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4Chan was never glorious, it was always an exercise in digging through scum for something of moderate value. The difference is that now, beneath the layers of s
by M_Grey 10y ago
4Chan was never glorious, it was always an exercise in digging through scum for something of moderate value. The difference is that now, beneath the layers of sediment, is more sediment.
- Bartweiss 10y agoHonestly, 4chan always felt like a place that Reddit and Tumblr and other less-horrible media sites should subsidize. You Might not want to go there, but it drives a lot of free revenue for a lot of other sites. It's the equivalent of a whole bunch of rough-and-tumble prospectors panning for gold (or copper, let's be honest). Exhausting, rarely productive, and unpleasant to be around, but ultimately a steady source of valuable material. I can't really imagine using the site regularly, but a remarkable amount of material elsewhere is ultimately 4chan-derived. Imgur pretty consistently has 'greentext' on its front page, which means views derived purely from rehosting 4chan content. To continue my metaphor, 4chan pans for gold (copper), Reddit sorts the results for purity, and Buzzfeed packages it all into something pretty looking at an enormous markup.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoWell, yeah. More directly, sites like 1d4chan just take the purest of the gold and saves it.