[jchw]

People always hype up 4chan nowadays like it's LiveLeak on steroids, but generally speaking any time I browse 4chan it's felt much more mundane. The only major culture shock that most people are in for is the degree of hatefulness and shamelessness that you encounter on 4chan, especially in the memes and vernacular. It's the one place left on the internet where truly Nothing is sacred, and the userbase is happy to make that clear whenever possible.

That said, it's absolutely not worth the time, unless you are bored and feel like most of the internet is too sanitized for your tastes. It's just, unquestionably a big waste of time at best.

I don't think it'll ruin your brain, but it probably won't expand it either.

[jjoonathan]

Yeah, the legendary exploits led me to visit it a few times but the signal:noise was abysmal.

Visit 1: porn, porn, porn, funny creative joke, porn porn porn

Visit 2: porn, porn, porn, porn, porn, porn

Visit 3: porn, porn, porn, porn, porn, porn

Visit 4: porn, anti-muslim rant , porn, porn, porn, porn

Visit 5: porn, porn, porn, porn, porn, porn

[wooque]

You know that tech is not discussed on /gif/, right?

[BasedAnon]

tbf people even post born on /biz/, they just eat the ban for it, and even when it isn't outright porn it's often very overtly sexual images. The only thing that makes it browsable is the Wingman browser plugin.

[jjoonathan]

I thought I was on /b/. I tried a few, nothing inspired me. This was 15 years ago.

[dmonitor]

/b/ is practically a containment board. even the dedicated containment board, /trash/ is more browsable than /b/

[wooque]

Well /b/ is mostly porn, along with few other boards. Relatively "normal" boards are hosted on 4channel.org domain. That said, 4chan is mostly "shitposting" and memes, don't expect serious discussions.

[adamrezich]

/b/ hasn't been "/b/" for longer than /b/ ever was "/b/" to begin with. if that makes sense.

[sBqQu3U0wH]

There is an extensive list of boards to choose from with very different types of people, but if porn is all you look for, porn is all you get. The site is like a mirror reflecting your desires and inclinations, reaffirming and reinforcing your fixations.