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do you use 4chan? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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hello,

I have been diving into these anonymous boards and stuff. I wanted to know if anyone use it for any actual purposes like for getting some tech knowledge or something?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No, I never went down that rabbit hole, which is interesting in hindsight. I went straight from old-school forums and chatrooms (where I'm sure I was very obviously a child) to Reddit.

By the time I was hearing about it it was just "that Nazi pedo incel site".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because it is

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

From what I heard, there was more going on initially. It's just that that's what tends to collect in totally unmoderated spaces, and 4chan fell victim to it.