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When you say intelligence a activity, do you mean activity from intelligence agencies like the CIA? Would be curious to hear more if so.

• theodric 3y ago
  Yes, it's full of "glowies." (We can thank Terry Davis of Temple OS fame for that term.) Occasionally, a nutcase who intends to do harm will have been found to hang out there[1], and the glowies don't want to be the last to find out if said nutcase posts their intentions in advance. Which is fair enough. That's their job, after all. [1] like the recent Rotterdam shooter https://nltimes.nl/2023/09/29/rotterdam-shootings-suspect-expressed-right-wing-extremist-views-online https://nltimes.nl/2023/09/29/rotterdam-shootings-suspect-ex... https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/436995585 https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/436995585
  • greyface- 3y ago
    4chan loves the term "glowie" in part because its full expansion incorporates a racist slur, but its shortened form can be used in contexts like this, in which it seems merely irreverent rather than racist. Thanks, Terry. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glowie https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glowie
    • theodric 3y ago
      Also because typing "glow-in-the-dark CIA [neighbors]" all the time takes too long. I mean, /pol/ doesn't really shy away from using the odd slur. Just occasionally. Only in between the casual misogyny, gigachad fetishism, and soyface posting.
• reducesuffering 3y ago
  Russian state has used 4chan as an influence operation to seed social media since around 2008, supporting isolationist Republicans and extreme views that cause civil strife and weakening of a unified US. Internet Research Agency is the big one but Russia has done this since the war they had with Georgia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency