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.
  • bdonvrAEnglish
    83·
    2 days ago

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

    Gross

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      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.

    • JokeDeity@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Sounds revisionist to make moot worse than he really is. He was a kid. Most of what you know about 4chan has nothing to do with the founder (see: not owner for some time now), so your hate is misdirected.