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.
  • mr_nguyen_nraa@ani.socialEnglish
    169·
    3 days ago

    There are terrorist on Facebook, there are real nazi on YouTube and Twitch, there are ideological extremist on Bluesky and X, and there are Reddit. I think calling 4chan a “toxic” place is too much. The majority isn’t that bad

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Did you read archive link with the full text? It talks about how the culture of 4chan started and then spread out across other social media platforms. Other sites weren’t always as toxic as they are today, yet 4chan began rotting much earlier on. The problem is that the rot, which originated on 4chan, has become mainstream. That’s why we see this shit everywhere now.

    • PolydoreSmith@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      Not saying I necessarily agree with you, but I do find it interesting that 4chan is the only site out of the ones you listed that isn’t owned by a massive tech conglomerate. They never figured out how to make a bunch of money off of it.

      • mr_nguyen_nraa@ani.socialEnglish
        61·
        3 days ago

        I respected you for that. People on big tech site are more likely to create rage bait content. On 4chan it chaos, all post are equal. People call them hater, racism … never see ultranationalist group on facebook, they are even more fucked up and disgusting