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> Why it would be something extra ordinary? You give screenshot, date... Journalists do it all the time: "evil X are attacking Y while doing Z". It's just funn

> Why it would be something extra ordinary? You give screenshot, date... Journalists do it all the time: "evil X are attacking Y while doing Z". It's just funny. I usually associate 4chan as primarily shitposting. Memes and offensive-stuff-for-the-sake-of-being-offensive and porn. You don't generally see mathematical work being done on there.

throw9348491 2y ago
I used 4chan for cooking and dietary stuff. It was a huge site, something like reddit. Math stuff was very strong there, I think you just never visited this site!
- tombert 2y ago
  I have visited the site, but mostly just hung around in /b/. I didn't really check out any of the other forums on there. I could be wrong, but I think that the average non-active-4chan-user associates 4chan primarily with /b/.
  - throw949494jfj 2y ago
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    - tombert 2y ago
      CNN might have some shitposting, but I don't think it's "known" for shitposting. I think most people consider it a "news" organization, though I'm sure how "good" of a news organization it is depends largely on your politics.
- bee_rider 2y ago
  I remember when Reddit had a reputation as a pretty gross site. It is kinda funny how their trajectories have differed.
ozmodiar 2y ago
Visited 4chan twice about 5 years apart, saw CSAM both times. I have an absolute hatred of the place rightly or wrongly.
- tombert 2y ago
  I saw CSAM on their once like seventeen years ago, reported it, and it was removed pretty quickly. I've been fortunate enough to not see it again.
gosub100 2y ago
apparently only /b /pol and maybe 1 or 2 others are bananas. the rest is well moderated and civil.
- deleted 2y ago
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- Frotag 2y ago
  /b/ is short for random so kind of seems like it's meant to siphon off / contain shitposts that would be distracting on other boards.
  - genewitch 2y ago
    Its even in the rules for the other boards. Inflammatory nonsense goes in one of two or three boards, everything else has to be legal, nicer, you pick a word. B has a tenuous grasp on reality as a whole, but individual comments and posts can be charming, informative, whatever. I used to read the nightly AI threads where people would ask "how did you..." And sometimes receive answers. I even asked a question about some new model I had not looking right and someone said "VAE" and I fixed the problem. I don't recommend any chan unless you're the sort of person that doesn't flinch at cop videos, gore, extreme impurity, and potentially illegal topics. There is gold there, but you really gotta dig in the excrement to find it. For most, that's probably not worth it.

throw9348491 2y ago

I used 4chan for cooking and dietary stuff. It was a huge site, something like reddit. Math stuff was very strong there, I think you just never visited this site!

tombert 2y ago
I have visited the site, but mostly just hung around in /b/. I didn't really check out any of the other forums on there. I could be wrong, but I think that the average non-active-4chan-user associates 4chan primarily with /b/.
- throw949494jfj 2y ago
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  - tombert 2y ago
    CNN might have some shitposting, but I don't think it's "known" for shitposting. I think most people consider it a "news" organization, though I'm sure how "good" of a news organization it is depends largely on your politics.
bee_rider 2y ago
I remember when Reddit had a reputation as a pretty gross site. It is kinda funny how their trajectories have differed.

ozmodiar 2y ago

Visited 4chan twice about 5 years apart, saw CSAM both times. I have an absolute hatred of the place rightly or wrongly.

tombert 2y ago
I saw CSAM on their once like seventeen years ago, reported it, and it was removed pretty quickly. I've been fortunate enough to not see it again.

gosub100 2y ago

apparently only /b /pol and maybe 1 or 2 others are bananas. the rest is well moderated and civil.

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Frotag 2y ago
/b/ is short for random so kind of seems like it's meant to siphon off / contain shitposts that would be distracting on other boards.
- genewitch 2y ago
  Its even in the rules for the other boards. Inflammatory nonsense goes in one of two or three boards, everything else has to be legal, nicer, you pick a word. B has a tenuous grasp on reality as a whole, but individual comments and posts can be charming, informative, whatever. I used to read the nightly AI threads where people would ask "how did you..." And sometimes receive answers. I even asked a question about some new model I had not looking right and someone said "VAE" and I fixed the problem. I don't recommend any chan unless you're the sort of person that doesn't flinch at cop videos, gore, extreme impurity, and potentially illegal topics. There is gold there, but you really gotta dig in the excrement to find it. For most, that's probably not worth it.