>>507567679 (OP)
It was pretty common to talk openly about 4chan - specifically /b/ - back in the late 2000s. 4chan was a powerful meme factory and had a massive influence over internet culture - so everyone online was coming into contact with 4chan humor, even if they weren't aware of it.
Once it got into the early 2010s and smartphones became popular, the internet started filling up with women and niggers.
This led to retards getting upset over things they didn't understand and MSM would occasionally talk about 4chan and the Anonymous movement as one entity. Things which were a bit of fun like Habbo raids and Pornday on YouTube became news stories demonizing the site as a haven for racists, misogynists and borderline domestic terrorists.