I'm an early adopter of 8chan. I don't participate in the more racist or extreme boards on 8chan. I want to argue that there is value in 8chan. For example d

I'm an early adopter of 8chan. I don't participate in the more racist or extreme boards on 8chan. I want to argue that there is value in 8chan. For example during the egyptian protests, one of the most popular boards was devoted to egyptian content. I don't know what they were talking about because it was in Arabic but I'm glad that the egyptian people had that forum. Right now one of the top 50 boards is HKpol. It deals with the protests in hong kong and he content is mostly written in chinese. Yes we can criticize anonymous free speech forums for their misuse, and I can certainly see how they might be misused. But I think forums for anonymous free speech can also provide a lot of benefit, particularly for people living in parts of the world where they might face persecution for wanting basic freedoms.