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This summer's past I began visiting a web forum I had avoided for almost fifteen years - 4chan.org. What I found was barely useful and fascist-infested. But this thread is not about the politics of the situation. This is about those rare times and spaces where a modicum of moderation and lack of Nazi saturation allowed for a true conversation to blossom, and the fruits of full-anonymous posting lain bear Lack of Forums Cred - Every user was writing not build credibility, but to genuinely inform and entertain, without ego. Lack of Coloration - You never knew somebody outed themselves as a dumbass in another thread if you were agreeing with them in this one. No need to sweat the small stuff - If you make a minor mistake it doesn't really matter; it won't be attached to you by your posting enemies Honesty - True honesty without reprisal. Always socially dangerous, but again this is about the ideal of the image board I think traditional pseudonymous forums are irreplaceable but my cultural anthropology makes me wish there was a space for the full-anon imageboard in the landscape. How did a curated implementation never take off? Daikloktos fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Daikloktos posted:... the fruits of full-anonymous posting lain bear... It's 'laid bare', not "lain bear'.
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Jan 24, 2020 05:50
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ITT, we're an anonymous sleepy bear.
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Jan 24, 2020 05:53
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I thought the only way to be a big forums boi was to have a obscene post count under your av
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Jan 24, 2020 05:56
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the endgame of anonymous unmoderated posting is a nazi shithole run by libertarian conmen. said shithole is infested with russian psyops dudes and 14 year olds who dont know any better gently caress 4chan
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Jan 24, 2020 05:57
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SCROTO TURBOSPERG posted:the endgame of anonymous unmoderated posting is a nazi shithole run by libertarian conmen. said shithole is infested with russian psyops dudes and 14 year olds who dont know any better
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Jan 24, 2020 05:58
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Daikloktos posted:Yeah but I'm saying what if there was moderation. Pretty sweet, right? In theory? i dont see the big difference between what we're doing now and full anonymity, but this seems better. i'd probably still make jokes but i'd put less pride into it. whats the point on punching up my bits when no one can recognize you as good at making jokes? for the love of the game, maybe? the thankless task of entertaining the rest of you slack-jawed chucklefucks? NAY.
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Jan 24, 2020 06:07
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i think moridin was dogpiled more than he deserved really
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Jan 24, 2020 06:16
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gary oldmans diary posted:i think moridin was dogpiled more than he deserved really
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Jan 24, 2020 06:18
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it never occurred to me that anyone might consider people who posted a lot in politics discussions to be superstars  to each their own
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Jan 24, 2020 06:23
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SCROTO TURBOSPERG posted:i dont see the big difference between what we're doing now and full anonymity, but this seems better. i'd probably still make jokes but i'd put less pride into it. whats the point on punching up my bits when no one can recognize you as good at making jokes? for the love of the game, maybe? the thankless task of entertaining the rest of you slack-jawed chucklefucks? NAY. Hey, no slack-jawed-chucklefuck shaming.
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Jan 24, 2020 07:04
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stop going to 4chan op the gently caress is wrong with you
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Jan 24, 2020 07:05
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SCROTO TURBOSPERG posted:i dont see the big difference between what we're doing now and full anonymity, but this seems better. i'd probably still make jokes but i'd put less pride into it. whats the point on punching up my bits when no one can recognize you as good at making jokes? for the love of the game, maybe? the thankless task of entertaining the rest of you slack-jawed chucklefucks? NAY. Posting without an Avatar is a whole lot like being anonymous, and I still try. Nobody ever remembers me, but sometimes they laugh at my work.
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Jan 24, 2020 07:06
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I honestly cant take any of your conclusions seriously because loving lmao 4chan, seriously dude godamn dont touch the fuckin poop
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Jan 24, 2020 07:06
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Daikloktos posted:cultural anthropology
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Jan 24, 2020 07:13
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:Posting without an Avatar is a whole lot like being anonymous, and I still try.
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Jan 24, 2020 07:16
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:Posting without an Avatar is a whole lot like being anonymous, and I still try. Just keep posting, eventually somebody will buy you one for reasons that won't be immediately clear. That's how I got mine. Thanks for taking my anonymity!
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Jan 24, 2020 07:17
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Jan 24, 2020 07:19
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Kibbles n Shits posted:Just keep posting, eventually somebody will buy you one for reasons that won't be immediately clear. That's how I got mine. Thanks for taking my anonymity! It didn't work. That's how I got plat, so I've been doing something right. But no avatar.
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Jan 24, 2020 07:21
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I was a 4chan dumbshit as a teenager. I got better. Mostly. To be fair, it was before it got super alt-righty and was more anarchist in nature. Still racist though. I remember this one thing where they'd gently caress with recaptchas (because they had been added to the site and people got mad because poo poo's annoying) by figuring out which word was the real one used to match the captcha and which one was the one they wanted translated because a machine couldn't do it. Hilarious idea except that the N-word was chosen because of course it was. /tg/ is still better than the SA tradgames forum. Sorry but it's true.
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Jan 24, 2020 07:24
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Resting Lich Face posted:/tg/ is still better than the SA tradgames forum. Sorry but it's true. I'm actually curious about this. Only because it seems like those fucks take it less seriously. I'm not a tradgamer, but I'd be interested to hear more via PM if you'd like to wax longwinded on the subject.
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Jan 24, 2020 07:26
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BigBadSteve posted:It's 'laid bare', not "lain bear'. 
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Jan 24, 2020 07:29
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What are the hot memes over at 4chan OP?
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Jan 24, 2020 07:34
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I also seek out inspiration from those I cast off for being too toxic
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Jan 24, 2020 07:36
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Pawn 17 posted:What are the hot memes over at 4chan OP? who loving cares gently caress 4chan
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Jan 24, 2020 08:03
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Pawn 17 posted:What are the hot memes over at 4chan OP? Soyjack and gigachad
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Jan 24, 2020 08:11
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I hate when soyjak or chad is used here. It should be an "automatic sixer" if it's not sufficiently well constructed
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I always found complaining about nazis and pejoratives on 4chan to be really out of touch and a massive self own. There's a pretty blatant filter button that solves all your problems. It's not new or hidden or hard to use. The real problem is the unmedicated schizospectrums taking manic word salad dumps all over the place. Much harder to filter that garbage than the election tourists. Also I disagree with your assertions. There's plenty of attention-seeking and attempts to build a cult of personality. It's just not as obvious until you learn to read the metanarratives that happen on the site. Daikloktos posted:I hate when soyjak or chad is used here. It should be an "automatic sixer" if it's not sufficiently well constructed I agree, but I haven't seen either used more than once so IDK if it's truly a huge problem. Dont Touch ME fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Jan 24, 2020 08:31
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Dont Touch ME posted:Also I disagree with your assertions. There's plenty of attention-seeking and attempts to build a cult of personality. It's just not as obvious until you learn to read the metanarratives that happen on the site.
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Jan 24, 2020 08:35
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4chan is bad
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Jan 24, 2020 08:35
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Daikloktos posted:Oh indeed! And those considerations would not go away no matter how well you moderated. All those strengths are illusory to some great extent. gently caress that kinda posting
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Jan 24, 2020 08:35
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"Lain bear", OK, thanks... I was not aware of this meme.
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BigBadSteve posted:"Lain bear", OK, thanks... I was not aware of this meme.
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Honky Dong Country posted:I'm actually curious about this. Only because it seems like those fucks take it less seriously. I'm not a tradgamer, but I'd be interested to hear more via PM if you'd like to wax longwinded on the subject. I think it boils down to how transient posts on an imageboard are. The truly great things are saved and the chaff disappears forever whereas on SA tradgames a lovely dumb overly serious discussion can go for pages and pages and days and days. The lack of permanence of posts on /tg/ keeps things less serious (but still totally serious because nerd poo poo is srsbiz) and bitchfights less lengthy and keeps things on /tg/ more relaxed and casual (like gaming should be) than on SA. There are some good things to be found here; the fascists in trad gaming thread is amazing (and a clusterfuck), but as far as my D&D fix goes SA is not my first choice. That said, I'd rather actually game with goons than fa/tg/uys because shitheads are pretty actively filtered out on SA.
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Don't forget the porn. /b/ is pretty much porn. Its all porn. I wish they would do something about that, because /b/, has done something amazing things in the past, and has been responsible for a lot of memes and interesting dumb poo poo. (I'm refering to /b/ as I remember it back in 2008 as a teenager, back when they did stuff like prank calls to the Tom Green show, raiding Habbo Hotel, and loving with people on Stickam, which were both immature but still loving hilarious) I think the lack of rules was both its selling point and its down fall. zaepg fucked around with this message at 09:44 on Jan 24, 2020 |
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Jan 24, 2020 09:35
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:4chan is bad
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Jan 24, 2020 09:46
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zaepg posted:I think the lack of rules was both its selling point and its down fall.
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Resting Lich Face posted:I think it boils down to how transient posts on an imageboard are. The truly great things are saved and the chaff disappears forever whereas on SA tradgames a lovely dumb overly serious discussion can go for pages and pages and days and days. The lack of permanence of posts on /tg/ keeps things less serious (but still totally serious because nerd poo poo is srsbiz) and bitchfights less lengthy and keeps things on /tg/ more relaxed and casual (like gaming should be) than on SA. Gotcha. So trad poo poo on a more serious board is more likely to be a godamn shitheap of seriousness about dumb fuckin elves and poo poo, but the bad boards are more likely to be a straight up shitheap?
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Jan 24, 2020 09:50
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The only good thing 4chan has ever done is vigilante justice against animal abusers.
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I hear you hate 4chan.
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