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4chan... A part of internet (history) for sure (feddit.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org to c/memes@lemmy.world

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/infamous-message-board-4chan-taken-down-following-major-hack/

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[-] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I saved so much money due to csg threads.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

So are they gone for good now? Is that what happene?

[-] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Is 4-chan gone? gasp!?! goddammit. Don't 'they' realize how many assholes and degenerates this will dump on the internet? Myself included?

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Hacked by a rival image board, all its moderators, janitors and premier users who made accounts have been doxxed.

The new owners who bought it from Moot in 2016 legitimately never updated the backend... The server was still running on a nine year old version of FreeBSD and PHP.

[-] KulunkelBoom@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

well damn...

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

made accounts

Huh?

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

They had a premium membership thing going, and there were some who posted under an alias.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

4chan gold was real??

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago

It had some of the absolute greatest and the most depraved the internet had to offer. In my opinion Pepe is the greatest representation of 4chan, it can both easily be used for wholesome purposes or it can be extremely racist. It certainly left the greatest impact on the internet out of any website which is kinda funny because they were never relatively large. Now theres a 4chan shaped hole in the internet, and I hope its not filled by them flocking here.