>/a/ will never be as comfy as it was in 2008
>>143632763
Irony has ruined 4chan
>the internet will never be good again
Forks don't fit into power outlets, Natsume.
>>143632784
That's a weird way to spell popularity.
>2010 was 6 years ago
>>143632763
>2008
I liked the fun of 2007 better to be honest.
If it suddenly was 2008 again, everyone would hate it.
>>143632893
2009 was cool too.
>2008 was 26 years ago
Now I don't want to sound like a hipster but 2009 was the peak of /a/ for me. Something to do with seacat Funposting, talk to Alice threads and lanced jack.
/a/ was never good
>>143632866
They go hand in hand
>>143632763
>There are people on 4chan right now that were born after 4chan.
Though I like to think they rarely venture outside of /b/, /v/ and /s4s/ or whatever the current containment boards are. Yet.
>>143632841
Pretty much this.
Now fuck off with this garbage metathread.
I miss sheldon
>Implying /a/ wasn't at its peak during 2011 accelspam.
I just filter the word "shit", suddenly the whole board is unreadable.
>>143633020
Fuck no! He was the 2nd biggest faggot right after daiz
>>143633028
What will it take to bring him back? Season 3?
2014 was the best year
>implying /a/ isn't at it's peak right now because of the fact I post here
>>143632968
>lanced jack
hory sheet
I'm actually convinced that almost everybody's favorite era would be 1-2 years after they first found the site, when they had fully acclimatized to it and felt comfortable with how it worked.
>tfw /a/ and /v/ used to make OC together
A-Anyone got those God Hand edits?
>>143633069
2014 was actually pretty fun until around August for whatever reason
>>143632784
this desu fampai
>>143633069
Maybe until the late summer to fall. All the shit that happened on /v/ and /b/ made the internet more shitter than ever.
>>143632848
I'm pretty sure that's Russia from Hetalia. Don't slander my otouto like this.
>>143633222
Well, shit.
Now I need to figure out what to do with the image in my folder. I don't even have a Hetalia folder to move it to. Do I delete it?
>>143633083
Nah man. Objectively the best years of 4chan was when it was big enough to have multiple boards populated with their own little subcultures but small enough to have its own massive sitewide culture that allows said subcultures to interact with each other without much hitch.
Hilariously enough, this actually applies to the internet back then too.
>>143633354
So, how long after your initiation to 4chan was that?
>>143633343
Move it to reaction images and save it for when you want to indicate a longing for death.
>>143633183What exactly happened on /b/ and /v/? The feminist thing and celebritiy leak?
>>143633670
That's an idea.
>>143633686
The Fappening. This decade's Chanology. Brought in waaaay too many newfags /and/ almost bankrupted the site.
>>143633686
>>143633721
Cheers for answering my question. All the buzzwords, internet celebrities who benefited from this shit and newfags aren't even limited to 4chan. The heavier prominence of 4chan probably lead to"ironic" humour being kinda OK to repetitive dogshit.
>>143633790
Are you the same anon who thinks irony led to 4chan's demise? The concept of "ironic shitposting" didn't originate in late 2014.
>>143633753
>le
You're not fucking french mate, step it up sempai.
>>143633814
But the excuse of ironic shitposting and the subsequent death of self-moderation originated there.
I wanted to kill myself in 2008.
>>143633879
[cont]
When I speak of death of self-moderation I should also say that there has been an amazing improvement on that front. We're almost back on track.
>>143633814
No but I don't entirely disagree. I'm not saying ironic shitposting started in 2014. I'm saying that prior to that, internet ironic was less repetitive and derivative, more creative and more appealing to myself and anons who are more liked minded. I know the last part sounds pretty pretentious, my apologies.
>>143633918
4chan was on the steady decline balls-deep into shit for many years beforehand. Many people people argue that 4chan has been irredeemable shit since 2009/2010. It's not as if 2014 was THE kickstarter year where everything that could go wrong went wrong. Yeah, sure, the Fappening didn't help but things were in bad shape way before then.
just return /jp/ back to /a/ and it will be just like 2008 /a/
and remove the actual girls posting on /a/ pretending to be guys, what the fuck
>>143633980
>Many people people argue
Many people have argued that since the fucking beginning.
You are just picking a point and taking one particular voice out out an ocean of complaints as evidence.
>>143633988
>just return /jp/ back to /a/ and it will be just like 2008 /a/
You want JAVs and 3DPD Idolshit generals on /a/?
Oh great. It's this episode again.
>>143634025
It's a fairly-repeated consensus, to a degree. For the record, I don't personally buy into the whole "4chan was shit from the beginning" argument. Besides, you're doing the exact same thing as 'evidence', and to be fair, this is the first time I've ever seen somebody claim that 2014 was the boiling point. Sounds fishy.
I for one am glad we don't have the eks dee pissed my pants pasta posting anymore
>>143634073
Why do you think you're watching TV? This is /a/. On the internet.
>>143634105
>It's a fairly-repeated consensus,
Not to my knowledge.
/a/ usually speaks of the great increase in traffic that happened with Code Geass as the start of shit, or 2013 when the grammar nazis lost the war.
>>143634073
What's wrong? Don't you like it when people think they're knowledgeable and believe that their opinion matters?
>>143633980
My point is 2014 is the irredeemable shit of the irredeemable shit. The year made more waves on the internet and the mainstream media more than ever. I think the only comparable events are Chanology and Clinton's emails.
That being said the irredeemable point varies for different people. The late 2000s and earlier 2010s were a weird but enjoyable time on the internet for me with the late 2000s being the better of the two.
>>143634073
/tv/ pls go and stay go
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◯（ ´∀｀ ）◯ ＜ 僕は、神山満月ちゃん！
＼ ／ └────────────
_／ ＿＿ ＼_
（＿／ ＼＿）
2008 was quite horrible, because it was dominated by Code Geass R2 cancer.
>>143634676
Fuck off already.
>>143634052
>being this new
I've only been here for two years, anyone wanna tell me a story about what it was like back in the good old days?
>>143634909
Like today, just different.
The fappening was so retarded
And I heard about some /b/tard posting a live thread of him murdering someone or something
what the fuck has this site come to
>>143634909
Is that the bitch from Love live?
But 2007 was the true oldfag year.
>>143635009
>bitch
Rude
>>143635038
"Cunt" then.
>>143632763
First it was funny, then it was [redacted], then it was comfy, then it was cancer and now it's kind of decent but overall meh.
>>143634995
>And I heard about some /b/tard posting a live thread of him murdering someone or something
The guy made a thread on /b/ about strangling a woman and needing to leave before her son came home, and then posted photos of the woman. Not even the first time a death thread like that has occurred either.
>>143632763
>comfy
What does this word even imply?
>>143635078
Yeah that's fucking retarded the fact that someone does shit like that on this website just baffles me completely, then I realise how far /b/ strays from any of the other boards
>>143635038
/b/ has never been a very ruly board.
>>143635117
>the fact that someone does shit like that on this website just baffles me completely
4chan is the largest website on the internet that retains any semblance of 'free speech'. Honestly, it 'baffles' me how so many people do not realize this.
>>143635057
You're lucky there's only been one episode and I only have two pictures of Ruby. I'd post a pretty mean-looking reaction face at you if I had one.
>>143635038
Ruby is dumb, ruby is a whore, ruby is a slut and no one likes her.
>>143635133
meant to quote >>143634995.
>>143634995
>>143635078
IIRC, Jeff the Killer was a photoshop. Some guy posted his sister on /b/ way back, saying she had some mental issues and /b/ bullied her, I guess. Her mental instability led her to an hero. Pretty fucked. There's also the 2013 failed suicide livestream.
>>143635181
I don't think "Jeff the Killer" is what I'm referring to as I've never heard that term before.
not anime nor manga
>>143635149
You gotta be a giant newfag to think tthat
there are lots of other websites out there that are fucked up
and 4chan does not have free speech because u get banned for saying retarded shit and trolling
Killing people is just plain wrong and far beyond the realm of trolling autists with down syndrome or skullfucking
if you're some sort of modern /b/tard, i'd advise you to off yourself, and do it quickly
>>143635227
>u
Stop writing like an imbecile.
>>143635292
Don't respond to it.
>>143635214
Nah, I don't mean that's the specific /b/ related death since there has been a few. Jeff the Killer is a screamer creepypasta story with some notoriety and was probably written by a 14 year old. I believe he's the anne.jpg face too but I don't remember the contents of that screamer.
>>143635215
Fucking exactly. Korean shit is not anime and manga and yet mods allow it.
>>143635292
real rich coming from a /b/ apologist
bet ya came here from /r/4chan dumb cunt
>>143632874
ITSUDEMO I LOVE YOU
>>143635329
>I don't mean that's the specific /b/ related death
Ah gotcha.
I'd post the one I'm talking about but I don't have it saved. It actually gets posted on /x/ fairly often too.
>>143635227
First of all: your formating sucks. He also said the largest site not the only one. You are also stupid and a roody poo.
>>143635181
There was also the guy who told us where his murder victim was buried and the guy who accidently killed himself with a nade after /b/ told him to use it to blow up a toilet. And several suicides and stuff like that besides. Many people that go on here are not mentally well.
>>143635396
ok i guess i shouldnt have attacked that and just formed my argument on the basis that 4chan doesn't have free speech
Back when memes weren't just for reddit and facebook.
It was nice how the posting could be 100% more retarded than now, but in a funny way. And at the same time you could find a thread with discussion that wasn't subject to the inane shitposting and dumb comments of /a/ today.
Too bad the internet was shit post 2010..
>>143635375
Got any details?
>>143635396
Shit, I remember the nade guy. Wasn't he just a teenager too? Fuck, what year was that? 09 or something, right?
>>143635375
I think I have what you mean but I'm not going to post it because I'm pretty sure it's banworthy.
>2008 WAS 20 YEARS AGO
>>143635438
the problem is the internet takes itself too seriously now
or you could blame it on hollywood and the media or whatever for making it less acceptable to have goofy fun
>>143635439
Not much more than what I described. It was fairly recent, I wanna say maybe 2012/2013... maaaaybe 2014.
>>143635445
Why would it be? It's a thread screencap. Are you new? Serious question. Shit is posted all the time elsewhere.
>>143635521
I weep for Kusanagi and his dream of no generals every day.
Killed by ponyfags.
>>143635438
people are too stupid now to be able to recognize satire,
you'll act like a buffoon and actual buffoon come in and think they are in good company.
>>143635611
Enjoy your ban
>>143635483
The main problem is it's too regulated and monitored, the wrong kind of people have actually leanred a little about it with the passage of time where before, I'm talking late 90s early 00s, computers were for people in their 20s and 30s. There's also too many normalfags on the internet now with all the social media shit and places like reddit, used to be a higher ratio of weirdos, and the normalfags just used MSN for a few hours after school.
Back then manga didn't get taken down, the government didn't control shit so tightly etc. It's kind of a overly dramatic comparison but it was sort of like the wild west and now for the last few years we've been in the final closing of the frontier phase. From here on in it's going to get a lot worse.
>>143635483
Sometimes the internet isn't serious enough. I've made posts about shitty ironic memes itt so I won't repeat them but I understand you in wanting the goofy old school kind of fun.
>>143635514
Did it involve a cave? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.
>>143635611
I'm not personally interested in saving it but it's there if others want to finally view what was discussed. Thanks for delivering.
>>143635623
People are too stupid to understand what satire is, too, even after having it explained to them, even further if an obviously-satirical post was present. Newfags take every post at 100% face value. It's embarrassing to observe.
>>143635672
You're probably thinking of the guy who either died in the cave, or the more popular story about working in caves. I don't recall specifics right off-hand though but I'm sure I understand what you mean, too.
>>143635658
It's the same as with everything. First it's kinda cool and everyone involved gets it, then a bunch of people come in after it gets popular who abuse and fuck over the system because "It's not against the rules" and shit all over everything and then stricter moderation is put in place to stop those people from doing that, involuntarily destroying everything that made it fun in the first place. This happens with everything community-related eventually, be it on the internet or elsewhere.
>>143635658
It has nothing to do with the government and everything to do with the mainstream culture and cultural zeitgeist
I guess you could make an argument about shills and disinfo tho
the internet and to some extent /a/ as well has entered an Eternal September long ago
>>143635672
it kinda sucks when people's initial reaction to any joke is to judge whether the joker is 'trying too hard' or to check if its well received first
I also hate EOPs who cant understand sarcasm
What was worse for 4chan, the fappening or the guy fawkes bullshit?
All I remember from that time was Umineko and spam bots
>>143635747
Do you guys mean the guy who asked for people to come to him at some abandoned factory and some guy went there and posted pics of this weird psychopath ritual cave that he found there?
>>143635788
Fappening.
Without the Guy Fawkes stuff, 4chan would probably not have gotten as old as it did.
>>143635788
That Chanology bullshit in particular and people actually doing thing IRL, breaking the rules, and not hiding their powerlevels was the beginning of the rapid demise of 4chan.
>>143635747
>checked the archive for the image
Oh, I didn't know you were talking about the strangling thing. I thought they was guy killing someone during their posts. The strangle post had the woman already dead. Shit's fucked.
>>143635786
>trying too hard
I'm sorta guilty of this but it's depends or the type of humour. Seeking self validation by seeing if others like the joke first is stupid though. Shame sarcasm doesn't translate well on the internet.
I think the increase in users has a lot to do with it. Look how fast /a/ is now, page in an hour and a half. It's ridiculous.
>>143635839
>Fappening.
What does this even refer to? I've been isolationist for years, I find a thread about my narrow fields of interest and don't pay attention to the rest of the board let alone other boards.
>>143635872
The demise of 4chan started after ebaumsworld kind of died. Afterwards we didn't have anyone to blame for the shit /b/ did anymore.
>>143635833
No but if you're talking about what I think you are, you have the story wrong.
>>143635872
Goddamn, seeing people not hide their fucking powerlevels irl is the cringiest shit. I was at AWA 2013 with the last 4chan panel and the day before (midnight so technically same day but whatever), moot had a Q&A hangout thing in the hotel lobby. My fucking god the newfaggotry and second-hand embarrassment.
>>143635935
Some guys on /b/ posted naked pics of some celebrities, then the media got butthurt and started spamming DMCAs.
>>143635954
>going to 4chan panels and real life meetups
No.
>>143635935
>What does this even refer to?
Shit hitting the fan, basically.
/v/, /b/ and /pol/ drove moot out of 4chan.
/v/ had their gg war.
/pol/ was being /pol/.
And /b/ had fappening, posting nudes of celebrities.
>>143635941
I don't think anyone, even the most retarded weeaboos on gaia, ever actually believed it was ebaums when they were told it.
>tfw you will never be oldfag
>>143635896
＞２０１６ screenshot
HOW NEW CAN YOU GET
>>143636044
I wish you'd actually do it.
>>143635896
>>143635935
The Fappening was the celebrity nudes leak back in late 2014. They were posted on /b/ originally, or claimed to have been from there; regardless, the nudes were there pretty fucking early on and of course, this created a torrential flood of normalfags coming to 4chan since normalfags are obsessed with celebrities.
>>143635985
Yeah. I think what it boils down to is that as much as people hated the 'secret club' mentality that's what kept 4chan the way people liked it.
Start doing things like that and you're only speeding the end along.
Its not like it was any better back then, it's just that the rest of the internet has steadily gotten worse.
>>143636030
Well back then 4chan wasn't really that much of a household name and casuals/normies didn't know shit about it. That only changed after anonymoose and the tv reports.
Right after the fappening, there was a crusade against loli anyone who opposed the purge of loli was labelled a pedo.
Coincidence? I think not.
>>143636122
>normies
>>143632784
First post best post, fuck all this elitist
Any community that gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be flooded by actual idiots who mistakenly believe that they're in good company.
These words still fucking ring in my head every time I return to this site.
>>143632763
>comfy
#Killyourselfie
Oh 4chan nostalgia thread?
I was on /a/ back in 2006, maybe late 2005.
I don't remember much, I remember when underwaterrayromeno and gurren as it was airing with /a/. That was some hype shit.
I remember watching season 1 of Kaiji with /a/. I think the most fun I ever had in a single night with /a/ is I streamed the movie "dead leaves" for you guys. Some of the reactions in the chat to the movie crack me up to this day.
>>143636152
Face it anon, fag is falling out of style.I mean I understand why but it still hurts. ;_:
>>143636152
around two years I didn't hear shit from anyone else about that
I was the only one who had a problem with that word and would be told to fuck off when I asked why a reddit created term is replacing a 4chan one, now suddenly hate on it, what changed?
>/a/ was comfy
>/a/
>was comfy
>>143636276
It's just one of many newfag detectors, I guess. With an abundance of newfaggotry, it is easier to spot it.
>>143636276
/r9k/ and their reeee shit.
Back in the day Pepe was popular here too.
>>143636276
it was an r9k thing
Phew laddy.
Phew lad
>>143635611
>>143636350
>>143636392
On /a/ it should be "Phew lass".
>>143636397
lawl
Whew laddy
>>143636140
You mad, bro?
>>143636397
haha, saw that one on /r/4chan too
>>143636428
>moot posts on /a/
>this means moot is a little girl
>this means he's just playing the role of a tsundere loli calling you a hentai*
TL Note: hentai means pervert
>>143636428
And why should we care about the opinions of some literally who tripfag?
Whew lad.
As much as I use to love sex with middle school girls, the last 20 years has made them go crazy as fuck and they don't look at you anymore. They just close their eyes. You see them again and again and they just go blank. Probably dreaming of cell phones and candy.
Middle school girls aren't worth it. Their head is messed up with electronics and no outlet for their hormonal changes.
It's like this right... this 6th grader, back 15 or so years ago wanted a tomodachi or whatever those keyring pets are. We fucked, said she wanted it. Gave it to her with some beads. Gave her the pet thing as a present with money. The guy managing our session knew me for years. Then she wants me to bring her steak and shake next time. So I do. She didn't want to fuck the next time even though she had to and I got her food. She lied to the manager guy about the electronic pet gift. Called me horrible outright. Literally two hours later she appears at my work saying she didn't do any of the things that she did right in front of me and the guy like I'm some idiot and chooses to believe her own story and wants me to hire her again for sex in the future so that she can get something... I forgot.
They are just not logical. If I wasn't so nice and understanding of her fucked up brain, the wrong guy would beat the shit out of her.
Stay away from middle schoolers. They aren't even that good of a fuck. It's best to get the girls before the change and before they are indoctrined by society to believe that sex with someone who will do nice things for you is wrong.
>>143636428
Who the fuck is mooot?
>>143636518
the memelord
2013 poster here, I hate all of you
>>143636336sort of the same thing now, at least thats the board with the most crossover with reddit, its been that way for several years now.
>>143636428
>implying we care what a tripfag thinks.
>>143636254
I'll always call people a fag even after everyone else forgets it was ever a thing.Where will everyone go when /a/ gets to be too far gone?
>muh sekrit klub
lol fuck off
>>143636545
>Where will everyone go when /a/ gets to be too far gone?
>>143636541
Not him but/r9k/ used to be my home board.It's a glorified newfag containment board by all means now but it sure doesn't have the most direct Reddit crossover. /soc/ would be the closest thing we have to a subreddit and other larger boards have more direct contact with that website, like /v/.
>>143636467
>you missed a great thread that spawned a meme
>you have no idea what the meme means
>you don't get the joke
>there's no way to look it up once the thread is gone
>you post it anyway to fit in while hoping that nobody calls you out on it
>you fake a laugh while tearing up inside, feeling shame for your small power level
Posting on 4chan used to be way more stressful.
>>143636583
>>>/literallyanycountrywithopenborders/
Nothing changed
Still same shitpsoters
Still same newfags without minimum
Still same underage kids. But they're more retarded
New memes
>>143636541
2013-mid2014 was the age where all newfags who were not autistic enough to come to hobby boards like /a/ and /k/ went to /r9k/ to cry about tfw no gf and how they were depressed losers while their crush got fucked by chad thundercock. this was when pepe was actually used normally
then something happened I think moot mentioned r9k or something and all the boards raided it and ever since then it was shit (not that it wasn't shit before just became even shittier) also pepe got picked up by le led dit during this period
>>143636614
last I checked they literally have threads discussing reddit posts, I don't know how you rationalize that away.
>>143636611
We'll meet again in Gensokyo.
>>143636671
Fuck off ESL
>>143636254
>>143636545
>>143636611We'll still be here anon.
Even when our ROW ROW loses it's power.
Even when our Jibun's no longer WOOO!
We'll still be here waiting for you.So stop making me cry you fucking fags
>>143636631
Nah you just have to look it up on knowyourmeme.com :)
>>143636679
And it isn't the only board to do this, sadly. Again, it's a newfag containment board but to think it's the most Reddit-affiliated board on the site is folly.
>>143632763
Way to use a buzzword like "comfy" and pick a random year to make it seem like you're not here for the summer. Good try my dude
Roflwaffle chu guyz XD
>2008
2007 was the turning point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128IR21ZQa0
>>143636708
I wasn't talking about that specific thread. I was talking about how it used to be before all those meme wikis and /r/4chan and the archives and shit.
>>143632763
The internet will never be as comfy as it was in 2008.
The internet is ruined.
>>143636752
As cancerous as it sounds, that website actually really comes in handy sometimes.
>>143636735
>newfag without minimum
>>143636631
The catalogs changed that quite a bit.
>>143636741
It all turns to dust, anon.
>>143636805
Only if you're a faggot that thinks everything is a meme.
I wish I could get a paperback version of the four-chan catalog.
>>143636741
Sounds like the hook to rap Nas write would about /a/.
>>143636631>>143636787
>you missed a great thread that spawned a meme
>you have no idea what the meme means
>Frantically lurking every thread for someone talking about it
>Slowly piecing together nonsense references to the original thread
>Praying as you post it for the first time hoping no one calls you out
moot was right. Archiving really does kill the fun of 4chan.
>>143636074
>since normalfags are obsessed with celebrities
This is true. Who the fuck would care if the next porn site is just a click away? Even 4chan has a /hc/ board.
>>143636832
I remember panically opening all board pages trying to find the thread I just made, after i forgot to enter the command to take me back to the thread after posting. Neko or something. The time before 4chanX was so stressful at times, but it was also more adventurous and 4chan felt far bigger than it does now, since you never really had an overview of all the things going on.
>>143636428
Why wouldn't he be mad for disrespectful and wrongful treatment? You would be mad too.
>>143636805
Half of /a/ memes are not there
2007-2012 was the best for me.
Starting with shitstorms of 2007-2010, and ending with the End of the World, Rei is our Saviour threads in 2012.
>>143636913
The feel when you missed a great get.
I too miss the endless rolling
now s
>>143636931
>4chan felt far bigger
I miss that kind of thing, the internet in general was like this.
>>143636977
Remember how an entirely civil thread could be ruined by just a single get.
>>143636885
But everything IS a meme. Society itself is literally just one huge meme.
Fuck I hate old people, especially ones around 30-40. This thread is my enemy
>>143636913
I use the archives a lot because I'm too shy (read: autistic) to make threads to ask questions
>>143636241
That's about the time I came in too. Spring 2006 was pretty glorious with Haruhi, Higurashi, and Musashi Gundoh all airing at the time, and the threads were pretty fun.
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Hey guys remember me?
>>143636913
>moot was right
moot was never right
>>143636931
noko
>>143637037
Fuck off, you tumour.
/a/ is too small for its speed.
I like threads with a low number of posters and with as low post rate. They are relaxing and you can look at them once in a while during work (or if you're not a wage slave, while trying to reduce your backlog).
Threads used to last for days. But today, threads can die in half an hour if there is no new post. This leads to endless bumping without new content, which ruins the experience.
Why can't /a/ have 100 pages?
>>143636965
It's useful for when I'm visiting other shitty boards that I'm not familiar with. Naturally, I know all the /a/ memes just from lurking, and you should too.
>>143637044
You're not autistic.
You're actually doing good, by LURKING the fuck more. Newfags can learn from you.
>>143637034
Especially if it was an anon from another board. No one even bothers with gets now.
>>143637041
Yeah well... Airwolf off. I moved to 7chan after /b/ day. I only come back to stir the cesspool now and then.
>>143636881
Make time stop. Help me oh god
>>143637093
>tumour
I want yuropoors to leave
>>143637114
>No one even bothers with gets now
I wish that were true.
>>143636055
how do you make a black arrow?
>>143637102
Were you in the Beelzebub thread back during the "Furuichi is the main character now" arc? We managed to get those threads last 3 days while producing OC. Good times.
>>143636977
>blue sage
RIP in peace.
>>143637114
What's funnier is that back then everyone loses their shit over it and often times completely derails the thread. It was stupid as fuck, but damn it was hilarious.
>>143636931
Wasn't it "noko"?
I think the real turning point for this website was when the "rate me /b/" threads started happening in like 2009 and then they just made /soc/ a board of its own. Before that I can't even imagine people posting pictures of themselves on here. I would have been anxious with people finding out just my first name
>>143637166
>he doesn't know
>>143637041
Without 16-23 yo kids, /a/ would be much better place. But why I still trying to discuss things with little degenerates? Why are we still here?
>>143637072
Still can't triforce.
>>143637102
I think you're on to something there. My favourite threads now are the ones with about 20 anons in them on the topic of some not very popular or well known manga that we all happen to read. There might be a few posts a minute or there might be a post every half hour, or longer. You can leave it and come back, then reply. When those threads get good quality posting they're unbeatable in my opinion.
>>143636931
it was noko you shit, you had to have it so you won't be kicked out of your own thread after posting
>>143637104
it's different tho cos the things i wanna ask about tend to be super niche so if I post the thread there is a very high chance that there'll be 0 replies
But sometimes I feel like the site itself runs on people making question threads these days
I feel like less threads are being made as people stick to their safe spaces i.e. generals and those that ARE made tend to be really generic
A great example of this was 2012 - 2013 when every single thread on /a/ had almost the same opening text "Why is this allowed" "now the dust has settled" "I had high hopes for [anime] but it keeps getting worse and worse" which got so annoying to the point that I saw some people filtering specific keywords
>>143637166
＞ｎｏｔ ｂｌａｃｋｔｅｘｔｉｎｇ
Sora no Woto chain threads. Never again.
;_;
>>143637102
The occasional KMB threads satisfy these criteria for me.
>>143637208
Not him but a lot of those people from back then are probably around 22-26 now.
>>143637184
>someone accidently posted something containing the smallest tidbit of personal information
>instantly doxxed and raided
I would get anxious as fuck every time something got to close to my real life. I could have never posted on a board with flags back then since it tells people in which nation i live in.
>>143637184
>Wasn't it "noko"?
Yeah. I miss being able to sage in every field too, even though I knew it was an abuse of sage and that it should be used only as a passive thing.
>>143637228
It's been ages since i had to use those commands. Or since I had to manually f5 for that matter.
>>143637211
>My favourite threads now are the ones with about 20 anons in them on the topic of some not very popular or well known manga that we all happen to read
>500 posts
>30 posters every thread that appears around once a month and you can pretty much tell who is who just through their writing style. I am so glad I found such a comfy series to talk about with /a/
>>143632874
To put that in perspective:
There are people posting legally in this board who weren't even teenagers when Panty & Stocking aired.
>>143637331
yeah, it's easier now, yet something is still missing. Probably my youth.
>>143637259
>;_;
go back 2 /v
>>143637228
>>143637296
>Using noko in the past tense
I haven't actually made a thread in like 7 years, but is noko not a thing anymore?
Do I even want to know?
>>143635941
but we have leddit and 9fag now to blame cancer on.
>>143637166
＞on /a/
＞cant into ime
lurk another year before posting again
>>143637428
>I haven't actually made a thread in like 7 years
why
>>143637420
>Am I fitting in yet?
>>143637454
generals have completely sucked away a lot of creativity for thread creation.
>>143637446
Yeah but everybody already knows about 4chan now.
>>143636074
>.
whats up with /adv/. I only heard they just have normalfag "my gf just" threads.
>>143632874
lolicaust was 5 years ago
>>143632841
holy shit this
millenars ruined everything
>>143637420
hahaha, but seriously, fuck off
>>143637452
＞But why black?
>>143637420
Try harder
>>143637494
Learn to greentext
>>143637500
Thread OPs already used to be way too generic before generals became a thing anyway.
>>143637446
Reddit boogie man is main cancer of /a/ no. New level of subculture war
>post something
>reddit hue hue
>no arguments?
>reddit hue hue
>>143637420
you must be the 3rd person I have seen saying something like that when someone posted ";_;"
what the fuck is happening here
>>143637586
10 years ago ESLs like you wouldn't've even found /a/
>>143634995
/b/ was always the gateway for cancer and newshits. But the fappening (stupid fucking name, by the way) killed the board. And now even more underage faglords and cancerous newfucks are there and spread to other boards like /a/.More and more people are using "kys". Even on /a/. Fucking atrocious.
>>143637586
you mean redditgahara?
The whole site has had the fun sucked out of it. Everything has to be either epic memes or serious business.
>>143637614
I have internet since dial-up times, so no. And you can't use ESL as insulting. Pretty useless.
You guys miss here? I miss 12chan. I loved the random board. Good people who cared and didn't curse at each other and rewarded creativity. They were some nice people. Reminded me of my USENET days and dial up BBS's.
>>143636885
How can you type such a title with a straight face
At least half the people ITT haven't been on here for eight years, they even have this same thread on b which is exclusively a new fag board
>>143637454
I don't know. If there isn't a thread I like up I usually just go back to sleep.
>>143637521
/adv/ used to be cool as fuck back when it was a test board and right after it launched.
Original threads, serious discussions, and actually good advice.
It's devolved into an extension of /r9k/ now.
>>143637536
Accel is in his heaven and all is right with the world.
>>143637757
>12chan
wasn't that like a pedophile imageboard, like actual legitimate pedophiles?
>>143637680
everything I don't like is reddit now
>>143637171
even if you used sage for its intended purpose (not bumping after posting offtopic or a short comment without new content) people would sperg out and reply to you 5 times ruining its use.
>>143637789
Every chan was a pedo imageboard until 2008
>>143637586
>act as cancerous as a redditor
>get called out
>complaing about the reddit boogie man
Kill yourself.
>>143637792
That was anonib or something like that wasn't it? The guys who spammed their site on here?
>>143637789
/r9k/ was good in it's first days too before it became absolut shit. Discussions on a wide range of topics but staying kind of serious about it. Philosophy and science and shit. It was quite nice.
