Thread 82424570

I wish I could see 4chan in its glory days.

>>82424570 (OP)
It really wasn't that great. There was way worse shit that used to be posted here. I don't miss it. I'm glad the site has chilled out.

>>82424592
I feel like edgelords are gayer than twitter and instagram users, but not quite as stupid.

>>82424592
You take the good with the bad. It's worse now. /b/ is a perfect example.

>>82424570 (OP)
Oldfag from 2015 here. It wasnt that great. Im honestly glad the tourists forced some more morals here.

>>82424619
I think /b/ without the porn threads are better than what this board have to offer

>>82424623
>2015
I'm the newest of newfags, but I'm pretty sure a an actual oldfag would be rolling in his grave reading that

>>82424635
You wouldnt get it, newfag. Im literally the last of the old guard

There were no glory days. It has always been shit. Even when I started posting in 2008, it was always a few good threads there, but 90-95% of it was absolute garbage.

>>82424623
Pretty sure starting in 2015 would have identified you as "cancer"
t. 2011 newfag

>>82424623
>Oldfag from 2015
...I think I now understand what the oldfags back in 2011 meant when they said I would never become an oldfag like them.

>>82424693
It was more energetic back then at least. 4chan now feels slow as shit

Last april fools was the closest, you missed out

>>82424623
Thing were definitely better in 2015. It's not even "morals", this site just had more personality.

old /b/ was so good
retarded but in a "goofing off with your friends after school" retarded
but not purely acting stupid, there was actual humor behind the jokes
but the vibe was purely about making your friends laugh

>>82424623
>Im honestly glad the tourists forced some more morals here
You're not an oldfag. You are a tourist. Eat shit and die faggot.

>>82424623
was that really necessary

>>82424570 (OP)
it's always been this way
t. pre captcha

>>82424623

I've been here since late 2005. Almost 20 years...

I miss the days when the GETS on /b/ meant something. Caturday threads were every Saturday. 4chan felt like this kinda niche space for nerds to be nerds about anime, video games, computers, memes. Trolling was there, but it was fun and not really doing anyone serious harm.

Pool's Closed, desu

>>82425449
I miss the days when /b/ was even just usable. Shit's just porn and /soc/ now.

Started browsing /b/ in 2008 or so. Missed the start of most memes but they were still there and widely posted. It was 80-90% crap still but good threads were there too. R9k used to have very good green thread story threads before too, not as much anymore. My favorite is stoner prostitute moving on with autist, it's very recent still.
From old b the motivational posters was something that was popular when I got in. Kimmo Alm with anontalk was everyone's enemy. He is the single biggest reason for captcha

>>82425464

yeah, I click on it every once in a while and I remember why I stopped browsing it

I've been here since 2008 and also used this board when it was 9000, not 9001. Not sure what these glory days are that you speak of.

>>82425383
Newfags fall for it literally every single time

>>82425503
Its so weird seeing oldfags in the early years, they look nerdy and wholesome as hell, and when you see a user now they look like psychopaths

I'm a newfag from around 2015. Whenever I watch old 4chan related content on youtube and see a comment like yours, the replies usually consist of either "It was never good." or "You really missed out/We will never go back to how it was.". Either way, I never could've experienced 4chan in its early days because I was literally one year old during its creation but I think that there might've been both good and bad. Not as shit as it is now but you get the idea. I imagine it was more of a niche, small group of people who came to discuss whatever they liked and wanted to. Anime, vidya, the typical nerd shit you'd get laughed at in school, you get the idea. Yes, I joined when I was 13/14. Yes, I'm 23 now.

>>82424570 (OP)
From what I remember:
>2003-2004
The vibe was basically center-left white nerd with an irreverent "fight club" punk type attitude. Most people were Dawkins type atheists (it wasn't cringe yet), and everything was new so the shittiest memes took off. Most people had GFs and complained about being unable to get a good one. Hatefags and spammers basically ran wild. I remember the speculation on revenge of the sith, and how anons where convinced palatine, Sidious and the emperor were three different characters LOL.
>2005-2009
I didn't use it
>2009-2010
I came back because of the Chris-chan stuff. The vibe by then was "cleverly" insincere "I'm only doing this ironically" attitude. It was politically libertarian but still atheist (mostly). Most people complained about being "friend zoned" by girls. This is probably when 4chan peaked as far as it's influence on internet culture.
>2010-2015
didn't use it
>2016-2018
Came back because of the election. 4chan by then was far right and there was an under current of seething & bitterness that oozed into everything. 4chan was a dumping ground for people banned from other sites for wrong-think. Basically everyone was pissed all the time and culture became bitter trolls trying to hurt each others feelings by any means possible.
>2018-2025
didn't use it
>2025
I'm back with Trump winning. The vibe is still conservative but seems to be shifting towards center right as the influence of "relatable chill YT philosophers" has over taken the that of the 2010s always-seething alt-right pundits (like molyneux, sargon, fuentes, shaprio/etc). I think people here are getting sick of outrage culture and want to feel unbothered rather then pissed. That said the sheer number of really ignorant and butt hurt (or insecure) third worlders has exploded, and that actually might be what kills 4chan in the end (no one wants to hang around them).

>>82424570 (OP)
>I wish I could see 4chan in its glory days.
Same. I was around, but never could understand how to navigate the place before the catalog, so I didn't bother. I posted on F2 and F169 anonboards.
Even as an outsider, I remember how BASED it was that 4chan users would go after cat abusers, doxx them, and make their lives hell.
>Kenny Glenn
>Mary Bale

>>82425363
>there was actual humor
This is the big difference between 2003-2013 4chan and everything that came after.

4chan was always dumb shitposting, but there was levity to it. We wanted to make fun of everyone and everything. Most of all to make each other laugh, particularly in ways unique to internet culture. It was like a social club of sardonic dicks who wanted to tear down culture and mock everything (while sharing hentai).

Now there's dull witted fucks here that take the internet seriously. It's weird to see and it bums me out. /b/ is such a sad pile of shit now, I don't even know what to call what happened to it. Retardification? It should stand as a lesson as to why the "no rules" rule doesn't work with the general public.

4chan had no glory days. Anontalk was the best and why it needed to be spammed. Also, pic related.

>>82424570 (OP)
2006-2009 overrated.
2010-2014 true peak.
2015-2019 declining but salvageable.
2020-onward RIP

>>82424570 (OP)
There was internet before 4chan, I miss the old days of flash movies on Albino Black Sheep. But culture evolves. Don't miss whatever is fun that's happening now.

>>82424570 (OP)
Oldfag from 2020 here
Nothing much changed