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Not even close. A long time ago I spent a decent amount of time on 4chan and left because of the incessant bigotry, which was pervasive.

And /v/. Basically, if it would attract a child, it does, and you stay away.

The issue is it's not a fun website. The creative spark is gone.

Kinda with you, but outside of those two there is still a bias towards antisemitism and misogyny among other uncouth worldviews.

And those people are rightly called out as tourists, and told to go back to the hole they came from.

Yes, once I was naive enough to believe that all the 4chan regulars were just being ironic and it was just the uninformed visitors who took the degeneracy seriously. Unfortunately we all have to grow up at some point.

Ahem, you were bullshitting something?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo_movement

...also, a huge number of mass shooters have been 4chan regulars...