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exocrinous@lemm.ee 8 months agoWe are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
I think the current state of 4chan is inevitable as a result of the 4chan you loved, because 4chan pretended to be a place of bigotry, foolishness, and ill will.
banneryear1868@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I doubt anyone who used the site would use “love” and “4chan” in the same sentence lol. The point is if you used it during this time you witnessed something that people who didn’t can only morally condemn at a distance, they can’t talk about the real experience of using the site and meaningfully criticize it. Likewise being there for the true 00s internet wild west and seeing it turn from that into what it became was a blessing for understanding on a visceral level what we all witnessed in the 2010s with incels and maga etc.