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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by nateberkopec on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @08:23AM (#4349693)
This whole "4chan is vile and horrible" thing is getting old. 4chan is not /b/, and vice versa. There are a lot of boards on 4chan that are perfectly normal, with no gore threads/porn/etc.
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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by nsmartt on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @08:26AM (#4349702)
Aren't most of those boards invaded pretty regularly?

Also, some of the boards are full of people who can be described as insane- despite not having porn/gore/etc. For example, /g/. I don't agree that it's inaccurate to say 4chan is vile in general, and I certainly agree with the sentiment that 4chan is the best and worst of the internet- or at least the social part of the internet.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by nateberkopec on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @09:38AM (#4350007)
No.

/g/ isn't insane, you're taking everything that people say on 4chan seriously. Which is a mistake.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by aneisf on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @08:50AM (#4349798)
Aren't most of those boards invaded pretty regularly?

Huh? No.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by Karunamon on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @09:10AM (#4349885)
The hell you say. If I had a penny for "XX decides what board we invade and with what" post on /b/...

And I say this as a regular visitor of /x/. The mods seem downright useless some days.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by nateberkopec on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @09:39AM (#4350010)
>implying /b/ actually goes through with all those raids

/x/ is the only board that actually does get raided. it's probably the worst board on 4chan (i'm a pixie AMA).

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by Karunamon on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @09:44AM (#4350033)
>implying /b/, /mlp/, or /v/ aren't actually the worst boards on 4chan

There is some genuinely interesting stuff on /x/ once you filter out the fakers and the roleplayers.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by Torgo on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:52PM (#4352225)
/x/ (paranormal) is pretty bad lately. The problem with /x/ is inconsistency. It seems to happen in bursts. A rare really good thread tends to inspire more good threads for a while, you get few days to a week of good content.

I realize mods on 4chan is a touchy subject, but /x/ could use a good mod that deleted excessively repetitive threads. there are some boards where that's not such a big deal, and some boards that thrive on repetitive and troll threads (I'm thinking of 4chan's pressure release valve, /pol/). But /x/ would be better served by having a mod conscientious of, not so much curating good content or killing trolls, but deleting the EXTREMELY repetitive threads that inevitably go nowhere.

Also, it is a matter of opinion if the roleplayers are a problem. I would argue that the lazy, bad roleplayers are the problem. I think they add color when they're good. Part of the excitement of /x/ is that it exists on the fuzzy periphery between fact and fiction.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by nateberkopec on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @01:35PM (#4351166)
definitely not implying that, those boards are horrible.

i do like x's archived threads, where people dump youtube videos and wiki links

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by ianstallings on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @10:08AM (#4350129)
But why would I go out of my way to visit a place that has that stuff on it in the first place? So I can be associated with sociopaths? I'll pass and get my content elsewhere.
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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by sp332 on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @02:17PM (#4351424)
What do you mean by "place"? And why would you be associated with people on the boards you don't visit? (Also basically everyone on those boards are anonymous so you won't have an identity to "associate".)
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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by ianstallings on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @03:26PM (#4351799)
Try not to think so hard.
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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by sp332 on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @03:29PM (#4351806)
I think your definition of place is very odd.
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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by ianstallings on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @03:52PM (#4351920)
You've never heard a website referred to as a place? You need to get out more.
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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by sp332 on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:01PM (#4351967)
Sure, but I still don't understand your reason. Do you avoid using Google because there's disturbing content on it? or Wikipedia because sociopaths also visit it? or Netflix because it's hosted on the same platform as a bunch of malware? or bittorrent because it's used for copyright infringement?

Why are you avoiding parts of 4chan because you don't like other parts?

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by ianstallings on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:20PM (#4352055)
I don't think you're catching my drift so I'll just come out and say it - I don't want to be tracked by my government going to a site that is a known gathering spot for criminals and juveniles just so I can see some silly pictures, thereby associating myself with criminals and juveniles. Now we can split hairs about whether that's true but perception is reality. So let's just end it here - I won't visit 4chan and it's not a big deal.
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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by Torgo on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:40PM (#4352168)
You can access 4chan through Tor, now. It used to be blocked, but now only blocks posting.

Additionally, there is an HTTPSEverywhere definition (you have to specially get it from their website) that forces all the 4chan content through SSL to prevent snooping by exit nodes.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by Torgo on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @09:37PM (#4353423)
Rather than just talking about it, here's how to actually do it without you having to search around for specific instructions:

4chan ruleset is here: https://gitweb.torproject.org/https-everywhere.git/blob_plai...

Download and place the file in the HTTPSEverywhereUserRules/ subdirectory in your Firefox profile directory. In Tor Browser bundle, the location for your profile is: {wherever you installed tbb}/Data/profile

When you're in TBB, navigate to http://4chan.org. If it doesn't switch to https automatically, then click the HTTPSEverywhere icon up in the corner, and make sure the 4chan.org rule is checked. Page should refresh, you should see that it is now https.

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Re:4chan: Beyond one billion by sp332 on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:23PM (#4352070)
Alright I didn't realize you were worried about the government tracking you.
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