• missingno@fedia.io
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    11 days ago

    Outside, hopefully.

    Snark aside, 4chan was once hugely influential to internet culture and humor, but that era was long, long, long ago. When 4chan became the breeding ground for the alt-right, that thoroughly infected the site so badly that everyone else was driven off. There is nothing of value left on that site, and its death is a net positive for the world.

    Of course other imageboards still exist, but I don’t think any of them will ever be as big as 4chan was. I hope that none of them become that big.

    • yarr@feddit.nlOPEnglish
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      11 days ago

      One of the functions it served was containment… now picture everyone on there spread out on the open net.

      • BoulevardBlvd@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        11 days ago

        Containment was a myth. They’ve been everywhere else the whole time. They’re just forced to keep quiet on sites with moderation. This is only positive

    • rustyfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Not Lemmy, eh? Are you sure? You could be great, you know. It’s all here in your head. And Lemmy can help you on your way to greatness, there’s no doubt about that. No?

      • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        I think you’re misunderstanding octopus_ink’s comment. Are you thinking octopus_ink is a 4chan refugee? I think they’re just a Lemmy user hoping we don’t get flooded with 4chan assholes.