4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

Re:4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google by the_lonely_road on Friday April 23, 2021 @02:58PM (#26917945)

I made it to the site finally and but I got wrecked by step 2. Where is /pol? There is no politics section listed under Boards except "Politically Incorrect" which can't be what you mean as I was immediately hit with the full n-word and wish I had used an incognito browser...

Do many HN users actually frequent this website or should I be reinstalling my OS right about now??

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Re:4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google by tudelo on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:08PM (#26918657)

It's exactly the reason people complain about anonymous image boards. But that's what it is. Even the "SFW" boards are filled with stuff that you might find distasteful or downright wrong.

You are safe... don't worry. Unless you started downloading stuff from random users on 4chan. But if you did that i'm not sure we can help you!

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Re:4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google by lightspot21 on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:04PM (#26919185)

yep - that's /pol/ - it stands for Politically Incorrect

4chan's indeed a cesspool, and /pol/, /b/, among some others are the worst. In fact, they're called "containment boards" for this very reason.

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Re:4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google by sebastialonso on Saturday April 24, 2021 @11:31AM (#26925594)

I promise I mean no disrespect with the following, so I'll preemptively apologize if you're offended.

oh my it's like watching a baby taking the first steps.

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