/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>14183206
Very much this.
So many people that browse here are disgusted at the thought of old 4chan.

4chan used to be a place filled with tripcodes and attention-whoring out the ass.
It used to be filled with forced memes every single day.
Regular mass-bans by Snacks were considered "pretty fun".
Tripcode cracking was a fun activity done by others, which is why the "secure tripcodes for jerks" banner came about when the bigger attention-whores went secure-trip.
And the biggest one of all, a lot of old Yotsubites knew each other. In real life. Actual friends. Some even in anime clubs. And went to 4chan conventions. RIP /con/.

But the main difference is everyone got on, for the most part. Everyone knew what made each other laugh. They all shared fairly common interests.
4chan was even known about by most large and small forums, and it was still perfectly fine.

Forced Anonymous was the ultimate end, the thing that killed it all. It was forced on a community that didn't want it. A community that could not give a single shit about the merits of anonymous discussion, besides a handful of shitposters. All because that wank menchi.
Then, to pour salt in the wound, invisible moderation. ("Dun wanna disturb the thraed")
A year after that crap happened, this site was a total 180 from what it was.
Overchan was the one of the worst things to happen to imageboard culture after that. It diluted it so much and just led to CP being posted on smaller slow-modded boards.

Some hints of old 4chan culture lived on on some other smaller sites, but combined with other general imageboard culture as well to form their own niche interests.
SovietRussia was a special place. I miss SR/z/.
http://i.minus.com/iHmnzm6Yn9B22.gif
It is amazing how it managed to be free of so many shitposters all the way till like, uh, 2013 I think when it shut down because SR couldn't be bothered dealing with CP spammers.
SAoVQ was pretty nice too. http://i4.minus.com/icygsTyXsBas6.png