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Buffalo massacre puts spotlight on hate-filled website - 4chan

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Thought I'd post this, since nobody here really knows what goes on there.

 

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On Saturday afternoon, an anonymous user on the online forum 4chan wrote, "just 20 mins ago I just witnessed a mass shooting at a tops supermarket live on twitch with like 20 other viewers."

The hate-filled forum 4chan, where all users post anonymously, appears to be at the center of the made-for-the-internet massacre that took place in a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday -- from discussion on the platform apparently helping inspire the alleged attacker to spreading the gruesome video of the shooting.

A 180-page document that has been attributed to the man suspected of the shooting, in which 10 people were killed, references how he was influenced by what he saw on 4chan, including how he was inspired by watching a video of the 2019 mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand -- which were also streamed live.

Ben Decker, the CEO of Memetica, a threat analysis company, told CNN, "this is a step-by-step copycat attack of Christchurch, in both the real-world attack; planning and selecting the target, and online; coordinating the livestream and manifesto dissemination across fringe message boards."

4chan, which was created in 2003, claims it receives 22 million unique visitors a month, half of whom it says are in the United States.

While the site hosts forums on a variety of topics -- including video games, memes and anime -- and says it has rules against racism, its lax approach to content moderation means that hate speech not allowed by more mainstream platforms spreads more freely on 4chan.

 

 

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Its interesting to me that any site without moderation almost always turns right leaning with users who like to quote fbi crime statistics 

Also it's a free company they can do what they want, you said it not me

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So, 22M per month, but only half are in the US... 11M?  How many of them are leftists trying to figure out who's saying what?  Probably half of that.  So, about 5.5M... or 1.8% of the country.  This folks, is what the biggest threat to our country is... not the 65% of the country who have a favorable view of socialism.  A whopping 1.8% of the country.  🤣

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Sometimes I think the only difference between here and there is, they have way more users

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1 minute ago, IGotWorms said:

Sometimes I think the only difference between here and there is, they have way more users

If that's the case, then the "alt-right" is rather moderate.  With that being the case, what's the issue?

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8 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

If that's the case, then the "alt-right" is rather moderate.  With that being the case, what's the issue?

The issue is what seems “moderate” to the right wing these days. They are an extremist, hate-filled bunch now, for the most part

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Just now, IGotWorms said:

The issue is what seems “moderate” to the right wing these days. They are an extremist, hate-filled bunch now, for the most part

Yeah, you're not even close.  :rolleyes:

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12 minutes ago, TimmySmith said:

I seem to remember shootings before 4chan, whatever that is. 

I blame the rapper 2 chainz

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Just now, edjr said:

I blame the rapper 2 chainz

Did he kill Tupac? Or Biggie Smalls? 

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It's funny, the only time I hear about things like 4chan, Qanon, and other extreme "right wing" things is when the lefties here post about them.  The lefties here seem to be WAY more informed about these things than the rest of us.   I think we have a bunch of closet racists here in Rusty, Honcho, Worms, and some others.  I guess we know where they hang out when they aren't here........

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2 minutes ago, Utilit99 said:

What fock is 4chan? 

I think it’s like a UV wavelength or something?

Maybe some distant, newly-discovered dwarf planet?

 

I dunno, like most geeks I’ve never heard of them or QAnon even though everything from there is Re-posted here verbatim :dunno:

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1 minute ago, IGotWorms said:

I dunno, like most geeks I’ve never heard of them or QAnon even though everything from there is Re-posted here verbatim :dunno:

Apparently one person here follows them. Please don't kill anyone worms. Although you might excite rusty if you do.  :thumbsup:

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3 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

I think it’s like a UV wavelength or something?

Maybe some distant, newly-discovered dwarf planet?

 

I dunno, like most geeks I’ve never heard of them or QAnon even though everything from there is Re-posted here verbatim :dunno:

Reposted by you. Show me where conservatives here talk about either.

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4 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

I dunno, like most geeks I’ve never heard of them or QAnon even though everything from there is Re-posted here verbatim :dunno:

Sounds like you're there a lot.

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2 minutes ago, Strike said:

It's funny, the only time I hear about things like 4chan, Qanon, and other extreme "right wing" things is when the lefties here post about them.  The lefties here seem to be WAY more informed about these things than the rest of us.   I think we have a bunch of closet racists here in Rusty, Honcho, Worms, and some others.  I guess we know where they hang out when they aren't here........

:dunno:

Does anybody here post there? 

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Just now, Voltaire said:

:dunno:

Does anybody here post there? 

Well it's ALWAYS the liberals who kick off these threads.

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12 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

The issue is what seems “moderate” to the right wing these days. They are an extremist, hate-filled bunch now, for the most part

Yeah, you weren’t saying that 6-7 years ago. You’re a funny dude. 

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Just now, Hardcore troubadour said:

Yeah, you weren’t saying that 6-7 years ago. You’re a funny dude. 

:lol:

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2 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

:dunno:

Does anybody here post there? 

They won't admit it but I'm pretty sure the people I mentioned above do.  Heck, I think 4chan has an alias where it's called the Sanctuary. 

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2 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Yeah, you weren’t saying that 6-7 years ago. You’re a funny dude. 

What? :wacko:

It’s been an issue since the tea party and I’ve said it ever since then. Becomes worse and worse with each passing year

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2 minutes ago, Strike said:

They won't admit it but I'm pretty sure the people I mentioned above do.  Heck, I think 4chan has an alias where it's called the Sanctuary. 

Absolutely right.

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1 minute ago, IGotWorms said:

What? :wacko:

It’s been an issue since the tea party and I’ve said it ever since then. Becomes worse and worse with each passing year

How focking old are you? 

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2 minutes ago, Utilit99 said:

Well it's ALWAYS the liberals who kick off these threads.

It must be that they have (a) left wing version(s) of LibsofTikToK that visits 4chan and spreads the word to the more mainstream left of of the various right wing various freaks they find there. 

 

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17 minutes ago, Strike said:

It's funny, the only time I hear about things like 4chan, Qanon, and other extreme "right wing" things is when the lefties here post about them.  The lefties here seem to be WAY more informed about these things than the rest of us.   I think we have a bunch of closet racists here in Rusty, Honcho, Worms, and some others.  I guess we know where they hang out when they aren't here........

Guess some of us are just more educated than others on what's going on in the world.  ;)  

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6 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

What? :wacko:

It’s been an issue since the tea party and I’ve said it ever since then. Becomes worse and worse with each passing year

Tea party. Lol. Those gals on their rascals had you concerned? 

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1 minute ago, Mike Honcho said:

Guess some of us are just more educated than others on what's going on in the world.  ;)  

Your posts don't demonstrate such superior knowledge. 

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I have no doubt that liberals are all over these "alt-right" sites creating the bull crap they're fighting against.  The leftist agenda... Manufacture the demand, when the demand is greater than the supply, create the supply to meet the demand.

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1 minute ago, TBayXXXVII said:

I have no doubt that liberals are all over these "alt-right" sites creating the bull crap they're fighting against.  The leftist agenda... Manufacture the demand, when the demand is greater than the supply, create the supply to meet the demand.

:dunno:Who has time for that sh*t? It's probably half-informed true believer far right millennials and Gen Z smelling each others farts. 

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5 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

I have no doubt that liberals are all over these "alt-right" sites creating the bull crap they're fighting against.  The leftist agenda... Manufacture the demand, when the demand is greater than the supply, create the supply to meet the demand.

You guys have really set yourselves up so you can never be wrong, haven't you?

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Just now, Hawkeye21 said:

You guys have really set yourselves up so you can never be wrong, haven't you?

The world of Minecraft isn't constructed as well.

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Just now, Hawkeye21 said:

You guys have really set yourselves up so you can never be wrong, haven't you?

No, the leftists did that for us.

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20 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Yeah, you weren’t saying that 6-7 years ago. You’re a funny dude. 

funny how?

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6 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

No, the leftists did that for us.

It's like you have an excuse for everything though.  I know the left is no different, so you don't need to use that excuse anymore.

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3 minutes ago, Voltaire said:

:dunno:Who has time for that sh*t? It's probably half-informed true believer far right millennials and Gen Z smelling each others farts. 

It says it in the link that Honcho posted.  LOL  They have 22M users each month and half are from outside the US.  So, you're talking about literally 3.5% of the country and we know sure as sh!t there's a ton of lefties on there all the time.  At most, we're looking at 2% of the country.  How come 2% of the country is the biggest threat to our nation, but the 4% actually committing 50% of the murders, are not?

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2 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

It says it in the link that Honcho posted.  LOL  They have 22M users each month and half are from outside the US.  So, you're talking about literally 3.5% of the country and we know sure as sh!t there's a ton of lefties on there all the time.  At most, we're looking at 2% of the country.  How come 2% of the country is the biggest threat to our nation, but the 4% actually committing 50% of the murders, are not?

My opinion is it's sites like that who start all of the bat sh1t crazy conspiracy theories and they spread like wild fire from there.  I know the average person knows little about those sites but I'm sure that they've heard the theories that started there and may even believe them.  They are a hub for misinformation.

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1 minute ago, TBayXXXVII said:

It says it in the link that Honcho posted.  LOL  They have 22M users each month and half are from outside the US.  So, you're talking about literally 3.5% of the country and we know sure as sh!t there's a ton of lefties on there all the time.  At most, we're looking at 2% of the country.  How come 2% of the country is the biggest threat to our nation, but the 4% actually committing 50% of the murders, are not?

It seems relevant that every few months a nut falls out of the tree and shoots up Pittsburgh, El Paso, or Buffalo. It sounds like a collection ground for the misfit toys that got banned from everywhere else online.

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1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

My opinion is it's sites like that who start all of the bat sh1t crazy conspiracy theories and they spread like wild fire from there.  I know the average person knows little about those sites but I'm sure that they've heard the theories that started there and may even believe them.  They are a hub for misinformation.

Agreed. cnn is a piece of shlt.

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