Poll: A question about 4chan

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Busdriver580

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4chan is a good candidate for most mis-labelled, slandered site on the web. They always show up the news as super-hackers or cyber-terrorists. really they just operate on an extremely bizzare set of morals.
 
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Where's the 'indifferent' option? I occasionally head over there for /wg/. I don't really think you can bundle the entire 4chan community together though, there's too many of them to be just one pack under the 4chan name.

But yeah, I'm indifferent.
 
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It's not that I dislike 4chan, it's that I hate Anonymous and everything they represent. Since 4chan is the usual staging ground for Anonymous, that means the site gets a large part of my ire. If Anonymous went somewhere else I probably wouldn't even think about 4chan that much, but as it stands it registers as this source of general annoyance at internet culture.

Oh, and they spawn memes, which makes them equatable to a satanic brood of chkt-tharr hive maidens.
 

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nickd007 said:
emeraldrafael said:
Whihc is the indifferent option?

I think its cause because anytime something low and dumb goes on in an organized attack, it starts from 4Chan. Thats not to say other sites dont do that, but I've never heard the escapist do that. But like i said, I'm indifferent to it.
Seeing as I forgot to include indifferent, I'm just counting the child porn one as indifferent.
Also, I'm shocked. I thought like 80% of the Escapist hated 4chan. If the poll is honest, twice as many people like it than hate it. The more you know.
Thats a weird thing to choose as the indifferent option. But thats probably cause when you hear about it, its bad stuff that the 4chan community did and it riles up Escapists who like to be riled or are easily riled.
 

brodie21

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nickd007 said:
brodie21 said:
what the hell is 4chan? i always keep hearing about it but i dont know what it is.
Follow the link, friend. Pick a board. Report back here with your experience.
http://www.4chan.org/
ok, the first thing i saw was a picture of a guy with his own dick stuffed in his ass. which leads me to believe that on a first impression basis that this website is mostly crap
 

Hader

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Depends on your tastes really...strange way to put it I guess.

I have no problem with the site, it's good for some lulz every once in a while, but otherwise I don't go there much at all. Is it a bad site? No, it's just got two features that make it so popular: anonymity, and requiring posting an image. Makes for too many combination's of weirdness and lulz.
 

Warbandit

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I actually kinda get angry with people when I tell them about a joke from the internet, and they immediately dismiss it as "One of those disgusting 4chan things." or "Is this from 4chan, 'cause I hate that website..."

4chan is a huge forum, just because /b/ has the reputation, doesn't make the rest of 4chan bad...
 

Scout Tactical

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/b/ is the source of all the bad opinions people have about 4chan. The rest is pretty decent.

Either way, 4chan is a vestment of freedom of expression. Being anonymous leaves people without fear to express ideas and share their darkest secrets with the world, with no consequences. This is healthy, and vital to democracy.
 

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/b/ is a waste of my time. I'll hang out of /sci/[footnote]Science and tech[/footnote], /c/[footnote]Anime/cute[/footnote], or /w/[footnote]Anime/wallpapers[/footnote] on occasion, though.
 

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brodie21 said:
nickd007 said:
brodie21 said:
what the hell is 4chan? i always keep hearing about it but i dont know what it is.
Follow the link, friend. Pick a board. Report back here with your experience.
http://www.4chan.org/
ok, the first thing i saw was a picture of a guy with his own dick stuffed in his ass. which leads me to believe that on a first impression basis that this website is mostly crap
...that would be /b/. Where do your interest lie? I can find a board that you may enjoy.
 

loc978

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I'm sort of a silent, non-participatory supporter of most of anon's causes...
and there's lots of worthwhile stuff archived from /tg/...

but... do I love 4Chan? No. Do I hate it? Most certainly not. Am I part of "the anonymous legions"? No (but seriously, that sounds like a title Fox News would give 'em). Do I think it's a child porn site? No.

...no valid options, can't vote...
 

nickd007

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brodie21 said:
nickd007 said:
brodie21 said:
what the hell is 4chan? i always keep hearing about it but i dont know what it is.
Follow the link, friend. Pick a board. Report back here with your experience.
http://www.4chan.org/
ok, the first thing i saw was a picture of a guy with his own dick stuffed in his ass. which leads me to believe that on a first impression basis that this website is mostly crap
Ok...that may not be such a good first impression, but uh...hm...it's a bit tricky to convince people the site with self-butt-sexing guys is a place they should check out again. But hey! Could be worse! His own dick could've been in a child's ass. You have to see the good things.
 

Warbandit

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Flac00 said:
Grilled Cheesus said:
4chan is awesome. Those who spout about how horrible it is are either A) are idiots. B) never been there so are just spouting crap they have heard so see reason A again. C) are weak and only checked out /b/.
/b/ is not 4chan. If I want some good shock pics or to fap then sure, I check /b/. But then I go to /ck/ and get some awesome recipes. /tg/ and talk about 40k. /fit/ gave me some great tips to stay in shape. /x/ kept me up many a night with spooky tales.

And ya know what. Some of the most intelligent and open discussions I have had online took place on 4chan because people are free to say what they please without having to worry about offending people and most outside of /b/ do not even want to offend people.
Oh and the whole "its full of child porn" stupidity. They ban you there for that. That is about the only thing they do ban you for. And the mods do a fantastic job keeping on top of that.
I have absolutely no idea what you are saying. Putting letters in // marks doesn't help anyone's understanding. But let me tell you. Whatever that "/b/" stuff is you are talking about, that is why people hate 4chan. It doesn't matter how good the other content is, having that kind of low life, child porn, ect stuff makes the site disgusting. I don't hate on websites or gaming ever, but I do draw the line at this.
Not sure if troll...

The // indicates the message board shorthand. He also adds descriptions about them right after... /fit/ being the Fitness board, gives fitness advice. /ck/ is clearly about cooking, and I've never been there.

Also, in reply to your last lines, if someone came on the escapist and began posting child pornography and gore pictures, would you stop coming here forever?
 

Warbandit

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nickd007 said:
brodie21 said:
nickd007 said:
brodie21 said:
what the hell is 4chan? i always keep hearing about it but i dont know what it is.
Follow the link, friend. Pick a board. Report back here with your experience.
http://www.4chan.org/
ok, the first thing i saw was a picture of a guy with his own dick stuffed in his ass. which leads me to believe that on a first impression basis that this website is mostly crap
Ok...that may not be such a good first impression, but uh...hm...it's a bit tricky to convince people the site with self-butt-sexing guys is a place they should check out again. But hey! Could be worse! His own dick could've been in a child's ass. You have to see the good things.
You went to /b/, didn't you?
 

diebane

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The Rockerfly said:
When you click your index finger and thumb, they don't make the sound. The sound comes from your index finger hitting your palm
What? When I'm hitting my index finger and my thumb together, how would my index finger hit my palm? Explanation please.

Also, I try to stay away from /b/ now, hardly worth the time. But bachelor frog cracks me up.

The wallpaper one and the .gif one are cool

mfG diebane
 

mcpop9

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not very furry friendly in my opinion...
my experience:
post general question with random clean fur pic on it.
15 seconds later i got so much hate comments i haven't gone back since...
 

The Rockerfly

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diebane said:
The Rockerfly said:
When you click your index finger and thumb, they don't make the sound. The sound comes from your index finger hitting your palm
What? When I'm hitting my index finger and my thumb together, how would my index finger hit my palm? Explanation please.

Also, I try to stay away from /b/ now, hardly worth the time. But bachelor frog cracks me up.

The wallpaper one and the .gif one are cool

mfG diebane
Just listen to when the noise comes and where it comes from. It's why your palm starts hurting after too many clicks
 

McNinja

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I used to frequent the /k/ and /tg/ boards. Some boards are utter garbage (like /b/), and some are decent, like the two I mentioned.