4chan splintering into two different sites, 4channel (sfw boards) and 4chan (nsfw boards)

[Sun's Resting Place]

Essentially, Hiroyuki, the current owner of the site, is splitting up 4chan into two different websites. Apparently, the worst parts of the sites are advertising poison, so he's splintering off those bits.

One website will be 4channel. This will have all SFW content, and be comprised of the best parts of the site.

4chan will be the NSFW site, and contain such hellholes as /pol/, /r9k/, and /b/.

This seems like the beginning of a civil war between users. I've already noticed many 4chan users shitting on people from /pol/ and trying to evict them from infecting the rest of the site (and, sadly, failing over the years.)

Thoughts? 4chan has been around for about 15 years now, and this may be a turning point in cleaning out the infection of neo-nazis. I've been browsing the site myself for about 12 years, and I do remember when the vast majority of the userbase was edgy and counterculture, but it certainly wasn't flooded with Republicans and Stormfront posters, and often they would take the opposite position to whatever the GOP did. Remember, it was never cool to be a Bush supporter, but it's 'cool' now and 'counter culture' for many to be a neo-nazi Trump supporter.

 

[Deleted member 5853]

If this is an attempt to contain the rot, I don't think the site owner knows just how rotten everything is.

You'd be a fool to believe that creating a containment site would be enough to save 4chan.

 

[Kevers]

I mean I used to love /mu/ /v/ and /tv/ but the worst parts of that place eventually merged into every board and the entire place turned to shit, I can't see that getting turned around because they're split up.

 

[Sun's Resting Place]

If this is an attempt to contain the rot, I don't think the site owner knows just how rotten everything is.

You'd be a fool to believe that creating a containment site would be enough to save 4chan.

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This is more about advertising revenue than anything else. Hiroyuki doesn't give a shit about anything on the site as long as he gets his revenue.

 

[808s & Villainy]

Lol, good luck. Even the SFW boards still have enough questionable content that they really aren't SFW on inspection. It's just that they're reserved for the actual text comments and moderation is quicker/harder on them

 

[Platy]

Apparently, the worst parts of the sites are advertising poison, so he's splintering off those bits.

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Then I don't think he cut it in the best way =P

High Resolution porn for example is much more shitfest free than videogames and anime

 

[ILikeFeet]

If this is an attempt to contain the rot, I don't think the site owner knows just how rotten everything is.

You'd be a fool to believe that creating a containment site would be enough to save 4chan.

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he knows. last I heard he was actually run off the site he made due to some of his policies.

I had a feeling this was coming. the increased exposure of 4chan through happenings like Trump becoming president has been making the site more toxic. it was only a matter of time before something hit the fan

 

[KtotheRoc]

Feels like it's way too late...

 

[chaobreaker]

No point. Damage had already been done. Moot and Hiroyuki should have killed /pol/ before it got too big.

 

[Clockblockers]

Is 4chan even still relevant? Not trying to troll but legitimately curious

 

[JCG]

Too late, maybe, but points for trying.

They should have done this over a decade ago.

 

[krazen]

LOL. Unless there's a time machine to go back a decade or so...good luck with that. The virus has gotten so bad forget the site, a large chunk of the internet itself is infected by it.

 

[Quad Lasers]

Then I don't think he cut it in the best way =P

High Resolution porn for example is much more shitfest free than videogames and anime

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High Resolution porn is...porn. Which advertisers care about.

I don't think they're worried about a bunch of neckbeards being insufferable.

 

[Einchy]

Is 4chan even still relevant? Not trying to troll but legitimately curious

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Yes, very.

/b/ is no longer really relevant but /pol/ is and that place is a fucking hellhole.

 

[Bonefish]

This has probably has as much to do with advertising as it does with isolating /pol/ and gradually trying to disinfect the rest of the site. Most boards are sick of /pol/ shitting up the place.

 

[Uncle at Nintendo]

4chan was never liberal fucking lol. At best they were libertarian Ron Paul shitheads.

 

[El Bombastico]

Too little, too late.

 

[caff!!!]

Honestly, the split seems less about politics and more of "I can't fund my website off porn ads alone."

 

[Darryl M R]

A few years back I thoroughly enjoyed fa, fit, v, vg, and some other hobbyist boards. I stopped visiting right before the site went downhill. Just nuke those extremely toxic boards. Better yet, put the site to rest.

 

[manchego obfuscator]

I remember what /co/ was like five years ago. Nothing like it is today.

 

[FaceHugger]

Moot thought /pol/ was a good idea because he's dumb. Now what could have been a nice money generator for a lone owner is instead a white nationalist and incel haven.

Make your bed, sleep in it.

 

[Deleted member 2474]

moot should have just obliterated the site when he left. it was the only way

 

[mute]

You can't save it, no sense in trying.

 

[Sun's Resting Place]

LOL. Unless there's a time machine to go back a decade or so...good luck with that. The virus has gotten so bad forget the site, a large chunk of the internet itself is infected by it.

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I remember when moot threatened to delete /pol/ if it got too horrible again back in 2011.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Nope. You own it, then fucking own it.

 

[Eslayer]

I doubt this going to work but uh.... Good Luck I guess

 

[Sou Da]

Hiro needs to make that fucking money

Shout out to them begging Notch to make an imageboard

 

[Sun's Resting Place]

4chan was never liberal fucking lol. At best they were libertarian Ron Paul shitheads.

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I was there. I remember. Ron Paul libertarians were all 2008 onwards, at least 5 years into the site's existence. Those people were actually often laughed at for being weirdos. Remember that one Ron Paul air balloon?

 

[Metaroo]

So the shitshow-racist-homophobic side vs the actual probably terrorists side?

 

[Deleted member 29660]

Best of luck with that, it's going to be all out war.

Whoever gets pol loses the most.

 

[Zackat]

Damage is done

 

[Deleted member 16657]

Instead of doing that, they should do a draft and auction off each board.

Also this isn't going to work out the way he wants, all advertisement on 4channel is going to be indirectly funding the neo nazi board. Advertisers still won't touch it.

 

[Sou Da]

So the shitshow-racist-homophobic side vs the actual probably terrorists side?

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Best of luck with that, it's going to be all out war.

Whoever gets pol loses the most.

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Damage is done

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For the record anyone telling you this is about "saving the culture of the site" or whatever is blowing smoke. Hiro wants 4chan to be profitable and he's doing it from different fronts, in a few months expect to see 4chan's virtual YouTuber all over the place.

 

[Thorn]

I just want /tg/ and /m/ to exist. The rest can burn.

/vg/ on probation.

 

[The Adder]

It's for ads.

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[signal]

Would be interested to see how some of the boards turn out (or would have turned out since I don't think this will change much) if there wasn't so much crossover from the more garbage boards. Every like 5th post on every board is some racist shitpost unrelated to whatever is being talked about.

Also wonder if they mean "safe for work" as in literally just no extremely explicit shit or if they actually want to tone the porn down. Video Game Generals could be good if every post wasn't some derivative ero pixiv garbage image about whatever the game in question is.

 

[Slayven]

I wonder how much the ads dollars dropped?

 

[Clockblockers]

Yes, very.

/b/ is no longer really relevant but /pol/ is and that place is a fucking hellhole.

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Wow, I always thought it just sunk off to irrelevance, and I just visited /pol/ and I feel like I need some eye bleach

 

[Sun's Resting Place]

For the record anyone telling you this is about "saving the culture of the site" or whatever is blowing smoke. Hiro wants 4chan to be profitable and he's doing it from different fronts, in a few months expect to see 4chan's virtual YouTuber all over the place.

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Yeah, like I said, Hiro isn't doing this because he cares about the actual content of the site. It's money, in the end.

I do, however, want this to lead into potential driving off of the nazi fuckers.

 

[Sou Da]

Also wonder if they mean "safe for work" as in literally just no extremely explicit shit or if they actually want to tone the porn down. Video Game Generals could be good if every post wasn't some derivative ero pixiv garbage image about whatever the game in question is.

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I imagine if he gets advertisers interested he'll tell the mods to actually enforce the sfw global rules on 4channel.

 

[Thorn]

Wow, I always thought it just sunk off to irrelevance, and I just visited /pol/ and I feel like I need some eye bleach

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Its the board with the highest traffic too.

 

[Deleted member 16657]

I wonder how much the ads dollars dropped?

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the ads on the site were literally garbage tier "one trick scientists don't want you to know" level

 

[Stinkles]

What's r9k? I don't even want to Google it.

 

[jelly]

Why don't they just delete the crap until they get fed up and leave. Is there already some even greater cesspool out there they can go to.

 

[Sou Da]

I do, however, want this to lead into potential driving off of the nazi fuckers.

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I doubt it, they're too entrenched in the idea of making sure every board adheres to their ideology and there are too many people that no longer care or have been worn down to do anything. Moot was a pussy is the tl'dr.

 

[InfiniDragon]

...Yeah separating the channels won't stop the fuckboi antics from the people that already frequent that place.

It'd need to be a scorched earth clean break with new folks to even kinda have a chance at being reputable IMO, much like this forum's beginnings.

 

[Bonefish]

What's r9k? I don't even want to Google it.

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tfw no gf the board

 

[Thorn]

What's r9k? I don't even want to Google it.

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Robot 9000. A script by the XKCD guy that ensures no post can be the same.

Its a shit board where people post nudes and people lement their loneliness. Its Garbage.

 

[snausages]

What's r9k? I don't even want to Google it.

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The prequel to /r/incels

 

[Sou Da]

What's r9k? I don't even want to Google it.

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A board who's concept was: "no duplicate posts of any kind" got turned into a giant self pity circlejerk/misogyny cult. It's the prime example of what no moderation leads to tbh.