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Hauntghost20

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OKay i have seen 4chan all over the place saying that its threating and everything so do u mind telling me what/who it is
 

Katherine Kerensky

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If you need to ask, you don't want to know.
You are better off not knowing.
The whole site may not be bad, but there are certain parts...
*Wards off the evil*
Anyway, 4chan is an imageboard. Multiple boards for different topics, some not as friendly or safe for work as others.
Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan] can tell you more.
 

The Rockerfly

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It's a Japanese image board based in the USA
There is little to no moderation on most boards
There are about 30 boards ranging from /fit/ to /vp/ which is a pokemon one
Wiki the rest, try it and find out for yourself
 

MrEnigami

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Hauntghost20 said:
OKay i have seen 4chan all over the place saying that its threating and everything so do u mind telling me what/who it is
You honestly don't know? How is that even possible? o_O

4Chan is a website... an image board. People go there to post pictures and talk about things. When somebody says "4Chan did this" or "4Chan's going to do that" they usually mean the random board that can't be named for two reasons:
-Rule number 1 of the internet
-Rule number 2 of the internet

4Chan is also NSFW!

In any case, click here [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+4chan] for more info.
 

The Rockerfly

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Please learn to use grammar and correct English (or close enough to correct) and please use wikipedia or the search bar as this is a repeated topic, hope you enjoy your stay at The Escapist
 

conchshellthegeek7

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Basically, it's an image board site with a bad reputation.

Based on what I've heard, it's actually not that bad of a site, but the worst of the various image boards is one called /b/, which you should try to stay away from.

Also, some people think 4chan secretly rules the Internet.
 

InfiniteSingularity

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conchshellthegeek7 said:
Basically, it's an image board site with a bad reputation.

Based on what I've heard, it's actually not that bad of a site, but the worst of the various image boards is one called /b/, which you should try to stay away from.

Also, some people think 4chan secretly rules the Internet.
Stay away from /b/?

Ahaha, good one
 

Scout Tactical

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Escapist rages every time 4chan is brought up. Few of them actually know anything about REAL 4chan. Everyone thinks the whole website is /b/. It's not. You can immediately spot a board newbie (colloquially 'newfag') if they think every board is like /b/. There are plenty of friendly boards with actually good people on there. /ck/ has great cooking tips, /r/ is good for acquisitions, and /co/ is love. That's right, there's a board with a reputation for having relatively nice posters.

But even then, people complain 4chan is NSFW. This isn't even true. There ARE NSFW boards, but not all of them are. In fact, the background color of the boards changes if you go onto a NSFW board, and you will get a prompt warning you.

In truth, 4chan is about absolute free speech. There's a lot of vocal hatred, but a surprisingly large amount of good will, too. It is something that must be experienced, not described, and most of the people who will tell you about it here haven't REALLY experienced it for themselves. They're passing on rumors about how bad they've heard it is.
 

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Scout Tactical said:
Escapist rages every time 4chan is brought up. Few of them actually know anything about REAL 4chan. Everyone thinks the whole website is /b/. It's not. You can immediately spot a board newbie (colloquially 'newfag') if they think every board is like /b/. There are plenty of friendly boards with actually good people on there. /ck/ has great cooking tips, /r/ is good for acquisitions, and /co/ is love. That's right, there's a board with a reputation for having relatively nice posters.

But even then, people complain 4chan is NSFW. This isn't even true. There ARE NSFW boards, but not all of them are. In fact, the background color of the boards changes if you go onto a NSFW board, and you will get a prompt warning you.

In truth, 4chan is about absolute free speech. There's a lot of vocal hatred, but a surprisingly large amount of good will, too. It is something that must be experienced, not described, and most of the people who will tell you about it here haven't REALLY experienced it for themselves. They're passing on rumors about how bad they've heard it is.
Which is why I stopped going there. /f/ was an awesome sub-forum years ago but all the damn /b/tards invaded and just turned it into another /b/, except now they could put their thoughts into flash videos. It completely ruined /f/.
 

KiKiweaky

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An image board.

It also has the /b/ or random board which at times can be hilarious as the content is unmoderated but is also dangerous for your sanity, dont look at it in work/college either as you'll likely get your ass kicked by your network administrator.
 

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4chan is a place where you don't want to go to /b/ at 3:00AM.

99chan however, much better. Stay on /b/, /lego/, /cccp/, /regs/, /cf/ and /eastwood/ and you'll be fine. :p


Scout Tactical said:
Escapist rages every time 4chan is brought up. Few of them actually know anything about REAL 4chan. Everyone thinks the whole website is /b/. It's not. You can immediately spot a board newbie (colloquially 'newfag') if they think every board is like /b/. There are plenty of friendly boards with actually good people on there. /ck/ has great cooking tips, /r/ is good for acquisitions, and /co/ is love. That's right, there's a board with a reputation for having relatively nice posters.

But even then, people complain 4chan is NSFW. This isn't even true. There ARE NSFW boards, but not all of them are. In fact, the background color of the boards changes if you go onto a NSFW board, and you will get a prompt warning you.

In truth, 4chan is about absolute free speech. There's a lot of vocal hatred, but a surprisingly large amount of good will, too. It is something that must be experienced, not described, and most of the people who will tell you about it here haven't REALLY experienced it for themselves. They're passing on rumors about how bad they've heard it is.
I can vouch that this Escapee is correct.