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10 years, god damn. I'm always impressed that 4chan has remained essentially the same for so many years and has been able to have a huge following the whole tim

10 years, god damn. I'm always impressed that 4chan has remained essentially the same for so many years and has been able to have a huge following the whole time. I don't think any other website has ever had so much sustained success.

chrisbridgett 13y ago
Reddit?
- uchi 13y ago
  Reddit's userbase grew very quickly after Digg drastically changed, aka 'collapsed', Reddit for a while also engaged in sockpuppeting posts to generate fake traffic to create the illusion of a userbase before it really took off. 4chan, in comparison, has always been organic from day 1.
  - ivarious 13y ago
    But many OPs of 4chan threads sockpuppet their own threads in order to make their thread gain traction.
    - simias 13y ago
      It's not made by the website owner so it still counts as organic
- lmm 13y ago
  Wasn't founded until 2005? You could make a case for slashdot or wikipedia or google, but IMO all have changed substantially in the last decade.
spiek 13y ago
Arguably, SomethingAwful (founded in 1999).
- Sir_Cmpwn 13y ago
  I wouldn't say SA has had sustained success the whole time. They're really dropping off in recent years.