It’s likely that there will never be a site like 4chan again. But everything now—from X and YouTube to global politics—seems to carry its toxic legacy.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250422233152/https://www.wired.com/story/4chan-is-dead-its-toxic-legacy-is-everywhere/
I remember when /b/ was good. But then that “moot” newbie came in, and ruined things forever.
…jokes aside I’m going to miss 4chan. Or at least the 4chan from the late 00s ~ early 10s, that I used periodically; it was already problematic, but as other users here said it was a unique experience.
See ya, space cowboys.
Its like watching your childhood home burn down after a methhead moved in.
Perfect analogy. I still used /vg/ and very rarely /a/, but nowhere as much as I did before. Methheads moved in, I moved out, and now the house burned.
Gtfo summerfag
NO U
Can you even triforce? NO YOU CAN’T BECAUSE YOU’RE A NEWBIE, THE CANCER KILLING /b/! FUCKING SUMMER
▲▲ ▲…fuck, I can’t triforce either!
(About the -fag suffix: sorry to be “that guy” but let’s avoid using it, OK? It’s 2025, and we aren’t in 4chan, that implicit “-fag means nothing” context is gone.)