Plagued 4chan - the Internet hate machine

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Will the 4chan hack be the end of it?

  • Yes, goodbye forever 4chan

    Votes: 1,031 18.5%
  • No, they will rise from the ashes, stronger than ever

    Votes: 343 6.2%
  • This will rattle them but it will be forgotten about next week

    Votes: 2,323 41.7%
  • I am just here for the janny phonebooking

    Votes: 1,093 19.6%
  • What the fuck is 4chan

    Votes: 218 3.9%
  • Yotsuba&!

    Votes: 569 10.2%

  • Total voters
    5,577
This is the main problem with 4chan: it's full of people who care more about the discussion than the thing they're discussing. Nobody on /co/ watches cartoons; nobody on /v/ plays video games; nobody on /fit/ lifts weights; and it's pretty much a given that nobody on /pol/ engages in politics or reads political theory. These people's enjoyment of the site comes solely from being a part of the in-group, repeating the correct opinions, regurgitating the shibboleths, finding "subtle" ways to convey their bitterness and misanthropy to a crowd of people who are just as empty as they are.

It all reminds me of this Roger Ebert quote:
I notice this too. The only place I don' see it is on the animal board, which can be fun at times, or the paper craft board that's been dead for 5 years
 
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This is the main problem with 4chan: it's full of people who care more about the discussion than the thing they're discussing. Nobody on /co/ watches cartoons; nobody on /v/ plays video games; nobody on /fit/ lifts weights; and it's pretty much a given that nobody on /pol/ engages in politics or reads political theory. These people's enjoyment of the site comes solely from being a part of the in-group, repeating the correct opinions, regurgitating the shibboleths, finding "subtle" ways to convey their bitterness and misanthropy to a crowd of people who are just as empty as they are.

It all reminds me of this Roger Ebert quote:

Just call them what they are. redditors. Because those are the same fuckers that Brendaniel led to 4cucks with his tales of 4chan series and supposedly landed the death knell for anything even remotely interesting or funny on that site ever happening again outside of being staged.
 
This is the main problem with 4chan: it's full of people who care more about the discussion than the thing they're discussing. Nobody on /co/ watches cartoons; nobody on /v/ plays video games; nobody on /fit/ lifts weights; and it's pretty much a given that nobody on /pol/ engages in politics or reads political theory. These people's enjoyment of the site comes solely from being a part of the in-group, repeating the correct opinions, regurgitating the shibboleths, finding "subtle" ways to convey their bitterness and misanthropy to a crowd of people who are just as empty as they are.
Tell me about it, nearly every thread I see consists of the following on the boards I've been to:

/co/- Footfag threads, Amphibia/Owl House hate threads, waifufag threads, threads bitching about The Simpsons, threads ruined by Famicom/TMS Fag,
/3/ - Blender/Adobe hate threads
/x/ - Backrooms, Nobodys, Jesus, faggy LARPS that even /x/ doesn't want to take part in
/pol/ - Trump and/or Biden hate threads, HAPPENINGS, "insert other popular to hate topic here" thread (think other countries, other politicians), shitty attempts at the Q Larp. Reddit bitching threads (even though it's clear Reddit's taken over the site)
/ic/ - Tabletfagging, "Is this good" threads outside the "Post your work" thread

About the only board I semi-frequent that doesn't do this is /a/, and that's only because every time I've been there, it's got a shitload of dying or dead threads instead.
 
Tell me about it, nearly every thread I see consists of the following on the boards I've been to:

/co/- Footfag threads, Amphibia/Owl House hate threads, waifufag threads, threads bitching about The Simpsons, threads ruined by Famicom/TMS Fag,
/3/ - Blender/Adobe hate threads
/x/ - Backrooms, Nobodys, Jesus, faggy LARPS that even /x/ doesn't want to take part in
/pol/ - Trump and/or Biden hate threads, HAPPENINGS, "insert other popular to hate topic here" thread (think other countries, other politicians), shitty attempts at the Q Larp. Reddit bitching threads (even though it's clear Reddit's taken over the site)
/ic/ - Tabletfagging, "Is this good" threads outside the "Post your work" thread

About the only board I semi-frequent that doesn't do this is /a/, and that's only because every time I've been there, it's got a shitload of dying or dead threads instead.
Fine, good riddance, we don’t want people incapable of finding threads they do enjoy.
 
Tell me about it, nearly every thread I see consists of the following on the boards I've been to:

/co/- Footfag threads, Amphibia/Owl House hate threads, waifufag threads, threads bitching about The Simpsons, threads ruined by Famicom/TMS Fag,
/3/ - Blender/Adobe hate threads
/x/ - Backrooms, Nobodys, Jesus, faggy LARPS that even /x/ doesn't want to take part in
/pol/ - Trump and/or Biden hate threads, HAPPENINGS, "insert other popular to hate topic here" thread (think other countries, other politicians), shitty attempts at the Q Larp. Reddit bitching threads (even though it's clear Reddit's taken over the site)
/ic/ - Tabletfagging, "Is this good" threads outside the "Post your work" thread

About the only board I semi-frequent that doesn't do this is /a/, and that's only because every time I've been there, it's got a shitload of dying or dead threads instead.
/g/ - Endless apple shilling / bait along with "Help me consoom a brand new x"
A Guide to the Many Boards of 4chan
by mute

>>>/a/: a bunch of faggots who think anime and manga is on the same level as real literature.
>>>/b/: a bunch of faggots who aren't old enough to be on 4chan. Some faggots say it used to be good, but it was never good.
>>>/c/: a bunch of faggots dumping vaguely pedophilic images. Pretty much no discussions ever.
>>>/d/: a bunch of faggots dumping obscure fetish images and occasionally trying to rationalize their weird fetishes like dickgirls and inflation. Also, hookup threads. Ugh.
>>>/e/: a bunch of faggots that don't like full-on porn, just pictures of naked anime girls. They don't even like regular hentai. It's a NSFW board, but you can get banned for posting porn. Wat.
>>>/f/: a bunch of faggots reposting shit like lolicatgirls.swf day in and day out. The only variety here is how people intentionally mis-tag and rename the files. And noko doesn't do anything in /f/, but most of the faggots there still haven't realized it yet.
>>>/g/: a bunch of faggots discussing anime, interior design, consumerism, and living with autism or Asperger's syndrome. On most days there is little to no actual technology discussion here. Often known as 4chan Tech Support.
>>>/gif/: a bunch of faggots that don't know how to use TinEye or Saucenao. It used to have interesting GIFs, but now it's 99% porn and "sauce plz" posts.
>>>/h/: a bunch of faggots that don't understand that requests go in /r/.
>>>/hr/: a bunch of faggots who think that higher resolution = higher quality. Because it's impossible to take a shitty photo with a high resolution camera, right? Sure.
>>>/k/: a bunch of faggots who play Call of Duty (but don't like to admit it because they know it ruins their credibility) and pretend to be experts on guns, even though a majority of the posters don't even have gun licenses.
>>>/m/: a bunch of faggots that like robots and anime.
>>>/o/: a bunch of faggots with Honda Civics and Ford Mustangs who talk poorly about Ferraris. Lots of arguing, bench-racers, and tripfags. Much like /k/, most of the people on /o/ talk about things which they have no knowledge or experience with.
>>>/p/: a bunch of faggots who spend upwards of $1,000 on camera equipment to take blurry pictures of trees.
>>>/r/: a bunch of faggots who make really specific and obscure requests. About 99% of the requests are never filled.
>>>/sneed/: a bunch of faggots that take porn too seriously. Like, to a creepy extent. They try to find the names and info of all the girls posted on /sneed/.
>>>/t/: a bunch of faggots that post asian torrents. Asian porn, asian movies, asian everything. They're more weeaboo than /a/ or /jp/.
>>>/u/: a bunch of faggots and hambeasts posting lesbian chinese girl's cartoons. If no one posted any text, this board would be a million times better. The discussions on any of the porn boards (not just /u/) are fucking terrible.
>>>/v/: a bunch of faggots that brag about how much time they waste accomplishing absolutely nothing.
>>>/w/: a bunch of faggots who like anime and wallpapers.
>>>/wg/: a bunch of faggots who like Rainmeter and Rocketdock way too much, and collect wallpapers.
>>>/i/: a bunch of faggots with no artistic talent who still manage to be pretentious about their shitty art.
>>>/ic/: a bunch of faggots who value their own shitty opinions too much.
>>>/cm/: a bunch of faggots. That's pretty much it.
>>>/y/: a bunch of faggots and some occasional fat femanons. Really, really fat femanons.
>>>/3/: a bunch of faggots that care more about the process of making something than the finished product.
>>>/adv/: a bunch of underage faggots who think they're worldly and experienced.
>>>/an/: a bunch of faggots who do not belong on 4chan.
>>>/cgl/: a bunch of faggots that think that it's perfectly normal to dress up as a goofy-looking anime character in public and have their pictures taken... and many of them are out of shape, too. Tons of white knights though.
>>>/ck/: a bunch of faggots who think that being able to cook a steak means they're a world-class chef.
>>>/co/: a bunch of faggots that think they're better than weeaboos because, although they still watch cartoons and read comics, it's apparently "okay", because they're WESTERN cartoons and comics. What they don't realize is that they're all losers anyway, regardless of the origins of the cartoons or comics they waste their time and money on.
>>>/fa/: a bunch of faggots that think the epitome of male style is to look as feminine and gay as possible.
>>>/fit/: a bunch of faggots who are either trying to lose weight or help others lose weight. However, most of the people here are unsuccessful. But they would never admit it. After all, on the internet, no one can prove that you're fat.
>>>/int/: a bunch of faggots that hate their own culture so much that they want to adopt another one. There's also some Stormfront faggotry here and there.
>>>/jp/: a bunch of faggots with pervasive developmental disorders. They are all NEETs and either live off of government pity money or their parents. They have no future. They might as well kill themselves.
>>>/lit/: a bunch of faggots who think that reading a couple New York Times Bestsellers makes them well-read.
>>>/mu/: a bunch of faggots who listen to shitty music just because it's not popular, thus making it "cool". If you disagree with their shitty taste, they'll say it's too deep for you or some shit.
>>>/n/: a bunch of faggots with fixies. Used to be /n/ews, before /n/ews was deleted, reinstated as /new/, and then deleted again. Now, as the transportatio/n/ board, it has such great discussions, like cyclists vs. drivers. According to /n/, if a cyclist doesn't have the right of way and is dangerously maneuvering around cars when they shouldn't be, and then somehow gets hurt, it's the driver's fault. No cyclist should ever be held responsible for their idiocy. Of course.
>>>/po/: a bunch of faggots who are too cheap to buy figures, so they make cheap, crushable paper versions of them instead. But apparently they consider this act to be an art form.
>>>/sci/: a bunch of faggots that argue about religion. There are also lots of sophomoric philosophical discussions too. Sometimes people will discuss what majors are best. Often times, high schoolers will ask for homework help, and /sci/ will tell them to do their own work, but then proceed to do it for them, because they love easy mental masturbation because they think it makes them look smart, even when it really doesn't.
>>>/soc/: a bunch of faggots who found 4chan from Facebook and like to post pictures of their genitals. Usually referred to as the asshole of 4chan, it was created by moot to contain all the cancer.
>>>/sp/: a bunch of faggots who think they're "normalfags", when in fact they are still posting on 4chan.
>>>/tg/: a bunch of faggots who care too much about role-playing. Most of the people on /tg/ are awkward, fat, and put way too much time and effort into painting figures and/or writing detailed character bios.
>>>/toy: a bunch of faggots (who are pretty much all grown men) who buy children's toys and play with them in public places and take pictures of them. Need I say more?
>>>/trv/: a bunch of faggots who plan trips to Japan because they like anime.
>>>/tv/: a bunch of faggots that actually watch TV still. Who the fuck watches TV anymore?
>>>/vp/: a bunch of faggots that still play shitty games from a shitty franchise. Occasionally people post Pokemon porn.
>>>/x/: a bunch of faggots who have paranoid personality disorder and/or have brain damage.
>>>/rs/: a bunch of faggots that have never heard of torrents, FTP, or usenet.

c2011
 
>>>/ck/: a bunch of faggots who think that being able to cook a steak means they're a world-class chef.
I love the point of this. Seriously, the way to cook a steak. Start with a steak. Cook it in any way that it ends up anywhere from rare to even medium to tell the truth. Now you have something great to eat. You're fucking Gordon Ramsay now.
 
/g/ - Endless apple shilling / bait along with "Help me consoom a brand new x"
A Guide to the Many Boards of 4chan
by mute

>>>/a/: a bunch of faggots who think anime and manga is on the same level as real literature.
>>>/b/: a bunch of faggots who aren't old enough to be on 4chan. Some faggots say it used to be good, but it was never good.
>>>/c/: a bunch of faggots dumping vaguely pedophilic images. Pretty much no discussions ever.
>>>/d/: a bunch of faggots dumping obscure fetish images and occasionally trying to rationalize their weird fetishes like dickgirls and inflation. Also, hookup threads. Ugh.
>>>/e/: a bunch of faggots that don't like full-on porn, just pictures of naked anime girls. They don't even like regular hentai. It's a NSFW board, but you can get banned for posting porn. Wat.
>>>/f/: a bunch of faggots reposting shit like lolicatgirls.swf day in and day out. The only variety here is how people intentionally mis-tag and rename the files. And noko doesn't do anything in /f/, but most of the faggots there still haven't realized it yet.
>>>/g/: a bunch of faggots discussing anime, interior design, consumerism, and living with autism or Asperger's syndrome. On most days there is little to no actual technology discussion here. Often known as 4chan Tech Support.
>>>/gif/: a bunch of faggots that don't know how to use TinEye or Saucenao. It used to have interesting GIFs, but now it's 99% porn and "sauce plz" posts.
>>>/h/: a bunch of faggots that don't understand that requests go in /r/.
>>>/hr/: a bunch of faggots who think that higher resolution = higher quality. Because it's impossible to take a shitty photo with a high resolution camera, right? Sure.
>>>/k/: a bunch of faggots who play Call of Duty (but don't like to admit it because they know it ruins their credibility) and pretend to be experts on guns, even though a majority of the posters don't even have gun licenses.
>>>/m/: a bunch of faggots that like robots and anime.
>>>/o/: a bunch of faggots with Honda Civics and Ford Mustangs who talk poorly about Ferraris. Lots of arguing, bench-racers, and tripfags. Much like /k/, most of the people on /o/ talk about things which they have no knowledge or experience with.
>>>/p/: a bunch of faggots who spend upwards of $1,000 on camera equipment to take blurry pictures of trees.
>>>/r/: a bunch of faggots who make really specific and obscure requests. About 99% of the requests are never filled.
>>>/sneed/: a bunch of faggots that take porn too seriously. Like, to a creepy extent. They try to find the names and info of all the girls posted on /sneed/.
>>>/t/: a bunch of faggots that post asian torrents. Asian porn, asian movies, asian everything. They're more weeaboo than /a/ or /jp/.
>>>/u/: a bunch of faggots and hambeasts posting lesbian chinese girl's cartoons. If no one posted any text, this board would be a million times better. The discussions on any of the porn boards (not just /u/) are fucking terrible.
>>>/v/: a bunch of faggots that brag about how much time they waste accomplishing absolutely nothing.
>>>/w/: a bunch of faggots who like anime and wallpapers.
>>>/wg/: a bunch of faggots who like Rainmeter and Rocketdock way too much, and collect wallpapers.
>>>/i/: a bunch of faggots with no artistic talent who still manage to be pretentious about their shitty art.
>>>/ic/: a bunch of faggots who value their own shitty opinions too much.
>>>/cm/: a bunch of faggots. That's pretty much it.
>>>/y/: a bunch of faggots and some occasional fat femanons. Really, really fat femanons.
>>>/3/: a bunch of faggots that care more about the process of making something than the finished product.
>>>/adv/: a bunch of underage faggots who think they're worldly and experienced.
>>>/an/: a bunch of faggots who do not belong on 4chan.
>>>/cgl/: a bunch of faggots that think that it's perfectly normal to dress up as a goofy-looking anime character in public and have their pictures taken... and many of them are out of shape, too. Tons of white knights though.
>>>/ck/: a bunch of faggots who think that being able to cook a steak means they're a world-class chef.
>>>/co/: a bunch of faggots that think they're better than weeaboos because, although they still watch cartoons and read comics, it's apparently "okay", because they're WESTERN cartoons and comics. What they don't realize is that they're all losers anyway, regardless of the origins of the cartoons or comics they waste their time and money on.
>>>/fa/: a bunch of faggots that think the epitome of male style is to look as feminine and gay as possible.
>>>/fit/: a bunch of faggots who are either trying to lose weight or help others lose weight. However, most of the people here are unsuccessful. But they would never admit it. After all, on the internet, no one can prove that you're fat.
>>>/int/: a bunch of faggots that hate their own culture so much that they want to adopt another one. There's also some Stormfront faggotry here and there.
>>>/jp/: a bunch of faggots with pervasive developmental disorders. They are all NEETs and either live off of government pity money or their parents. They have no future. They might as well kill themselves.
>>>/lit/: a bunch of faggots who think that reading a couple New York Times Bestsellers makes them well-read.
>>>/mu/: a bunch of faggots who listen to shitty music just because it's not popular, thus making it "cool". If you disagree with their shitty taste, they'll say it's too deep for you or some shit.
>>>/n/: a bunch of faggots with fixies. Used to be /n/ews, before /n/ews was deleted, reinstated as /new/, and then deleted again. Now, as the transportatio/n/ board, it has such great discussions, like cyclists vs. drivers. According to /n/, if a cyclist doesn't have the right of way and is dangerously maneuvering around cars when they shouldn't be, and then somehow gets hurt, it's the driver's fault. No cyclist should ever be held responsible for their idiocy. Of course.
>>>/po/: a bunch of faggots who are too cheap to buy figures, so they make cheap, crushable paper versions of them instead. But apparently they consider this act to be an art form.
>>>/sci/: a bunch of faggots that argue about religion. There are also lots of sophomoric philosophical discussions too. Sometimes people will discuss what majors are best. Often times, high schoolers will ask for homework help, and /sci/ will tell them to do their own work, but then proceed to do it for them, because they love easy mental masturbation because they think it makes them look smart, even when it really doesn't.
>>>/soc/: a bunch of faggots who found 4chan from Facebook and like to post pictures of their genitals. Usually referred to as the asshole of 4chan, it was created by moot to contain all the cancer.
>>>/sp/: a bunch of faggots who think they're "normalfags", when in fact they are still posting on 4chan.
>>>/tg/: a bunch of faggots who care too much about role-playing. Most of the people on /tg/ are awkward, fat, and put way too much time and effort into painting figures and/or writing detailed character bios.
>>>/toy: a bunch of faggots (who are pretty much all grown men) who buy children's toys and play with them in public places and take pictures of them. Need I say more?
>>>/trv/: a bunch of faggots who plan trips to Japan because they like anime.
>>>/tv/: a bunch of faggots that actually watch TV still. Who the fuck watches TV anymore?
>>>/vp/: a bunch of faggots that still play shitty games from a shitty franchise. Occasionally people post Pokemon porn.
>>>/x/: a bunch of faggots who have paranoid personality disorder and/or have brain damage.
>>>/rs/: a bunch of faggots that have never heard of torrents, FTP, or usenet.

c2011
Surprised /pol/, /r9k/, /his/ or /bant/ aren't on that list.
 
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Not completely, I think if a large chunk of your userbase makes their posts while shitting or something then a large chunk of posts will be pretty low-ball.

Dont really get the phoneposter meme.
Its not like you can make a fucking PowerPoint in a post anyway like those retards allude to on the desktop version of the site.

/jp/ is also nothing but touhou shitposts and ban happy janies.
 
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The post above reminded me of something regarding "sage"
When you didn't want to bump a thread, you put sage in the email field (which is now "Options"). Over time, this was used by people assmad that something they didn't like was being discussed, and thus, saging was seen as a sign of being butthurt, or mad at the internet. I vaguely recall seeing anons on /v/ say /jp/ is the most butthurt board on 4chan...because they saged a lot. As far as I could tell, /jp/ used sage properly - when you don't feel like your post is worth bumping a thread, you just put sage in the email and there you go. Now, I wouldn't even know if they use it because moot (I think it was him) changed 4chan so that it doesn't show if you're saging or put anything in the Options field, iirc.
 
The post above reminded me of something regarding "sage"
When you didn't want to bump a thread, you put sage in the email field (which is now "Options"). Over time, this was used by people assmad that something they didn't like was being discussed, and thus, saging was seen as a sign of being butthurt, or mad at the internet. I vaguely recall seeing anons on /v/ say /jp/ is the most butthurt board on 4chan...because they saged a lot. As far as I could tell, /jp/ used sage properly - when you don't feel like your post is worth bumping a thread, you just put sage in the email and there you go. Now, I wouldn't even know if they use it because moot (I think it was him) changed 4chan so that it doesn't show if you're saging or put anything in the Options field, iirc.
Some archive sites show saging.
 
Soyjak overruns 4chan. Sneed, Pepe, and other repetitive memes are just barely tolerable, but Soyjak is not because it feels more like a right-wing subreddit's joke than it does a joke from the website that romanticized goatse.
Let's just be honest soyjak was never funny
 
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