What happened to 4chan?
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2025
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It was always shit. IIRC wasn't it started by some guy who was mad Something Awful didn't allow loli?
Gross
As far as I know, Chris Poole (AKA "m00t") made 4chan to talk about anime in general and after all hentai was banned on Something Awful.
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.
Good fucking riddance
League of Legends being so popular they just called themselves "New Thread" will live on forever in my memory.
Wut?
It wasn't always toxic. RIP
Yep their done.