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In this case, I don't think context matters so much as structure. 4chan is 4chan because there are no individual feeds, only a few giant public ones, and anonym
by jacoblyles 17y ago
In this case, I don't think context matters so much as structure. 4chan is 4chan because there are no individual feeds, only a few giant public ones, and anonymity is allowed. That's hard bits creating the difference, not soft social norms.
- jonathandeamer 17y agoDailyBooth could easily switch on anonymity - there's nothing technically difficult about that. But 4chan has a culture that allows for anonymous posts, which is why I think the context of a community is often more important in defining a service that technology. Admittedly, individual feeds do change the way users behave a lot...but I'd argue that this feeds into changing the context that the tech is place in ;-)