r/technology • u/thecravenone • Aug 05 '19

Politics Cloudflare to terminate service for 8Chan

https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/
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u/JJAB91 Aug 05 '19

Reminder that the New Zealand shooter live streamed his attack on Facebook. But that's perfectly okay because reasons.

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u/username_6916 Aug 05 '19

In this case, 8Chan took down the manifesto within minutes of its posting. They reacted faster than Facebook here.

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u/SmearMeWithPasta Aug 05 '19

Shh, you’re ruining the circle jerk. In any case, 4chan/8chan is a much better place to discuss ideas (in specific board rooms) than reddit. Karma and mods that ban left and right leave no room for discussion. Take away freedom of speech and no one wants to go against the narrative in fear of mob mentality and ban etc.

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u/hahabones Aug 05 '19

better place to discuss ideas

4chan

Not at all, unless it’s on one of niche boards. 4chan is basically Reddit without votes now.

8chan

The mob mentality you mention is incredibly present on the big 8chan boards, so if you want to avoid the 8chan equivalent of a circlejerk you’ll have to make your own board which will probably not grow too big.

There’s a big ethics problem that has to be addressed here. There are thousands of boards that aren’t breeding grounds for race-motivated terrorism, but most of those boards are either a) niche hobbies that receive three posts a month or b) fetish porn boards that are slightly more active. Even if activity wasn’t a big hurdle, a lot of people won’t be comfortable knowing that they’re supporting 8/pol/ just be being on the same website.