What are your thoughts on 4chan?

[ToastiestZombie]

I find it awful, immature and stupid. Any place with pony porn is awful.

Fun fact: Except for /b/ (and that's only if you're lucky) you WILL get banned for posting pony porn. It only occasionally leaks in on the /mlp/ board, and even then it's taken off straight away. It's not even welcome on the /d/ board, the place where vore and spider porn threads are normal.

 

[The_Echo]

/v/ and /mu/ are hipster elitist garbage.

/b/ sucks a variety of phallic objects, but sometimes one magical thread comes along and it's amazing. The board would be so much better if the appropriate threads would actually migrate to the boards made specifically for them.

Beyond that, I haven't really visited any other boards, mostly through lack of interest.

At this point all /b/ is is the same tired memes and copy pasta being rehashed over and over again, and that's just not something I want to be part of at all.

You're forgetting the seemingly endless flow of trap, furry, chickun and /soc/-type threads.

"Random" indeed.

 

[Hero of Lime]

I've only been on a few times, once to get a look at it's infamousness, I certainly wasn't disappointed when I went to a few sections. I went to the Game Grumps section when Jon left just to see how the other fans were taking it.

It's nice that it did some good in the past like someone pointed out, but I wouldn't want to be a regular visitor personally.

 

[The Last Parade]

It's exactly like every other forum, except it has anonymity, so people directly insult each other instead of veiling it in smug condescension.

The people who post on /b/ and /v/ - in my opinion, the worst boards by far - are exactly the same kind of people who post on boards like this. The userbase is comprised of the same demographics with the same interests.

4Chan thinks it's edgy and hardcore - it isn't.

Other forums think they're better - they aren't.

I like this guy, he makes sense. I vote him to be our next leader

Also, I am a regular lurker and usually post there about as much as I post here, it's pretty much the same as everyone elses boards and forums

 

[ToastiestZombie]

I've only been on a few times, once to get a look at it's infamousness, I certainly wasn't disappointed when I went to a few sections. I went to the Game Grumps section when Jon left just to see how the other fans were taking it.

It's nice that it did some good in the past like someone pointed out, but I wouldn't want to be a regular visitor personally.[/quote

What section is the game-grump section? Don't you mean the many game grumps thread? What boards did you go too?

 

[proctorninja2]

I find it fascinating as like a social experiment of letting people be truly anonymous and while there is many many things that are terrible that come off the chans there are aslo many diamonds in this rough

 

[Gameguy20100]

I have seen really bad shit on the internet in my 18 years but none of it compares to the vile disgusting things I've seen from 4Chan.

Honestly mate i surfed a 4chan board for about 10 minuets and I was disgusted with myself.

 

[Norithics]

4chan to me is a show of all the best and worst ways people can use anonymity. What really baffles me is that so many people get involved with it in order to use said anonymity to build themselves up and make themselves feel better... then in the same breath talk some ridiculous nonsense about how anonymity removes the sense of self.

 

[vv85]

Midget porn!
Meme!
Repeated meme!
Duplicated meme!
Repetition!
Meme again!
Picture from 2008!
2008 meme repeated!
Steve Buschimi!
Porn!
Midget porn from 2008!
Repeated 2008 meme of midget'ed meme porn!
etc etc etc

Yep, welcome to 4chan - the previous generation jokes over and over and over and over and over and over and over ...

 

[HunterTheron]

"4chan. You will never find a more retched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."

 

[trollnystan]

It confuses me. I have no idea how to navigate the site, can't tell one poster from another, and they all talk weird. In other words... GET OFF MY LAWN! *shakes her walking stick*

 

[Xisin]

Its both the funniest and most wretched place on the web, its called the asshole of the internet for a reason, it is where morals go to die and nothing is sacred.

Gotta say, it is freaking hilarious at times too!

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I laughed so hard at the hearts and James the train picutes. I woke everyone in the house.

I haven't been there in a while. Some things are so funny, but I tend to stumble into the really scary stuff on accident.

 

[Ninmecu]

I personally find 4chan to be a giant braintrust, and as such, should be treated with respect and admiration whilst also being feared and appalled. Yes, there's a lot of really insipid stupid worthless crap on there. But occasionally if the stars align just right, you get some truly golden moments that can offer legitimate assistance to your life or world view. But, as with many things, you must take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

But apparently, I share the same taste in porn with them, so I only go there for that.

Albino migdet on pterodactyl porn?

I must have missed that thread, and that makes me sad.

It's got all the gay, non-gay and very creepy sexy stuff one might want, though. It's been mostly little girls with over-sized male male genitalia. It's also just about the only place I know of where folks can request little girls to have less ludicrously over-sized male genitalia. While it's not my cup of tea, it's oftentimes fun to see requests fulfilled - or completely misinterpreted on purpose. Who cares about people hacking webcams of other people, I prefer to be plugged right into them alpha brainwave patterns. 4chan pretty much delivers that. It's also one of the more reliable think-tanks out there. Chaotic, yes, but not completely evil or without merit.

I've seen very little genuine hatred and bile in my time on 4chan. Most of it has always been good fun. Very blue and sometimes a wee bit misanthropic, but still - people put some effort into that stuff. You just need to be contained and mature enough to make an informed decision about where your boundaries are... and, hey presto, you'll have a really, really good time.

 

[Auberon]

I regularly check /tg/ for anything interesting - storytime mostly. Yeah, half the time it tends to devolve to something fetish-y stuff but other half tends to be amazing stories.

captcha: real hoopy frood

That's what storyf- storytellers are, indeed.

 

[MorphingDragon]

I can't believe I'm saying this but the internet is better off with 4Chan regardless of an individual's thoughts on it.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

Well, seeing as Zimmerman's verdict is coming in soon I decided to go on /pol/ and see what they're saying. Looks like they're reporting everyone who threatens to kill if Zimmerman is acquitted to the police. Not sure if that's bad or good.

 

[KOMega]

The spawning pool of the internet.
You can research ways to make people post twice as fast.

 

[Wintermute_v1legacy]

I think the internet needs 4chan more than it likes to admit.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

I think the internet needs 4chan more than it likes to admit.

Care to explain? I kinda like the place, but I've never seen anyone with the viewpoint that it's needed.