Comment on Anon remembers moot

drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  He pretty much did make a website for the moden neo-nazi movement, along with gamergate, and inspiring another website that made Q-anon, something that certain members of congress believe now.

  I don’t know if these thing would or would not exist without this website. All I know is that it would have been less pronounced because of it.

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  • The_Decryptor@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One of the reasons 8chan was created, was that moot banned the gamergate crap from 4chan.

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    • mobotsar@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s an 8 chan? Are we just going through all the powers of two?

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      • The_Decryptor@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’d have to be pretty damn spicy considering what the users already post.

        edition.cnn.com/2019/08/04/business/…/index.html web.archive.org/…/8chan-pedophiles-child-porn-gam…

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  • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah to me it seems very clear that 4chan is a net negative on the society. We all would have been better off if it wasn’t created and I say that as someone who did find value there in the early days (had a decent programming community)

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    • grahamja@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There is a green text about how some eccentric thought could derail someone’s entire life by finding other eccentric people on the internet.

      www.reddit.com/r/…/beforeafter_the_internet/

      before the internet

      I want to fuck toasters dont be a fucking retard grow up

      After internet

      I want to fuck a toaster google find a community with 1000+ members about people wanting to fuck toasters fuck up your life

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      All social media is a net negative on society. Twitter has been far, far worse because it has a false legitimacy given to it by mainstream media, the much, much larger user base and terrible, terrible people using it as their soapbox.

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      • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I disagree with this very western take. Social media is huge and connects billions of people that otherwise would be disconnect. It also allowed to rise of many net positive liberal ideas especially in the eveloping countries and the incredible economical stimulation is rarely talked about.

        People forget how bad the world was before internet. Sure it raises some issues but also solved much more.

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    • naeap@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think 4chan sadly always was kind of a mirror of society

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    • parody@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This one time I had a question that was so stupid, that website was the only place it could be asked.

      I got an answer.

      And you call it a net negative?! :p (heh yeah sounds very true)

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      PS: for the record, the topic was completely unimportant and irrelevant to anything anyone should care about, and there was nothing illegal or even rude about it

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      • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “Can I use a toilet brush to brush my teeth and not get rotting teeth ???”

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