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Is it considered part of it? From my understanding, the culture has changed significantly and post get auto deleted eventually, so it’s not a good archive eithe

Is it considered part of it? From my understanding, the culture has changed significantly and post get auto deleted eventually, so it’s not a good archive either. The only thing old about it is it’s web design

ltbarcly3 1y ago
Posts always got auto deleted. Maybe you aren't familiar with how it worked.
- morkalork 1y ago
  I haven't been there in like a decade but if nobody bumps your thread eventually your post falls off the last page and gets deleted no?
  - robobro 1y ago
    Yeah and if threads hit a certain reply count, they get bump locked.
sznio 1y ago
the mechanics are old there's no other online community i know of that still allows fully anonymous posting the culture changed, but the "environment" causing the culture there to be the way it is still same as the original. the bump/delete mechanics work well to promote the most controversial, most engaging content, without any advanced statistics or ML. despite being a shitty place, i don't feel advertised to, spied or in any way abused _by the software itself_ while browsing it
- Shank 1y ago
  > there's no other online community i know of that still allows fully anonymous posting Doesn't 8chan/kun still exist?
- TheAceOfHearts 1y ago
  Posting on 4chan just kept becoming increasingly user hostile, especially for casual users, you had to be really determined to post something: posts started requiring 24 hour email verification, and after that you had to wait ~10 minutes before being allowed to post, and finally you had to complete a nearly impossible captcha which could lock you out from posting for an undetermined amount of time just for failing. It became apparent that the owners were pushing the gold pass pretty damn hard, and it's advertised on literally every board page.
  - rasengan 1y ago
    That’s true. The captcha is impossible without the 4chan pass. soj.ooO [1] which is similar on the other hand doesn’t have the captcha. [1] https://soj.ooO https://soj.ooO
    - pc86 1y ago
      Not sure what this random unknown website has to do with 4chan. It's similar only insofar as both things let you post. Soj requires a sign-up so no anon posting at all, and the community structure is a pretty clear rip-off of Reddit with /p/[sub] instead of /r/[sub] What is your affiliation with it?
      - zahlman 1y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rasengan https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rasengan shows some previous shilling, FWIW.
- DrillShopper 1y ago
  > there's no other online community i know of that still allows fully anonymous posting Usenet? It even has the issue of old posts disappearing when the retention at your UNIX system / ISP rolled over.
nemomarx 1y ago
every board had it's own independent archiving service after a while, so board culture ended up stickier than the original design. there's some interesting stuff in there

ltbarcly3 1y ago

Posts always got auto deleted. Maybe you aren't familiar with how it worked.

morkalork 1y ago
I haven't been there in like a decade but if nobody bumps your thread eventually your post falls off the last page and gets deleted no?
- robobro 1y ago
  Yeah and if threads hit a certain reply count, they get bump locked.

sznio 1y ago

the mechanics are old there's no other online community i know of that still allows fully anonymous posting the culture changed, but the "environment" causing the culture there to be the way it is still same as the original. the bump/delete mechanics work well to promote the most controversial, most engaging content, without any advanced statistics or ML. despite being a shitty place, i don't feel advertised to, spied or in any way abused _by the software itself_ while browsing it

Shank 1y ago
> there's no other online community i know of that still allows fully anonymous posting Doesn't 8chan/kun still exist?
TheAceOfHearts 1y ago
Posting on 4chan just kept becoming increasingly user hostile, especially for casual users, you had to be really determined to post something: posts started requiring 24 hour email verification, and after that you had to wait ~10 minutes before being allowed to post, and finally you had to complete a nearly impossible captcha which could lock you out from posting for an undetermined amount of time just for failing. It became apparent that the owners were pushing the gold pass pretty damn hard, and it's advertised on literally every board page.
- rasengan 1y ago
  That’s true. The captcha is impossible without the 4chan pass. soj.ooO [1] which is similar on the other hand doesn’t have the captcha. [1] https://soj.ooO https://soj.ooO
  - pc86 1y ago
    Not sure what this random unknown website has to do with 4chan. It's similar only insofar as both things let you post. Soj requires a sign-up so no anon posting at all, and the community structure is a pretty clear rip-off of Reddit with /p/[sub] instead of /r/[sub] What is your affiliation with it?
    - zahlman 1y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rasengan https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rasengan shows some previous shilling, FWIW.
DrillShopper 1y ago
> there's no other online community i know of that still allows fully anonymous posting Usenet? It even has the issue of old posts disappearing when the retention at your UNIX system / ISP rolled over.

nemomarx 1y ago

every board had it's own independent archiving service after a while, so board culture ended up stickier than the original design. there's some interesting stuff in there