at all.

They have also embedded overtly racist images throughout the paper, which I'm not sure were necessary. This is another clear example of 4chan trolling: embed racist or offensive or funny imagery surrounded by serious sounding stuff so its 'hilarious' to watch someone discuss it seriously.

I've been on 4chan since 2005 and pretty much grew up on it. This is just so obvious. In fact, I'm not even saying this isn't real data and actual work. I totally believe someone went through the effort of doing this work just so they can get "normies" to read through the paper and laugh when people take it seriously.

Also, I've noticed that this .pdf crashes my Android Acrobat reader as well as my Chrome PDF reader. I would check for embedded scripts or weird stuff going on in this PDF.

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by NotaSockPuppet8 »

flgr wrote: post #60
ivarious wrote: post #29

It's rather disappointing that the authors didn't talk about the biggest thing that has reshaped discussion in 4chan since years. The reply indicator. For people who don't go to 4chan, you can read it on http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-here-s-your-you . Basically, if someone else replied to your post, the post pointer will show a (You) word, showing that the poster replied to a post that you wrote. Moreover, the po…

Interestingly, Facebook's algorithms also reward activity which has the effect of bubbling up group posts with a lot of drama.

Facebook's algorithms are far less transparent and outside a user's control compared to 4chan's bump system.

Just recently it was shown that their automatic news feeds promoted fake news articles.

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by eclyps19 »

dylanfw wrote: post #49
hacker42 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remember that arXiv is just pre-print and the last page if not the entire paper is probably nothing more than a lame/distasteful joke. Remember that any nutbag who knows a little English and LaTeX can publish on arXiv. It will likely not make it into a journal.

Seeing "LaTeX" (lay-tech) and "arXiv" together in your sentence made me finally realize that arXiv is pronounced "archive". I've been reading it as "arx-iv" for years.

It's really not pronounced "lay-tecks"? Damn, I've been pronouncing that incorrectly for years, then.

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by jmcgough »

I've been really surprised how influential /pol/ has been this election, which has been really weird and a little scary. It's not uncommon to post something on 4chan stating that you have inside information on events that are going to happen over the next few days (which is fiction 99.9% of the time). Posts like this in /pol/ have been getting screenshotted and spread elsewhere on the web, where alt-right conspiracy nuts are latching on to them.

I've tried explaining to a few people that it's 4chan and you can't take it seriously, but they're convinced that these posts are real.

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by Paul_S »

Grue3 wrote: post #69
Paul_S wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I Ii II I_

Pretty sure the Loss.jpg obsession started with Something Awful.

Despite vehement protestations on both sides, the population overlap is more than substantial.

There's clearly even some overlap with HN.

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by Freak_NL »

jmcgough wrote: post #74

I've been really surprised how influential /pol/ has been this election, which has been really weird and a little scary. It's not uncommon to post something on 4chan stating that you have inside information on events that are going to happen over the next few days (which is fiction 99.9% of the time). Posts like this in /pol/ have been getting screenshotted and spread elsewhere on the web, where alt-right conspiracy…

It's fascinating to see how feasible it is to get something — anything — recognized as fact or actual trend by employing social media and excitable media. The 'bikini bridge' phenomenon comes to mind.

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by adrianN »

eclyps19 wrote: post #73
dylanfw wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seeing "LaTeX" (lay-tech) and "arXiv" together in your sentence made me finally realize that arXiv is pronounced "archive". I've been reading it as "arx-iv" for years.

It's really not pronounced "lay-tecks"? Damn, I've been pronouncing that incorrectly for years, then.

LaTeX: /ˈlɑːtɛx/ LAH-tekh, also pronounced as /ˈlɑːtɛk/ LAH-tek or /ˈleɪtɛk/ LAY-tek

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by [deleted] »

typon wrote: post #71
nv-vn wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Have you tried reading the paper? There is actually interesting data and analysis in there.

Yes I have read the paper. It seems like a lot of pandering to 4chan and /pol/. It's a clear example of an effort troll for the lulz. > recent events have brought the discussion board site 4chan to the forefront of the world’s collective mind Err, try polling even the American population and see how many know about the existence of 4chan. It is NOT at the forefront of the world's collective mind. > Even though 4chan…

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Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by socialist_coder »

dylanfw wrote: post #49
hacker42 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remember that arXiv is just pre-print and the last page if not the entire paper is probably nothing more than a lame/distasteful joke. Remember that any nutbag who knows a little English and LaTeX can publish on arXiv. It will likely not make it into a journal.

Seeing "LaTeX" (lay-tech) and "arXiv" together in your sentence made me finally realize that arXiv is pronounced "archive". I've been reading it as "arx-iv" for years.

> I've been reading it as "arx-iv" for years.

Same. You've blown my mind!

Re: A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web

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Post by colordrops »

jmcgough wrote: post #74

I've been really surprised how influential /pol/ has been this election, which has been really weird and a little scary. It's not uncommon to post something on 4chan stating that you have inside information on events that are going to happen over the next few days (which is fiction 99.9% of the time). Posts like this in /pol/ have been getting screenshotted and spread elsewhere on the web, where alt-right conspiracy…

/pol/ uncovered the Paul Combetta posts on Reddit. So it's not all bullshit. Its crazy that they had enough of an effect to get the head of the FBI grilled by a house committee.
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