• jmsy@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    whenever there is breaking news, I always pop over to 4chan. They have videos, images, witnesses, and statements before any mainstream media.

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      21 hours ago

      Yup, same. Even now, despite how bad it’s gotten over there. They’re usually ahead of certain types of news

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            18 hours ago

            I’ve managed to avoid going to 4chan for over a decade, but now with how other sites are going, I should probably consider going there regularly to see what’s what

            it’s gotta be better than reddit, right? at least in terms of real people behind the accounts?

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              17 hours ago

              Not worth it.

              It’s almost the absolute worst of humanity made anonymous and public. “Almost” is only there because they will delete blatantly illegal content like cp, but anything else goes. Overt racism becomes normalized because people engage with it so it keeps getting bumped to the top. Some legitimately mean it, some are just trolling for the lolz, but either way it desensitizes people and normalizes the view.

              Repeat for any other kind of bigotry or harmful view you can imagine.

              In terms of real people behind the accounts

              One of the defining features of 4chan is the lack of accounts. Most posts are anonymous. Even harder to tell if someone is human or bot when you can instantly just roll a new anon ID.

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                17 hours ago

                yeah I don’t mean browsing I just mean when something happens to go check out there instead of elsewhere that has no info yet

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                  gonna be honest, it’s not usually worth being on the bleeding edge or whatever the kids are calling it of info if you have to go to 4chan. take a nap, let your blood pressure drop, and then go back to your usual reliable sources.

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              It’s way worse than reddit. It is trolls trolling the cesspool. It just so happens that thanks to no filters, 4chan breaks news faster than anyone. They had all the Charlie kirk videos before anyone and the news of his shooters capture too. They knew world cup hosts and all about Luigi hehe anyone. Celebrity scandals and political victories too.