something tells me 4chan will survive the birth and death of many social media platforms. lessons to be learned but everyone keeps repeating the same mistakes
Additionally like how some irc networks had a philosophy of hidden ops, encouraging users to hide their elevated status leads to a more egalitarian experience. Moderators can't abuse their position as easily as on other platforms.
There are rules specific to a board and the site itself. The rules are more libertarian than other platforms but the users modify their behaviour to play within the rules as much as on other platforms.
The site proactively reports illegal things to various national law enforcement agencies. They don't wait until being asked by the police or ordered to by a judge. This fact is probably why it's still online.
Personally, I would like to see an 4chan style image board but with stricter rules of behaviour so that people are less toxic and more kind in their communications to each other.
I agree but I don't see how this is possible at any scale because any rules would be subject to interpretation by other humans.
One example that happens a lot is the "code of conduct" in FOSS projects, bad users often use it as a false flag to justify suppressing opinions they don't like, AND bad moderators (in addition to the false flag approach) abuse their colorful interpretations of subjective terms to push a narrative.
It’s a tool, it can be used for good or evil. I’ll leave the subjective analysis to others but I think tools are rare just good or bad.
Do you really think joining up with other primitive humans in a small tribe would be a negative experience on your life?
Friends and allies would be helpful.
Tribalism is an essential human social method that got humanity to this point!
Perhaps you could also force a limit on how much time was spent (or how many posts made in X time) on the site.