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old beast lunatic
Nov 3, 2004

by Hand Knit
I don't know if "fandom" is a real word or not but I hate it either way.

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Halser
Aug 24, 2016
I've a feeling most trump voters did not use the internet for more than posting random bullshit on facebook, so I can't see how 4chains could have made that much of an impact on the elections.

But what do I know

BexGu
Jan 9, 2004

This fucking day....

Halser posted:

I've a feeling most trump voters did not use the internet for more than posting random bullshit on facebook, so I can't see how 4chains could have made that much of an impact on the elections.

But what do I know

It a way for dumb online people to feel like they could have made a difference if only they had work harder on poo poo posting online.

old beast lunatic
Nov 3, 2004

by Hand Knit
I am the multi paragraph incomprehensible history of "poo poo posting"

kalel
Jun 19, 2012

If you rearrange the letters in "Devil" and change some of the letters and also add a letter, you can spell "Lowtax"

Coincidence???

Motorola 68000
Apr 25, 2014

"Don't be nice. Be good."
Social Media broke the internet.

soy
Jul 7, 2003

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Halser posted:

I've a feeling most trump voters did not use the internet for more than posting random bullshit on facebook, so I can't see how 4chains could have made that much of an impact on the elections.

But what do I know

Ummmmm the_donald?

Oscar Wild
Apr 11, 2006

It's good to be a G
I blame Martin Random.

1st_Panzer_Div.
May 11, 2005
Grimey Drawer
Oh we made it big, kotaco, lemme go tell my fam after I kill my famil

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

More like "Bulges Adventure"

Dogeh posted:

We broke the Internet for the rest of the world.
Rejoice in our global fuckery.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2018/08/20/we-cant-fix-the-internet

Oh and Harry Potter did too.
Stuff about SA starts part way down.

My Redditor detector is going crazy, sir!

central dogma
Feb 25, 2012

Come to the Undead Settlement in the next 20 mins if u want an ash kicking
Kotaku is giving SA a little too much credit.

schmuckfeatures
Oct 27, 2003
Hair Elf

Ein cooler Typ posted:

I blame normies for ruining the internet

facebook was a mistake

people said i was good at computers in the 80s and 90s.

i wish i had a time machine so i could go back and create some kind of dialup computer thing where people could upload 256-colour PCX images of themselves and connect with others. i could have called it BOOKFACE

instead i spent my teenage years waiting for low-res BMPs of phoebe cates to download and using them for nefarious purposes :awesome: well that's my story; please like and subscribe

~adjusts glasses~

Over There
Jun 28, 2013

by Azathoth
All things lead to something awful

Oscar Wild
Apr 11, 2006

It's good to be a G
And they said we would never do anything meaningful with our lives.

pop fly to McGillicutty
Feb 2, 2004

A peckish little mouse!

Halser posted:

I've a feeling most trump voters did not use the internet for more than posting random bullshit on facebook, so I can't see how 4chains could have made that much of an impact on the elections.

But what do I know

Bro they expanded their meme game to the entirety of reality what the gently caress are you even saying

Dogeh
Aug 30, 2017

ShitMeter: -------------|- 99%

Bogus Adventure posted:

My Redditor detector is going crazy, sir!

:reddit: :argh:

Brown sea is responsible for breaking the Internets, along with Twitter, and Fuckerberg.

schmuckfeatures
Oct 27, 2003
Hair Elf
shart sputterturd am i rite :a2m: :cheers:

BigBadSteve
Apr 29, 2009

The internet makes you stupid.

The internet was a mistake.

PantsandCola
Aug 17, 2013

you did good... you did good

Over There posted:

All things lead to something awful

all bad things

Isaac
Aug 3, 2006

Fun Shoe

old beast lunatic posted:

I don't know if "fandom" is a real word or not but I hate it either way.

I was watching this thing on youtube talking about the history of furries on the internet and it showed a letter from i think the 70s that used the word (fandom) which suprised me.

dk2m
May 6, 2009
lol that goons and other dumb social rejects appanrelty creating the void we currently live in and not at all the ad-driven hell that is google and facebook

YagotmeIdidit
Jan 10, 2018
So they start giving credit to us when things go wrong?

Fuckers.

Hemingway To Go!
Nov 10, 2008

im stupider then dog shit, i dont give a shit, and i dont give a fuck, and i will never shut the fuck up, and i'll always Respect my enemys.
- ernest hemingway

dk2m posted:

lol that goons and other dumb social rejects appanrelty creating the void we currently live in and not at all the ad-driven hell that is google and facebook

Facebook or Reddit probably paid Kotaku to make an article like this imo.
"See this is what happens when forums aren't under corporate control."

Honky Dong Country
Feb 11, 2015

YagotmeIdidit posted:

So they start giving credit to us when things go wrong?

Fuckers.

To be fair we do get a lot of credit for various internet phenomena that we actually did do.

I think people that go full "TRUMP WAS BECAUSE OF 4CHAN AND MOOT WAS A GOON" or whatever are a little unhinged. I'm not saying the internet doesn't have influence in politics but lol if you think all those old rear end voters are wading through the cesspools of the internet that a lot of us are familiar with.

That's not to say I want to wade into a political discussion, just more kind of reiterating that I think people give the internet too much credit.

MC Hawking
Apr 27, 2004

by VideoGames
Fun Shoe
I'm proud of you goons for all the terrible and all the good we've wrought on the world.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
It will never not be funny that Pepe the meme frog was a Thing during the 2016 election.

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend
♪Internet killed the video star♪

Weaponized Autism
Mar 26, 2006

All aboard the Gravy train!
Hair Elf
The Internet was a mistake.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
teh future is here and it loving sucks lmbo

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

The Internet Makes You Stupid, we know this.

But can someone please explain what this means -> :henget:

RVWinkle
Aug 24, 2004

In relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative.
Nap Ghost

old beast lunatic posted:

I am the multi paragraph incomprehensible history of "poo poo posting"

You know, I was going to criticize the essay for not having a coherent thesis but what better way to celebrate the poo poo post than with a poo poo essay.

Oscar Wild
Apr 11, 2006

It's good to be a G

Weaponized Autism posted:

The Internet was a mistake.

The internet would be fixed if they made it all text based with no pictures.

Former DILF
Jul 13, 2017

Hey goons

I found a lost internet outside my home and I need some advice to keep it healthy

E: I sat on it :(

down n out
Sep 16, 2008

Nap Ghost
Upvoting and likes did way more damage in a much shorter timespan

Rad-daddio
Apr 25, 2017
Cool, can we wreck the internet again? That seems like a fun goon side project.

YagotmeIdidit
Jan 10, 2018

Rad-daddio posted:

Cool, can we wreck the internet again? That seems like a fun goon side project.

How do you wreck something that's completely lovely at the moment?

CAN NOT PUKE
Nov 26, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Pound_Coin posted:



No 4chan = very likely no trump



This guy can't be serious.

Former DILF
Jul 13, 2017

down n out posted:

Upvoting and likes did way more damage in a much shorter timespan

Yeah once reddit monetized the echo chamber it was all over for human society

Bonaventure
Jun 23, 2005

by sebmojo

quote:

Tabloid journalist Rita Skeeter is a fitting avatar of all of Online. (Screenshot: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Warner Brothers)

oh, now i get it!

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numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

:henget:

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