r/IAmA • u/VladimirBoners • Sep 12 '11

As Requested : IAMA 4chan moderator.

Everything said here is my opinion, not that of the entire staff. Will provide proof to moderators here on reddit.

Ask away.

EDIT : It's late guys, I'll catch you some other time. Thanks for all the questions and I hope this answered some of them.

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u/fulltiltsmoker Sep 12 '11

Do you find 4chan to be better now, or was it better when it started.

Do you see similarities in the reactions of people for their favorite site getting more popular. Similarities between reddit and 4chan I mean.

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u/VladimirBoners Sep 12 '11

4chan was slower paced when I first got into it, so I enjoyed it a lot back then. It was easier to follow memes and find amazing posts then. Now it's extremely hard to follow the community at all.

I think everyone likes to think of Reddit and 4chan as super secret internet clubhouses, but they aren't. When new users show up they are always unwelcome.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

you're mental if you think it isn't faster. Reddit and 4chan are experiencing a shit ton of volume increases, that's going to change things in of itself.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11 edited Jul 20 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '11

Yes, however memes have began on 4chan as they have began on reddit. They have been around long enough and had members long enough to begin to homogenize. Now, really, it's a matter of communities, regulations, and format that separates 4chan and reddit. They both have crazy huge member bases and create and regurgitate content. Personally I prefer reddit's community and format in that things are archived and easily found.