If you want your fill of the sort of shit you're talking about, you can always go to 4chan right now.

When's the last year you tried that site? I think you have a weird impression of it. They haven't used gatekeeping in years. The moderation got out of hand around the gamergate period.

I still check it a few times a week to see how they're doing. It's not pretty. I would describe the current userbase there as a combination of redditors that want to say something naughty (can't do that on reddit) and people with horrendous literary ability.

It is too often understated that the benefit of letting people be edgy and anonymous and post pictures is that it becomes a cultural generator of ideas. Understated because I think most people who talk about it without having been a part of it themselves will think it was a useless playpen to contain undesirables and lowbrow thoughts.

Anyway, I think it's up for debate on how to "win the culture war". We need a place to debate that, and I do not trust normal guys with that debate, so attempting to make a place for them to be gently eased out of their programming sounds like the debate has been skipped and everyone who wanted one can eat shit and let you have your way. (Though if it is a new space for that sole purpose, go right ahead!)

If you want your fill of the sort of shit you're talking about, you can always go to 4chan right now.

When's the last year you tried that site? I think you have a weird impression of it. They haven't used gatekeeping in years. The moderation got out of hand around the gamergate period.

I still check it a few times a week to see how they're doing. It's not pretty. I would describe the current userbase there as a combination of redditors that want to say something naughty (can't do that on reddit) and people with horrendous literary ability.

It is too often understated that the benefit of letting people be edgy and anonymous and post pictures is that it becomes a cultural generator of ideas. Understated because I think most people who talk about it without having been a part of it themselves will think it was a useless playpen to contain undesirables and lowbrow thoughts.

Anyway, I think it's up for debate on how to "win the culture war". We need a place to debate that, and I do not trust normal guys with that debate, so attempting to make a place for them to be gently eased out of their programming sounds like the debate has been skipped and everyone who wanted one can eat shit and let you have your way.