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Same as always. For the lulz. Edit: Upon closer inspection, it seems cookiengineer had a vote for fork name. And Sneedacity won. After deleting that option 4ch

• dathinab 5y ago
  Yes, but also because someone instigated them to do so. Maybe the person just did so out of a random thought of finding it funny, or maybe because of personal dislikes or maybe because of other reason. Let's not forget people which go to extrems "for the lulz" tend also be easy to be used if you are lucky (i.e. just need to pitch the right idea to the right person in a "innocent" way, through it also comes at a considerable risk for you because you can never be sure who they end up harassing in the end).
  • DevKoala 5y ago
    Correct. The posters in 4chan are often manipulated by propaganda into these extremes behaviors. There is tons of threads in 4chan itself detailing how this happens.
    • teawrecks 5y ago
      Have any examples of said threads? Sounds interesting.
      • DevKoala 5y ago
        If I run into one re-paste of the threads that details these practices I will link it. The threads in 4chan disappear within days from their official archive. There is also a long term archive hosted by a third party, but apparently you cannot trust it. I honestly try to not visit the place, except when I want to pick up unknown crypto tokens that will get pumped. Like I said, the site is full of propaganda and sometimes it messes up with your perception of reality.