They were like the “shadow influencers” of the internet. So many memes came from those sites that the general public had no clue about. People would talk about 4Chan like it was some undercover den only a select few were privileged enough to visit.
It’s weird how Gen Z and alpha talk about Reddit the same way older gens did about 4chan back in the day.
Rip the 2010s era when the online cultural divide was between reddit, tumblr, and 4chan posters
They were like the “shadow influencers” of the internet. So many memes came from those sites that the general public had no clue about. People would talk about 4Chan like it was some undercover den only a select few were privileged enough to visit.
It’s weird how Gen Z and alpha talk about Reddit the same way older gens did about 4chan back in the day.
it all changed when the twitter screenshots invaded.