I mean, this is the first time I’ve ever truly worried about it being used in deja vu of the third Reich. Regardless of what your opinions were on government surveillance it was unlikely that the average person had any tangible consequences to fear. Now they do
I really appreciate seeing an article written by someone who is actually familiar with the culture and history of the site.
Qanon and Actual Nazis were not 4chan norm back in the day. The alt right nazi hateful shit was posted but it was more like larping/shock value immature crap and nothing like what we see in the mainstream social/media today. Misogyny too. I’m not denying that there weren’t people there who meant it but it was 99% shitposting. There’s also the hacktivism, social activism, soooooooo many memes like as substantial as YouTube as establishing the humor culture of the internet. I find the site so fascinating and much more than some cesspool of evil it became.
It is weird it is gone. I suspect moot is not so interested in sticking his neck and wallet out to protect the freedom of speech for facscists trying to destroy democracy and that’s why it’s not back. I’m pretty sure 4chan has been down before for various reasons more substantial than hacking but it could be fabricated memory
Gtfo summerfag
Foreign tourism can just get fucked too I guess.
And all the first responders that have to deal with more missing/injured/critical conditiom/dead people
Toddlers at least have more empathy than him.
The difference is this is tracking and targeting minors.
And just because it is the status quo does not mean the general public is aware of it or the actual extent. It needs to be spelled out to them how and why.
Honestly I find it hard to believe any teens are on Facebook now, maybe IG is still cool? Nothing like before. Idk I don’t think teens are on those platforms really
Ignored? Yeah I suppose so, but they sure as shit used the data for their own gain. That team really was the road of good intentions
I honestly don’t believe that trump is doing some intentional stock market grift. That would require foresight, planning, and self control despite ego.maybe someone gave hime some. Instructions or something but he sure as shit doesn’t care about those.
Next up Republicans are gonna try to paint him as a loose “Pitt bull” when really he is just a loose cannon they can’t control.
Their faces aren’t worth the cost of eggs
Remember in 2015 people were ridiculed for comparing him with “he’s literally hitler”
My ambien just kicked in but me thinks he was trying to imply that the hama a refugees were treated horrible. And with no kindness like nazis did. So your captors are even worse than the naxis !
I think that is maybe the goal in that pudding brain.
What a fucking bizarre, pointless demand from a country.
This has nothing to do with trump or Kennedy . They are barbie dolls that can be swapped out for another doll.
They want us uneducated, poor, sick or dead. That’s their main voter base after all.
Yup just a drunk mistake and not an inherently incompetent staff
Of course. But once upon a time the average American could still feel safe because so far the government of checks and balances more or less worked well enough that anything egregiously unconstitutional wouldn’t happen here. Alas here we are.