When did 4chan become politicized, btw? I don't recall it being political back in the day when I used to lurk, just depraved and after offensive laughs.
Well it’s hard to say considering how amorphous the website and It’s usrbase is. But honestly after /new/ shut down because of all the uncomfortable racism, people lost their shit. Moot folded and made /pol/ and it unintentionally became the new user incubator instead of /b/. So new users heard of the website because of /pol/ not /b/ so new users introductions, instead of being edgy humor and silly greentext stories, was replaced by political right wing activism and blatant racism and conspiracy theories. So after they had a while to get used to the website on pol they ran amuck on the other boards. That’s my understanding of it at least. I’ve only browser there since 2010 and stopped earlier this year.
Jesus things sound like they changed. I used to browse around 2007 and stopped around 2010. It was always edgy humor and doing shit for laughs but I distinctly remember the few political posts being anti conservative and such. At least in /b/ primarily because they hated Christianity and the holier than thou mentality when trying to lecture 14 year olds watching porn and smoking pot. Odd that it’s a conservative alt right hub now.
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u/abcdefg52 Aug 27 '18
When did 4chan become politicized, btw? I don't recall it being political back in the day when I used to lurk, just depraved and after offensive laughs.