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Re:4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager by zhte415 on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:33PM (#17207061)
The stats - Incredible how anaecdotal observation and recall differs. Bias too: Perhaps I'm not viewing the site as a whole and new boards, increased linking, whatever, thanks for stats.

Old friend - Certainly. The fact the idean of anon is default (though optional) means each post can be besed on it's on value / meritocrious as it carries no internet points of the 'owner'. Anarchy, but the negative that term often brings should not be carelessly and automatically applied.

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Re:4Chan Is Turning 15–And Remains the Internet's Teenager by stats-then-now on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:48PM (#17207238)
Yes, that's actually very interesting to me, since I've never heard that from anyone before. Do you happen to have a small secluded place for a homeboard? Are you /jp/ or something like that?

I've noticed over the years that the bigger a board grows (see /b/, /pol/, /v/) the worst the quality and serious discussion gets, and the more funposting there is.

Every year people complain that their boards are getting worse, part of it is just those people growing older, but the other part is the community becoming larger, different, and noticeably more mainstream.

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