What was the drive behind /b/? Where did it go?

>>1504943
Drive: Being a typical internet shitter of that time period who doesn't a crap about anything other than laughs

Where did it go: Supplanted by tryhards and activists like every other corner of the internet today

being /b/ - random
to the /b/-lite boards /r9k/, /soc/, /pol/, /s4s/, /trash/, /bant/

>>1504950
Are politics the new cancer killing imageboards

>>1504965
not him but maybe id have context to answer that if weebs didnt immediately spam everything politics here without even attempting to articulate why its wrong

personally i find forcing silence without even attempting to justify it to be inherently more "cancer" than using your words to explain whats right or wrong, provided "cancer" is defined as rational discourse dying or tending to death

>>1504973
Nobody past the formative stage of politics actually changes their mind based on internet arguments. It usually descends into partisan flaming that never ends.

>>1504965
No, politics is not killing imageboards.

The normalfags on /pol/ who don't know how the internet works and think literally inviting people who they _genuinely hate_ (not ironically hate, not look down on while laughing at, but people they genuinely fucking despise) to come and join them on /pol/ for internet battles over some illusion that there's an "official opinion all of /pol/ shares" that needs to be fought over.
All while leaking out to other boards to basically do what amounts to campaigning for their side of the battle and implying posts made by people who probably have no idea what the fuck is even going on in politics are falseflags made by their enemies or some shit until it's impossible to even tell a joke anymore without everyone immediately trying to view it through some polarized filter

is what's killing imageboards.

>>1504997
You just defined politics.

>>1504998
Oh. Well alright then, I guess politics is the cancer killing imageboards. Carry on

The human beings on Earth who don't know how the universe works and think being inviting toward people who they genuinely hate (not jokingly hate, not look down on while laughing at, but people they genuinely despise) to engage in battles over some illusion that there's an "official opinion all of Earth shares" that needs to be fought over.
All while spreading out to do what amounts to campaigning for their side of the battle and suggesting any opinions shared by people who are ignorant of their particular set of rules for engagement are intentionally done by their enemies until it's impossible to say an honest observation anymore without these polarized types immediately trying to view it through some sort of reactionary filter.
As if they've become possessed by some sort of program or intelligence, artificial, or simply so primitive as to appear as much.

>>1504965
Politics are the cancer killing everything.

>>1504943
If you have to ask, you'll never know