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8chan was created when 4chan disallowed child pornography and their owner bought it when all this QAnon stuff started.

by strathmeyer 6y ago

dhimes 6y ago
Would downvoters please explain why you're doing it? Is this statement untrue? Serious question- I have no idea.
- swebs 6y ago
  It is completely untrue. That's been disallowed on both sites since day 1. >I came up with the original concept of 8chan while on a psychedelic mushroom trip. I was past the peak and was on the tail end of the trip, and I just decided to browse 4chan because that's what I did when sober. I was still tripping pretty bad though so I kept seeing these fractal patterns and I wrote down the words "infinite chan" to remember for later. >The next day, I was able to put into words more of what the site would be like. I was inspired partly by the admin of 4chon.net, savetheinternet, who routinely refused to make requested boards for users. I wondered what it would be like if there were a Reddit-style imageboard where anyone could make a board without express admin approval, and began hacking on the imageboard engine I knew best to make it a reality: vichan. I decided to expire boards after inactivity so that it didn't get full of dead boards like Reddit does with dead subreddits, and released version 1 of 8chan two days later. https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/interviews/qa-with-fredrick-brennan-of-8chan https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/interviews/qa-with-fredr...
  - dhimes 6y ago
    Thank you.
    - cultus 6y ago
      8chan doesn't officially allow child porn, but they have sexualized images of children which are 100% illegal. That's why Google delisted them for child abuse content. A lot of people on HN seem really eager to defend 8chan for some reason.
SubjectToChange 6y ago
CP has never been allowed on 4chan or 8chan. The reason 8chan can about was because 4chan started banning gamergate stuff.
- cultus 6y ago
  That's not actually true. In fact, Google delisted 8Chan due to child abuse content.
  - googthrowaway42 6y ago
    Many tech companies ban things for political reasons and provide these types of explanations as cover. Similar to how Reddit banned the_donald because of supposed anti-cop violent threats on the subreddit which is of course completely and utterly absurd.
    - srtjstjsj 6y ago
      Do you have a source for that claim? Reddit admins were quite vocal about the many noncop reasons for banning TD https://www.dailywire.com/news/reddit-bans-the_donald-subreddit-as-part-of-a-hate-speech-purge https://www.dailywire.com/news/reddit-bans-the_donald-subred...
      - googthrowaway42 6y ago
        A source? https://www.thedailybeast.com/reddit-quarantines-pro-trump-subreddit-the_donald-over-anti-police-threats https://www.thedailybeast.com/reddit-quarantines-pro-trump-s...
matheusmoreira 6y ago
Not really. Chans will turn a blind eye to all kinds of things but not this. It was never allowed on any chan. Posting that stuff would get you permanently banned, maybe even IP range banned. I've read examples of chan administrators complying with the authorities too. There's even a completely separate illegal content reporting option which is no doubt dedicated to this. 8chan's only rule was "don't post anything illegal in the US".

8chan was created when 4chan disallowed child pornography and their owner bought it when all this QAnon stuff started.

dhimes 6y ago

Would downvoters please explain why you're doing it? Is this statement untrue? Serious question- I have no idea.

swebs 6y ago
It is completely untrue. That's been disallowed on both sites since day 1. >I came up with the original concept of 8chan while on a psychedelic mushroom trip. I was past the peak and was on the tail end of the trip, and I just decided to browse 4chan because that's what I did when sober. I was still tripping pretty bad though so I kept seeing these fractal patterns and I wrote down the words "infinite chan" to remember for later. >The next day, I was able to put into words more of what the site would be like. I was inspired partly by the admin of 4chon.net, savetheinternet, who routinely refused to make requested boards for users. I wondered what it would be like if there were a Reddit-style imageboard where anyone could make a board without express admin approval, and began hacking on the imageboard engine I knew best to make it a reality: vichan. I decided to expire boards after inactivity so that it didn't get full of dead boards like Reddit does with dead subreddits, and released version 1 of 8chan two days later. https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/interviews/qa-with-fredrick-brennan-of-8chan https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/interviews/qa-with-fredr...
- dhimes 6y ago
  Thank you.
  - cultus 6y ago
    8chan doesn't officially allow child porn, but they have sexualized images of children which are 100% illegal. That's why Google delisted them for child abuse content. A lot of people on HN seem really eager to defend 8chan for some reason.

SubjectToChange 6y ago

CP has never been allowed on 4chan or 8chan. The reason 8chan can about was because 4chan started banning gamergate stuff.

cultus 6y ago
That's not actually true. In fact, Google delisted 8Chan due to child abuse content.
- googthrowaway42 6y ago
  Many tech companies ban things for political reasons and provide these types of explanations as cover. Similar to how Reddit banned the_donald because of supposed anti-cop violent threats on the subreddit which is of course completely and utterly absurd.
  - srtjstjsj 6y ago
    Do you have a source for that claim? Reddit admins were quite vocal about the many noncop reasons for banning TD https://www.dailywire.com/news/reddit-bans-the_donald-subreddit-as-part-of-a-hate-speech-purge https://www.dailywire.com/news/reddit-bans-the_donald-subred...
    - googthrowaway42 6y ago
      A source? https://www.thedailybeast.com/reddit-quarantines-pro-trump-subreddit-the_donald-over-anti-police-threats https://www.thedailybeast.com/reddit-quarantines-pro-trump-s...

matheusmoreira 6y ago

Not really. Chans will turn a blind eye to all kinds of things but not this. It was never allowed on any chan. Posting that stuff would get you permanently banned, maybe even IP range banned. I've read examples of chan administrators complying with the authorities too. There's even a completely separate illegal content reporting option which is no doubt dedicated to this. 8chan's only rule was "don't post anything illegal in the US".