What makes 4chan so addictive?
The shitposting
Ease of use. Convenience of ignoring SJW agenda and exposing retards who think they're right.
lack of social interaction irl/outside of this shithole
in other words, tfwnogf/friends/succesful work life
all of the above.
Letting off some steam without having an account. One of the only places left like it.
The fucking scrolling!
No responsibility, no consequences, it's like rolling around in a mud puddle without having to shower afterwards.
>>53576296
This.
>>53576323
I have plenty social interaction but I'm still addicted
>>53576358
Also this.
>>53576301
Much better layout than reddit
>>53576371
This too.
>>53576278
Nothing. You're just a lazy fuck that likes to make excuses. Now get the fuck outside, get your dick wet and have fun.
My life is in shambles
My shambles is in life
Smug anime.
>>53576278
>What makes 4chan so addictive?
when you don't have a job or friends or money, you find entertainment in trashing other losers and pretending that you're better than them.
My is life in shambles
>>53576358
>Everything requires a phone number for registration now
Just kill me anon
No account system, images can be posted without the need of a third party website like imgur, and there's no upvote/downvote system so everyones post can be evaluated at the users discretion.
An endless flow of information is addictive for the human brain.
Look it up.
>>53576435
kek'd. I don't have a cell phone either.
>>53576278
The dank memes
>>53576278
Originally it was just so not what you see any where else, I kept coming back for that.
Now, it's because it's a site where I can discuss my interests and not have to worry about what I say or how I say it. None of the SJW crap or real mods. And depending on the thread (and board) most of the discussions are actually better than some of the hivemind, politically correct, circlejerks of other sites that cater to what I'm interested in.
female penis
>>53576278
4chan was a fucking mistake. /g/ was A BIG FUCKING Mistake. Even /r9k/ was better.
Going to move over to /ck/ soon
>>53576451
>implying there's any real information on my 4chins
![snapshot_09.37_[2015.12.23_22.18.21].png](https://i.imgur.com/PXSpLIU.jpg "snapshot_09.37_[2015.12.23_22.18.21].png")
>>53576278
i have been here for 8 years
>>53576505
Information is information regardless if it's real or not you dipshit
>>53576518
Holy shit, anon kun you are such a faggot
>>53576278
You can truly speak your mind without having to attach your opinions to your full name, address etc like in normie land of facebook etc. Also even reddit with usernames gets old because of you say the wrong thing it's all linked to a username and you have to go thru the trouble of making a new account. Sites that want true free discourse should be anon by default like 4chan. What's funny is how sjws hate 4chan but anon posting is the true way to be judged solely on your thoughts not by your gender/race/age/sexual preference etc.
>>53576389
Triggered
Mods, ban this heretic!
>>53576296
back in my day it was called being a flamer instead of being a shitposter
>>53576485
>>53576358
Forgot to mention this. Holy fuck this.
I hate having to register for everything possible. My internet/app usage has really dropped over all in the past few years. I only actually actively use 2 or 3 sites. And the rest is just to look up information. As for apps, I have so few I honestly don't even need a smartphone, because it's just gotten so frustrating.
>>53576518
>for 8 years
time to end it all anon.
>>53576533
I don't think you know that information means.
>>53576389
>2016
>not wanting to stay cozy inside
>not wanting to keep your dick nice and dry
>>53576518
>mfw I've been here off and on for 12
>>53576546
Only the banned can know peace!
>>53576301
anti-SJWs are just as bad SJWs
The anonymous socialization is totally without consequence while providing some abstract kind of human interaction.
Here you can expose how you really feel and only be kekd at rather than losing your job.
>>53576504
>trusting an anonymous image board with your food
Don't eat the brownies.
/l/
Oh... That's right... I don't even know why I'm here still.
They're never bringing it back...
>>53576278
>Leave me ALONE mommmm! If I dress like a trap and hitposting long enough Google will hire me just like moot.
>>53576600
No they are not
It's like gambling. As shitty as this place is, there will always be another thread that's as good as it used to be. You know the odds are against you and it's all a waste of time, but it's just so easy to hit that refresh button one more time.
>>53576586
>>not wanting to stay cozy inside
>>not wanting to keep your dick nice and dry
I can literally think of no reason for either.
>>53576600
No sjws are worse, only an sjw would create a boggeyman of an anti-sjw to keep their fictional victimhood and persecution narrative intact
>>53576585
false info is still info, fgt.
The internets is brim full of bullshit. See: social media and wikipedia.
>>53576600
Sounds like SJW logic to me
>>53576504
you sound lime me when I was a beginner.
there were a few other boards that I told myself to visit more often yet I'm still just using /g/ as my home board 8 years later. I only leave /g/ when I need to satisfy my basic needs, then I go visit places I'm not proud of.
>>53576564
There's too much sunshine and vibrance in this version.
>>53576603
Do you not like fudge?
>>53576600
nope
>>53576695
>fudge
this girl is awsome
>>53576665
bullshit != information
battered wife syndrome
Memes and cute animes.
>>53576725
>she thinks I`m a girl
Kyaa~
You are making such an old woman blush....
(you)
At what point do you consider yourself an oldfag? I've been here nearly every single day for 5 years and I still think of myself as a newfag.
Breaks down the wall of thinking you have to be nice to people. Can't do anything but be positive on a forum or else the person who was being an idiot hates you forever and starts crying and they've been there longer than you and gets the admin to ban you.
No weight to the posts for like or dislike, reddit is a total fucking joke. Has a few boards instead of ten billion of them. Ever actually been to reddit? Read the rules on any board you want. It will go something like this
>video games
>Do NOT post video games here. If you want to do that go to the genre board.
>go to rts subreddit
>Do NOT post RTS games here. Go to /r/rts/game
>/r/starcraft: Do NOT post single player, multiplayer, or any player, do NOT post starcraft here.
>/r/starcraft/multiplayer
>Do NOT post here if you play Terran. Do NOT post here if you play Zerg. Do NOT post here if you play Protoss.
>r/starcraft/fuckyou/multiplayer/zerg/
>Do NOT post anything about drones, zerglings, hydralisks or any zerg unit or anything
Congrats you're now on a board with 30 other people and the next reply to yours will be in a year.
Meanwhile on 4chan you'd be forced to be together and have to defend your retarded opinion or change it.
"but people on 4chan are such assholes"
no it just forces you to defend your opinion because "Well It's me again and it's my stuff cause I bought it and now I'm stuck with it" doesn't fucking matter. Your opinion was wrong. You fucked up. So yes you cry at first but stick with any board for a long enough time and you will really know what is the best things/brands/products/ideas/strategies/whatever
>>53576736
opinions != facts
Information does not have to be factual.
Collecting (You)'s is addictive.
>>53576278
The porn
I can refresh and there's different shit, mostly. The activity combined with how fast things disappear means that there's always going to be something interesting going on.
On a deeper level, it's the fact that you can't hide behind your identity. If you say something dumb, your internet friends aren't there to come to your defense and there's no post/reputation system you can use to damage control things. This is probably the last place left on the internet where a shitty argument is a shitty argument and identity doesn't get involved in any way. That's pretty valuable.
>>53576787
you have to survive for at least 6 summers here
>>53576518
>>53576564
>>53576518
I have been here for 4 years.
Constant stimulation and anonymity. I crave that stimulation. The anonymity allows me to dip into and out of it at will.
>>53576787
I've been here for eight years and I still have days where I feel fresh off the boat. At this point I just accept that there are things about this place that I will never understand.
>>53576831
you havent been here long have you? every day is the same threads.
>>53576787
You're an oldfag when you see a complete shift in culture happen to a board and don't understand what happened.
Basically when you become out of touch. It's all subjective though. I'm an oldfag when it comes to /v/ but I've only been on /g/ for about a year.
You'll always be a newfag if someone has been here longer than you though.
>>53576899
What is your full name?
>>53576912
I can tell you a culture shift that has happened on /g/.
There used to not be as many Windows fags shilling for Windows.
Does anyone else remember trolling being worse until the "I was pretending to be retarded" comic became popular?
>Honesty
You can say what you really think and you can have a conversation totally based on your argument and facts...or memes.
>Anonymity
You can be a faggot spamming "install gentoo" in one thread, while having a gentlemanly conversation about something else in another.
>>53576787
It's more of when you started posting rather than how long you've been posting in my opinion.
Been in this site for 7-8 years but never got to experience the board subculture pre 2008 so I I'm not really an oldfag.
>>53576929
>she thinks shilling threads are common users
girl, they are paid to shill their products here you know
>>53576899
There's still generally something new in them because the old ones disappear. I guess /g/ is a bad example because it's a somewhat slower board, but the faster boards rarely have threads hang around for more than a few hours. There's reposts, sure...but there's only so much to talk about in the context of a specific interest like video games or technology anyway.
![snapshot_11.44_[2016.02.14_12.57.29].png](https://i.imgur.com/j1jtlDb.jpg "snapshot_11.44_[2016.02.14_12.57.29].png")
>>53576929
>There used to not be as many linax fags shilling for linax.
fixed that for you
>>53576929
I remember when there was only 1 Apple related thread at any given moment. It always burst up August/September.
>>53576692
>>53576858
I gotchu
>>53576554
Back in my day 4chan threads were deleted quickly, sjw was a theory, and chat rooms were where you called someone a flamer if they kept trashing someone
>>53577012
Apple won. It's now the #1 desktop OS for developers.
>>53576625
What are you even doing here? Inside is way cozy.
>>53576278
>easy to use
>all are equal
>anything goes
>all is temporary
>it's anonymous - you can be honest
>it's anonymous - you can troll
>no profile so nothing is personal and there is no reputation to worry about
>great for hivemind and memes
>What makes 4chan so addictive?
Anonimity. And some degree of randomness. You want to consume a stream of random content everyday and not pay for it.
But the way things are going right now, /g/ is far from offering much randomness. 85% of threads are the same predictable boring stuff which is probably posted by the same boring people with very fixed interests (ricing, generals, desktop threads, watch threads, anime threads, linux threads, OS wars threads, hackneyed memes threads, etc etc).
Love the captcha
Fabulous modern design
Mods are nice
Friendly community
It's ironic because this website made me try and kill myself years ago
and look at me now! regular poster!
>>53577055
>Love the captcha
>Fabulous modern design
>Mods are nice
>Friendly community
>>53576435
huh? since when?
also this >>53576465
>>53577061
OMG it's Jessi Slaughter!
>>53576979
>>53576988
Nu users detected
>they think linux shilling is a bad thing
As far as I'm concerned getting users away from literal botnet trash, like Windows, is a good thing.
>>53577061
>failed at suicide
how big of a loser do you have to be to fail at something as simple as that?!?!
also, how the fuck would 4chan make you try to kill yourself? are you a moron?
>>53576600
sjw detected
>>53576518
about 10 years here
>>53576278
We fulfill our human desire to communicate with others without the inconvenience of having to actually go out and do stuff like if you had actual friends.
>>53576323
i have work and friends but no gf and i still shitpost.
>>53577036
>What are you even doing here?
I have physical and mental issues that prevent me from doing the things I want. I can do some things but it always ends rough. Its a work in progress.
meme magic
>>53576278
All the futa on /d/
>>53577100
when I first went on 4chan I was 12. That was 7 years ago
>>53577088
>killing yourself is simple
how do you know?
![snapshot_07.09_[2016.02.14_12.50.59].png](https://i.imgur.com/1UYKevb.jpg "snapshot_07.09_[2016.02.14_12.50.59].png")
>>53577086
piss off kid
>>53577149
ur still a babby
>>53577149
i was 16 10 years ago
i lurked without posting for quite a while, i'm so unsociable that even posting on an anonymous site made me nervous
i'm not really any better now than i was then, 4chan's the only place i talk to people
>>53576518
I've been here since I was 8 yrs old
>>53576518
Me too, and I sometimes still consider myself a newfag
>>53576554
Now that makes me feel old. I don't think I've heard that term since like 2005. Even n00b is outdated and lame to say now.
But yes, I only really come here to laugh at the shitposting and as a news feed. Oh, and it's great for porn too when you need to let one out and keeps it all in one, easy to find place. I will engage in discussion if the thread hasn't already gone to shit but it's usually a waste of time on an anonymous board. It does work sometimes, though. Also nice that it keeps attention whores at bay (with the exception of tripfags, but they're ridiculed anyway). You have no legacy here and no post count or Plebbit points to boast with and assume that you should be respected more.
>>53577211
forgot to mention, came in 2005
>>53577024
This is what cemented my /v/ oldfag status, before it was just underage kiddies and shit opinions. Then suddenly there was talk of SJWs, feminists, and gamergate shit and I had absolutely no idea what the fuck was going on or even why it started. I just showed up one day and everyone was using all kinds of new trigger words and shit. It just made me think. "I can't believe I'm here, I'm 30 years old. What the fuck have I done with my life."
Then I drank myself into a stooper and skipped work for 3 days.
>>53576518
I have been here since the days of geocities chan. Greatly miss the good ole times.
>>53577244
That's depressing
>>53577271
I got over it. /v/ doesn't feel the same anymore though.
>>53577197
>i lurked without posting for quite a while, i'm so unsociable that even posting on an anonymous site made me nervous
I was flaming and trolling all over the net (boards, IRC, forums) and was extremely sociable online until Web2.0 shit kicked in and everyone moved to Myspace and Facebook and suddenly it all became scary and I lost touch with everybody.
Then I returned to 4chan after a while and felt liberated again.
>>53576278
The Good
>The shitposting
>No rules, no consequences
>Can talk shit about others without mods
>Can filter other posts you don't like
>Is practically a dank meme powerhouse
>Don't need to sign up
>Anonymous at all times (though if you use a name you will be heavily bashed)
>The enjoyment of staying inside
>Muh animes
>The enjoyment of getting (You)'s
>Can talk about anything you want (in the appropriate board) without triggering someone else
>SJWs are extinct here
>Actual fucking discussion
>Better layout
>Smaller boards don't have as much shitposters as big ones
>Not reddit or voat
>Non obtrusive ads (although i block those too)
The Bad
>Shitposters are abundant
>Botnet/Google reCAPTCHA
>Heavy use of JS (catalog can be done in HTML5 and CSS, no reason to use JS)
I love you, 4chan.
>>53577488
Didn't moot ban threads about Gamer gate?
>>53576518
Almost 9 years haha kill me.
>>53577055
>>53577177
>tie noose
>put round neck
>2m drop
All done.
>>53576401
>>53576415
These two posts are heavily underrated
>>53576278
The autistic familia
>>53577488
>no rules
>no consequences
>what are board rules, and getting b&
I love the friendly, welcoming, inclusive atmosphere and monthly prize draw.
>>53577727
Sounds fun.
>>53576518
Been here since 2004 so im probably the most ancient oldfag at 12 years.
I remember just about every major and retarted event. My favorite one was when /b/ was infected with newfags that downloaded an image file that told them to rename it to .vbs and run it.
Imageboards are a drug for your mind. Every day you are slammed with new experiences. Straight to the dome with no work on your part. No need to go outside and do things, just instant gratification.
>>53577488
>not using the external catalog
Not so much addictive, just as natural as breathing. I've been posting here since around the time Inuyasha first aired on Toonami and I dunno what the fuck else I'd be doing if I were lurking this shithole. Remember back when some faggot would always post loli threads on /g/ every couple of days? Those were the days.
I'm not going to get withdrawl from not browsing 4chan, but I will be afraid of missing out on shit; I get a lot of valuable information about my various interests here, even if I have to wade through a sea of shit. Well, ever since I completely stopped going on /b/ and /v/, it's been a much more pleasant experience. I think the last time I was on /b/ was shortly after the whole pools closed bullshit and scientology nonsense.
>>53576278
What makes porn so addictive? What makes fast food so addictive? We're dopamine junkies, that's all.
>>53576278
I will try to be sincere.
>a good place to feel better about yourself
>no one knows you, so you can be totally yourself
>sometimes you find interesting information here
>some shitposting and memes are funny as fuck
>you can eliminate your hate and anger here
>good place to discuss delicate subjects and joke about them without your life being destroyed
>a lot of idiots which poat here are a special kind of amusment for others (see greentext stories, retarded threads)
>being able to discuss with people around the world very easy
>free stuff given out by kind anons (see games giveaways)
Despite many threads being totally shit and the constant shitposting here, this place feels special. Beside reddit (inb4 redditfags pls go)(don't post here or on reddit too much anyway, lurker here) this is the only place I visit constantly.
>>53576278
In the early days it was the various board culture. Each board felt like a compleatly different place.
/a/ upheld a super elitist attitude. If you didn't assimilate it was a bad time for you. The shit that flies on /a/ now would have got you perma-banned a few years ago.
/b/ actually accomplished shit. REAL SHIT. Yes it was still random, but there was also a lot of original content and less of the repeated bullshit every 2 min.
/g/ was about the same, but with less of the gamer garbage. /g/ held second place, right behind /a/, for the most elitist board. Though it seems /g/ has dropped the ball these past few years. /bst/ was still in it's infancy, Unboxing threads were the big thing.
That's what kept me addicted in the past. I continue to stay for other reasons, such as:
The anonymous factor. Being anon means everyone is honest an upfront about everything. A majority of the stuff that's done or said here would or never could be said or done on a site that requires an account.
Memes start here and die elsewhere (Reddit). Memes here are organic, they are born from and tied to the differing board cultures (It's why most memes seem so cringe worthy and nonsensical when found outside of the site). Most aren't forced and they naturally die to make way for the next one.
Niche behavior. Most of the stuff that's acceptable here would not be okay elsewhere.
Everything is temporary. It gives a true feeling of being In-the-now. Sure, there are archives, but like a photo, it doesn't compare to actually participating and being their at that moment.
>>53577083
Lol at ancient reference
>>53577900
what anime
Even though I see the same threads popping up everyday on the same boards, I come here because I'm addicted to the idea that something will pop up that interests me.
In fact, I spend hours of my time on the /g/ archives searching up topics that interest me. Is there anyone else that does this? I feel as though I'm really addicted to this place. It's gotten to the point where I have to stop myself from shitposting in real life because I know no one will get the joke.
>>53576358
>>53576435
>>53576562
>without having an account
This was the reason I fell in love with this place. It still amazes me how much great content* and intriguing discourse** can come from an image board where anyone can post practically anything, anonymously, and so freely and so easily.*dank memes
**shitposting
>>53577943
>>53577943
Yosuga no Sora
>>53577341
/v/ can still be pretty great, you just need to avoid the mainstream and obvious bait threads. If you stick to niche and comfy threads, you'll have a good time. Until it becomes popular, that is. That's what makes Yakuza and MonHun threads good.
It's amusing that almost all Internet in-jokes and cultures (a.k.a. memes) originate here, and the majority of 'normies' that spread them beyond here are quite oblivious to their true origins.
This place also feels like a last bastion of the old, wild fun internet, before the influx of normies and the marketing and profiling followed.
>>53576790
Yeah it pretty retarded
"use the search we had this question 8 months ago"
And now people think disagreeing with popular opinion is somehow "trolling"
>>53576278
it's laced with crack
>>53577855
wow
/thread
>>53577991
You must be joking. This place has gone down the shitter recently. It's nothing but a shadow of it's former self. I honestly believe it's because a large part of the core audience fucked off and all the little kids from reddit and twitter come here because they think this is where the cool kids hang out. They take their shitty memes with them and post them here. Fucking hell. Maybe I'm just getting old. Our memes back in the day were hilarious, these modern ones are garbage. I was happy when our Japanese overlord took over and started word filtering shit again. It helped a bit.
the dank mememes
Some funny stuff still happens here
>>53577391
Holy shit, this. Chatango, GameSpot unions, Tom's Hardware, all that dumb shit. I took part in it all, I was obsessed with social internet stuff.
Then Facebook came around. And my world changed. Ironically, that absolute shit social site with no games I found circa 2005 became the leader of the Web 2.0. Suddenly my private virtual shelter became shared by my classmates, my friends, my teachers, my parents.
An internet where revealing personal information was considered heresy and an open invitation to doxxing and identity theft, changed to one where keeping your anonymity is an ever increasing challenge and actually outs you as a criminal.
And I called quits. The web I once loved to surf, to search every page, every index of google and MSN, became a scary and unfamiliar place. Old sites I used to frequent either disappeared or adapted to the new situation, changing completely in the process.
Except this place. I've been here for roughly 7 years, maybe more. It's still the same crude shit it's always been. Just new words.
Perhaps that is why I keep coming back. It feels like home.
>>53578158
man i remember that we had a hell of a month in /sp/ thanks to that and dog the bounty hunter looking after him when he beat up his porn whore gf
>>53578128
You are imagining it. The memes became ironic here and smoe nostalgiafags can't accept that. This is another sign of 4chan being a ground zero of memes. You won't be ironic or create intentionally unfunny memes on 9fag or leddit.
>>53578161
I wonder how the public would react if someone made a website for "doxxing2.0" and just archived public info and relationships of Facebook users. Would they be offended?
They would lose control of their own content, and they wouldn't even realize that that's what Facebook itself is doing.
>>53578348
>The memes became ironic here
Everything is a meme here.
>>53577906
>ancient
what the fuck not at all
get out
>>53577785
Tell us more stories grandpa.
i've been here for 10 years
my life is in shambles
>>53577959
Well, what sucks is that there used to be a lot of options of sites without registration.
>>53576518
Less than a year (newfags i guess)
>>53577954
>It's gotten to the point where I have to stop myself from shitposting in real life because I know no one will get the joke.
Oh god yeah me too.
I tend to leave bad first impressions because I'll make a joke or snide remark with people as if i were shitposting here. It's also getting hard to hide my power level because of it. I'm sure my normie friends know I'm a fucking weab now too. I just can't help it anymore.
literally a never-ending shitpost
no history of threads, so you continue to make the same ones 100000x times and never learn from your mistakes
basically a circle of hell
>>53576518
2-3 years
>>53576278
It is? Christ I haven't felt "addicted" to this place for years
>>53576518
7 years here
Jesus
>>53576278
The ability to interact without having to interact.
>>53576278
Sell my soul to Google and I can post mostly whatever I want.
A sense of anonymity.
No bullshit normalfag stigmas for the most part.
>>53579194
/thread
>>53576518
8 months, lmao. Ironic right?
>>53576518
I've been here since '05, never realized how long till it hit a decade. 4chan really is like a drug, it turns your best years into memories.
>>53576518
Fucking newfags.
>>53579234
I can see that you are new here.
>no mention of dubs
Also, sure is technology in here.
Mods just delete this board, I really want to leave it.
>>53579272
i almost forgot this /g/
>>53578141
delete that
>>53577035
Who made this retarded thing
If you're going to take Mac OS X and Linux you'll have to generalize Windows too
WIndows clearly won
>>53577551
>>53577488
They did. All that resulted in was a significant split of /v/'s and /pol/'s userbase towards a different website.
I go there. /v/ feels more homegrown since generals, pokeymans, and old school games are all on the same board. 4chan's /v/ is heavily balkanized into /vp/, /vr/, and /vg/, so basically only shitposting and current viral marketed hyped shit gets posted on /v/. It's why the board sucks so bad.
4chan's /pol/ though is still much more fun than 8gag's. They're like the SS divison of no-fun allowed hitlerworship.
>>53577900
The current evolution of boards are actually more refined and have more depth than what was happening back in like say 06-09.
2008 /g/ was basically an entire board dedicated to building and ricing computers and recommending phones. Very little programming or linux discussion going on. /a/ was otaku shitposting and tohou. Barely any anime discussion going on until luggage lad created /jp/. The increase in moderation actually helped guided discussions and some order. You wouldn't see scanlators on /a/, that's for sure.
>>53579272
But who will hold out desktop threads and smartphone generals?
>>53576917
keked
>>53578128
I didn`t browse for a while, but after moot kicked himself off the quality seems to have improved slightly.
How come people don't tell newfag to lurk moar anymore? They came in here gun blazing posting from their phone with stupid grin on their ugly mug,lol lmao XD !1!! out the ass. I remember those days when a single ! or lol will get you heckle out off existance. It seems only /a/ still enforce that kind of shit
There is pressure to not be corny here. Contrarians are welcome. Realness is kept.
>>53578348
>I wonder how the public would react if someone made a website for "doxxing2.0" and just archived public info and relationships of Facebook users. Would they be offended?
>They would lose control of their own content, and they wouldn't even realize that that's what Facebook itself is doing.
Woah, that would actually be a pretty cool idea. It would also be pretty meta doing what Faceshit does, but actually admitting it. Anyone who protests can be ousted as a hypocrite.
>>53579576
>lmao xDDDD
>fuck off newfag
>lel you took my bait
>>implying my post wasn't bait too
or
>>falling for the bait
if you ignore them long enough they'll go away, is what everyone is thinking
>>53576518
>mfw 11
Believe it or not 4chan is probably the most creatively liberating 'mainstream' website out there.
Anonymity is a boon and a curse. And its the reason why I keep coming back here. There also seems to be, for a lack of a better term, a more ...intellectual..userbase here than on other websites. People here can take jokes, understand irony, and they don't take remarks at face value.
I used to frequent reddit back when it was new and was basically a tech website. This was circa 2006-2009. The programming, technology, linux, and sysadmin subreddits were excellent.
But the founders tried different ways of monetizing the site. They got strict on what people could post. They purged the controversial communities. They enforced controlled speech. And they made rules where content creators cannot self advertise, because they wanted them to buy reddit advertising space.
This naturally didn't work on a website where most of its userbase hated ads. So they slowly seeded in different normie subreddits that nobody used....until Digg imploded, which caused a mass exodus of normies that gobbled the bullshit right up. That's when reddit died. Since then the site has been slowly sanitizing itself of any controversial content and subreddits to appeal to a wider userbase.
4chan has never tried to sanitize itself to appeal to a wider audience. It's filth. It knows its filth. It revels in it. This filth is what gives birth to creativity, because people don't limit themselves to imaginary internet points or attempt to garner the approval of internet strangers. They just fucking shitpost because its fun. And fun ideas are universal. Fun is creative. This place lets creative people thrive.
Been here since 2007. Lurking most of the times, never really posted much.
>>53579416
>You wouldn't see scanlators on /a/, that's for sure.
That might have been a good thing.
>meme scanlations/subs
This is cancer and I dont`t even keep up with current year anime.
>>53579755
Knew from the start that wall of text was written by a redditor.
>>53579716
And imagine the lulz if Facebook actually sued you for stealing ITS data...
We should at least start #doxx2.0 trend and start publicly doxxing public profiles just to make people uncomfortable and aware that somebody is watching and using them.
When I started coming here I didn't know how life changing it would be so I don't remember if it was '06 or '07. I'm 20 years old now so do the math.
>>53579425
nobody needs those, they are repetitive, they suck
I enjoyed the time when these were absent from /g/
>>53579816
kek
>>53579816
Anon has a point, but your post only made it better. I love you guys.
>>53576518
10 for me.
Sad to see you got that many replies
>>53576518
I've also been here for 8, but I've only been visiting daily for about 2 years.
![snapshot_21.34_[2015.07.28_03.12.45].png](https://i.imgur.com/mZEjBww.jpg "snapshot_21.34_[2015.07.28_03.12.45].png")
>>53579961
thanks!
>>53576278
>ctrl-f "banter"
>0 results
>>53578100
THEN they tell you once you are ON the other thread...
>"ughhh y r u nekrobumpign???!?!? :((( modsz dsi guy iz nekrobumpign!!1!!!"
Fuck off. First off, why are you allergic to text from 8 fucking years ago? Second off, did you contribute anything to the thread? No, of course you didn't, because you're such a fucking faggot that's allergic to any text made 1 second ago.
This is why 4chan is the perfect forum.
>>53579416
>The current evolution of boards are actually more refined and have more depth than what was happening back in like say 06-09
I agree with you but still stand by my original statement.
The /jp/ split was indeed needed, but /a/ had just as much anime discussions going on then as they do now (You simply had to wade through more shit to get to it. I mean lots of shit). I remember the discussions and generals really picking up when seasonal-chart threads became a thing.
I also loved the fact that /jp/ got it's own board, it was a smart move. All of the /b/-tier shit moved to /jp/, but eventually subsided, allowing /jp/ to become a calm and comfy place. Honestly I likely would have fallen for the Fleshlight/Tenga meme had it not been for /jp/ ushering in the divine knowledge of Onaholes.
/g/ was pretty barren when it came to programming or Linux. It was more of a consumer feedback board.
>>53579816
I deserve this
but I haven't been on reddit since 2011, which is when /g/ actually started picking up.
I browsed 4chan much earlier, and did both. One for weeb shit and one for tech shit.
The anonymous factor. You can call someone a faggot for liking something then call someone else in the same threads faggot for not liking the same thing
>>53576518
4 years here. I'm pretty sure that's still considered new.
The lack of commitment and the equality of each post. On any other forum, you get treated like second rate poster if your post count is low.
>>53576600
>>53576518
7 years. It seems like just yesterday I was being called a newfag
>>53576278
Letting people know I browse 9gag and the shit storm that follows is worth me coming back time and time again.
>>53580449
such weak b8
>>53580441
fucking newfag
Everything is based on each post. Doesn't matter who you are. Some of the stuff over at /vg/ is great, entire communities kept afloat by shitposting and anons grit. Honest opinions, now matter how retarded. I will be very sad when this place dies, and I will miss anon. Some of the best discussions I've ever had online have been here.
Trump made 4chan good again.
Prove me wrong.
>>53580477
I'll miss you too, Faggot.
>>53580477
There is always going to be some third-rate chan to replace this you know.
>>53580441
Newfag
>>53576600
4chins is like quicksand, but we will call it quickshit for the metaphor
>like quicksand, you dont know what you're getting into until you're already in it
>like quicksand, at first you try to figure out what's going on, and start fighting it, sinking yourself further into it
>like quicksand, you start realizing that you're just getting stuck further and further in, and start wondering how the fuck you'll be able to get out
>someone (friends/family) might try to throw you a rope to help you out, and 9/10 times you will pull them in with you
eventually, the rest of the time, you struggle to reach for the rope, but you only end up sinking further
one day you find yourself not visiting the site for a day or so, and you realize that all you ever had to do was stop fighting it to be free
>this is when you have the urge to go back to 4chan and brag about how now you are free, thus sinking yourself volutarily into the shithole once again
you will never escape
it is worse than addiction
it is your fate
>>53580533
prove yourself right first
>>53580769
no u, nigger
>>53576278
Each post is basically a punchline.
>>53576600
anti-SJWs are sane, rational people.
>>53577081
Don't you have a jewbook account?
>>53576278
One of the more better threads on /g/ lately, despite not being exactly /g/-related.
Because I can express whatever the fuck I want and not have to worry about SJW admins. Then I can observe the shitposts flow in, making me kek from time to time.
>>53576358
No account is the best. And quick turnover of content.
Anything that requires a new account, I'm out. Fuck that.
>>53576435
>>53576465
I tired not getting cell phone for so long. I own one now for getting calls for possible job interviews every few years. Most of the time, it stays in a desk drawer. So excited that Google Fi is now a thing. I somehow got sucked into Sprint's $80/mo unlimited data. I use no data. Fuck me I'm stupid.
>>53581335
of course not
Facebook:
>Soccer moms who think they're "staying in touch"
Imgur:
>Human centipede of dead memes and recycled ideas
Tumblr:
>SJW central
Reddit:
>Tumblr-lite for the most part; full of college-age SJW cucks
Twitter:
>limited to 140 characters per post; only people following you see your content
Note that all of the above require an account to post anything.
I guess a lot of 90s kids don't know how awful internet forums were.
>>53581310
https://www.reddit.com/r/mensrights
>>53581553
And? Nothing here that refutes my point.
>>53576787
I guess there are two generations in 4chan
03-05 and 05-10 and beyond.
>>53576389
>Wanna be happy? Just get laid.
>Wanna get rich? Just buy stocks that go up.
>>53576977
>implying when you started posting != how long you've been posting
I can waste my time and (almost) not feel guilty about it
another day successfully wasted
4chan is like cock laced with crack.
>>53578348
>unfunny memes
sign me up
>>53581701
normal replies, no name-calling, no swearing
what are you talking about
The constant new content
>>53580252
>Fleshlight/Tenga meme had it not been for /jp/ ushering in the divine knowledge of Onaholes.
i've used a fleshlight but not an onahole. is the latter really that much different?
>>53581741
This
>>53581711
>>53580441
I've been here for nine years and people on /g/ still call me a newfag regularly.
>>53579416
But /pol/ consist of cross-boarders and stormfront.org they could be one of the few old boards with out an underbase.
>>53576912
By that definition I'm like a triple-oldfag
oh god
>>53581765
Night and day difference.
The fleshlight was made with the intention of getting you off as quick as possible. Onaholes are all about enjoying the ride all the way to climax.
You have tight ones, soft ones, ones that replicate what you think fucking an animu character would feel like, and ones that do an incredible job of mimicking the real thing. Lots of options.
>>53577794
hit too close to home friendo...
>>53581701
Top kek
>>53576278
I started when I was 17 or so, back in 2010. Seeing all the filth and everyone saying what they had to say, Just poking each other with white hot iron rods for a thrill, and also seeing a decent intellectual conversation every week or so where two unaffiliated parties would argue shit with each other.
I usually piss into the void every now and again, nice to get some relief from this intolerant PC climate our world is now entering. And if I see something I do know a thing or two about, I engage in the conversation. It ain't much to lose but 10 or 20 minutes per post because I deliberate over every thing I'm responding to.
>>53577785
What did it do
I would say it's the instant response coupled with the very limited censorship and acceptance that regardless of what your opinion is you can say it - you may be ridiculed for it but you can say it and suffer pretty much zero actual consequences
>>53581310
They're so dumb they believe in cultural marxism.
Interesting content and interesting discussion most of the time.
MAKII
>>53582827
I bet it was the happy virus, or a delete system 32.
>>53581868
>tfw the Russian site was so much better but some faggot on here had to ruin it by posting it on imgur
I still hate you, you little shit
11 years and no end in sight. Started as a depressed NEET kissless virgin. Now M.D. engaged to a dentist.
Proof that if you just stick with 4chan long enough, you can achieve anything.
>>53576518
>2006 was 10 years ago
At least I caught the tail end of /b/ before it went to complete shit.
I can't remember what it was but now it's mostly memories and habit
first it was mostly just /b/, now it's daily /f/, /g/ and some /c/
moves pretty fast
Always new content
>>53581898
People will call you a newfag for not knowing about a month old meme from another board.
>>53577088
>browsing 4chin doesn't make you kill yourself
Somebody new here
>>53581701
These were rational reasons. There was no arguing or swearing...
>>53576278
I genuinely enjoy the discussion on here, which I think is fueled by the fact everyone is anonymous. Circlejerks are less common because no one knows who anyone is.
