Talk:4chan

The /d/ Modpost
I think if we include this, it should carry a note that says it's an anonymous testimony. Before the censorship, a lot of people picked it apart for factual inconsistencies that were conveniently clarified in later posts during GamerGate. --Superchorgers (talk) 18:33, 7 November 2014 (EST)

/sp/ Shitposting
As a long-time /sp/artan, I would argue that the shitposting was not done in protest of GamerGate censorship. /sp/ largely does not care about GamerGate, even the refugees on 8chan's /sp/. One or two people spam /sp/ almost every night and if it goes undeleted, they continue until the board is full of shitposts. In my opinion, the shitposting revolt on /v/ focused the mods on that board while /sp/ remained untouched. I also heard testimony that CP stayed up on one of the smaller boards for upwards of 30 minutes without being deleted, hinting further at this idea. --Superchorgers (talk) 18:33, 7 November 2014 (EST)
 * You're right on both accounts. Nothing on 4chan can be trusted, and I'm pretty sure the ban of discussion on /v/ and apparently /sp/ (never heard of it) has more to do with them being tired of it than with moot being bought out by sjw interests. You can edit both these sections to indicate that it's not a smoking gun of /gg/ censorship. That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. If anyone wants to add it back in, they need a source. Psycho Robot (talk) 20:51, 7 November 2014 (EST)


 * I took a number of screenshots that night; at least some of the OPs suggested it was for GG reasons. I'm unfamiliar with /sp/ so I don't know what proportion of the shitposting should be interpretted as "joining with /v/" and what proportion is simply "a normal /sp/ night" so I can't say much there - but I'm not sure what kind of evidence would count towards showing /sp/ did it for GG. How do you tell how many /v/ or /sp/ anons are in a thread, much less who participated in the takeover? I have a number of screenshots taken during the event so I can guarantee what happened. As for why it happened I'd like to think it's due to GG since the board got nuked at least once - something which I'm told hasn't happened in a long, long time. A /v/anguard (talk) 03:58, 14 January 2015 (UTC)