4Channers makes Feminist event Scam, is found out rather quickly.

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/femcon-4chan-convention-scam/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/how-do-you-do-fellow-feminist-kids
http://www.themarysue.com/fem-con-2015-lol/

So a few people on 4chan decided to make a scam about a feminist convention. charging 50 bucks per entry into this fake convention
here's that quote from the thread

Spoiler

fortunately they were undone by someone's clever strategy to read a publicly open forum!

I'm no expert in law but I'm pretty sure that is fraud, so these people actually committed a crime. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure what these people did was illegal.

So what do guys/gals think of this situation.

ps. let's talk about the situation and not so much bnout feminism or the Mra. I want to focus this thread on the scam

 

[Queen Michael]

I know I sound like a Republic Serial villain, but... Did they actually think that this was going to work?

 

[VanQ]

4chan really went downhill after the migration. 4chan users need to realize that the sheer amount of Reddit and tumblr users there is huge now that the moderation is strict. It's no wonder news of this "op" spread to other sites so quickly. I'd give them points for trying but they lose points for the sad attempt to profit off of idiots. Something that any true anon would despise. Do it for the lulz, not for profit you turds.

At least there are other chans out there that can still pull off an amusing op from time to time.

 

[maninahat]

4chan really went downhill after the migration. 4chan users need to realize that the sheer amount of Reddit and tumblr users there is huge now that the moderation is strict. It's no wonder news of this "op" spread to other sites so quickly. I'd give them points for trying but they lose points for the sad attempt to profit off of idiots. Something that any true anon would despise. Do it for the lulz, not for profit you turds.

At least there are other chans out there that can still pull off an amusing op from time to time.

Can you really say 4chan went down hill, when it has always had pride of place in the internet's Mariana Trench? There is no such thing as a "true anon".

 

[DoPo]

Did they actually think that this was going to work?

How can I say, this...it's 4chan.

 

[sageoftruth]

4chan really went downhill after the migration. 4chan users need to realize that the sheer amount of Reddit and tumblr users there is huge now that the moderation is strict. It's no wonder news of this "op" spread to other sites so quickly. I'd give them points for trying but they lose points for the sad attempt to profit off of idiots. Something that any true anon would despise. Do it for the lulz, not for profit you turds.

At least there are other chans out there that can still pull off an amusing op from time to time.

Can you really say 4chan went down hill, when it has always had pride of place in the internet's Mariana Trench? There is no such thing as a "true anon".

That sounds kind of strange. Isn't greed a better reason to be a creep than simply doing it for "shits and giggles"?

 

[Trippy Turtle]

I know I sound like a Republic Serial villain, but... Did they actually think that this was going to work?

Never underestimate peoples stupidity.
Chances are someone would be dumb enough to pay for it.

4chan really went downhill after the migration. 4chan users need to realize that the sheer amount of Reddit and tumblr users there is huge now that the moderation is strict. It's no wonder news of this "op" spread to other sites so quickly. I'd give them points for trying but they lose points for the sad attempt to profit off of idiots. Something that any true anon would despise. Do it for the lulz, not for profit you turds.

At least there are other chans out there that can still pull off an amusing op from time to time.

Can you really say 4chan went down hill, when it has always had pride of place in the internet's Mariana Trench? There is no such thing as a "true anon".

It used to deserve that reputation though. It went downhill in the sense that instead of being a horrible place for horrible people, its now a place that everyone tries to make think is a horrible place for horrible people. Basically its reddit for when reddit users feel edgy now.

 

[F4TK]

Certainly not as good as 4chans's previous successful trolling attempts.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/endfathersday
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/free-bleeding
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bikini-bridge

and trying to make money out of it too? For shame. 4chan, you sold out, it used to be about the lulz!

 

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

Certainly not as good as 4chans's previous successful trolling attempts.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/endfathersday
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/free-bleeding
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bikini-bridge

and trying to make money out of it too? For shame. 4chan, you sold out, it used to be about the lulz!

lulz don't pay the bills

 

[cleric of the order]

-most things are snipped-

Do you think you could hand me an archive of those links, I'm not giving clickbait their clicks and I could do with a laugh.

fortunately they were undone by someone's clever strategy to read a publicly open forum!

the it's an image board and the threads have on average very very short lifespans on THAT board. you could count it in seconds rather than minutes. (i think it's like 3 somefin min, still techically true)
And I don't think /b/ has an archeive as the screen shot is /b/, so research is a bit hard to do
Also it's good to point out that this suggests that either clickbate journos browse 4chan for articles or tumblr tier moralists went and blabbed.

I'm no expert in law but I'm pretty sure that is fraud, so these people actually committed a crime. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure what these people did was illegal.

See, I don't understand what you're getting at.
This is /b/.
and it's still less of a fraud than that tumblr convention.

I know I sound like a Republic Serial villain, but... Did they actually think that this was going to work?

This is /b/ they are literally only trying to fuck with people
the term /b/tard didn't come about from nothing
And no they probably want to See if it would work like the freebleeding or the other things they've done in this vein.
Also it's good to point out this is the board that convinced a guy to flush a grenade.
You'd be surprised at what they can get away with.

]and trying to make money out of it too? For shame. 4chan, you sold out, it used to be about the lulz!

tell that to moot, and a lot of anons now aday.
They seem to think image boards are serous business.

4chan really went downhill after the migration. 4chan users need to realize that the sheer amount of Reddit and tumblr users there is huge now that the moderation is strict. It's no wonder news of this "op" spread to other sites so quickly. I'd give them points for trying but they lose points for the sad attempt to profit off of idiots. Something that any true anon would despise. Do it for the lulz, not for profit you turds.

At least there are other chans out there that can still pull off an amusing op from time to time.

I swear to god, I popped back to 4chan /tg/ and saw tumblr and leddit fight.
That was it, between the normal summerNEW and the SJW mods /tg/ is a mess.
They all acknowledged that there was a influx of NEW just that it came from everywhere.

also you raise a good point.
IF they really wanted to do it for the lulz they should have actually donated the money to some charity or organization they would hate.
Like some fundamental, pro-life(or whatever the Americans call it)christian one or something.

 

[Poetic Nova]

Oh internet, you never fail to dissapoint me.

 

[cleric of the order]

A chan board is filled with assholes who don't understand cause and effect? Don't tell me its so!

I know its like against their philosophical ideal to have an identity, but finding someplace private with a username is how you get shit done if you are so inclined to do so.

you'd be surprised what a massive of people, anonymous or not can do when motivated.
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Get_shit_done
CHAPTER MASTER HYPE

 

[Sleepy Sol]

"Few people"

"What do you expect, it's 4chan"

Uhhh...okay. I mean, I'm still going to say it's a pretty good forum community even considering the anonymity on all boards, since they're typically not worried about this shit. It's a dumb situation supposedly perpetuated by a few people, so I dunno why we all have to pull out our hate boners for 4chan or any other chan site. They're really not that bad if you go there. Save a few boards, of course. >_>

 

[Nirallus]

A chan board is filled with assholes who don't understand cause and effect? Don't tell me its so!

I know its like against their philosophical ideal to have an identity, but finding someplace private with a username is how you get shit done if you are so inclined to do so.

you'd be surprised what a massive of people, anonymous or not can do when motivated.
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Get_shit_done
CHAPTER MASTER HYPE

The days of the good old /tg/ are long gone.

 

[vallorn]

and this is why I use 8chan, less normies on there trying to spoil the fun and (usually) less heavy handed moderation.

This was still a stupid idea though so I'm not surprised the 12 year olds that still worship Moot are up to it.

A chan board is filled with assholes who don't understand cause and effect? Don't tell me its so!

I know its like against their philosophical ideal to have an identity, but finding someplace private with a username is how you get shit done if you are so inclined to do so.

you'd be surprised what a massive of people, anonymous or not can do when motivated.
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Get_shit_done
CHAPTER MASTER HYPE

The days of the good old /tg/ are long gone.

/tg/ lives on in your heart brother. Let us hope that one day we can raise it from it's golden throne to lead us to the promised land of elegant rules and chinese takeout.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Isn't 4chan just Reddit After Dark these days? Like its the exact same users, complaining on Reddit and Tumblr in the day light and finding shit to complain about on 4chan come night fall...