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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

4chan wasn't like that before 2015. Well, except for the racism part. It was leftish/libertarian.

It's also the easiest "social media" platform to game. You don't have to make up a history for each user. You don't have to get upvoted. You don't even really need to make sense.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

And to think, the Q shit started on these sites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hell way back in the day, 4chan was one of my go-to websites, before the joking and trolling on /b/ really wasn't joking and trolling any more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Back before people who weren't joking started to join in

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Right. The really early oughts, when trolling was still a real thing, were so radically different that it's hard to explain to people these days