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A comment on A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web. Parent comment

Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by nickthemagicman on Friday October 14, 2016 @03:40PM (#12710545)
Facebook is my counter example. Its the biggest social media site on the internet. Produces nothing that gets reified in the form of internet culture.
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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by internaut on Saturday October 15, 2016 @04:48AM (#12713282)
magicman, academia should study why Facebook is a sterile wasteland

4chan, Reddit and HN are Internet natives.

Facebook and Twitter are fucking tourists.

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Re:A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Ef... by nickthemagicman on Saturday October 15, 2016 @01:25PM (#12714808)
Facebook is what mainstream compares 4chan to. A nice safe sterile place. Good for family values and advertising.
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