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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by hubert123 on Friday October 14, 2016 @03:30AM (#12706600)
You know a 'lot'(!) of researchers who avoid 4chan? What exactly would they be researching or avoiding to research?
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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by denzil_correa on Friday October 14, 2016 @07:21AM (#12707354)
They are not avoiding research. Online boards like 4chan are a great testbed to understand human behavior amongst other things. A lot of people avoid using 4chan as a testbed due to repercussions from conclusions that may not put 4chan in a good light.

Example - https://twitter.com/emilianodc_/status/786296689481003008

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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by astrange on Friday October 14, 2016 @04:33AM (#12706783)
Asset pricing for rare Kumikos?
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