Is it considered part of it? From my understanding, the culture has changed significantly and post get auto deleted eventually, so it’s not a good archive either. The only thing old about it is it’s web design
Posting on 4chan just kept becoming increasingly user hostile, especially for casual users, you had to be really determined to post something: posts started requiring 24 hour email verification, and after that you had to wait ~10 minutes before being allowed to post, and finally you had to complete a nearly impossible captcha which could lock you out from posting for an undetermined amount of time just for failing. It became apparent that the owners were pushing the gold pass pretty damn hard, and it's advertised on literally every board page.
every board had it's own independent archiving service after a while, so board culture ended up stickier than the original design. there's some interesting stuff in there
sznio|10 months ago
there's no other online community i know of that still allows fully anonymous posting
the culture changed, but the "environment" causing the culture there to be the way it is still same as the original.
the bump/delete mechanics work well to promote the most controversial, most engaging content, without any advanced statistics or ML.
despite being a shitty place, i don't feel advertised to, spied or in any way abused _by the software itself_ while browsing it
TheAceOfHearts|10 months ago
Shank|10 months ago
Doesn't 8chan/kun still exist?
DrillShopper|10 months ago
Usenet?
It even has the issue of old posts disappearing when the retention at your UNIX system / ISP rolled over.
ltbarcly3|10 months ago
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nemomarx|10 months ago