No such thing happened. The prevailing ideology on 4chan did not change. The only thing that changed was the prevailing ideology of the mainstream media.
Coincidentally, I've noted before that around 2014-2015 is when Ars Technica started to get increasingly political. This can fairly easily be seen by looking at archives from before, during, and after that time.
You are correct, I watched it happen. My subscription there dates from June of 2000, and back then the place was a great hangout spot. The 2008 election really started the trend of far left political ideology taking hold, and the 2016 election just turned it up to 11.
It wasn't sudden, though, it was gradual. When I first joined, it was mostly educated GenX people who hadn't been social justice indoctrinated, for the most part. As new members joined who were recent college grads (and therefore programmed lefty pod people), the site went ever farther left.
Coincidentally, I've noted before that around 2014-2015 is when Ars Technica started to get increasingly political. This can fairly easily be seen by looking at archives from before, during, and after that time.
You are correct, I watched it happen. My subscription there dates from June of 2000, and back then the place was a great hangout spot. The 2008 election really started the trend of far left political ideology taking hold, and the 2016 election just turned it up to 11.
It wasn't sudden, though, it was gradual. When I first joined, it was mostly educated GenX people who hadn't been social justice indoctrinated, for the most part. As new members joined who were recent college grads (and therefore programmed lefty pod people), the site went ever farther left.
As usual, the Marxist accuses us of what he has been doing.
Yep, that's right around when I stopped reading them.