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It’s likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything now—from X and YouTube to global politics—seems to carry its toxic legacy.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250422233152/https://www.wired.com/story/4chan-is-dead-its-toxic-legacy-is-everywhere/

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[–] sunflowercowboy@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

The right literally used it as a dog whistle to get their people on a site they could be fed info. That's why 4chan was central to being seen as white supremacist by fox news. They announce it is, and so they go there to check it out.

Over the last decade it really has been a decay, of even the porn threads being nothing but race focused. I think it was around the time Pepe started becoming another connection with 4chan, that's when it got noticeable.

By the end /aco/ and /gif/ were haltingly slow. Even gif didn't have threads reach the limit and start a continuation anymore.

Porn is a very dominant way of convincing people. Its half of why ai is so adored. You can make them believe anything through suggestion or outright flattery.