There’s an infamous article on Foreign Policy about how /leftypol/ managed to do that with 8chan’s infamous /pol/ board, and I recall some people saying it got them out of GamerGate (a right-wing recruitment pipeline). In fact, I remember hearing there’s some lineage of that board from 4chan’s /lit/erature board. So there’s certainly truth that users can often be directed away from incel and alt-right spheres into something more social and constructive.
At the end of the day, 4chan, if taken as a whole rather than just the political boards, is largely a popular hub for alienated nerds (even the /fit/ness board). Not sure how much that’s stayed true over the past 10 years, but screencaps like this show it’s still a complicated place despite the edgy surface.
I’m not gonna lie. I was kinda disappointed. I thought 4chan was a. Cess pit?
Even the poisonous swamp hides beauty within… doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to enjoy visiting.
4chan is complicated.
Just like people are.
Yeah, but people over simplify it. There are a lot of people on there the left can ‘recruit’ with a different perspective on it.
There’s an infamous article on Foreign Policy about how /leftypol/ managed to do that with 8chan’s infamous /pol/ board, and I recall some people saying it got them out of GamerGate (a right-wing recruitment pipeline). In fact, I remember hearing there’s some lineage of that board from 4chan’s /lit/erature board. So there’s certainly truth that users can often be directed away from incel and alt-right spheres into something more social and constructive.
At the end of the day, 4chan, if taken as a whole rather than just the political boards, is largely a popular hub for alienated nerds (even the /fit/ness board). Not sure how much that’s stayed true over the past 10 years, but screencaps like this show it’s still a complicated place despite the edgy surface.
Hopefully a lesson will be drawn from this.
It is. That story isn’t true. It’s made up for attention, like 99% of everything else on 4chan.
I’ll take made up wholesomeness over made up hatred
Maybe, it’s still a pretty nice sentiment. It’s not like he is being racist or sexist.