An image forum that is, decidedly, outside the realms of good taste (but proudly so). 4chan has generated its own sense of humour that others do not understand or indeed appreciate. Frequenters of the site are typically prouder of it than it deserves, as evidenced by urban dictionary's top-rated answer.
The source of all that is evil and wrong on the Internet.
If you've ever seen something on the Internet that made you contemplate suicide (or snap and become a serial killer), it probably came from 4chan--and even if it didn't, you can be sure someone posted it there at some point... and people there LIKED it.
An image board in which jaded and cynical internet users compete to see who can be the biggest asshole.
Imagery on 4chan ranges from funny and clever, to "shocking" gore and morbid type imagery, to paedophile humour and other inanely retarted crap.
4chan users have invented their own language in an attempt to create a psuedo-culture, much in the same vein as the emo, and the lolcats people. You will typically see words like "Moar" and "newfag" plastered across the boards. Whilst those of us looking objectively at 4chan might think "Stop slaughtering the English language you illiterate fuckhole", such words are apparently used to communicate within this E-community.
Many users of 4chan are passionately defensive about the website, and often praise it as a tight knit global community and place for people to communicate whatever they want, uncensored. Others see it as a chaotic cesspit where people with no personality or ideals can vent uncreative cynicism and pretend they're clever.
Typical thread in 4chan:
User 1 posts a gif of a petite Asian girl smothering fecal matter all over her face.
User 2 responds with "Sauce"
User 3 responds with "Moar"
User 4 responds with "fap fap fap"
User 5 responds with "This is the first time i've been to this website... haha you douchebags are fucking lame as hell.
User 6 responds with "must be newfag"
the complete shit hole of the internet. its user consists of almost nothing but perverts and douche bags who act like assholes because since its anonymous and its over the internet they can act tough to make up for their insecurity's in real life.
oh look another post on 4chan about a 27 year old guy fucking a 16 year old girl and oh look... every comment is telling him to do it and post pictures of them fucking after ward's for them to see... i don't even know why i come here.
Welcome to 4chan
1) Please leave your religion, morals, and opinions at the door.
2)Please note, women are not permitted to enter this site without showing their breasts.
3)Please be advised that adult content is beyond the opening page in a very childish manner.
4)Please be made aware that every sexual fetish ever conjured by the human imagination lies beyond the first page.
Long ago, this site was site was born as an anime forum. It was a place for horny dweebs to post boobs and hentai.
But then, everything changed. Hackers, pedos, trolls, and political extremists of every flavor began to use this site as their HQ. They would attack, hack, and troll anyone who dared stood against their empire of nightmares and filth. It was truly the bane of the internet.
At the same time however, many memes, franchises, and movements were born here. The alt right, Wojacks, God knows how many 2010βs and 2000βs memes, SCP, Qanon, The Backrooms, Trollface, and modern weeb culture all have their roots here.
We all may hate it, but it undeniably helped In pioneering the birth of internet culture as we know it, It has affected real world events, and it has irreversibly shaped many peopleβs lives, directly or otherwise.
Nowadays, itβs come full circle. With horny dweebs posting boobs and hentai being itβs main demographic again. Although it has never truly returned to its late 2000βs to early 2010βs prime.