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NYTimes: 4chan is a scary place indeed
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fistfulofmetal
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I heard of 4chan
they're bad, right?
they're bad, right?
The Frankman
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I'm suprised at the lack of refence to the importance of EPIC LULZ are in the article.
Love To Love You Baby
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StormyTheRabbit said:
Yeahno.
Anyway, going after people because you don't like their MySpace page or their YouTube videos is of course very childish, but obviously the only thing someone has to do, I suppose, is not give a shit when they're trolled and no lulz would be had. But of course the targets are always the type of people who would give a shit.
funkmastergeneral
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Love To Love You Baby said:
exactly, that's why it's so hilarious.
StormyTheRabbit
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Love To Love You Baby said:
Sorry about that, edited my post.
There was an article in TIME magazine a few weeks back.
Very nice article that was less "OH THE HORRORZ" and more "internet cultural phenomenon".
They also kept the creator's identity secret till the end of the article where they gave a name and a photo of the guy. I'm curious if 4chan ever sent the detectives on him for the lulz.
Very nice article that was less "OH THE HORRORZ" and more "internet cultural phenomenon".
They also kept the creator's identity secret till the end of the article where they gave a name and a photo of the guy. I'm curious if 4chan ever sent the detectives on him for the lulz.
JimiNutz
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I spent 5 mins of 4chan and found these treasures
I also saw something called Holocaust Tycoon, a couple of dead people, hot naked chicks playing guitar hero, and plenty of traps. It's an absolute goldmine. Only reason I don't visit more often is because I'm scared it will suck me in and I'll never leave.
I also saw something called Holocaust Tycoon, a couple of dead people, hot naked chicks playing guitar hero, and plenty of traps. It's an absolute goldmine. Only reason I don't visit more often is because I'm scared it will suck me in and I'll never leave.
Lost Fragment
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:lol
SonicMegaDrive
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Everytime I think of 4chan, I hum this in my head - > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K52eb79_we0
Rapping Granny
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Mama Robotnik
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NutJobJim said:
The memes are here already? But we thought we had more time to mount a defense!
Crumpet Trumpet
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lulz is such a stupid "word"
Askia47 said:
I'm still pissed off that I was banned for posting that .gif in one of the PoliGAF threads. I had been posting it right as the polls closed in EVERY OTHER PoliGAF thread, yet suddenly I get slapped with a 3 day ban for something that I had been openly doing for what, 4 months? I never saw any "public" announcement that it had now been banned, either.
Justin Bailey
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Why is it banned anyway?Hootie said:
funkmastergeneral
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Hootie said:
don't post seizure inducing pictures, then. What is this, 4chan?
GenericPseudonym
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So I'm walking into a random bathroom at Woodsworth College in the University of Toronto and at the back of the stall I see a giant slowpoke carved into the wall. Underneath it "Wut /b/ in my Woodsworth?" is written, but its been scribbled on, and another message beneath it is "Rule number one newfag!".
4chan is awesome.
4chan is awesome.
PjotrStroganov
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funkmastergeneral said:
To prevent provoking an epileptic seizure to BenjaminBirdie all references to Wipeout HD have been banned too.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Mama Robotnik said:
:lol:lol:lol:lol
I wonder what would happen if 4chan were ever able to invade GAF. Not pretty, I assume.
radios shipping overview
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Civility? Are you reading the same GAF I am?Yaweee said:
Mama Robotnik
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Regulus Tera said:
GenericPseudonym
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Formless said:
Not really, the only reason a guy like him is allowed to exist is because no one who matters gives a shit. If he pissed off the right people you'd find his body in a dumpster pretty quickly.
http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,39150764,00.htm
Just like the NFL Bombing Hoax, Internet Anonymity can quickly be crushed and the perpetrators brought to justice, it's just most of what 4chan or these "trolls" do is insignificant.
The Librarian
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:lol :lolMama Robotnik said:
wow, prank calling the dead kid's parents is a pretty shitty move. Definitely done by people who haven't experienced the death of a relative in their immediate family.
It's interesting that the craigslist experiment guy had been sexually abused as a kid. Really takes away the "internet hero" label and exposes him to just be some traumatized guy...like a lot of the 4chan kids are. Having chatted with a lot of them, they usually let it out rather quickly after dropping the internet tough guy/liberator persona. it's kinda sad.
anyway, I used to surf 4chan quite a bit a couple years ago and had always wondered when a big, legit media piece about 4chan would pop up. guess today is that day!
It's interesting that the craigslist experiment guy had been sexually abused as a kid. Really takes away the "internet hero" label and exposes him to just be some traumatized guy...like a lot of the 4chan kids are. Having chatted with a lot of them, they usually let it out rather quickly after dropping the internet tough guy/liberator persona. it's kinda sad.
anyway, I used to surf 4chan quite a bit a couple years ago and had always wondered when a big, legit media piece about 4chan would pop up. guess today is that day!
Shalashaska
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They could succeed without trying.Ferrio said:
Smiles and Cries
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so 4chan has jumped shark?
I only visited that place once I was too afraid that the FBI would come knocking on my door just for the lulz alone
I only visited that place once I was too afraid that the FBI would come knocking on my door just for the lulz alone
Iron_Scimitar
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lulz, the new internet currency?
:lol :lolSmiles and Cries said:
Unless you do something horrendously stupid merely browsing 4chan won't get the FBI knockin' on your door. Takes much more than that. anywho, this is the first time I've heard of the article. Probably because I haven't browsed /b/ in a year or two. I stick to /v/, /co/, /tg/ personally.
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Jenga said:
Well I cant say I have been to chan or anon boards in awhile but the last time I checked I got a hard lesson in shocksville. Unless alot has changed I dont think a day goes by without them mixing in some posts of naked teenagers that are most likely a few years under 18, its hard to tell nowadays but still I started to get suspicions especially that anon chan. It might of took me two days to figure out all these damn terms they have, like what JB means but these sites have operated for years, even after hd confiscation its old ways again so I dont get it. Either what those wankers say is true, no one cares at 15 plus or the legality still isnt clear as you darn well think someone like the FBI would just stop the whole damn site. I would be interested in the statistics of people that visit that stuff daily, torrents, etc, call me weak sauce but after I figured out what JB meant, weather that is a joke term or not, with all these pictures from god knows where loading on your screen without you knowing what they are first I formated the drive and never returned, maybe 70 percent of internet users today though dont care.
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