> my idea is basically 4chan minus the bigotry The idea that you can replicate the lasting success of 4chan minus the bigotry is misunderstanding the specific

> my idea is basically 4chan minus the bigotry The idea that you can replicate the lasting success of 4chan minus the bigotry is misunderstanding the specific formula that makes 4chan work. Part of the reason for the bigotry is as a defensive measure to keep out masses of thin-skinned people (some observers call them normies or NPCs) that ruin forums wherever they go. The types of people who can't mentally handle seeing pointless slurs are precisely the people who must be kept out to keep 4chan successful. And 4chan has mostly thrived for quite a while whereas many once interesting sites have become a bland, corporate morass. And part of the reason for the bigotry is that reality in many cases is perceived as bigoted. You can't have a forum devoted to distilling ideas down to the truth without seeing bigotry. HackerNews is very successful in talking about technology and many ideas in many respects, but we all know that there's certain topics you can't fully discuss or you have to verbally dance around or risk getting blocked or banned. The pursuit of truth, as successful as it is for discussing many technology ideas, will forever be incomplete on HN. > plus user profiles and NO KARMA SYSTEM Another part of the reason that 4chan works is the lack of a user profile system. Unlike most forum systems, there's no way to save posts in any fashion. So the practice that has emerged is that really fantastic posts are saved as images and repeatedly posted. Essentially, the karma system that 4chan has is focused solely on the content.