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Re:What 4chan thinks of HN by QuasarLogic on Saturday November 16, 2013 @10:29PM (#6747431)
Is this something thats specific to 4chan? I'm not aware of any other popular anonymous boards
Re:What 4chan thinks of HN by krapp on Saturday November 16, 2013 @10:31PM (#6747437)
There are many, many, many other such boards, but none of them are very popular. Unless you like porn.
Re:What 4chan thinks of HN by 011011100 on Saturday November 16, 2013 @10:38PM (#6747449)
Yes, I like porn.
Re:What 4chan thinks of HN by ANTSANTS on Sunday November 17, 2013 @09:19AM (#6749025)
4chan started as a clone of the Japanese Futaba imageboard, which was itself a variation on the premise of the (also Japanese) 2ch text board.

Other people have since made sites that, as I understand them, boil down to "4chan for people that speak language X" (eg Krautchan (German), Ylilauta (Finnish)) which are themselves fairly popular and influential.

Beyond that, there are many small and interesting English-language boards that aren't "just for porn," but as krapp said, most aren't very popular, but tend to have tightly knit communities (as strange as that sounds, talking about an anonymous board) that I'd feel wrong drawing unwanted attention to.

Re:What 4chan thinks of HN by betterunix on Sunday November 17, 2013 @08:11AM (#6748743)