>>3854009well I mean, lately it seems like there has been a sort of backlash effect concerning the ideals and principles the [s4s] of June/July had. I don't debate that the niceness and privilege checking thing was started for the irony of it, but it did become real in a sense and that kind of environment did make for some unique interaction and content production. 4chan is widely known as the meanest in it's dark corner of the internet and the fact that the once joke board self-established this persona so completely different than any other board existing at that time or before it was a pretty neat thing to see.
It attracted a different sort of userbase as well, moot has been quoted to say that anonymity gives users the freedom to post and not be judged, or at least not permanently because your post could not be associated to a sustained persona, here we had people who took up names and posted and the result of that was much more positive than it could have ever been on another board because this one, out of irony, decided not to judge and soon seemed to take it somewhat to heart.
This is all changing lately, I just want to now why. [s4s] ebbs and flows sure, and sometimes things seem to be getting repetitive and it feels like we are stagnating, but something always comes around that stirs the pot a bit and the board is very fun and productive for a while. I think some users just feel like this might be the new way to stir the pot and see what comes out, but is moving in a direction away from the moral and ethical ideals [s4s] invented for itself the only way?
