It's one thing if it's a single crazy posting photos of a murder victim, it's another if it's an ongoing war with the community over unacceptable content. Fappe

It's one thing if it's a single crazy posting photos of a murder victim, it's another if it's an ongoing war with the community over unacceptable content. Fappening/gamergate stuff was getting posted and deleted probably hundreds of times a day across several boards, then threads would pop up asking why moot and the moderation team were being fascists. It's the difference between a spoiled apple every few barrels and a truckload of rotting fruit. I can't imagine why ANYBODY, even somebody who embraces the positives of the pure id of the internet, would want to fight that fight alone. I also think that it's not quite true that 4chan hasn't changed during his tenure; as the population of certain boards have changed the nature and quality of their content has also seen a shift. /b/ once held that sweet spot of being able to generate and propagate large numbers of memes, but it has since grown much larger and appeals more to lowest common denominator type stuff. Meanwhile, smaller boards hit those critical population densities and begin to resemble /b/ of old.