Massimo2002
Active Member
So many trolls and hate mongers on that place just utterly sickening.
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4chan should just be banned from the internet entirely
- Thread starter Massimo2002
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Just don't look at it. I view 4chan as an unabashed torch carrier of the old Internet where you could say what you want, before corporations took it over and ruined it. I don't use it, though.
Heyo
Veteran Member
Yep, just like Fox News, OAN, MSN, CNN, X, you name it. Banning them all would make life a lot more peaceful.
/sarcasm
It's always best to ban the things we don't like as opposed to just avoiding them/s
Hermit Philosopher
Selflessly here for you
I do not wish to google, but dare I ask: what is 4chan?
I respectfully disagree. Having their own toxic playground keeps them distracted from bringing their toxicity elsewhere, including here.
No one is making you visit the site. Simply don't click 4chan links and all will be right as rain.
No one is making you visit the site. Simply don't click 4chan links and all will be right as rain.
Massimo2002
Active Member
Okay but what if someone was forcing me to visit 4chan then what ?I respectfully disagree. Having their own toxic playground keeps them distracted from bringing their toxicity elsewhere, including here.
No one is making you visit the site. Simply don't click 4chan links and all will be right as rain.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Even trolls and hate mongers need to have their voice and a place to release steam and pressure.
Think of it as a safety pressure valve to help prevent things from exploding.
I'm not sure what forcing you to visit the site would look like. Help me to understand. How can someone force you to visit?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
It's a bit like a moth to a flame isn't it?
One can't just help themselves , but truth be told if you don't like something , the best recourse is to just avoid what you don't like.
There's something for everyone, and one person can't set the standard for everyone no more or less than everyone can set the standard for a single person.
Simple answer, don't visit the site.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
What wasn't ruined about it from the start? Entitled, wealthy frat boy types who don't want to take responsibility for their actions amd excuse bullying and bad behaviors as joking and positive reinforcement isn't exactly a positive thing.
Eh? I don't know what you're talking about. Trolling?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
The early days of internet freedom and anarchy was the product of Silicon Valley frat boys and vulture capitalists who wanted unlimited free speech without consequences.
Heyo
Veteran Member
You mean the early days of the www. You weren't alive in the early days of the internet. We had anarchy and free speech then, but that didn't mean there were no consequences. E.g., insults weren't seen as free speech, and if you were a snowflake, you'd write to the postmaster of the entity providing the internet (usually a university) and many a jerk lost his account.
As others have pointed out, 4chan is easy to avoid. But if you do venture there then you have to accept the possibility of being exposed to unpleasant stuff as par for the course of the 4chan experience. Either grow a thicker skin or simply don't go there.
That said, the SFW (safe for work) boards are usually not as bad as some will make them out to be. I'll occasionally check out boards such as /x/ (paranormal), /fit/ (fitness), /news/ (current news), /v/ (video games) ect. The content there is usually no worse than the content of various discussion boards I frequented as a teenager. It's almost nostalgic actually.
The noxious stuff is usually limited to the NSFW (not safe for work) boards. /b/ (random) and /pol/ (politically incorrect) being the two most notorious ones. Even in 4chan itself the really offensive stuff is - for the most part - avoidable. If it's under the "worksafe" heading then you're not likely to encounter anything THAT bad.
4chan is not a "nice" place but I don't think it should be forced off the internet. There should be at least some places on the internet where you don't risk getting banned because you hurt the feelings of the woke-leftist crowd who dominate places such as Reddit.
That said, the SFW (safe for work) boards are usually not as bad as some will make them out to be. I'll occasionally check out boards such as /x/ (paranormal), /fit/ (fitness), /news/ (current news), /v/ (video games) ect. The content there is usually no worse than the content of various discussion boards I frequented as a teenager. It's almost nostalgic actually.
The noxious stuff is usually limited to the NSFW (not safe for work) boards. /b/ (random) and /pol/ (politically incorrect) being the two most notorious ones. Even in 4chan itself the really offensive stuff is - for the most part - avoidable. If it's under the "worksafe" heading then you're not likely to encounter anything THAT bad.
4chan is not a "nice" place but I don't think it should be forced off the internet. There should be at least some places on the internet where you don't risk getting banned because you hurt the feelings of the woke-leftist crowd who dominate places such as Reddit.
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JIMMY12345
Active Member
Trouble is they are like mice.They eventually resurface.
HonestJoe
Well-Known Member
It's far from the worst corner of the internet and if trolling and hate was sufficient to condemn something, 4chan would just be in the middle of a long, long list. Anyway, nothing can really be banned from the internet (by design, effectively).