As many other threads have popped up about this over the last few days, I thought I’d raise a thread on kbin about this too.
From what I’ve seen, they seem like mainly inflammatory trolls who steadfastly support either Russia or the CCP while adding little of value to actual discussions elsewhere on the site.
Was a vote to federate with them in the first place even had?
What’s everyone’s thoughts?
Nonscientific strawpoll:
As someone who was around for the rapid transition of 4chan from an over the top caricature of racism into an actual racist shithole, no. Just… no. And then another few for good measure. No one laments the absence of assholes. They receive an audience to their caricature, we receive walls of text, bad faith arguments, and general assholery. Not all of them are bad, and I sincerely like a few of the hexbear users, but I’m not going scoop between the putrid piles of defecation to find a piece of corn to eat.
What, 4chan used to be ironic? When was this? I need to get in the way back machine to see that :D
Absolutely. It was the same sorts who ended up in /r/atheism but with an incredibly thick layer of “satire” to keep people away. Wouldn’t you know it, saying race and orientation based slurs all the time didn’t keep everyone away. And bob’s your uncle, racist shithole.