Big inspiration for the question is the assertion I’ve seen on Lemmy a few times that this user base is as bad/misogynistic/hateful. But also just curious.

  • BigPotato@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 day ago

    Better question is “What year did you visit 4chan” because some people will say /b/, some will say “when /b/ was good” and others with say “/b/ was never good”.

    I remember coming back some years later and everyone was talking about /r9k/ and /b/ was old news.

    Look, all I’m saying is just triforce. That’ll say how long they were on there for.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 days ago

    I lurked most of the time, especially when the captcha system got out of hand.

    Mu, co, tv, r9k, trv, TG, v, fit, ck also, po & toy when I wanted something I wasn’t interested in doing but wanted to see something other people liked. Also the porn boards.

    I visited pol to see news, but didn’t agree with the opinions there.

    The site has a bad reputation due to b and pol. The other boards have a lot of interesting new culture stuff and honest opinions that are pragmatic and nihilist.

    Unfortunately lots of astroturfing also happened there.

    I also hung out in 420chan and britchan. Those were a lot slower, and RIP. It’s just a nice format for a board.

  • kettuli@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 days ago

    /b/ and /v/ semi randomly, /tg/ more when it was created. Then I took a year off snd the place was ruined with ragecomics and all the other zoomer bs.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    I used to be a regular on /tv/ and /r9k/ between 2011-2015, I was even a tripfriend on /r9k/ for a while. It was very entertaining, all the interesting schizos were on the chans at some point. I even “drew” my own wojaks and pepes, lol, but only once each because I have no artistic talent, I’m just a big yapper.

    • Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      /r9k/ was always a fucking trip. I only ever lurked but I used to frequent lot’s of boards. Now I solely see if theres a decent meme to find in a ylyl thread once or twice a week.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Lurked a fair amount in college (2006-2010ish) on /b/, /x/, /lit/ for the memes and spoof creepypasta. Don’t miss it in the least.

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    I haven’t spent any time there. 4chan’s reputation makes it seem like it’s not the internet experience I’m looking for.

  • Leigh Weigh@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 days ago

    From like 2004-2006 and mostly /b/ because I was an edgy teenager. Probably some others but I honestly don’t remember much of 4chan