- Joined
- Nov 13, 2016
I think original 8 bled out due to hotwheels being a fucking idiot compared to moot/gookmoot being relatively hands off (apart from handling gg). The exodus from /gg/ was only really /v/ and /pol/, and 4chan was still up. I don't recall any time 4chan has been down for extended period of time like this before, nor a time where hatred for the sites staff was this high.We've been through this exact song and dance before. I was there for 8chans original surge in 2014, looked exactly like this. "Oh wow, RED text and webum with sound and piracy links on the board I'm never going back" fast forward 6 months it's a ghost town outside of gamergate general.
Even if 4chan stays down 8moe will bleed out users for a variety of reasons
Fundamentally people are creatures of habit. If it's down for a long ass time and people develop different habits it's gonezo. The myspace => facebook migration was due to a mix of downtime/site instability and hatred for the staff over removing customization options and deleting gimmick accounts. Stuff like this has happened before, and I am praying for 4chans downfall.