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Spider Jerusalem

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22. 4chan doesn't have members

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 03:09 PM

Nov 2014

it's an anonymous site. All posts show up as "Anonymous" (hence "Anonymous" for loose collective of techno-dissidents and Guy Fawkes aficionados). There have been serial killers who found victims through Craigslist, which is still in operation; the majority of 4chan posters, one suspects, aren't murderers. Close down 4chan and something else will spring up to take its place (either another similar anonymous forum or something on the so-called "deep web" that's only accessible via a Tor-enabled browser). And as distasteful as I may find much of 4chan to be I don't really think heavy-handed censorship of things one doesn't like is the answer (since it doesn't actually make them go away).

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The Creeps of 4chan & their murdering member [View all] Coventina Nov 2014 OP

I doubt it will. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #1

Shut down? Codeine Nov 2014 #2

+1 Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Drayden Nov 2014 #3

It's more like DU in site operation. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Drayden Nov 2014 #24

It's the internet equivalent of international waters. Initech Nov 2014 #23

Wrong. linuxman Nov 2014 #25

There are moderators, ostensibly. hifiguy Nov 2014 #27

It seems that both the killer and the critics of 4chan are guilty of making the same assumptions... Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #4

How about that? kcr Nov 2014 #9

General reply: 4chan encourages lawless behavior like child pornography, stolen celeb photos, Coventina Nov 2014 #7

Not a fan of Anonymous then, I take it. nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #13

I'm not a fan of anyone who uses the internet to harass, intimidate, persecute, threaten, or inflict Coventina Nov 2014 #15

Are we judging by group or by individual action? Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #16

Either / both n/t. Coventina Nov 2014 #17

kick for the murder victim Coventina Nov 2014 #8

One final kick Coventina Nov 2014 #10

Don't shut it down. It's a magnet for criminals, white supremacists, child porn peddlers, etc. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #11

OK, I could go for that. Coventina Nov 2014 #14

Shut them down for good? VScott Nov 2014 #12

someone please tell me her son did not find her like that. Iris Nov 2014 #18

He did. He found the body & called his dad. Coventina Nov 2014 #19

unfortunately, her son is who found her. magical thyme Nov 2014 #21

Good. Throw away the key. hifiguy Nov 2014 #20

How would that happen, exactly? linuxman Nov 2014 #26

4chan doesn't have members Spider Jerusalem Nov 2014 #22

4chan is a shit-hole where my generation's psychopaths and fascists hang out. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #28

Sounds like a regular den of iniquity Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #29

Good Lord, is this post for real? TransitJohn Nov 2014 #30

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