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Which really didn't matter back then. People just deleted the spam, recovered from backup, patched whatever flaw they found, and changed passwords. It wasn't th

• Gigachad 4y ago
  Lots of the forums I used to use died this way. The site owners eventually got tired of having to janny the site daily to fight an endless wave of attacks. It's all moved to reddit and discord these days.
  • mattl 4y ago
    Janny?
    • scrlk 4y ago
      Janitors (shortened to "janny") are a part of 4chan's moderation team. Seems like the slang has bled out to incorporate all types of volunteer moderators.
      • mattl 4y ago
        Ah, makes sense.
• pixl97 4y ago
  Spam did matter when it didnt stop. No one wanted to engage in a full time job of deleting bullshit. This is one of the reasons forums disappeared and people went to larger sites that tended to have much larger moderation staff