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Most average people don't even know what a 'chan' is or even know what 4chan is all about, except for the times it gets demonized by the media. And it becomes j

Most average people don't even know what a 'chan' is or even know what 4chan is all about, except for the times it gets demonized by the media. And it becomes just associated with something sensational and negative. The higher ideal: the philosophical context of freedom through anonymity resulting in great creativity is completely drowned out by the petty stuff. There's a reason it creates a major portion of culture,memes, and ideas on the internet. It's one of the few places unimpenged by materialism or status or th ability of your boss to find your account. This means every one is simply judged by what ideas they create and I think thats a beautiful thing.

SOLAR_FIELDS 10y ago
This means every one is simply judged by what ideas they create and I think thats a beautiful thing. And it drives higher quality content because of it. Most people do not realize that a lot of the popular memes and internet jokes shared on more mainstream platforms originally came from the "chan" culture. To your point though the high quality content is often difficult to find in the cesspool of low-quality spam on these boards.
- Trombone12 10y ago
  Lets be honest: memes aren't high quality content when compared to the types of free content available on the net. 4chan has spawned a lot of memes because it was one of the earliest places people appreciated that sort of low-effort anyone-could-do-it content, but to say it drives high quality content is to decry any competently drawn stick figure as bourgeois.
  - ivarious 10y ago
    Considering that one of internet's strength is the democratization of content creation, low-effort anyone-could-do-it contents are inherently high quality.
- bhaumik 10y ago
  Besides memes and internet jokes, what are examples of high quality content created (or originating) from the "chan" culture?
  - qwertyuiop924 10y ago
    Adeptus Evangelion, Chapter Master, and Ruby Quest all came from 4chan's /tg/.
  - Paul_S 10y ago
    I Ii II I_
    - Grue3 10y ago
      Pretty sure the Loss.jpg obsession started with Something Awful.
      - Paul_S 10y ago
        Despite vehement protestations on both sides, the population overlap is more than substantial. There's clearly even some overlap with HN.
  - Kristine1975 10y ago
    The visual novel (think "Choose your own adventure with graphics") Katawa Shoujo, while not made by anons, has its origins on 4chan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katawa_Shoujo#Creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katawa_Shoujo#Creation
  - NotaSockPuppet8 10y ago
    /g/ makes useful software on occasion for example. after 4chan pioneered webm as looping gif replacement (long before imgur doing the gifv thing) they made webmcam and webm4retards for example. The latter by its mere existence also highlighted github's overzealous application of community policies. A bunch of indie games started their life there too. And then there are derivative and mashup works like fanart, translations. I only visit a few boards, so i'm probably missing a lot.

SOLAR_FIELDS 10y ago

This means every one is simply judged by what ideas they create and I think thats a beautiful thing. And it drives higher quality content because of it. Most people do not realize that a lot of the popular memes and internet jokes shared on more mainstream platforms originally came from the "chan" culture. To your point though the high quality content is often difficult to find in the cesspool of low-quality spam on these boards.

Trombone12 10y ago
Lets be honest: memes aren't high quality content when compared to the types of free content available on the net. 4chan has spawned a lot of memes because it was one of the earliest places people appreciated that sort of low-effort anyone-could-do-it content, but to say it drives high quality content is to decry any competently drawn stick figure as bourgeois.
- ivarious 10y ago
  Considering that one of internet's strength is the democratization of content creation, low-effort anyone-could-do-it contents are inherently high quality.
bhaumik 10y ago
Besides memes and internet jokes, what are examples of high quality content created (or originating) from the "chan" culture?
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  Adeptus Evangelion, Chapter Master, and Ruby Quest all came from 4chan's /tg/.
- Paul_S 10y ago
  I Ii II I_
  - Grue3 10y ago
    Pretty sure the Loss.jpg obsession started with Something Awful.
    - Paul_S 10y ago
      Despite vehement protestations on both sides, the population overlap is more than substantial. There's clearly even some overlap with HN.
- Kristine1975 10y ago
  The visual novel (think "Choose your own adventure with graphics") Katawa Shoujo, while not made by anons, has its origins on 4chan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katawa_Shoujo#Creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katawa_Shoujo#Creation
- NotaSockPuppet8 10y ago
  /g/ makes useful software on occasion for example. after 4chan pioneered webm as looping gif replacement (long before imgur doing the gifv thing) they made webmcam and webm4retards for example. The latter by its mere existence also highlighted github's overzealous application of community policies. A bunch of indie games started their life there too. And then there are derivative and mashup works like fanart, translations. I only visit a few boards, so i'm probably missing a lot.