Poll: A question about 4chan

[LogicNProportion]

I go on /b/ every night.

To be honest, I like the cancer.

"You Laugh, You Lose", "Foul Bachelor Frog", "Courage Wolf", and "Get" threads being favorites...

 

[Wrds]

I've been browsing 4chan off and on for years. Not all boards = /b/

The anonymity creates unfiltered conversations with nothing but pure emotion, and the coldest of logic all together at once. It can indeed turn into nothing but meme spewing, hate festering piles of filth. But Still, there are genuinely good, honest discussions on a range of topics. And honestly some of the best friends I've made on the internet have come from that site. The people there always manage to surprise me in some new way, and that's why I keep going back.

 

[Cypher10110]

4chan is more than just /b/ by the way.
There are other boards on there.

It's somewhere between a chat room and a forum really.
If you avoid /b/, you may like it.
If you go to /b/, you will either love it or hate it, I mean there is SO MUCH crap there, but if you don't mind crap, or enjoy flinging crap around then go ahead, it's why it's there.

Everyone I know who goes to /b/ goes there to troll, I assume it's really just "nothing but trolls" board really. And that can be fun if you're into that sort of thing.

 

[Lord Honk]

You're missing a "don't really care" option in your poll, so I went with the "Why won't someone please think of the children?!"... I mean porno site thingy.

Actually, I only once was on the site, and either I didn't dig deep enough or was just lucky, but what I saw was far less gruesome than some people seem to depict it. It's revolting, yeah, but come on, I do with them what I'd do with a brat on the train ride into town: If it annoys me, ignore it, it doesn't interest me and I don't have any business with it.

 

[nickd007]

I go on /b/ every night.

To be honest, I like the cancer.

"You Laugh, You Lose", "Foul Bachelor Frog", "Courage Wolf", and "Get" threads being favorites...

Gotta love me some Bachelor Frog.

I've been browsing 4chan off and on for years. Not all boards = /b/

The anonymity creates unfiltered conversations with nothing but pure emotion, and the coldest of logic all together at once. It can indeed turn into nothing but meme spewing, hate festering piles of filth. But Still, there are genuinely good, honest discussions on a range of topics. And honestly some of the best friends I've made on the internet have come from that site. The people there always manage to surprise me in some new way, and that's why I keep going back.

I like your words, sir.

 

[superbatranger]

Hell, I'm on /v/ right now. I don't love it per se, but I don't hate it either. Granted, I do have it bookmarked. I honestly think anyone who says its terrible is just exaggerating because of a few pornographic pictures they saw on /b/. But, that's just my opinion. It's neither right nor wrong.

 

[TaboriHK]

I've never been just because I haven't been particularly motivated. I have read some entries on Encyclopedia Dramatica though and it struck me as trying way too hard.

 

[PureChaos]

i've never been on it. heard nothing good about it so steering clear

 

[The Wykydtron]

4chan's fucking hilarious, some of the absolute comedy gems are on 4chan, and since I'm completely unoffendable (by pictures at least) I can scroll straight past the crap without having to claw my eyes out XD

 

[brodie21]

what the hell is 4chan? i always keep hearing about it but i dont know what it is.

 

[Flac00]

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.

 

[MrGalactus]

there should be a choice for sick and twisted but hilarious.
(I assume by 4chan you mean /b/. Most people do.)

I went on 4chan for the first time in ever because of this website and I regret it. All it is is either random spams of PUDDI! or porn...that's it. I also went through every letter or whatever the hell they are, looking for something intresting...

lol you picked a bad day. It was GIGAPUDDI day.

 

[nickd007]

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/

 

[lonercs]

I went on 4chan for the first time in ever because of this website and I regret it. All it is is either random spams of PUDDI! or porn...that's it. I also went through every letter or whatever the hell they are, looking for something intresting...

PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI PUDDI

Moot (site creator) trolled /b/ HARD! Every word was turned into PUDDI. EVERYTHING! It's over now but, that were it came from. This happen 2 days ago and ended last night.

As fot 4chan, I can't say. I hear the boards are very well kept. I only lurk /b/.


As for /b/, OP is a fag.
So is everyone else. Take nothing to heart (even CP). It's a place to troll and bullshit. There is cancer (ignore it) and wasted thread space. Though you stick with it and you be hooked.

 

[Tornd]

I see 4chan as a necessary evil. Sure, there's more gay porn there than an actual gay porn site, but they come up with some excellent memes for the rest of the internet. Not to mention creepypasta; I would be able to sleep regularly if it wasn't for /x/! Where's the fun in that?

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

4chan is just people being people; it's the closest we'll ever get to completely unbiased interaction free of social norms between humans.

 

[emeraldrafael]

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.

 

[LogicProbe]

Ah, 4Chan... so many childhood memories destroyed.
But funny as hell, defiantly funny as hell.

 

[nickd007]

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.