>>116670632A lot of people have talked about how /co/ went down hill, but not many about how 4chan did.
And I unironically believe it’s when /pol/ and /r9k/ we’re taken seriously. For /pol/ it was a bunch of larpers who pretended to be retarded nazis, with only a small amount taking it seriously. But somewhere along the way, the retards thought they were in good company and they outnumbered those who were just joking. /pol/ became a legit retarded board.
This would have been fine if it were contained, but instead they infected every other board on this damned site. Instead of being contained like MLP or Pokémon, it was allowed free reign. And it fucked everything up. This containment breach also let the robots, who had been festering into incels, break free of their containment as wel, further ruining boards. /fit/ slowly stopped being about lifting, and more about indentity politics and hating women. I’ve watched as fit idolized good old Arnold, to now having half a thread shitting on him because “AKSHULLY his great grandfather is Jewish making him a dirty Jew”. Women bashing is constant now there too, and lookism has become the default on that board. Another anon mentioned how self improvement threads died, which should really be telling. Instead mewing threads and lookism threads replace it.
Same shit here man. In the past people would discuss merits of cartoons and comics, while still being shitposty. Now people argue over the politics of it, because /pol/ isn’t a board, but a state of mind. The incels of /r9k/ invaded as well and horny post as much as humanly possible because it’s the only way they can cope. Another lewd thread anyone?
And these are just a few examples. Sure things like the fappening brought in more people. But it has always been /pol/ that’s killed it.
