hello,

I have been diving into these anonymous boards and stuff. I wanted to know if anyone use it for any actual purposes like for getting some tech knowledge or something?

  • @CanadaPlus
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    25 days ago

    No, I never went down that rabbit hole, which is interesting in hindsight. I went straight from old-school forums and chatrooms (where I’m sure I was very obviously a child) to Reddit.

    By the time I was hearing about it it was just “that Nazi pedo incel site”.

      • @CanadaPlus
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        824 days ago

        From what I heard, there was more going on initially. It’s just that that’s what tends to collect in totally unmoderated spaces, and 4chan fell victim to it.

        • @Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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          224 days ago

          No, as someone who dabbled in it very early on (like 2008) it has always been that way. Maybe the full on Nazi stuff was a bit later, but it was always filled with blatant racism.