Would you say 4chan has improved as a website or been in decline

It was dead with the gamergate meme, the fappening just trashed it even more. I think that's why he left tbqh

>>35243568
Decline. Let's hope that Hiroshima's not watching me say that, though.

>>35243608
>Let's hope that Hiroshima's not watching me say that, though.
What does that guy do nowadays?

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It's a shell of what it was even 10 years ago.
A few boards are still ok.

>>35243654
Pretend like the site is failing so people will give him money and put porn ads on the site.

>>35243568
It's been in freefall, but I don't think Moot's departure or Hiro's purchase are the culprits, it's more so the traffic that the site has been attracting.

4chan has lost its reputation, and is now in the minds of most as a slightly more offensive Reddit. Not too long ago, people would be outright fearful of coming here.

If we upped the weirdo count and dropped the normie count, things would be a lot better, like they used to be. I no longer think that's possible, however. We've hit the point of no return, and this site is what it is now.

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I'm glad Luggage Lad is gone
>Sold us out for a fucking girl who cucked him
>Nuked /pol/ for spamming cuck

He's a weakling.

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Lets post Luggage Lad pictures.

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cuck a duck, lads

>>35243729
>decided to have some fun with /pol/
>/pol/ takes it too seriously and flips out

>>35243791
>Decides to have some fun
>at the exact time we find out he is a cuck

Nah

>>35243822
This is a dumb anime site and moot has often done silly things for fun. It was exactly the same shit with /pol/
Why do you think he likes [s4s] so much?

>>35243568
>Would you say 4chan has improved as a website or been in decline since moot left?

decline heavily but I don't think it was hiro's fault

it was because of autistic shit like gamergate and the election that 4chan was ruined

The degree of wit in day to day discussion has gone down considerably since I started lurking in 2006.

That being said the fact that I'm still here and regularly enjoy the stupid shit that takes place means that this place hasn't completely lost its touch.

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>>35243840
>Doing your absolute best to ignore my point

Suck that cuck dick harder, kid.

>>35243729
moot threatened to delete /pol/ if it became stormfront even though it did, TWICE after its original iteration had been deleted.

>>35243791
This. /pol/ is full of babies. /r9k/ was changed like a dozen times back when it was his favorite board and they also changed /v/ and /a/ countless times during events or happenings for misc reasons. /pol/ is like that super serious guy thinks he's big shit but crumbles under pressure and can't handle his bantz.

>>35243925
>This. /pol/ is full of babies.

and /r9k/ is full of bitter virgins who think "wimmins r evil cuz they no like me :( "

Grow up lad.

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>>35243729
Cuck or not, I hardly blame the guy for wanting to be something besides the admin of this cesspool. I'd have done much worse if I ruled this place for more than a decade.

Anyway, at least An Hiro is keeping things the way they've been, with the moderation in the background. The last thing we need is a bunch of autistic, power-trippy mods. Like moot always said, quality comes from the community. If 4chan is shit, it's Anon's fault.

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>try thinking of older 4chan
>this picture suddenly comes to mind

>>35243967
>lad
Weeeeee

>>35243568

The site was ruined when /pol/ started shitposting on every single board becaue of their conspiratard crusade against "Da JOOS" and all sorts of imagined and delusional shit.

Just shut the fuck up and post memes and on topic threads please.

>>35244072
Well said (((anon))). I'm sure the jews had nothing to with anything.

>>35243654
umm, he is checking the data

>>35244072
This is correct. r/the_donald fags invaded /pol/, and have not only ruined /pol/, but the whole site, as well. Good luck even trying to have a reasonable argument on /pol/. If they disagree with you, you're a shill, or a Jew, or a shit-skin, or maybe they'll just make fun of your country because some retard decided to add flags to /pol/.

>>35244066
WUZ?

originaltbhm8

>>35244083

This is exactly what I meant.

And I don't think there is a Jew in the entire known history of my family nor is anyone married to one. Not that it really even matters.

>>35244094
>If they disagree with you, you're a shill, or a Jew, or a shit-skin

Sounds like you can't handle the bantz. You're not supposed to start crying when you get called a name, you're supposed to continue making your points.

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Moot knew he was SJW cancer so he sacrificed himself to preserve the autonomy of 4chan. 4chan has only been on the rise ever since.

>>35244146
t. r/the_donald
I can handle their stupid insults, but that doesn't excuse the fact that they are an echo-chamber who can't argue with dissent.

>>35244177
You complain about being called names, but then reply to me by calling me plebbit?

You're a hypocritical moron.

>>35243568
I've noticed a lack of tripfags although I think it's more a case of them leaving because of poor quality rather than the quality going down due to them leaving.

>>35244195
There's nothing wrong with name-calling, and I never said there was. Name-calling in lieu of arguments in response to arguments? That's wrong. You're the moron.

>>35244232
I would argue less tripfags has increased quality, although we're still very obviously on a downward spiral.

>>35244233
>There's nothing wrong with name-calling,
>If they disagree with you, you're a shill, or a Jew, or a shit-skin,

So you're a hypocritical moron, and now a liar. Congrats.

>>35244260
Wrong. You just lack reading-comprehension skills.

>>35244278
Not an argument. You claimed one is bad then do exactly that. You are a hypocritical moron who indulges in lies when exposed.

>>35243605
This desu
he ruined the site by being a massive cuck.

>>35243724
I wouldn't say free fall, it sounds a bit to extreme.

Normies will come here no matter what.

Some redditors come here because they want to see the cool memes before they become cancer.
Many Australians come here because this is the only place they can get porn.

Some people go to /pol/ for news.

But while they are here it is inveitable that they will end up being less of a normie. And in the end you got more anons.

>>35244094
This.

the whole 'traditionalism' shtick that's arisen on this website these couple years is laughable. Just lol at 4chan autistic nerds being 'traditionalist DEVS VULT WARRIORZ' (I am legit dying of laughter at that) this and sjw/feminism are basically two different sides of the same coin for losers with no self awareness

>>35244232
Tripfags leave because they can just make their own tumblr blogs, YT channels or whatever and gain more notoriety. Also, newfags think tripfagging or namefagging ar inherently wrong even though back when moot made 4chan, it was literally mostly people from SA writing with their handles on the namefield. The whole "anonymous" shit only got more widespread around the Chanology times.

>>35244298
Wrong. You removed context from my post. I said, "Good luck having a reasonable argument on /pol/. If they disagree with you, you're a shill, or a Jew, or a shit-skin, or maybe they'll just make fun of your country." You can't have a reasonable discussion on /pol/, because in lieu of arguments, they simply insult you. If you ever been there, you'd know that. Nice try, dumb-ass.

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>>35244332
>this and sjw/feminism are basically two different sides of the same coin for losers with no self awareness

You lost, leftist. Do try and stop crying now.

>>35244349
I browse /pol/ semi regularly and have had plenty of interesting discussions.

Are you truly so arrogant you think your experience applies to everyone? Did it ever occur to you people told you to fuck off because you're an unlikeable cunt?

>>35244414
I have considered it, and it's not true. You can have an interesting discussion on /pol/, but it's very rare. If you haven't noticed a trend of ad-hominem usage on /pol/, you're either delusional or aren't paying attention.

>>35244399
DEUS VULT I WILL SAVE MOTHER EVROPA FROM MY BASEMENT

I'm not even a leftist, just that most people on 4chan are so entrenched LARPing as traditionalist vikings that it's just comical. These are the same faggots whining about degeneracy today are just bitter that they don't get to partake because they're not Chad. Whining about feminism and hookup culture is coming from people that aren't getting laid and aren't getting women's attentions - so out of bitterness and sour grapes they claim it's gross, unethical, and even destructive for society, when you know they would participate zealously if they were afforded the opportunity

same with whining about capitalism - people without human capital nor money whining about the evils of capitalism

Not saying there aren't any valid points, in fact a lot is true, but seriously- you autistd whining about feminism and how evil women are wouldn't be saying a damn thing if sluts actually wanted your dick; same with the 25 year old english lit majors from a state TTT and no human capital on reddit /r/latestagecapitalism and /r/sandersforpresident

Funny how when people are born with, or have something, it's out of virtue and the others are just entitled rabble - and when one is lacking there needs to be some kind of redistribution (of capital (in the form of social welfare programs), of sex (in the form of monogamy and marriage))

>>35244316
>Australians come here for porn
Since when did they ban porn in Australia?

>>35243568
Hiro is seriously the best thing to happen to this site. No drama and all he does is listen to our suggestions.

People who really think moot leaving had any negative affect towards board quality is retarded.

>>35244549
>he doesn't know about hiro selling all your data and shilling for funds

>>35244349
Of course there will be faggots who'll insult you, it's just a matter of being persistent you pathetic cunt.
For example, have you ever been to a leftypol thread? Yes, the op gets called out for being the filthy kike or libshit that he is, but in between the shitflinging there are points being brought up and points being knocked down. As long as you don't shy away like a little bitch and don't be "le obvious b8" you'll eventually get your arguments.
Take a look at any thread with the obamaleaf, for example.

>>35244490
>If you haven't noticed a trend of ad-hominem usage on /pol/, you're either delusional or aren't paying attention.

Bringing me back to my original point as we come full circle. Its bants, stop being so sensitive. In the event you can't harden up a bit, go to another website that has moderators who ban people who use naughty words.

You and I have traded unkind words and have I burst out crying, or complained about your language beyond pointing out your hypocrisy? No.

Come on lad, you're obviously not a fucktard, you're being silly.

>>35244493
>>35244493
>These are the same faggots whining about degeneracy today are just bitter that they don't get to partake because they're not Chad

That would be /r9k/

You're clearly confused and aroused. (Too lazy to read the rest, the other guy is more interesting to argue with to be honest)

>>35243568
No it's changed because the old users are moving on. Now it's gen z on the site. As generation alpha comes age it Will change again. Gen z grew up under Obama and only remembers a liberal world. Trump will soon remind them of how conservatives wreck shit with expensive wars and hypocritical religious bullshit

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I miss him so dearly desu

It has declined, but I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing. Maybe it'll decline so much that normies wont find it amusing and only oldfags will remain, and that'd be really nice. But yeah I miss moot.

>>35244698
>Eviscerated
>b-but I won't acknowledge that, I win!

nice

>>35244770
I never said I win. I said I'm not partaking. If claiming victory in an internet argument is important to you, then I'll concede as you clearly need it more than I do.

You win.

>>35244757
Moot brought back /n/ twice with new and pol. Think about that

>>35244072
This. I support Trump, but he's not perfect. If you try to say he's not perfect, le_donald will reply to you saying "go away shariablue"

>>35244072
/pol/ actually thinks it got Trump elected, ignoring that the dem electorate did prefer to stay at home or vote Harambe

When Republicans will go full paleocon and replace Trump by Pence they'll probably think epic raiding @POTUS by flooding it under mentions will change something

>>35245283
>/pol/ actually thinks it got Trump elected
This is pretty great to be honest.

>>35244568
Like I give a fuck

Not even tor can give you privacy these days

>>35244195
>says he cant handle the bantz
>gets triggered when he calls you out
lmao neo/pol/fags are truly from reddit

>>35245568
I never honestly believed that /pol/ could get worse, but nu/pol/'s proven me wrong.

>>35244493

>Whining about feminism and hookup culture is coming from people that aren't getting laid and aren't getting women's attentions - so out of bitterness and sour grapes they claim it's gross, unethical, and even destructive for society, when you know they would participate zealously if they were afforded the opportunity

Whining about pedophilia and child molestation is coming from people that aren't getting laid and aren't getting kid's attentions - so out of bitterness and sour grapes they claim it's gross, unethical, and even destructive for society, when you know they would participate zealously if they were afforded the opportunity

I love showing stupid people how stupid their reasoning is.

>>35244094

>Having a discussion on /pol/

The whole board is a hive mind with the same shit threads posted over and over again. Its like the posters aren't even real people anymore. Make an original thread it will end up on page 10 within 5 minutes.

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>>35245727
/pol/ has become a clickbait site. The catalog is full of minimal effort threads created just to get (you)s, or traffic. Hell, I wouldn't wonder if Hiroshimoot is actually behind it all.

>>35245826
Mobile posting was a mistake

>>35243568
Definitely declined but I doubt moot being here would have stopped it's decline

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>>35245902
Everything after chanology was a mistake.

>>35243729
>cuck cuck cuck cuck cuck
wow, so this is the power of /pol/....

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wew

haven't opened my "moot" folder in a while

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>>35244195

>Being this sensitive


Poltards confirmed for fragile babbies

He looks like 1/2 Michael Cera 1/2 Chad

I want to get preggers by him so bad

>>35245124
t. Schlomo Shekelzbergstein

>>35246004
If he put on muscle and got a good haircut he could be 100% chad

>>35243568

even before moot it was in a steady decline

-normies and roasties posting inane shit everywhere
-actual autists getting older and angrier
-anonymous being co-opted by literal government agencies
-memeposting becoming a popular form of shitposting with newfags
-/pol/ gaining so much influence that they basically have free reign to politicize every board

I really could go on, the point is japmoot had nothing to do with the decline, moot leaving was just a symptom of it

>>35245925
What is chanology. I never went on /v/, /pol/, or /r9k/ durring gamergate so I have no idea what that is.

>>35245826
Contrary I see many well thought out threads about actual debate topics. But these threads you get about one of these for ever three shitposts and one general.

/pol/ is pretty fun to troll. All you have to do is just make an argument that uses evidence to say that either Asians or Jews are superior to whites and you get 6 trillion (you)s.

>>35246172
>What is chanology. I never went on /v/, /pol/, or /r9k/ durring gamergate so I have no idea what that is.
Google it, newfriend. /b/ and Anonymous fucking with scientology back in 2008, I think? Bringing unwanted attention to 4chan and the first wave of proper cancer.

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>>35246212
Makes me actually embarrassed that anonymous originated here desu

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>>35246172
>Contrary I see many well thought out threads about actual debate topics.
Yeah, I suppose you're right. They just get buried under the bullshit and get pushed off the board by the clickbait.
>/pol/ is pretty fun to troll. All you have to do is just make an argument that uses evidence to say that either Asians or Jews are superior to whites and you get 6 trillion (you)s.
I'd post a webm of this, but file size limit, so have a shitty image instead. /pol/ is so full of newfags it's not even funny. They swallow every bit of bait, think everyone outside of the hivemind is a shill and in general are a bunch of ideologues.

>>35246310
Yeah plus they have a massively inflated sense of importance now. Like people genuinely thinking that /pol/ is responsible for Trump being elected

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About the same. There's no point trying to compare 4chan from years past to 4chan now. The site and its culture is constantly changing and growing. A lot of what people in 2005 and 2006 found hilarious here is cringe inducing these days for example.

>>35246172
You can just say Trump another Bush. They hate that the most

>>35246310
>They swallow every bit of bait
They're nowhere near as bad as /a/, /v/ or even /g/.

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>>35246344

This is what the average /pol/tard looks like.

>>35246408
/pol/ has pretty much become just a metastasis of Reddit. Bringing real world issues onto 4chan was a massive fucking mistake.

>>35246384
My little brother trolled /g/ claiming that he could run GTAV on a Win98. So much butthurt.

/k/ is pretty easy to troll. Just post a shitty gun or modification and claim it is good, or just advocate for gun control.

/v/'s exsitance is it's troll.

>>35246421
Mixing the internet and real life is usually a mistake, people never seem to learn that

>>35244072
It pisses me off to read stuff like this on /r9k/ in 2017.

4chan's been going to shit for a long time, because most casual posters come here for memes and don't care about discussion. Phoneposting makes banning nearly impossible, so even nazi moderation couldn't fix this place, unless they change the ban system in an inventive way or add user accounts.

Consistently, memes and children flood into a board after it has a burst of good OC (think POO POO PEE PEE, or the cat girls on leftypol, or Habbo Hotel, or even an individual image caption like the one where that girl got stalked by /lit/). When there's a slow trickle of new users, the new users are socialized according to the board's culture, and quality remains constant. When there's a flood of new users, children and redditors reply to each other's garbage and discussion quickly degrades. Eventually, most oldfags leave and the population is largely replaced.

However, meme kiddies and normalfags only pop in occasionally and can't actually support discussions. You can post the same bait every day for months and it will always get enraged replies, because there's a bottomless well of casual posters who check in every once in a while and are too stupid to identify copypasta. If the board is SFW, it becomes an endless series of flame wars (think /v/), if NSFW, it becomes an endless series of porn and flame wars (think /b/ or /r9k/).

Almost all of you fucks are cancer. If you don't remember Heinessen archive, you have no right to complain about the downfall of this website, because you were a part of it. /r9k/ was indefensible in 2015 and it's indefensible now. You fags even killed /lit/, and may have hurt /pol/ more than /pol/ hurt you.

>>35246352

>A lot of what people in 1995 and 1996 found hilarious here is cringe inducing these days for example.

Wew lad if this was 2007 that phrase would still be relevant. Times sure change

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>>35243568
post moots

>>35246352
This. If I saw someone saying something like "EPIC" or "you win 9999 internets" these days I'd cringe hard.

>>35246458
Because humor is context sensitive. Something is only funny for the moment. That's why 4chan needs fresh blood to stay young.

>>35246439
>If you don't remember Heinessen archive
How old is that? The name seems familiar, but I can't remember using it.

>>35246504
>That's why 4chan needs fresh blood to stay young.
this
the answer is more lolis

>>35246506
/r9k/ had it as recently as 2014.

Didn't change too much

>>35246352
That's because memes and OC age and stop being fun or funny. It does nothing to change the fact that phoneposting is rampant, the userbase has grown massively to the point where an eternal summer scenario has occured and is irreversible.

>>35246521
Oh, that's not even old. I thought it was back from 2008 or something, though that's not too old either.

>>35246542
I don't think archives even existed in 2008. At least I don't remember any.

>>35246542
>Oh, that's not even old
No, it's very recent. It's just that most people on /r9k/ are complete newfags, and so most don't remember it. It annoys me when people complain about the site going to shit when they've only been here for two years and came to the site when it was already terrible or rapidly becoming terrible.

>>35246573
I can hardly remember anything accurately from back then, really. The years and memes and shitposting have all just blended together.

>>35246606
>It annoys me when people complain about the site going to shit when they've only been here for two years and came to the site when it was already terrible or rapidly becoming terrible.
These are the people who think that poopoo peepee/tendies/rare pepe were the height of culture and humor.

>>35244083
kek
>>35244143
>triggered
>oririririrorioroirio

>>35246573
I'm looking at "The Complete History of 4chan" and it claims thread archives started back in 2003.

>>35246573
We had archives. I remember the thread where everyone pretended reality was one big MMO and God was the developer. You had to reach a certain post count to get there

>>35244260
not the case, if you cant discuss anything coherently and logically and use emotions instead of facts
>your either a retard or a jew with an agenda

>>35246649
>>35246663
That's not the same. Those archives only allowed certain "epic" threads. Usually based on votes. Archives like Heinessen just archive everything indiscriminately.

>>35246637
It's depressing to think that, out of all the greentext stories /r9k/ churned out, POO POO PEE PEE comics and rare Pepes drew in the hoard of normalfags.

>>35246682
Huh. When did the full archives come to use? I hardly ever use them even now, so they probably existed a few years before I first ventured into one.

>>35246665
That is sadly what ideologues in hugboxes are like. They themselves hold their views as the absolute truth and nothing outside of their sphere of knowledge. In a hugbox those views get further reinforced by other ideologues, until the person just turns into your average /pol/ak. Cognitive dissonance up the ass, no arguments and everyoen who disagrees with him is a shill from group X and thus not to be listened to or argued with.

>>35246408
Looks like a fun lot

Why do they just have a jug of milk?

>>35246542
I'd be willing to be most of the memes from this decade were done by people who haven't been on 4chan since its early years. In fact some of these memes weren't even started on 4chan. Even ancient memes like Pepe have been influenced by new users. Complaining about new people posting on 4chan is stupid. It's why the site continues to thrive and stay interesting.

>>35246573
>>35246753
Green Circle was archiving /g/ in 2008. I believe the largest, current /a/ archive also has posts dating back to 2008, though that's due to database transfers from previous archives to new ones.

>>35246910
>Complaining about new people posting on 4chan is stupid
If a lot of newfags start browsing a board at one time the board's culture is dramatically changed or destroyed. A steady stream of new users is necessary if you don't want a board to die, but self moderation breaks down when there are so many new users that they can give each other positive feedback for bad content.

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>>35247042
So? 4chan changes. It always has and always will. If it didn't this site would stagnate quickly. How many times have people cried about newfags killing 4chan? If their predictions were true we wouldn't even be having this discussion. Luckily not only were they wrong, they were completely and utterly wrong. 4chan has become more influential than anyone would have thought, even becoming noteworthy enough in things like politics to warrant news articles from reputable outlets and studies (one of which was even done by the UN).
4chan thrives when new users come in. You don't need to like all the changes that happen, but you either deal with the new or leave. The old will never come back.

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>>35247316
Or I could just turn into the internet equivalent of the grumpy old guy sitting on his porch and complain about the cancerous newfags from Reddit shitting up my boards, spamming stale memes and acting like complete normalfags. Back in my days we didn't want 4chan to be relevant or influential.

>>35247821
4Chan was always influential. The difference is that internet culture is more important these days. If YTMND had survived it'd be changing politcs

>>35247821
People only bitch when there's an influx (or even a PERCEIVED) influx of new users. All the people who have been here for 10+ years don't bitch anymore. I'd even go so far as to say they also use other sites like Reddit.
Acting bitter because the past is gone will just end up making you bitter in general, even if you already are.

>>35247887
>4Chan was always influential.
What influence it had was through memes and random bullshit that did not attract any attention beyond exploding vans.

>>35247900
>People only bitch when there's an influx (or even a PERCEIVED) influx of new users
Yeah, no shit? It's those newfags that stand out, don't lurk and completely alter the culture whenever they flood in.
>All the people who have been here for 10+ years don't bitch anymore. I'd even go so far as to say they also use other sites like Reddit.
Yeah, because most people have given up hope and just accepted the eternal summer.

>>35247316
>If their predictions were true we wouldn't even be having this discussion
4chan is much worse than it used to be. If you say with a straight face that /lit/ has improved over the last two years, it's because you weren't browsing it two years ago.

I don't give a shit about visibility or political power, I want to have good discussions. It's nearly impossible to do that now, in a lot of boards (including this one). People just want the same, tired flame wars, and effort goes unrewarded and unrecognized.

Obviously it can't become what it was, and obviously nobody should browse 4chan. But when you have an internet community where you relate to most people and enjoy posting, it sucks to watch its culture become diluted and misunderstood, its front page devolve into awful memes and pornography, its replies shorten, and its posters get replaced by dumb asses. It sucks to come back after a month and wonder where everybody went. /r9k/ became something with no unique culture or identity, where most posters are dumb and mean, and where the most successful threads are the ones where half of their replies are complaints.

A few boards fall to cancer every year.

Fuck you.

>>35247952
That's truefor youube as well. Internet is important now

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>>35248194
>Internet is important now
And I fucking hate it. Normalfags ruin everything.

>>35243568
It was in decline for a while before that. But now, you can really see that this site wasn't meant to last beyond the mid-late 2000s.

>>35247952
>It's those newfags that stand out
When you're the one who has to get on a soapbox and complain about the current state of a board then you're obviously in a minority. You're taking up the retarded faux-elitism /a/ mentality, and why?
Bragging about how long you been here is stupid. You don't have any good way to prove it and even if you could no one really cares. Part of the beauty of 4chan is that even if you've been on the site for a week your post matters just as much as someone who has been posting since 2003.
And if people gave up hope then why are there still so many people from the 2000s still posting? If you want real oldfaggotry go to a site like 7chan. Their culture is very similar to how it was 10 years ago, and unsurprisingly they have stagnated.

>>35248129
The problem is you think I'm saying 4chan has to change for the better. It doesn't. 4chan changes whether you like the changes or not. Some are good others are bad. If you actually bother spending a significant amount of time on this site you realize it's pointless to cry over these changes. It just makes you look like a bitter idiot.

>I want to have good discussions
That's exactly the kind of thing sites like Reddit are for. 4chan is conductive to rapid shitposting, which is why quality discussions will usually be less common.

>it sucks to watch its culture become diluted and misunderstood
Don't you think people who were here before you felt exactly the same way? The problem is you refuse to accept the changes and cling to how things were. You refuse to look at all the good stuff that's come of modern 4chan, probably just out of bias.

You're looking at 4chan changing as something negative. It's not positive or negative, it's just a fact of life. There's plenty of fun, new threads and lots of fresh new content being posted all the time, so why waste it being bitter? You'll eventually miss this era of 4chan as well, if you stay around long enough. I hated 2011-2012 for example.

>>35248129
>4chan is much worse than it used to be
>the site was literally nothing a short five years ago except flying lawnmower gifs, off topic shittalking between foreigners and le baseball costanza

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>>35246352
Pretty much this.

Orignalalalallaalalla

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>>35246352
Have an old meme!

>>35248518
>all the good stuff that's come of modern 4chan
Like what?

Decline. Definitely decline. It's always been shit......but now it's intolerable

>>35246682
yeah if i recall you had to get like 15 votes in order for it to be put into the archive, otherwise it would be rejected and would die never to be seen again.

>>35248981
Anything I'd say you'd try and shut down. Not to mention it's completely subjective. All the Pepe OC we have no is far more varied and creative than the Pepe memes from the 2000s. We also have (you)'s, notifications, auto updating and more. Moderation is more consistent and less intrusive, boards are faster now than they used to be, etc.

Neither m00t or hiro is to blame. This site has been collapsing since social media and normies took over the internet. The gamergate, fappening and US election just attracted too much attention and are just making things worse.

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>>35246408
>a bunch fat ugly motherfuckers and then one cute girl

>>35249282
>Pepe OC
All dogshit. I liked the ">tfw to smart too" edits, but memes aren't the important part of 4chan, people and discussion are. /r9k/ is particularly baffling. So many people claiming to be robots, but no blogposting, no feelposting, these people say nothing about themselves and they're almost never kind to one another.

Also, boards almost always get worse when they get fast.

All the technical things are pretty minor, especially if you've been using a 4chan extension, and they don't make up for the site being full of garbage.

>>35248747
Depends on board, but most were somewhat better. Personally I liked Costanza.

>>35246682
>>35249258
I remember that shit now, any remotely decent thread had people begging for votes to get it archived. Still pretty faggoty but a much better overall system than archiving everything I think.

>>35246909
White tests:
-ability to drink milk without getting the shits
and
-pink nipples

>>35243925
found the escaping jew

>>35243674
>A few boards are still ok.
>implying they ever were ok to begin with

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>>35249619
>replying to a 6 hour old post

>>35249484
>All dogshit.
That's great. You have an opinion. Apparently your opinion seems to indicate you think the early 2010s were a good period. You know, that time in 4chan's history where a significant amount of posts, even on busy boards, were spam? How about the lack of CDNs which gave everyone basically dial up speeds? You have rose tinted memories.

>memes aren't the important part of 4chan, people and discussion are
Culture is literally made up of memes. You are using the term "meme" in the way a normalfaggot would. I literally mean memes. You trying to point out newfags is a common behavior on 4chan and even online communities in general. The way we talk to each other online and offline are constantly changing. It's silly to think 4chan wouldn't be affected just like everything else is.

>All the technical things are pretty minor, especially if you've been using a 4chan extension
4chan extensions didn't even exist until 2008/2009. Even then those were extremely rudimentary things like "404 defeater" which refreshed the page every 30 seconds. If you were writing a post and the page refreshed, you also lost your post. There were no backlinks or (you)'s on any of these scripts either.

>>35243568
he has a big head or a really stupid fragile body

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It has definitely declined, mostly because of shit threads like this one

almost every change moot made to 4chan was to make it more accessible & friendly to new users and impossible for boards to self-moderate against those fresh off the boat. He also surrounded himself with moderators who were at best out of touch and at worst actively hostile to the boards they were in charge of moderating

>autonoko
>hidden sages
>bans for announcing reports
>>>>mobilesite<<<<<
etc...

By the time moot departed 4chan was just an edgy alternative to reddit. thanks moot