Big inspiration for the question is the assertion I’ve seen on Lemmy a few times that this user base is as bad/misogynistic/hateful. But also just curious.
I like ttrpgs so that board was fun
I also like arguing with people so /b/ was fun for me, but yeah “asshole of the internet” is polite term for the place.
Better question is “What year did you visit 4chan” because some people will say /b/, some will say “when /b/ was good” and others with say “/b/ was never good”.
I remember coming back some years later and everyone was talking about /r9k/ and /b/ was old news.
Look, all I’m saying is just triforce. That’ll say how long they were on there for.
▲ ▲▲HOW THE HELL DO YOU TRIFORCE?
nice try FBI guy!
I lurked most of the time, especially when the captcha system got out of hand.
Mu, co, tv, r9k, trv, TG, v, fit, ck also, po & toy when I wanted something I wasn’t interested in doing but wanted to see something other people liked. Also the porn boards.
I visited pol to see news, but didn’t agree with the opinions there.
The site has a bad reputation due to b and pol. The other boards have a lot of interesting new culture stuff and honest opinions that are pragmatic and nihilist.
Unfortunately lots of astroturfing also happened there.
I also hung out in 420chan and britchan. Those were a lot slower, and RIP. It’s just a nice format for a board.
I forgot about 420chan
That’s because marijuana affects memory.
Lmao I never went there and hardly partook so that’s probably more the case
/b/ and /v/ semi randomly, /tg/ more when it was created. Then I took a year off snd the place was ruined with ragecomics and all the other zoomer bs.
I used to be a regular on /tv/ and /r9k/ between 2011-2015, I was even a tripfriend on /r9k/ for a while. It was very entertaining, all the interesting schizos were on the chans at some point. I even “drew” my own wojaks and pepes, lol, but only once each because I have no artistic talent, I’m just a big yapper.
/r9k/ was always a fucking trip. I only ever lurked but I used to frequent lot’s of boards. Now I solely see if theres a decent meme to find in a ylyl thread once or twice a week.
I used to lurk /v/ and post semiregularly on /vr/.
Those are the most tolerant boards, and you can still get called a slur for liking ‘the wrong’ Pokémon game lmao.
I remember checking out /lgbt/ in college, and I think my mental health is still recovering.
0, because it’s an armpit.
Lurked a fair amount in college (2006-2010ish) on /b/, /x/, /lit/ for the memes and spoof creepypasta. Don’t miss it in the least.
I haven’t spent any time there. 4chan’s reputation makes it seem like it’s not the internet experience I’m looking for.
I lurked a bit in high school, and I’m pretty sure it fucked me up for years. Once reddit took off I switched over to that, since you could access screenshots of memes without exposing yourself to the horrors of 4chan itself.
Yeah pretty much all of the worst pieces of media I’ve seen have been on 4chan.
From like 2004-2006 and mostly /b/ because I was an edgy teenager. Probably some others but I honestly don’t remember much of 4chan
Damn and I thought 2009 was early.
Im old now 😭 lol
Same
How’s your back feeling? 😅
Well I’m 6’5 260lbs so age is only part of my back problems lol
Lmao valid
/b/ and /r9k/.
/b/ because edgy teenage humour. /r9k/ because that’s where the fellow incels hung out. Before incel got such a bad name.
At some point though i noticed that /b/ was sharing nazi/racist/homophobic “jokes” but they weren’t really funny and nobody really seemed to be laughing any more. And quit r9k because incel stopped meaning “foreveralone virgin” and started meaning “serial killer/sex offender in training”.
I was never into incels but /r9k/ did have some insane posts here and there that were interesting. The rest of what you said I’d agree with.
/b/ when I was an edgy teenager. Not proud of it, but here we are.
right up until end of 2016
