There’s a lot to be said about the 4chan hack thing.

One being “this site stopped being good since 2009 or something”, another is that it was caused by the Sharty.

Basically, think of them as to 4chan what Twitter Zoomers are to Tumblr refugees.

Like little freaks “raised” by the previous generation of failed adult Millenials who passed some terrible lessons to malformed fetuses who act even more annoying than the ones before them.

I also expect the usual “I’m so glad I matured as a person” responses from people that think Twitter only became bad when Elon Musk took over.

We’re in an age where most people only use few websites and the internet is this oversocialized panopticon where people act like cops over others.

It’s more honest to say “I stopped using 4chan because I hate seeing Nikocado on the fucking catalog” than do this performative “I’m a heckin good person now” since we all know where that fake growth comes from.

One could argue that for better or worse, 4chan was still closer to the “wild west” internet compared to the “cyberpunk dystopia” nature of other websites in this day and age.

Though there’s still stories like a guy threatning someone with the “in Minecraft” meme as a way to make it safer but still got arrested.

Or the inverse where somehow, escaping soulless algorithms, there’s hundred of horrible FaceBook images that employees had to look through or a couple or bait-and-switch videos on YT with DreamyBull waiting for someone’s stream to be ruined.

I’d also make a point of how 4chan being down could lead to its annoying people invade other websites.

But I also won’t be surprised if some people will outright deny that the “Tumblr exodus” was ever a thing (Because if a subject seems absurd or silly in nature, you can always hope people forget even the basics, so the ones trying to correct you are seen as “too online, touch grass bro lol”).

Another thing to consider: Somehow, SomethingAwful outliving 4chan.

Still, I feel like saying that in a way, people were supposed to learn something from the internet but they didn’t really learn the right lessons.

We’re at a point where a generation of people don’t even think of how important anonymity is for the internet.

And not even older users make an effort to share or pass down valuable hints and tips.

Also:

• Much prefer that people going “Good fucking riddance” over 4chan are people that just “wojaks fucking suck” and not dudes going “I apologize for making Ron Paul memes”
• The fact that some even say “4chan was leftwing until 2016” only proves that deep down, people like things about 4chan even if they put it through some political filter to justify being anywhere near that idea.