> he was never dumb enough to try to police 4chan

This is not true, there was a massive controversy and subsequent schism less than a year ago.

A "folk history" (if you're feeling generous enough to call it that) of the episode here: https://encyclopediadramatica.se/M00t%27s_GamerGate_Sellout

Reddit is a venture-funded company with a large staff that needs to monetize. Nobody wants their ad next to a post fat-shaming someone.

I don't agree with censorship, however the two sites aren't comparable.

The sites are very comparable, which is why everyone is comparing them. 4chan being profitable, and reddit not being profitable don't make them not comparable.

Lots of ads have fat shaming in them, so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want diet pill ads next to fat shaming posts. Have you read any fitness articles recently? It's pretty much fat shaming content, next to ads for things that might make you less fat.

4chan was profitable? I find that very surprising.

He said in an interview that it was technically profitable, but that nobody was taking a paycheck. That was in 2010. It's been supposed that the 'passes' system in 2012 made the site actually-profitable, but I haven't seen any statement to that effect.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christop...

He also offered refunds for the passes last year because Google's new Recaptcha system meant that a lot of users were no longer seeing captchas at all.

I know me too, Poole described it as 'technically profitable' not sure if that is ramen profitable, etc.

Alternatively, Reddit is trying to build a community around a bit more positivity, and has no obligation to continue dealing with bullies and fascists.

People can express their freedom of speech elsewhere, I am extremely pleased with reddit getting rid of the most egregious subreddits

Luckily you can choose what subreddits your ads appear in then....

Yes, he was. When GamerGate happened, that's exactly what he attempted to do. He replaced most of the mods on the site within a very short amount of time and the heavy handed policing started. Most of 4chan left in response. Many alternative chan sites were started, including 8ch.net.

> Most of 4chan left in response. Many alternative chan sites were started, including 8ch.net.

A very small fraction of the worst bored on a bad website left to join an even worse website.

Don't kid yourself.

I keep hearing this from that group.

GamerGate seems to think that they are the majority of users on any given site. They're convinced that Twitter is going to fail if they leave. It's pretty amazing how much they misunderstand the scale of any large social platform.

Where do you keep hearing that? I don't religiously follow GamerGate, but I am subscribed to /r/KotakuInAction and that particular community holds no such opinion of themselves.

I don't hear a refutation buried anywhere in there. Did you have something other than base insults to bring to the table?

I was saying your statement is obviously false. The onus is on you to provide proof for your original claim, not me.

You're stating that like it's a fact. I don't think there's any credible evidence of the 4chan staff makeup changing significantly during GamerGate, other than a "leaked" IRC chatlog which essentially portrayed moot & mods cackling gleefully while rubbing their hands together like James Bond villains.

> IRC chatlog which essentially portrayed moot & mods cackling gleefully while rubbing their hands together like James Bond villains.

To be fair, I kind of always assumed that moot and mods did what they did solely for the shits and giggles they themselves got out of it.

It's not like they were running a distinguished web portal that would bring them fame, riches, and glory; they run the sewage pit of the Internet.

8chan was created in October 2013 in response to a group that didn't become active until late 2014? Something doesn't add up here.

Touche, I stand corrected.

I recommend you stand un-corrected.

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