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"In 4chan a literal nazi, a drag queen, a bona-fide pedophile and a luddite can exchange opinions..." This is overly romantic. I just visited /g/. Less than 1
by csin 3y ago
"In 4chan a literal nazi, a drag queen, a bona-fide pedophile and a luddite can exchange opinions..."
This is overly romantic. I just visited /g/. Less than 1 min in, I see "nigger" and "faggot".
I'm sure there are blacks, gays and drag queens that see value in 4chan and are desensitized to those words. But, I'd estimate 99% of the population is white men/boys with antisocial tendencies.
Which is fine. There's nothing wrong with like minded people building a village. But let's not pretend the culture of the site, doesn't instantly weed out a huge chunk of multiple demographics.
- bobsmooth 3y ago>But, I'd estimate 99% of the population is white men/boys with antisocial tendencies. You'd be wrong https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1220127-pol https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1220127-pol
- hhmc 3y agoone photo isn't data
- bobsmooth 3y agoIt directly refutes OP's "estimation".
- RavingGoat 3y agoNot really
- hhmc 3y agoHow? If I said that I think >99% of people have 2 arms, a photo of a one armed man doesn't refute it.
- account42 3y agoDo you have competing evidence besides your prejudices?
- hhmc 3y agoWhat prejudices would these be?
- _v7gu 3y agoA nice exercise in you thinking the whole world is only what you see for yourself. Here are the actual demographics: Demographic Age: 18-34 Gender: ~70% male, ~30% female Location: United States (47%), United Kingdom (7%), Canada (6%), Australia (4%), Germany (4%) Interests: Japanese culture, anime, manga, video games, comics, technology, music, movies Education: Majority attended or currently enrolled in college
- poorlyknit 3y agoHow did they measure this? Except for Location (and maybe Interests) it seems like an anonymous image board would not have this information.
- csin 3y agoI mean it's pretty telling of which demographics gets weeded out... when rebuttal stats, casually leave out race and sexuality %'s.
- mdp2021 3y ago> desensitized to those words "Desensitized to words" is normal mental development; infants may be excited by sheer words - not beyond. Beyond infancy you (should) have gained filtering and control; before that and after social experience, you should be able to understand actions as part of "playing" ("non-seriousness", transversality of intention).
- AlecSchueler 3y agoThis will only happen if you aren't directly exposed to trauma associated with homophobic or racist aggression etc.
- buggyipadmettoo 3y agoNo. Even those formerly traumatized can later become resilient to words.
- jamilton 3y agoThis seems exceedingly generous to 4chan. Where else is this standard applied?
- Levitz 3y ago>This is overly romantic. I just visited /g/. Less than 1 min in, I see "nigger" and "faggot". Yes, and if you spend an hour in it, you'll see them dozens of times more. Words hold the meaning we give them, by constantly seeing words like these you stop caring about them. This is part of what makes 4chan so inclusive. Because rather than having a social agreement not to call someone this or that, everyone calls everyone this or that so, so often that it bears no meaning anymore.