A study on 4chan’s culture, history, and future through the lens of identity in a hostile online space. 10 years later, it proves to be just as apt but, unfortunately, far more broadly applicable.

  • benni@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    I’ve been interested in the degree to which this is true, so I did a sample of some other boards. I always picked the first thread per board to avoid cherry picking results.

    • /fit/ had a dick size thread that obviously turned sexist
    • /mu/ had a kpop thread, it seemed okay
    • /an/ had a big cat general with nice photographs in it :)
    • /g/ had an AI chatbot general. I only skimmed the beginning and that already had outright pedophilia in it.
    • /a/ had an Evangelion thread with a mix of genuine discussion and softcore coomer pics of the underage girls in it
    • /c/ was just cute pics of an anime girl
    • /int/ discussed taking showers surprisingly
    • /his/ had a thread about Anne Frank, with some users posting antisemitic content and others pushing back against it

    After those I got tired. Overall I’d say the SFW boards are a very mixed bag, with some of them actually being nice.