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Anon doesn't like reddit (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago

"ruins the Internet"? This coming from 4chan? That's rich

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

4chan, in part, ruined real life. So much of the initial meme buzz around Trump came directly from 4chan - god emperor, etc. /b/ and /pol/ had large coordinated campaigns to boost Trump for lulz and to fuck with people. These made the news occasionally and were sometimes quite wide-reaching. Edit: not to forget Qanon, pizzagate, etc.

Additionally, 4chan is responsible for a massive swathe of meme culture more broadly. Most people don't dredge its depths or even know "the hacker named 4chan" exists, but it has been a massively influential force.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

There have been dark corners of the internet for several decades now. 4chan is just one. Trump didn't achieve popularity because of it. There aren't enough users, and there certainly aren't enough politically and economically influential users, for that to be true.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

QAnon started on 4chan lol

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