4chan is a phenomenon. It's the complete antithesis to centralized, regulated public forums like Facebook that demand all information about your identity and ke

4chan is a phenomenon. It's the complete antithesis to centralized, regulated public forums like Facebook that demand all information about your identity and keep permanent records on everything you've ever said and done. It's the last vestige of pre-"Web 2.0". While there have been countless horrors that have arisen from 4chan, part of me would be sad to see it go. Most of the Internet culture of the last decade has been defined by 4chan. Would a switch to a distributed model of hosting have any chance of working? Chan@Home? I'd imagine the latency would be a lot higher, and it'd probably be ever harder to moderate than it is now.