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/
now we have plenty of toxic lemmy instances as the modern alternative.ml
correct me if I’m wrong but I heard a theory that either Hexbear or .ml started as a group on 4chan