[ligerhearted]

I'm 17 and grew up on Halo CE with xchat back around 2001 to 2003. A large portion of my teenage years (and most of my friends') was spent on Halo 2 as well...4chan was all the rage 2005-2008. Early 2008 until now it's been supplanted by HN and Reddit.

When I wasn't playing Halo, I spent a lot of time reading and editing Wikipedia, which might be something for kids to try out now. But Wikipedia's barrier to entry has risen significantly...one of the reasons I've quit the community there.

Eventually, it'll turn into a war between time spent on "productive" sites and activities, and time masturbating to porn, in my experience.

[mahmud]

Children read 4chan? I can imagine >= 15, but really, younger than that?

That's a pretty disgusting thought.

[ligerhearted]

4chan isn't just /b/ and /b/ isn't all of 4chan as the saying goes...

Most of my time there was on /g/ /w/ and a few other boards like /mu/, but I first got hooked because of the raids on Wikipedia. 4chan is a fascinating place, not just full of CP as some would think.