#4chan used to be somewhat usable okay

[artikgato]

Pouring one out for 4chan tonight, folks. Yes it has always been a cesspool of the internet's worst people, but some of the boards were at one point actually a fun place to hang out. Not exactly welcoming or friendly, but definitely fun. During the height of when Code Geass was still airing in Japan, I used to go to /a/ (the anime board) every week to discuss the new episodes, participate in the memes, and just generally have a good time. I remember a time before there was a dedicated, separate Pokémon board, and participating in the shitposting on /v/ that eventually lead to /tr/ (Team Rocket) being born and then later renamed to /vp/. Pokémon leaks were both prominent and hilarious, because for every legit leak there would be at least 50 fakes of varying quality, some scarily real looking and some hilariously bad.

I remember having actual good, deep discussions with randos on the Yaoi board. It and /cm/ (cute men) were ironically two of the most civil boards on the whole of the site.

I guess what I'm saying is that I miss old 4chan. Sure even back then there were nazis, but they were, like, doing a bit. Probably. But, Anonymous used to sometimes do good things. The memes were bountiful and creative. Things were so different back then. The world and the internet are so different now. Modern 4chan was basically unusable anyway but man, wow, what a loss.