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Re:In the U.S., His Site Has Been Linked to Massacres. In Ja... by azinman2 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @05:02PM (#34044057)
What’s the value in being exposed to neonazis, pedophiles, racists, conspiracy theorists, etc? It’s not hard to pickup a copy of mein kampf; that doesn’t mean I need to read it when I know it represents the worst of humanity.
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Re:In the U.S., His Site Has Been Linked to Massacres. In Ja... by matheusmoreira on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:42PM (#34047684)
The value is knowing people's unfiltered thoughts. I want to see humanity at its purest.

If you used the site for any length of time, you'd know that even on 4chan the groups you mentioned are not universally accepted. Anonymity works both ways and they are also hated with complete impunity.

It's precisely the anonymous nature of the site that makes posting so easy and consequence-free. There is no reputation to worry about, you can just share ideas and see how others react. Did you know Andreas Kling, creator of SerenityOS, used to post progress reports on the Daily Programming Thread of 4chan's technology board as far back as 2018-2019? I know because I was there.

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