I didn't ask what your age was. I said that the majority of HN users are in their 30s. So yes, you're probably also in your 30s. Thanks.

And yeah, you're right. We all have an axe to grind against 4chan. We're all making up that we saw CP on it.

I'm a former Goon. I've been all over the trashy parts of the internet. It doesn't benefit me whatsoever to lie about seeing CP on 4chan. I even remember exactly what the picture I saw the last time I went to it looked like. It is seared into my memory. That was my last visit to that trash site.

edit because I can't reply: Jholman - that's my point. Good work. I don't care about their age. I already said they're probably in their 30s. Telling me they're in their 30s is, what is it, redundant? Obvious? Read paragraphs, man.

edit2: Jholman deleted his post. Eyeroll.

My sympathies. I never spent any time on 4chan. But between doing some desktop publishing and helping friends with abuse on the first web-based chat, I saw a bunch of things I could not unsee. It took me maybe 15 years for that stuff to not come back as what they call "involuntary autobiographical memories". It has now faded to the point that I can't bring the full images back at all, just hazy, untraumatizing vague versions. I hope you get there soon!

Remember meatspin? Goatsey? Those were the tamer landmines ofc, I'm sure you can think of worse. Better throw out the entire internet while you're busy condemning 4chan based on some stuff you saw that one time --- it is, after all, the vehicle.

Likening Goatse to child sexual abuse photography seems akin to likening an action movie to ISIS execution videos (except even in that case the mere possession of the material isn't a crime so perhaps it's understating the case).

That really isn’t the point, I said it was tame for a reason.

What an absolutely stupid comparison. Yeah, goatse was tamer than child porn. Got it, bud. I see where your morals lie. FBI, this guy right here. And who said I saw it one time? I literally said it was full of CP. Good work, man.

You really think I’m going to link or reference known csam traps here? Or anywhere for that matter?

…and because I didn’t do that, you’re calling me a pedophile? Come on man, let’s reign it in a bit here…