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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days ago

4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere

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4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days ago

It’s likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything now—from X and YouTube to global politics—seems to carry its toxic legacy.

It’s likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything now—from X and YouTube to global politics—seems to carry its toxic legacy.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250422233152/https://www.wired.com/story/4chan-is-dead-its-toxic-legacy-is-everywhere/

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It was always shit. IIRC wasn’t it started by some guy who was mad Something Awful didn’t allow loli?

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  As far as I know, Chris Poole (AKA “m00t”) made 4chan to talk about anime in general and after all hentai was banned on Something Awful.

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