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I beleive you're saying this sarcastically, but I personally think this is quite true. Most modern memes grew in the morass that are the 'chans, as have a lot o
by falcolas 6y ago
I beleive you're saying this sarcastically, but I personally think this is quite true. Most modern memes grew in the morass that are the 'chans, as have a lot of beneficial movements.
Now, with the good has come the questionable and outright bad. Q-anon being only the latest example.
The chans are the modern equivalent of city parks with their soapboxes. There is both good and bad, because speech on the 'chans is almost completely free. And, IMO, that's a good thing.
I firmly believe that civilization in general would benefit from more truly free spaces online. Free and anonymous speech is one of the cornerstones that the US was founded upon, after all.
- tlholaday 6y agoFree, anonymous, and ephemeral.
- tomatotomato37 6y agoThe surviving 'chans aren't really that free speech though, they just happen to take a laissez-faire stance on slurs; if you go post spam, illegal media, or plans to commit a public atrocity you're still going to get banned without a second thought. Hell, even stupid shit like using certain meme words or posting cartoon horses will still get you kicked out of a lot of the boards. Not to say any of that's a bad thing; in fact I'll say it's why the site is more of a culture factory than both the mainstreams Twitter/Reddit types and the alternatve Gab/Parler/whatevers