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It’s likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything now—from X and YouTube to global politics—seems to carry its toxic legacy.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250422233152/https://www.wired.com/story/4chan-is-dead-its-toxic-legacy-is-everywhere/

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] oce@jlai.lu 9 points 1 day ago

They got hacked, the data and source code was leaked.

[–] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

Got hacked a week ago. Site has been down since then.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 1 day ago

Who shot Hannibal?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -2 points 1 day ago

It wasn't always toxic. RIP

[–] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

League of Legends being so popular they just called themselves "New Thread" will live on forever in my memory.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago
[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was always shit. IIRC wasn't it started by some guy who was mad Something Awful didn't allow loli?

Gross

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Sounds revisionist to make moot worse than he really is. He was a kid. Most of what you know about 4chan has nothing to do with the founder (see: not owner for some time now), so your hate is misdirected.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social -1 points 1 day ago

Yep their done.

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