#4chan

When it comes to online forums, image boards and social media sites, no - while it may be offensive, there is too much trolling and satire to be taken seriously. In some of the darkest corners of the internet, "autism" or "weaponized autism" is a badge of honor. Unironically. In a serious or clinical setting, yes, it would be more appropriate / professional to refer to them as "people with," "those suffering from" or something similar. On 4chan, I make no apologies for being Captain Autismo - but in the real world, I am a sensible individual who does not ignore serious psychiatric conditions, their debilitating effects or the medical field which is grappling to comprehend, diagnose and treat them. I believe that it's important to recognize context and it mustn't be ignored when it comes to any appreciable matter.

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Most people don't want to be early adopters of something like a social network. Twitter's good because it's simple, & everyone's there. You lose a lot by leaving it behind (tho a lot less when you've already been kicked out), & as I outlined in my earlier answer (https://ask.fm/Soul_James/answers/143782977353) it's harder to use it to learn about the world when only a tiny subsection of the world is there.

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Twitter itself is already far from representative, as is Facebook, OKCupid, forum communities, online games, & places like 4chan. It's one of the better ways to witness white folks engage in discourse tho, or to follow global discourses as an English-speaker. Mastodon, in comparison, is tiny. It's not that I don't want it to succeed or don't think its features vastly outshine Twitter's. It just doesn't have the main thing I need from a social network: vast numbers of people. As many as possible.

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I originally went to 4chan at least 100 years ago because that's where one of the largest gatherings of online people was at that time. Plus the weird formatting & rules were unique, & ultimately prepared me well for a medium like Twitter. Mastodon, again, has a very low probability of this kind of relevance. It appeals to the kind of ppl open-source stuff usually appeals to: folks who know what they're using & want maximum control, safety, anonymity, & the presumption of like-mindedness in their community. In short, it's far too specialised for my needs.

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Do I think this will ever shift? I doubt it, & honestly I kind of hope not. Open source stuff is useful & clever, but it requires semi-specialised knowledge, & the shifts in thinking & reasoning that come with that. Ultimately, I don't think a deeper understanding of programming, networks, code, is really what is going to free people from the shitty bullshit of social networks.

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Bluntly put, it'd replace the Twitter paradigm of "small cabal of tech nerds overseeing a large horde of barely-controlled normies" with "a medium that subtly favours knowledge of coding." At best, this empowers a larger selection of tech-minded folks. For the normies, open-source just means harder to use.

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I can definitely see the public image of open-source stuff changing, I just kind of low-key hope it doesn't. I've never bought into the "teach everybody to code" thing as a source of social salvation, it feels too much like the silver-bullet thinking that's popular among liberals. It's a single step solution: tech giants are taking advantage of the proles via their ignorance of the technology they use: let's just teach everyone to understand the technology they use!

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Not the worst idea by a long shot, but I don't think it'd work, & more importantly the cost is too high. As a society, we have a lot of adjustments coming, & teaching ppl to appreciate open source just doesn't seem like it has the pay-off for what it would require.

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La conozco. Al igual que 4chan y todas su copias, está llena de niños chicos que se creen rebeldes por las cosas que postean sin que la mamá sepa, y mucho adulto tonto, igual que ElAntro, Wikipediars, la sección de comentarios de Jaidefinichon, etc. Igual creo que con eso no estoy diciendo nada que no se sepa ya.

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Se que ahí hay harta gente a la que le caigo mal, que se burlan de lo que hago, del como hablo, de mi forma de responder las preguntas, de mi cara, de mi peso, de mis opciones de vida, que inventaron que tengo Asperger (y más de alguno es tan idiota que cree es que verdad, comparándome con Choche007), y que prácticamente me han vuelto un meme.

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Se que ellos juran que paso pendiente de lo que escriben sobre mí (y probablemente hagan todo un hilo insultándome por esta respuesta); pero sólo entré algunas veces en 2015 (sin comentar nada), y a veces gente me ha mandado hilos de allá; pero hace rato que dejé de prestarle atención. No la merecen.

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I've tried to explain this before but no one really cares about my ask.fm metatheories. Harrumph. My work is underappreciated.

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It's a DIFFERENT kind of freedom, not like the anarchism of the *chans, or the equalised oppression of twitter: it's freedom for ppl who like POWER.

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The vulnerability of being a question-answerer vs the limitations of being anonymous. Being logged in means you can say more (right of reply), but being anonymous means you can take shots freely. It's a highly toxic atmosphere, *at the organisational level*. The format is designed to make ppl fight each other.

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Anonymous trolls are favoured here, by the way the system is built. So are polemicists tho, public speakers, folks who enjoy a one-sided argument. This place brings out the worst in both of us. It generates drama, too, interpersonal conflicts that can get real complicated fast. Spectator sport.

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That's what's so pernicious about the "view what your friends like" function. It allows ppl to measure ppl's loyalties. I tested it on my own gruesome anons, & sure enough I could use Likes to goad them into attacking me. Following me, wanting to call me out, generates content for the site. Ppl fighting each other generates content.

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If you think of someplace like anonymous as a big empty room where everyone has a mask & the same tools, ask.fm is a big empty room where 20% of the ppl are holding 80% of the tools, but the other 80% of the ppl are anonymous. It's an artificial power dynamic, that generates conflict. It's like the social media equivalent of the Stanford Prison Experiment.

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That explains why I'M here, I was forged in the ridiculous flames of online conflict. Doesn't necessarily mean I like it, but it is FAMILIAR. These anons really ARE like children to me, because I was like that online when I was a child. They're likely NOT children, but that's what worries me. You shouldn't still be like that when you're grown, not unless you're doing a bad job, or over-relying on bad habits.

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So the ones who are genuinely just trying too hard, I kind of have an affinity for. I was a massive try-hard, in a time that I legitimately look back on as my childhood. I honestly couldn't tell you what part of my late teens or early 20s I was in during that phase, I can't say exactly where it started or ended, but I remember it like childhood. I think that's why my anons go on about my age so much tbh. I honestly feel like I'm a lifetime older than these guys.

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ofc, ask.fm attracts the ones who Go Too Far, who try much harder than their knowledge warrants. The ones sending sexually threatening shit to my partner, @Tatsinda, are making a mistake for example. I didn't cross lines of this kind even at my worst, because troll or not, buried in all of us is a conscience. Some of these children have their conscience buried deep, made into little monsters, but even the monstrous children need to play somewhere. Let them grow up here. They won't upset me, & they certainly won't upset @Tatsinda.

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????? Como assim????

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É um site muito amigável. Não sei de porquê te falaram isso. Só é mais voltado pro povo meio "nerd", sabe?

Pô, ia ser legal se tu participasse do fórum comigo!

Entra lá e cria um thread novo num board chamado /b/ e fala do seus hobbies lá! Eles gostam bastante de anime, então se você gostar também não esquece de postar seu anime preferido.

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Você vai perceber que é obrigatório postar uma foto junto com o thread. Tire uma foto do seu RG com seu celular e faça upload dela. Tente tirar uma foto boa, com foco bom e sem tremer.

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Estou colocando uma imagem guia pra você entender como funciona. Segue esses passos direitinho e você vai ver o quão bom esse site é (・∀・)

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Aí é só postar o thread! Me passa o link do seu thread quando você postar~

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