Notorious Website 4chan To Be Shutdown (Update: Fake)

[Mirage]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stacygoldberg488/notorious-website-4chan-to-be-shutdown-3s1mi

4chan, an infamous hub for trolls, hackers, and neo nazis, is to be shut down sometime in 2019. Hiroyuki Nishimura, the owner of 4chan was interviewed this afternoon by CNN, and he shed light on a couple of things related to the site closing. According to him the site had become a problem to deal with and maintain, saying that "The site has become a weight that we just don't feel like carrying anymore". He went on to explain that the sites "toxicity" had become too much for him to deal with, the constant scandals and controversies were pointing a huge spotlight at the site, he said "It's like being a thief caught in the spotlight, everything is exposed now". The backlash and outcry for the shutdown has become too loud to ignore. Many people from both left and right want this haven for hate speech to finally be closed, once and for all.

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Hiroyuki stated that he doesn't have an exact date the site is to be closed but the site will be completely gone before Spring. They have already started the process, as some boards are to be phased out and closed by February 7th. Hiroyuki stated that "Some of the more troublesome boards are to be hurriedly closed by the 7th". Although he did not name names we can only assume that he means boards such as /b/ and /pol/, the two most controversial boards, known for their homophobic, alt-right, racist, and illegal culture.

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Didn't see this posted anywhere yet. This is something that should have happened a long time ago. Good to see it's finally being shut down. Sounds like he wouldn't even have cared if it didn't get negative attention though.

 

[Deleted member 19739]

Edit: wait, this is fake?

 

[Taki]

End of an era?

 

[MMarston]

 

[TheBaldwin]

Didnt they split into two websites or something ? Will the other one remain?

 

[Deleted member 18347]

Hope he hires top security if he really plans on shutting it down.

Those fuckers... they'll come after him for sure.

 

[vestan]

Fake. This is very clearly a troll article if you read it. There isn't a single source in that article either.

 

[DrWangerBanger]

Not much to be celebrated here, I think. All the worst elements of the site will just move to one of the thousand of other chan sites

 

[Deleted member 12790]

good

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Fake. There isn't a single source in that article.

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Freaking got my hopes up.

 

[Oyashiro-Sama]

Good

 

[tnud]

It's unverified and very likely fake.

 

[poutmeter]

Can't find anything else on the topic and it's a Community Contributor entry, with no sources.

Will remain skeptical, but it'd be great if the site was shut down.

 

[Clefargle]

Good

Quarantine boards were never gonna work

Gotta lance the boil

 

[Trice]

Not happening

 

[Deleted member 21]

..this is a fake.