Places on the internet you avoid.
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This is pretty much an INB4 (even though you mentioned it in the OP) but 4chan all the way, /b/ in particular. I went on there once out of curiosity, seemed to mainly be composed of porn and dead baby gore photos. Never again.
Any porn sites tbh.. boring as hell and full of nasty viruses for my computer.. i dont wanna have to constantly clean my computer due to visiting them.
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and i cant take that risk.. i dont wanna have to reinstall 2tb of data from one mis-step 
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Facebook, even though I keep getting emails I just don't want to go there, I don't want to be in contact with my family that much, it would be annoying, that's the only thing I actively avoid all the other stuff I don't like, well I don't pop into by accident so it's not so much avoiding it, more like just not going, since I don't get bothered by people trying to get me there, the only other thing I avoid that comes up every now and again is porn, I just eh, well I find it rather terrifying so I don't watch it, but anyway I think that's it.
From what I've heard 4chan is all the bad parts of Reddit, replacing the good parts with even worse parts.
Unlike my internet history, I cannot simply erase my soul, so I've made a point to stay away.
Unlike my internet history, I cannot simply erase my soul, so I've made a point to stay away.
/b/ seems to be the infectious disease of sorts, and the worst place on the internet overall.JoJo said:
But /b/ by far isn't the only bad culture on 4chan. Rather obviously, 4chan culture in general is putrid. How much empathy anonymity strips out of people is terrifying. And the culture itself seems to be one of sadism and hate.
All of the news and worlds affairs boards are loaded to the bring with racism of all varieties. From the original /n/ for news, /new/ for news, /int/ for "international", or now apparently /pol/.
/v/ is a terrible place to talk about video games. In some ways the opposite of the Escapist(the Escapist has ridiculous, asinine anti-piracy views, while 4chan has ridiculous, asinine pro-piracy views). I'd go on about how bad /v/ is, but to be honest, the Escapist is actually worse in some ways. 4chan at least now has /vg/ for generals that clog up the boards. As in they would never get flooded by repeat Mass Effect and Elder Scrolls threads, to the point you can't find anything of interest, like we did.
I've got there occasionally, mostly to places like /jp/ for occasional doujin game updates(it still makes me sick to my stomach to visit, the users there are horrific), and most importantly, /c/, /cm/ and /y/. I tend to stay away from /mlp/ because they don't exactly have the best of the My Little Pony fandom there.
The concept of 4chan wasn't too bad. Mostly started by Japanophiles, for Japanophiles to talk about anime and stuff. It also used to be one of the most successful sites on the internet back in the day, before social networking came around to massively dethrone it. But then it got invaded by elitist, wannabe hater troll misanthropists and such. People don't even think of anime proper when they think of 4chan anymore, they think of the god awful EncyclopediaDramatica style culture. A fusion of the worst parts of 4chan, Something Awful, EbaumsWorld and other putrid cultures.
2TB of hardcore pornography eh?Powereaver said:How do i survive.. Dirty Minded friendslRookiel said:
I don't actively avoid any. I don't go on shit like 4Chan.
I try not to spend too much time of the forums of an MMO when I'm active in that game, though I'll sometimes browse them if I've been away a while. There's only about 6 topics that show up in MMO forums, and they do so over and over again:
Endgame is too hard/too easy
I quit
This game is dying and will die when [insert name of every new MMO ever here - especially SWTOR and Guild Wars 2] comes out
X needs to be nerfed
Y needs to be buffed
PVP sucks
Ocassionally it's interesting or entertaining, but too much of this ends up tarnishing my view of the game itself so I try not to read too much of it.
Endgame is too hard/too easy
I quit
This game is dying and will die when [insert name of every new MMO ever here - especially SWTOR and Guild Wars 2] comes out
X needs to be nerfed
Y needs to be buffed
PVP sucks
Ocassionally it's interesting or entertaining, but too much of this ends up tarnishing my view of the game itself so I try not to read too much of it.
Well, as others have posted, 4Chan.
And I will never go to Encyclopedia Dramatica ever again. I scarred myself for DAYS after going there. It was like I was possessed, I didn't WANT to keep scrolling down... but I couldn't stop myself.
And I will never go to Encyclopedia Dramatica ever again. I scarred myself for DAYS after going there. It was like I was possessed, I didn't WANT to keep scrolling down... but I couldn't stop myself.
I kinda have to agree. I started going there on a whim and while you do have to be careful and it isn't for the faint of heart there is some pretty entertaining shit posted there. /gif/ and /x/ can sometimes be fun as well. The CP does still bother me quite a bit.Matthew94 said:
OT: There really aren't too many places I actively avoid. I even spend quite a bit of time in the basement. I do try to avoid unfamiliar porn sites.
That is the best goddamn thing I have ever heard regarding 4chan. I thank you sir for elegantly explaining away the heresy of how terrible it is.Matthew94 said:
OT: fanfiction.net, it should be fairly obvious why.
Facebook - I've blocked it from my main browser, because I can't stand to look at it. I don't want to keep in touch with anyone from my old school.
Something Awful - the people there are just nasty and obnoxious.
Something Awful - the people there are just nasty and obnoxious.