Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
oliveoil
Apr 22, 2016
Which one has made a bigger impact on the internet?

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

dee eight
Dec 18, 2002

The Spirit
of Maynard

:catdrugs:
who gives a gently caress. it's all illusion and pain until we die

e: voted 2 and slouching away

HORNEY VAPE BRO
Jun 14, 2009

My balls versus my butthole

flubber nuts
Oct 5, 2005


HORNEY VAPE BRO posted:

My balls versus my butthole

where can i buy tickets?

oliveoil
Apr 22, 2016

BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:

where can i buy tickets?

You don't need them you can just walk in ha ha

Dixville
Nov 4, 2008

I don't think!
Ham Wrangler
The occasional Adobe™ Photoshop® thread, the occasional hilarious story thread, the occasional inspired meme... and lots of other crap.

Sample thread titles include:

-How do YOU tie your shoes?
-How do YOU butter your bread?
-How do YOU poo poo your pants?

In former times, GBS was a haven for frustrated, bitter, virgin nerds who congregated to eat the coal of pop culture and poo poo out diamond comedy. This time has mostly passed, and an army of high-schoolers and yuppies now reigns.

Though there are pockets of comedy with certain threads and posters, GBS has become the most vanilla of the forums. The most interesting potential thread topics now have their own sub-forums for discussion.

Knormal
Nov 11, 2001

ifunny.co

Dixville
Nov 4, 2008

I don't think!
Ham Wrangler
Standard GBS Formulae:
OP: Hey guys, wacky news story about an olympic diver who lost her legs in a car accident
Goon One: I guess she doesn't have a leg up on the competition
Goon Two: She was probably drunk and deserved it.
Goon Three: *variation of Goon one's reply*

OP: *wacky attempt at making a meme*
Goon One: This is some 4chan poo poo
Goon Two: How do you know it's from 4chan unless you're the 4chan master?
Goon Three: I can get in on this!
*Pages later*
Sensible Goon: Who cares where it came from, it loving sucks. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Dixville
Nov 4, 2008

I don't think!
Ham Wrangler
A lot of goons seem to believe that 4chan is composed entirely of 13-year-old internet nerds who jerk it non-stop to hentai. While these people do make up a portion of the userbase, in truth, most visitors of 4chan are around the same age group as the visitors to the Something Awful Forums.

Ad by Khad
Jul 25, 2007

Human Garbage
Watch me try to laugh this title off like the dickbag I am.

I also hang out with racists.
easily 4chan. but frequently not in a good way

istewart
Apr 13, 2005

Still contemplating why I didn't register here under a clever pseudonym

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...



EPISODE 1.5
JAR-JAR'S HOLONET ADVENTURES

Dixville posted:

The occasional Adobe™ Photoshop® thread, the occasional hilarious story thread, the occasional inspired meme... and lots of other crap.

Sample thread titles include:

-How do YOU tie your shoes?
-How do YOU butter your bread?
-How do YOU poo poo your pants?

In former times, GBS was a haven for frustrated, bitter, virgin nerds who congregated to eat the coal of pop culture and poo poo out diamond comedy. This time has mostly passed, and an army of high-schoolers and yuppies now reigns.

Though there are pockets of comedy with certain threads and posters, GBS has become the most vanilla of the forums. The most interesting potential thread topics now have their own sub-forums for discussion...

Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

sneed

Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015

I think I'd compare 4chans /b/ to FYAD more than GBS but that's just me

Dixville
Nov 4, 2008

I don't think!
Ham Wrangler
Like most communities that believe they are composed of "smart people acting dumb," the vast majority of 4channers are actually quite stupid. 4chan users are generally obsessed to an unhealthy degree with anime, video games, and cats and almost always have a problem applying their unrealized genius intellect to any sort of work whatsoever. Their level of humor approaches that of a four-week-old child: an idea is funny because it is familiar. 4chan user hobbies include using IRC, watching lolicon ironically, and playing Pokemon. Because posting on 4chan is anonymous, any and all thoughts are posted. If the internet is a series of tubes, 4chan is the high-pressure, poo poo-spewing junction of YTMND, GameFAQs, and every pedophile gathering in existence.

Dixville
Nov 4, 2008

I don't think!
Ham Wrangler
4channers are greasy neckbeards, just like us.

4chan is a swirling epicenter of internet culture, despite what everyone may think of it. Memes are born, live and die there, sometimes in just a matter of hours. Some memes will then propagate onto the internet proper to be driven into the ground elsewhere.

"4chan is nothing but pedophiles" is something that gets thrown around a lot, and it couldn't be further from the truth. There probably are a number of such sickos that frequent the various boards, just as with anywhere on the 'net. Actual child pornography doesn't last long when it does get posted, usually less than a few minutes. It's reported, deleted, and the poster banned.

Dandywalken
Feb 11, 2014

welp you changed my mind

Stink Billyums
Jul 7, 2006

MAGNUM
bigpeeler invented being fat and bald on the internet

Linux Pirate
Apr 21, 2012


4chan, even though it's been a net negative on society and the internet. GBS/SA was like a invisible guiding hand in the early days of the internet.( not to say it was good either) There are still comedic gold nuggets to be found unrelated to the nazis/alt-right idiots/pedophilia drivel that makes up 90% of the site. You can usually see screencaps of these posted elsewhere so no need to go to the 4chans.

Linux Pirate fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Nov 17, 2021

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
4chan doesn't have stairs in their house, GOTTEM

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009


Formerly Chuck

e: I have no idea what 4chan mean by sneed and am too lazy to find out.

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NQlOfXyrUY

Knot My President!
Jan 10, 2005

Gooshin’ granny

Granny squirt

SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

4chan tolerates /pol/ which is a bunch of fascists and people unironically tolerating fascists.

so lol

CPL593H
Oct 28, 2009

I know what you did last summer, and frankly I am displeased.
Is 4chan even relevant anymore? I thought all the chuds just migrated to reddit and all the ultra chuds migrated to 8chan. I know it still exists and people use it but so does Something Awful and I don't think anyone can say this site is really on the cutting edge these days.

Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013


Hey yo,

Never post again

ToxicSlurpee
Nov 5, 2003

-=SEND HELP=-


Pillbug

oliveoil posted:

Which one has made a bigger impact on the internet?

Considering that 4chan is entirely our fault as we puked it out in the first place I'd say gibbis.

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



4chan is still around? :confused:

syntaxfunction
Oct 27, 2010
Imagine defending 4chan OR GBS. Like, why? Altho I think in general GBS has churned out less mass shooters so I guess up your numbers folks.

ToxicSlurpee
Nov 5, 2003

-=SEND HELP=-


Pillbug

syntaxfunction posted:

Imagine defending 4chan OR GBS. Like, why? Altho I think in general GBS has churned out less mass shooters so I guess up your numbers folks.

To be a mass shooter you have to go outside first.

oliveoil
Apr 22, 2016

ToxicSlurpee posted:

To be a mass shooter you have to go outside first.

That's how you know all these "mass" shoots are fake. None of those people would ever go outside.

Dixville
Nov 4, 2008

I don't think!
Ham Wrangler
Posted by penguinmambo on November 11, 2006

Spiritual spinoff and Western counterpart to 2chan (properly 2ch), an enormous anonymous image-posting site organized by category. Well known by pretty much any fan of anime who also goes online, an the brainchild of SAgoon moot.

Although most of 4chan is anonymous many of SA memes gravitate there, specifically the random board /b/. The closest thing 4chan has to FYAD, it (vaguely) controls its own proliferation of tired jokes by extremely short post retention. /b/ has the highest traffic of any of 4chan's boards, and posters are often obsessed with extended the category's overall post count.

Inspired a variety of spinoffs and ___chan knockoffs itself, originally coinciding with whatever categories 4chan did not or would not host, then later to bizarrely specific themes or fetishes (which is the only way to prevent a huge influx of bandwidth). Spikes in other __chan sites often occur when 4chan goes offline ('dies') due to donation or server drama.

Dixville
Nov 4, 2008

I don't think!
Ham Wrangler
Posted by penguinmambo on January 2, 2007

A good way to think of the majority of the 4chan forums is to imagine a vague BYOB-ish version of ADTRW, and all the fun that entails. Note that while ADTRW has a slightly higher tolerance for 4chan memes, you shouldn't push your luck.

Collateral
Feb 17, 2010

Dixville posted:

4channers are greasy neckbeards, just like us.

4chan is a swirling epicenter of internet culture, despite what everyone may think of it. Memes are born, live and die there, sometimes in just a matter of hours. Some memes will then propagate onto the internet proper to be driven into the ground elsewhere.

"4chan is nothing but pedophiles" is something that gets thrown around a lot, and it couldn't be further from the truth. There probably are a number of such sickos that frequent the various boards, just as with anywhere on the 'net. Actual child pornography doesn't last long when it does get posted, usually less than a few minutes. It's reported, deleted, and the poster banned.

No I think you will find they are a haven for nonces and nonce related activities. Unlike here.

Weka
May 5, 2019

That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.

Dixville posted:

Posted by penguinmambo on January 2, 2007

A good way to think of the majority of the 4chan forums is to imagine a vague BYOB-ish version of ADTRW, and all the fun that entails. Note that while ADTRW has a slightly higher tolerance for 4chan memes, you shouldn't push your luck.

Byob is a forum for being a lovely fellow, hth.

Dumb Sex-Parrot
Dec 25, 2020
do 4chan even have a frontpage? :smug:

hell astro course
Dec 10, 2009

pizza sucks

there is no 'the internet'. sorry op, that's just weird corporate silicon valley spook creep stuff. The internet is a decentralized experience. Maybe one day we'll all be forced onto the same AWS server, and maybe the government will only allow us to go to one IP address, but until that day comes to pass your question is far too advanced for its time.

gleebster
Dec 16, 2006

Only a howler
Pillbug
Gideon vs. Wainright VERSUS Loving vs. Virginia, which case has had a greater impact on the internet in the US?

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
I'm Applewhite and GBS is my favorite forum on the Citadel.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon
Everything slithers down here

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

MyChemicalImbalance
Sep 15, 2007

Keep on smilin'



:unsmith:
There are FB groups that repost 4chan poo poo and lemme tell ya that style of posting hits completely different when you see the names and faces.

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply