> kids are just going to find places to hang out online that are less moderated and less regulated and less safe. How is that not worse?

Some will. But I bet a lot of kids "have to be" on Instagram/TikTok/etc because everyone else is. I don't think they all gonna flock to 4chan because they got locked out of the big platforms.

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lm28469 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I'd argue even the darkest corners of 4chans aren't as bad as the average daily dose of brain rot delivered to hundreds of millions of people through infinite scroll algorithms on TikTok &co. And once you remove the sickening parts of 4chan I'd say it's overall a much more pleasant place than most other social medias, it's one of the last mainstream website that still somewhat feels like the golden age of internet

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WheatMillington 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>I'd argue even the darkest corners of 4chans aren't as bad as the average daily dose of brain rot delivered to hundreds of millions of people through infinite scroll algorithms on TikTok

Then I'd argue you haven't actually been to the darkest corners of 4chan.

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dyauspitr 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

4chan is categorically bad. The combination of humor + racism/misogyny is like crack at brainwashing kids.

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asdff 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It isn't so black and white as people paint it to be. /g/ is probably the best place on the internet today to discuss technology even with occasional dumb jokes. The crassness of the site and reflexive reaction from you and others has turned out to be a great wall to prevent the corporate enshittification that affected the rest of the internet.

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dyauspitr 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I’ll take harmless enshitification over genocidal racism

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asdff 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Harmless? The internet is dead. Genocidal racism? Not what I see on /g/.

	▲	dyauspitr 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The undertones are all over

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decremental 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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