...as they really are. The extent to which 4chan acts outside his model is literally invisible to him; wouldn't be able to recognize it...
-
-
So, backtracking: what's Trump's win have to do with it? 4chan mainly wanted to see if they could get "their guy" into the White House.
-
4chan isn't the only shaper of culture, after all. Could the culture they created be reaching enough people to swing an election?
-
There were plenty of reasons people voted for Trump, and it's not easy to know how much was attributable to 4chan--but 4chan guessed right
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
the main issue I have with journalism about 4chan is this strange reverse synecdoche where what they call "4chan" is b, r9k, pol, v.
-
oh and the author quite clearly having not spent much time on-site, & as such blind to the history, politics, lack thereof
-
and constantly trying to pull away the veil of Anon, to reveal neets, incels, fashy larpers, or whatever they can make up
-
it's something I'm not sure even can be written about with any accuracy by anyone. It's nr impossible to encapsulate the many eras
-
what would be good would be a history of 4chan, cataloging memes, scandals, boards, anons, name/trips and the zeitgeist.
-
It would take a Federal Writers Project to map such a thing. "The Oral Histories of Anonymous: Vol 1 of 9001".
- End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.