The creator of the 2channel and current owner of 4chan Hiroyuki Nishimura explains it:
>people can only truly discuss something when they don’t know each other.
>If there is a user ID attached to a user, a discussion tends to become a criticizing game. On the other hand, under the anonymous system, even though your opinion/information is criticized, you don’t know with whom to be upset. Also with a user ID, those who participate in the site for a long time tend to have authority, and it becomes difficult for a user to disagree with them.
>Under a perfectly anonymous system, you can say, “it’s boring,” if it is actually boring. All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work
Modern 4chan is just a shadow of its former self. Back in the day it was a popular place on the internet where anyone could just go to and post. No verification, no captchas, minimal moderation and rules. This led mostly to chaos and illegal content being posted but sometimes that true freedom of speech and forced equality bred original, interesting discussion and hilarious memes. It was a place without points, nicknames, profiles where people could share their honest thoughts on any topic. Truly beautiful corner of the internet that I'll always remember fondly.
These days everything on the internet is controlled and monitored. Modern 4chan is hosted on cloudflare and is without any doubt "pozzed". Any illusion of real anonymity has dissolved a long time ago. Lots of bots there too. You missed it by at least 15 years.
Why do you have the opinion that it's shit? What have you seen there and what were you expecting? Are you aware that there are many different boards on 4chan, covering pretty much whatever you can think of? The reason for 4chan being a somewhat odd and interesting place is because the people who frequent it are immune to slander. It takes a different type of a person to be immune to it. This creates especially interesting and honest discussions.
I have the family exercise group on mute, lol
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