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Not really, unless the majority of HN users come for the spammy posts on the /newest page.

by ceol 14y ago

Udo 14y ago
You're asserting that the vast majority of 4chan users are /b/ trolls. Can you back that up somehow?
- CGamesPlay 14y ago
  Post IDs are sequential. The newest post on /b/ is 443,351,492, and the next-nearest is /v/ with 166,654,765.
  - Aco- 14y ago
    4chan, like HN, is also plagued by spammy posts, just something to note about those numbers.
  - Udo 14y ago
    A lot of /b/ is comprised of noise, it's mainly a few very prolific users who use it as a rapid-fire chat room - whereas the rest of 4chan is used more like a message board. So of course, b has more posts. But even so, it's not true that most of the action on 4chan is /b/, and certainly not most of the users. /a/ (anime) 76,358,226 /b/ (random) 443,355,941 /c/ (anime/cute) 1,952,748 /d/ (hentai) 4,429,215 /e/ (ecchi) 1,531,210 /f/ (flash) 1,830,359 /g/ (technology) 29,833,456 /t/ (torrents) 541,357 /u/ (yuri) 1,321,534 /v/ (video games) 166,666,985 /vg/ (video games) 20,810,830 /w/ (anime wallp.) 1,444,187 /wg/ (wallpapers) 4,667,232 /i/ (oekaki) 398,648 /ic/ (artwork crit.) 1,083,696 /r9k/ (robot 9001) 4,798,295 /cm/ (cute/male) 2,802,217 /hm/ (handsome men) 446,647 /y/ (yaoi) 1,990,139 /3/ (3dcg) 319,975 /adv/ (advice) 11,246,991 /an/ (animals&nat.) 1,327,885 /cgl/ (cosplay&egl) 6,486,836 /ck/ (food&cooking) 4,071,583 /co/ (comics&carts.) 43,931,256 /diy/ (do-it-yourself) 351,467 /fa/ (fashion) 5,271,417 /fit/ (health&fitness) 16,363,177 /hc/ (hardcore) 301,394 /int/ (international) 7,199,819 /jp/ (otaku) 10,207,786 /s/ (sexy) 13,779,843 /lit/ (literature) 3,241,126 /mlp/ (pony) 6,535,229 /mu/ (music) 31,060,238 /n/ (transport) 423,302 /po/ (papercraft) 485,531 /pol/ (pol. incorr.) 8,219,557 /sci/ (science) 5,348,462 /soc/ (social) 14,029,667 /sp/ (sports) 29,263,446 /tg/ (trad. games) 22,025,427 /toy/ (toys) 3,233,423 /trv/ (travel) 661,343 /tv/ (television) 28,024,181 /vp/ (pokemon) 10,674,534 /wsg/ (worksafe gif) 84,034 /x/ (paranormal) 11,544,411 /q/ (meta disc.) 328,594 TOTAL 1,062,304,856
    - Nursie 14y ago
      Is that post counts? Because it does show /b/ making up nearly half the site. Of course in terms of actual content that you might want to read /b/ probably comes last :)
      - Udo 14y ago
        That's exactly my point (see above). I think taking into account the manner in which /b/ is used compared to the other boards, one can hardly make the point that 4chan is mostly /b/ - I'm surprised it has only 42%. Even if one were to make the assumption that all of /b/ is worthless, there is still a pretty decent amount of actual content left, and there are a lot of users engaging with it. I'd wager that even on a high-quality site like HN, more than 50% of all submissions are at 1 point or [dead]. At least 4chan has an officially sanctioned outlet for crap, keeping the majority of the boards pretty clean. /b/ is a necessary evil that's required for the (huge) rest of the site to function.

Not really, unless the majority of HN users come for the spammy posts on the /newest page.

by ceol 14y ago

Not really, unless the majority of HN users come for the spammy posts on the /newest page.

Udo 14y ago

You're asserting that the vast majority of 4chan users are /b/ trolls. Can you back that up somehow?

CGamesPlay 14y ago
Post IDs are sequential. The newest post on /b/ is 443,351,492, and the next-nearest is /v/ with 166,654,765.
- Aco- 14y ago
  4chan, like HN, is also plagued by spammy posts, just something to note about those numbers.
- Udo 14y ago
  A lot of /b/ is comprised of noise, it's mainly a few very prolific users who use it as a rapid-fire chat room - whereas the rest of 4chan is used more like a message board. So of course, b has more posts. But even so, it's not true that most of the action on 4chan is /b/, and certainly not most of the users. /a/ (anime) 76,358,226 /b/ (random) 443,355,941 /c/ (anime/cute) 1,952,748 /d/ (hentai) 4,429,215 /e/ (ecchi) 1,531,210 /f/ (flash) 1,830,359 /g/ (technology) 29,833,456 /t/ (torrents) 541,357 /u/ (yuri) 1,321,534 /v/ (video games) 166,666,985 /vg/ (video games) 20,810,830 /w/ (anime wallp.) 1,444,187 /wg/ (wallpapers) 4,667,232 /i/ (oekaki) 398,648 /ic/ (artwork crit.) 1,083,696 /r9k/ (robot 9001) 4,798,295 /cm/ (cute/male) 2,802,217 /hm/ (handsome men) 446,647 /y/ (yaoi) 1,990,139 /3/ (3dcg) 319,975 /adv/ (advice) 11,246,991 /an/ (animals&nat.) 1,327,885 /cgl/ (cosplay&egl) 6,486,836 /ck/ (food&cooking) 4,071,583 /co/ (comics&carts.) 43,931,256 /diy/ (do-it-yourself) 351,467 /fa/ (fashion) 5,271,417 /fit/ (health&fitness) 16,363,177 /hc/ (hardcore) 301,394 /int/ (international) 7,199,819 /jp/ (otaku) 10,207,786 /s/ (sexy) 13,779,843 /lit/ (literature) 3,241,126 /mlp/ (pony) 6,535,229 /mu/ (music) 31,060,238 /n/ (transport) 423,302 /po/ (papercraft) 485,531 /pol/ (pol. incorr.) 8,219,557 /sci/ (science) 5,348,462 /soc/ (social) 14,029,667 /sp/ (sports) 29,263,446 /tg/ (trad. games) 22,025,427 /toy/ (toys) 3,233,423 /trv/ (travel) 661,343 /tv/ (television) 28,024,181 /vp/ (pokemon) 10,674,534 /wsg/ (worksafe gif) 84,034 /x/ (paranormal) 11,544,411 /q/ (meta disc.) 328,594 TOTAL 1,062,304,856
  - Nursie 14y ago
    Is that post counts? Because it does show /b/ making up nearly half the site. Of course in terms of actual content that you might want to read /b/ probably comes last :)
    - Udo 14y ago
      That's exactly my point (see above). I think taking into account the manner in which /b/ is used compared to the other boards, one can hardly make the point that 4chan is mostly /b/ - I'm surprised it has only 42%. Even if one were to make the assumption that all of /b/ is worthless, there is still a pretty decent amount of actual content left, and there are a lot of users engaging with it. I'd wager that even on a high-quality site like HN, more than 50% of all submissions are at 1 point or [dead]. At least 4chan has an officially sanctioned outlet for crap, keeping the majority of the boards pretty clean. /b/ is a necessary evil that's required for the (huge) rest of the site to function.