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> The normal content is what attracts people to the site, but once there, they see the radicalized content mixed in with it. I don't think this argument holds

> The normal content is what attracts people to the site, but once there, they see the radicalized content mixed in with it. I don't think this argument holds when the boards are compartmentalized. Otherwise you could generalize it to the internet as a whole, where things are also compartmentalized into sites.

slg 7y ago
You are right in a certain aspect that 8chan is more compartmenalized than Reddit or Youtube, but there is still a world of difference in the discoverability of the various boards on 8chan versus the internet at large. A non-radicalized 8chan user can end up on /pol out of mere curiosity and be pulled in. No one visits the Daily Stormer without a predisposition to hate.
- the8472 7y ago
  A hyperlink is all it takes to stumble into another site.
  - nimonian 7y ago
    I understand. However, I think when one site becomes a domain for this behaviour (and domain is and important word here, in both senses) then the effect is different.