[go_go_]

> Another person points out that even if you hate 4chan (or especially if you do), it'd be better left intact to contain the culture that foments there. Otherwise we might see /r/The_Donald style posts all over the internet.

I can't help but to think this is pure fear mongering.

[gravypod]

If hacker news went down would you not use other discussion sites? Why would this not hold true for others who post things you don't like?

[M_Grey]

I somehow would guess that few people only use HN, in the same way that few only use 4chan.

[go_go_]

I would use other news sites, but that doesn't mean they would have the same culture. The culture of a site is allowed to exist by the site owners and if no site owner wanted 4chan's culture than they would just weed them out as they attempted to migrate.

We could get rid of 4chan's culture by extinguishing the voice of it, and as long as no one else allows that voice on their site then it ceases to exist.