Massimo2002
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Why not ?
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4chan should just be banned from the internet entirely
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HonestJoe
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The internet is essentially a massive distributed network with a variable number of independent nodes. No individual or group can control all (arguably, any) of the nodes and so can't prevent any specific source being connected to the network. It can be technically possible to slow or limit access to a particular site but nothing can be entirely removed, even if every single country in the world and company involved with internet communications agreed on it (which, of course, they don't anyway).
There are dark corners of the internet with literal child pornography, terrorist communications and assassins for hire on it, and even with the vast majority obviously opposing those things and extensive international efforts to fight them, they can't simply be banned and removed.
Why not? Its mostly a practicality.
The internet is designed to prevent corporations from cutting it up and making parts of it into islands. Which in the beginning they tried to do. Network hardware has to be made by someone, and very often that someone wishes to lock in their buyers to their own hardware. CISCO for example works very hard to gain customer lock-in. Because of this kind of business behavior, networks in the beginning were often unable to communicate if they were made by a different manufacturer. This became very difficult and expensive for people and businesses and governments who simply wanted to communicate. Therefore everyone began to turn to open standards defined by the IEEE assocation, which adopted the most open and most used and most fail-resistant standards. The internet is based upon a node-based system where each node can automatically redirect network packets if one of the nodes fails.
So its an open network. Your computer may send a packet of data anywhere. CISCO, Broadcom, AT&T, Verizon et all must all use the Internet networking format defined by the IEEE. If they want to participate.
The internet is designed to prevent corporations from cutting it up and making parts of it into islands. Which in the beginning they tried to do. Network hardware has to be made by someone, and very often that someone wishes to lock in their buyers to their own hardware. CISCO for example works very hard to gain customer lock-in. Because of this kind of business behavior, networks in the beginning were often unable to communicate if they were made by a different manufacturer. This became very difficult and expensive for people and businesses and governments who simply wanted to communicate. Therefore everyone began to turn to open standards defined by the IEEE assocation, which adopted the most open and most used and most fail-resistant standards. The internet is based upon a node-based system where each node can automatically redirect network packets if one of the nodes fails.
So its an open network. Your computer may send a packet of data anywhere. CISCO, Broadcom, AT&T, Verizon et all must all use the Internet networking format defined by the IEEE. If they want to participate.
rocala
Well-Known Member
Until I read your post I had never even heard of 4chan. I am sitting in work with nothing to do, so I thought I would take a look. My employers systems immediately blocked it. That is a first for me in this place. I guess it must be pretty unpleasant.
Lol. Do not browse 4chan at work. About half the boards there are dedicated to porn.
TagliatelliMonster
Veteran Member
Might as well ban public access to the entire internet.
VoidCat
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I dont know 4chan. I haven't looked at the site ever. But I do know there's sites that should be banned from the internet. Not because of not liking them but because they are dangerous and get folk hurt. Some of those like child porn sites are banned in the sense most places make it illegal to browse. But the websites that immediately come to mind that should be banned as well are pro-anorexia and pro self harm and suicide sites. I've seen a few of those back when I was self harming...it was not helpful.
Another type of site that should be banned is pro bestiality sites. Im not talking porn sites...im talking sites that defend it.
I'm not going to say as a result if 4chan should be banned or not I've never visited the site. Does it cause extreme harm to folk or animals? Does it have any good redeeming qualities or only causes harm?
Another type of site that should be banned is pro bestiality sites. Im not talking porn sites...im talking sites that defend it.
I'm not going to say as a result if 4chan should be banned or not I've never visited the site. Does it cause extreme harm to folk or animals? Does it have any good redeeming qualities or only causes harm?